Eng. Faisal Alarfaj MBA,  PMP,  PRINCE2,  BSP, GM, Transformation

Eng. Faisal Alarfaj MBA, PMP, PRINCE2, BSP

GM, Transformation

Saudi Post

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
13 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months

GM, Transformation at Saudi Post
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since June 2020
Director General of EPMO at NUPCO
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2020 to May 2021
Sr. Manager of EPMO at NUPCO
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2017 to December 2019
CEX Projects Supervisor at Saudi Telecom Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2017 to November 2017
Sr. PMO at National Unified Procurement Company For Medical Supplies
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2015 to April 2017

• PMO Governance & Capability Establishment:
• Formulate a PMO Strategy with a vision, mission, objectives & KPIs.
• Define the organizational Operating Model with all Roles & Responsibilities involved with the PMO.
• Set all necessary portfolio and project policies.
• Assess the organization’s current & target project management maturity levels based on a custom Maturity Model.
• Set the roadmap of initiatives to be executed to achieve the target maturity level.
• Formulate the PMO Charter for the Project Management Office.
• Provide theoretical and practical trainings for current and prospective project managers.
• Develop the customized Portfolio Management Framework with all processes and templates.
• Develop the customized Project Management Framework based on PMI’s processes.
• Cover the areas of Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, HR, Communications, Stakeholders and Risks Management
• Project Management.

PMO at Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2015 to November 2015

• Facilitating the continued alignment with the organization vision, mission and strategic objectives of the CITC
• Support and control of CITC projects delivering against, scope, quality and timescales
• Guiding PMs, providing support and training to our developing team
• Support the ongoing development and implementation of the CITC Project Management processes and procedures
• Develop processes to resolve over-allocation vs. under-allocation of resources
• Portfolio management development.
• Creating visibility of projects and resource status enabling prioritization and forward planning of resource allocation across projects
• Establishment of robust risk and issue management process.
• Establishment of project management templates
• Facilitating PM best practices to avoid negative issues such as padding
• Improving and enhancing PM governance and reporting structure.
• Writing and reviewing IT Request For Proposals (RFP’s) for various IT projects.
• Leading documentation and development of business processes and org. structures.
• Participating in the decision-making process at the management level.
• Promoting PMI's concepts and processes and providing advice and recommendations

Project Manager at Saudi Electrcity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2012 to April 2015

Project Coordinator for the Sales gas pipeline for PP-12 (2000 MW) (100M SAR) with Saudi Aramco.
* Contractor Management to make sure that contract being followed.
* Monitor and control the project progress
* Monitor all (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Instruments) works at site and confirm that the work as per schedule.
*Auditing the contractor quarterly based on the work progress.
* Pr-identify risks and provide alternative solution to avoid them.
* Tackle route cause of a problem and solve it with PMT.
* (Daily, Weekly) Progress Report to PM.
* Monitor all procurement progress and confirm that all PO are issued.
* Confirms that safety measurements being followed.
* Work closely with the contractor and its consultant to confirm all work needed been done.
*Open channels with vendors and suppliers to confirm their delivery date.
* Set up all needed meetings and interfaces for the project.
* Using all kind of communication (Written and verbal)

Project Electrical Engineer at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2012 to July 2012

I work with the Generation Project Execution Dept for the Projects and Engineering sector. I'm based for Power Plant 12 (PP-12 2000 MW) which is under construction. I inspect and check the work that contractor does in the power plant and make sure they do under the specification from the contract, I also attend the tests, commissioning, and start up. I attend meetings and discussions regard the work the contractor does.

Engineering Analyst at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2011 to January 2012

* Collect Data from all sector of the compay (Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Customer Services)
* Generate Excel sheets with formulas to calculate the KPI for the company.
* Participate in the internal Audit for the company in the kingdom.
* Worked together with KEMA KPI specialist and personal of The Electricity, Co-Generation Regulatory Authority to conduct the audit and authenticate the KPI results.
* Generate a power point presentation for the company KPI.
* Present the KPI to the Executive Board headed by the CEO

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at King Saud University
  • December 2016

Marketing, HR, Operation Management, Finance, and MIS.

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering
  • at Saginaw Valley State University
  • December 2010

Specialties & Skills

Problem Solving
Project Management
Communication Skills
Engineering instrument
Computer knowledge
communication
Commitment
Microsoft Ms
Decision Makers
Wear Multiple Hats
PRINCE2
Balance Scorecard Professional

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

IEEE
  • Student member
  • September 2010
Saudi Council Of Engineers
  • 230001
  • January 2015
Saginaw Valley State University
  • Student Alumni
  • January 2006

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2017
Valid Until:
May 2020
PRINCE2 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2016
Balanced Scorecard Professional (BSP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999
Lean Six Sigma (Training)
Training Institute:
Lawrence Technology college
Date Attended:
September 2014
Duration:
24 hours
Employee of The Year for 2014 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2015
Risk Management Professional (RMP) (Training)
Training Institute:
Promis Project Management Engineering Systems
Date Attended:
April 2014
Duration:
30 hours
Project Management Professional (PMP) Riyadh (Training)
Training Institute:
Projacs Training & Development
Date Attended:
February 2012

Hobbies

  • Sports, technology, Adventure, Travel, New Friends, Cultural
    We won a company cup 2012