Acting Projects Account Manager
Qatar Foundation
Total years of experience :16 years, 10 Months
• Program manage, track and monitor several projects between departments, by regularly updating the master project list, identifying issues and providing solutions when needed
• Determine project scope and collaborate with team members to develop project plan including schedules, budget.
• Coordinate with all departments (PR, marketing, publications and Events) to ensure adherence to schedule and quality of final product.
• Act as a primary liaison with clients throughout the project maintaining daily contact to resolve concerns, facilitate communication and ensure satisfaction.
• Played a key role in developing the Service Level Agreements for the departments, setting KPIs and measuring against.
• Monitor and review the delivery of shared services to centers, collate and analyze Quarterly Performance report for all departments to prepare shared service review report.
• Conduct operational review with departments team to allocate new jobs and discuss Task List, receive updates on status of existing projects
• Appointed Business Relationship manager with Shared services: Take ownership of forging strong relationship with centers, develop and implement calendar for customer engagement sessions and ensure its communication to all relevant stakeholders.
• Scheduling workload to meet priorities and targets
• Prepare, review, monitor, and manage the budget
• Manage the business development / improvement processes of the Communication Directorate (Events, Corporate &PR, Marketing and Publications)
• Conduct Market Research and analysis in Iraq for strategic and long range planning.
• Developments of business plans.
• Managing and Overseeing business pipelines for current and future business opportunities.
• Coordinating / Managing different Projects that will be implemented in Iraq:
o Umm Quasr Project (South Port)/ Free Trade Zone
o Kurdistan Project (North Iraq)
• Managing The Long Range Planning (LRP) project for Iraq for the next 3 years.
• Coordinating with Marketing Agency/ marketing department for Marketing Related issues:
o Creation of Al Shebil Logo in Iraq
o Creation of website for the company
o Following up on the printing of the Marketing materials.
• Reponsible for International supplies correspondence with suppliers and customers.
• Coordinating all marketing activities of international Supplies in the Middle East for the 3 branches (kwt- Qatar- U.A.E).
• Establishing strategic marketing plans to achieve corporate objectives. Developing and recommending product positioning, packaging, and pricing strategy to produce the highest possible long-term market share.
• Planning, organizing, and coordinating media activities and special events
• Corporate Buyer responsibilities (Oman - Jordan - Kuwait).
• Meeting suppliers.
• Negotiating deals, discounts, better margins as well as promotional offers.
• Getting exclusive deals and dealing with foreign companies and international shows.
• Sourcing new products.
• Replenishing local and foreign stocks according to lead time.
• Managing 19 outlets, thru deals and displays of products.(Layout / planograms / merchandising guidelines.)
• Assisting in Marketing activities and decisions (display, offers, Pricing etc…)
• Organizing special events.
• Supporting sales team indoor
• Direct contact with customers
• Responsible for Sale representatives in the Showroom
• Asssiting and Teaching students using Intranet and Olib Webview databse.
Supplying staff, faculty and graduate with requested journals and magazines.
• Preparing claims to dealers and publishers
• Recording, binding and documenting periodicals.
• Office and Windows installation.
• Administrative work.
I am a certified Project manager as per PMI.
Training Dilpoma on the Study of a new 4x4 Honda Product, the MR-V. Detailed and specific study on the MR-V vehicle. Study of the Market and Comparison with the Competitors of the product.