tahar Ferchichi, Business Project Manager

tahar Ferchichi

Business Project Manager

Lootah group

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree in engineering industrial network
Experience
18 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 9 Months

Business Project Manager at Lootah group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2015

 Identified and developed new channel partners market of Smart Metering and Smart Grid & ELV systems in MENA area
 work with partner
 Coordinated with partners to create and execute business plan to meet sales goal
 Managed sales pipeline, monthly forecast sales and collection money
 Delivered customer presentations and attended sales meetings
 Managed a division of 30 persons (Engineers, Project Managers, Sales, Accountant and Technicians)
 Resolved business issues and ensured that all escalated issues are closed
 Ensured that team work in compliance with company policies and procedures
 Developed and enforced best practices to ensure operational efficiency for the team
 Evaluated division performance and recommended new strategies for performance improvements

PROJECT DELIVERY MANAGER SMART METERING at Elster Integrated Solution
  • France
  • November 2008 to October 2015

Operating in 3 sectors: Electricity, water and Gas

- Defined project plans, KPI’s, milestones, costs and
team resources
- Deployed smart metering and smart grid networks in France and International utilities
- Supervised site survey, audit and field deployment
- Provided Energy Management Solutions that driveenergy efficiency, operational improvements and cost savings for utilities, commercial and industrial customers and consumers
- Provided training and support to technicians and international customers with Elster solutions
- Acted on pre sales meeting with clients to define requirements and specifications
- Customized network design and installed renewable energy solutions to reduce energy bills
- Monitored, validated and delivered with R&D, IT and sales departments new energy products
- Sold additional software features to the clients and negotiated contracts with contractors
- Reported to director and stakeholders about project status

o Major clients: ADEWA (UAE), Italgas (Italy), Enemalta (Malta), Jersey water (UK), Gas natural
(Spain), Saur and Veolia (France)
Project budget 2014: 3, 8 M€

Field Support Engineer at Coronis system
  • France
  • February 2008 to October 2008

● Field Installation trainer of AMR* products (Concentrators, repeaters, and end-points using Wavenis® technology)
Training done in France, Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and U.K / *AMR: Automatic Meter Metering
● AMR* network architect, using Google earth and different maps tools
*Automatic Meter Reading
● Site survey - RSSI** Test
(**Received Signal Strength Indicator).
● Project management, including planning of network delivery, and subcontractor management
● Maintenance and fine tuning of AMR wireless networks.
● Helpdesk support (Level 2) - Phone and ticketing.
ew telecommunication network

Support Engineer at IBM
  • France
  • January 2007 to December 2007

- Installed and configured operating systems and benchmark applications
- Tested new System X technology (Blade center)
- Provided support to customers, including procedural documentation and reports
- Investigated, diagnosed and solved computer software and hardware faults
ance of hardware and software

ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN at Arcelor Mittal
  • France
  • June 2001 to January 2003

- Ensured preventive electrical maintenance
- Commissioned LV and MV power generation
- Maintained and repaired LV distribution networks
- Performed preventative maintenance and diagnostics on automation system
- Debugged SCADA Monitoring systems and PLC control

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree in engineering industrial network
  • at University of Montpellier II
  • July 2006

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Green Energy
Telecommunications
Network Design
Smart Metering
DEPLOYMENT
PROJECT MANAGER
RADIO FREQUENCY
VBSCRIPT
Low voltage
firewall
TELECOMMUNICATION
AMI network
metering
switchgear

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
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