Ali Hussain, CEO Senior Advisor Planning & Strategy & B Development          كبير المستشارين للتخطيط والإستراتيجي

Ali Hussain

CEO Senior Advisor Planning & Strategy & B Development كبير المستشارين للتخطيط والإستراتيجي

Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu / Bechtel International

Location
Saudi Arabia - Dammam
Education
Bachelor's degree, Bachelors of Electrical engineering
Experience
28 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :28 years, 10 Months

CEO Senior Advisor Planning & Strategy & B Development كبير المستشارين للتخطيط والإستراتيجي at Royal Commission for Jubail & Yanbu / Bechtel International
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since January 2021

• CEO Senior Advisor for Projects Strategy & Planning & Business Development:
 This role requires an advanced industry veteran with an extensive track record in conceiving and implementing strategic initiatives within the Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas, Economic Zones, Maritime / Offshore Clusters sectors, and Rails Network, as well as Airports. The incumbent is anticipated to provide profound insights and strategic counsel in alignment with the organization's vision for the successful execution of large-scale EPC projects.
 Provide strategic guidance on the integration of shared services across the organization, ensuring alignment with the organization’s vision for project execution excellence, and advise on key performance indicators (KPIs) including efficiency gains in all shared services delivery timelines, cost reductions in operational expenditures, and enhancements in cross-functional collaboration.
 Advancement of Royal Commission sustainability, this advanced professional will lead a strategic transformation in collaboration with key stakeholders, including Ministries and Authorities. The objective is to bolster and accelerate the implementation strategy of high-profile projects related to the 2030 Vision in the Petrochemicals and Oil and Gas industries, ensuring their seamless integration into the overarching objectives of mega projects within the Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas industry.
 Transform organization key objectives, strategic goals to be aligned & integrated with the 2030 Vision and its Vision Realization Programs (VRPs) via VRO, Transformations, Business Development & Investment, Giga-Projects, Special Economic Zones, rail network, airports, Strategic Warehousing, Petrochemicals, Oil and Gas Supply Chain networking, integrated transportation, and Committee Culture.
 Lead the organization transformation to attract global Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas investments that contribute effectively to Saudi’s economy.
 Maximize and Elevate the Kingdom’s competitiveness and enable and attract global Petrochemicals and Oil & Gas investments.
 Measure the overall operations integration (among internal & External stakeholders) performance to ensure synchronism in operations.

CEO at Alkhodari ( Public Listed Co.)
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • December 2019 to December 2020

AL-KHODARI is a public listed company and has consolidated its 60 years presence in the field of:
- Construction : infrastructure, roads, bridges, buildings, industrial projects.
- Real Estate Development.
- Environmental Services (Waste Management).
- IT & Telecommunications.
- Operation & Maintenance.
- Cities Cleaning.
- Manufacturing.
- Logistics.

STRENGTHS :
- High analytically skilled with the ability to collect, and analyze large data to assess problems, and develop solutions that tune and drive the organization strategically and safely.
- Expert in cost Reductions, control, performance optimization, and risk minimization.
- Experienced in most GCC commercial Procedures, rules, regulations, and operations.
- Well-versed in conceptualizing and implementing business plans that lead the company to achieve high-growth.
- Strong financial experience (P&L, Auditing, Bank facilities, Loans, and SIDF).
- Proficient in ERP (SAP, Oracle, MS) Applications and implementations.
- Skilled in negotiating/bidding for mega contracts.
- Setting marketing initiative methods.
- Well experienced in Joint Ventures & Strategic Business Partnerships.
- Ability to conceptualize & implement corrective / pro-active plans.
- Business Re-engineering and Business setups.
- Proficient in root cause analysis when it comes to operational & financial risk management.
- Ability to set up the strategic routs and guidelines.
- Well experienced in business consolidations & integrations.
- Exposed to global & regional operations.
- Effective Executive Leadership, and figures oriented driven.

CEO / VP Projects & Engineering ( Construction, Manufacturing , Shared Services. Logistics) at EMDAD Energy
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • December 2013 to December 2019

EMDAD ENERGY has consolidated its presence as one of the leading infrastructure construction and service providers to the energy sector in the KSA and is fast expanding operations across the GCC. As the Country General Manager of this organization. The below four business units are reporting to this position:

o Industrial Services (Construction, O&M/MRO):
 Power plants.
 Oil & Gas & Petrochemical Plants.
 Water Plants & Utilities.
 Electric Substations (Transmission & Distribution).
 Protective anti-corrosion & Marin coatings (pipelines, tanks, Vesseles, platforms).

o Manufacturing/Overhauling:
 Transformers & Switchgears.
 uPVC Electrical Conduit & Cable Ducts.
 Pumps/Valves/Chillers/ Condensers/Compressors Overhauling.
 Steel & Aluminum (Casting, fabrications, recycling).


o Business Development: joint ventures & business opportunities setups.

o Shared Services: (Finance, Procurement, Legal Affairs, Human Resources, Government Relation, Custom Clearance, Logistics, IT, Media, Safety & security).
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• General Manager
• Projects & Engineering Director
• Shared Services Director.
• Operation & Maintenance Director
• Transformation & Risk Management Consultant:

GENERAL MANAGER at Industrial Paints Co. ( Chemicals ).
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • December 2012 to December 2013

• General Manager.
Manage and guide the company’s operations which consist of:

o Manufacture plants:
 Industrial Coating plant.
 Protective Coating plant (Anti-corrosion, Marine).
 Sealants plant.

o Projects (MRO):
 Oil & Gas Pipelines sandblasting protective coating.
 Industrial water tanks protective coating.
 Marine blasting & coating (Ships, platforms, vessels)

• Business Development Director.
 Devise long-term Master business plan that reflects the prediction of the potential opportunities in the country.
 Turned around the protective coating plant from losing to profit by establishing a new joint venture with one of the leaders in this field ‘AXON’ resulted to 20 MUSD profit within the first year.
 Signed supply & apply long-term agreements with strategic customers ensuring guaranteed orders.



Organization managed consist of:
- Operation
- Production
- HR
- Marketing
- Sales
- Strategic Planning
- Export
- Logistics
- Finance

Engineering & Projects / Procurement / MRO Head at Saudi Electricity Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • December 1998 to December 2012

• Engineering & Projects Head
 Responsible for all the project stages; initiation, planning, execution, controlling, and closure.
 Managed megaproject through contractor and sub-contractors.
 Ensure projects are delivered as per the assigned standards.

• Procurement & Tendering Head
 Ensuring the synchronism with the ERP (SAP) system
 Material planning, and Budgeting (Strategic & Tactic).
 Material approvals, purchasing, and delivery.
 Analyze inventories to control stock, and maximize capacity.
 Point of contact between the supplier and internal end-user.
 Vender / supplier proposal evaluations & approvals.

• Maintenance, Repair, and Overhauling (MRO) Head
 Manage the workshop MRO for transformers, switchgears, generators, and meters.
 Plan, budget the resources required for the MRO workshop.
 Ensure smooth process cycle for MRO, from customer request, RFQ, Proposal, completion up to delivery.

Other duties & special assignments

• Energy Performance:
 Monitor the energy supply and demand and the future contribution of renewable energy.
 Improve the systems (Energy Management System ‘EnMS’), standards, and processes necessary to continually optimize energy performance, including energy efficiency use, and consumption based on systematic, data-driven, and fact-based process.
 Convert the energy network to smart grids that analysis itself and redistribute the energy accordingly.
 Member of the sustainable energy committees with Saudi Electricity Co (SEC) and Electricity & Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA).
 Member of the Saudi Electricity Co. (the only 4 Geographical Companies providing energy to Saudi Arabia restructuring (re-engineering)/ merging team and studying the impact the company mergers on the diversity, process, people, income and costs.
As per the guidance of ISO:50001, 50002, 50003, 50004, 50006, 50015, 50047.

• Energy Strategic Planning & Risk Management:
 Established 1, 5, 10 years network energy plans, taking into consideration the country grow via (populations, economy, industrial, commercial) in addition to the energy consumption vs. energy production periodically, and the impact of transformation into green energy (Solar & Wind).
 Set up the road map plan for the energy transformation into green (renewable).
 Set up the current energy vs. the future energy need taken into consideration the contribution of the renewable energy in the consumption.
 Analyze the energy network periodically to minimize risk and avoid any blackout in the network.
 Design network energy distribution master plan vs. the contingency plans for the country to prevent energy stability and ensure zero risks of failures.
 Predict, analyze and correct the network failures, and overloads through the proper contingency plans.
 Ensure the crude fuel stable supply to ensure the energy continuous production.
 Establish, review and update risk assessment procedure ‘Failure Prevention’.
 Design the load transfer plan in the network to tolerate maximum consumption at peak time.
 Define the availability plan for the strategic & critical material (assets) needed for the energy network to have zero failures and fulfill the 1, 5, 10 plans.
 Establish the maintenance systems procedures (predictive, preventive, corrective, ) for the energy network to ensure the high performance of energy in the network.
As per the guidance of ISO: 31000, 55000.

General Manager ( KSA, China ) at Recycling Co. / Rubber Products Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • December 2010 to November 2012

Managing 3 Plants in Saudi Arabia and 1 Plant in China.‎
Preparing the new set up of the business JV with the Chinese company.‎
Set up a plan for the new JV to be executed.‎
Providing Board with the strategic plans and a quarterly progress report.‎
Give the hands to the team to execute the approved business plan and monitor ‎business plan progress.‎
Preparing /Processing the Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) loan.‎
Restructuring the business as per international standards
To implement the strategic goals and objectives of the organization
Enable the Board to fulfill its governance function.‎
Give direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organization's ‎philosophy, mission, strategy, and its annual goals and objectives
Monitoring the business through indicators such as KPI.‎
Fully systemizing the business.‎
Finding other alternative sources for raw materials.‎
Human Resource Management
Running the existing business with minimum idle time and maximum production.‎
Managing the P/L, Cash flow, liabilities, ..‎
Ensures that matters related to finance and transactions
‎ Manage and utilize the funds and expenditures of the various operations carried ‎out by the firm. ‎
Understand the financial tools and resource available to the firm and chalk out a ‎plan that effectively meets the requirements of the Company .‎
Managing the breakeven Point on monthly basis.‎
Setting up and continues review for the marketing techniques to compete with ‎other manufacturers.‎
Cost Reduction, Cut down Waste and Idle Man Power.‎
Monitor and Maximize Projects Execution
Cut Down Administration Overheads
Minimizing the accumulative loss.‎
Turning the loss into profit. (Proven Records).‎
Preparing the contingency plans and review it on monthly basis.‎
Selecting the proper middle management team.‎
Saudization roles and regulations implementation.‎
Awareness of Saudi labors law.‎
Good experience with SAGIA.‎
Strong communication with chamber of commerce. ‎

Industrial Manager / Business Development -Projects at ABB
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 1996 to December 1998

• Industrial Manager
Participated in both manufacturing and projects business units. Some of the responsibilities:
 Manage & bridging the gap between manufacturing & projects.
 Managing and supervising all the project stages starting from the project initiation, planning, execution, performance up to the closing taking into considerations the ISO:21500 and the KPIs measurements.
 Plan and Coordinate with the manufacturing to supply the projects with the required material included but not limited to; switchgears, transformers, RMUs, protections systems, and GIS in all levels of voltages (LV, MV, HV, and EHV) as per customer requirements.
 Ensuring the supply of the energy equipment to be delivered from the manufacturing business unit to the customer site.
 Participated in several projects as a project manager with ARAMCO, SEC, Sabic, SWCC, Royal Commission, and Dammam Sea Port.
 Managed production of medium voltage switchgears and transformers.

• Business development manager (Renewable Energy: Solar, Wind)
 Targeted potential opportunities in the fields of renewable energy in GCC countries, and develop a business strategy.
 Communicating with the related authorities on the board level.
 Highlighted awareness of the Clean energy solutions’ importance and impacts on the country and the global.

Operation and Maintenance / Projects Manager at Ministry of water and electricity (water & sewage authority):
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • September 1994 to January 1996

1. Projects Management Department.
2. Operation & Maintenance Department.
3. Branch Manager.

for the water and wastewater treatment plants. Some of the duties and responsibilities of these positions:
• Managing the water and sewage plants from the greenfield, design, construction, testing, commissioning up to operations.
• Analyzing and managing the water distributions through the water pipeline networks.
• Payments and deductions to contractors up on projects progress and failures.
• Managing the operation of water and sewage plants.
• Managing the water pump stations.
• Projects Planning and budgeting.
• Contractor's approvals and biddings.
• Evaluation for the Turn Key projects.
• Projects handovers.
• QHSE Management.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Bachelors of Electrical engineering
  • at King Fahad University ( KFUPM )
  • July 1994

• BS of Electrical Engineering.

Specialties & Skills

oil gas
Black Belt
Expertise in strategic planning
International Business Experience
Manufacturing Operations Management
Computer
Gulf GCC High experience exposure
finance
Operations
Management
Procurement
English
6 Sigma Black Belt
Strategic Planning

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Board Member in Fabrication Business (confidential)
  • Board Member
  • January 2010
Board Member in Industrial Machinery Repair Business (confidential)
  • Board Member
  • December 2011
Board Member in Safety and Sport Flooring Business (confidential)
  • Board Memeber
  • January 2010
Advisor in a Power Organization
  • Advisor
  • January 2015

Training and Certifications

PRINCE2 (Training)
Training Institute:
SEC PMP
KPI (Training)
Training Institute:
SEC
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Stress management; Fundamentals for managers.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Leadership in change dynamic.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
SAP Utilities
Date Attended:
December 1994
management (Training)
Training Institute:
Supervision skills development.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Conceptual thinking.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Capital Investment Management
Date Attended:
December 1994
management (Training)
Training Institute:
Balance your personal & professional life.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Performance influence through.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Full service site managers.
Date Attended:
June 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
What managers should know
Date Attended:
December 1984
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Maintenance engineering management.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Time management.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Reaching higher level achievement.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Best negotiation.
Date Attended:
December 1994
M(Training)
Training Institute:
Total Quality Management (TQM).
Date Attended:
December 1994
Technical (Training)
Training Institute:
Craft appreciation for engineers.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Full service auditing.
Date Attended:
November 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Technical evaluation.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Telephone skills
Date Attended:
November 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Fundamentals for managers.
Date Attended:
June 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Sharpening your focus business.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Solution Manager.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Technical (Training)
Training Institute:
Commissioning and performance testing.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Managing interpersonal relationships.
Date Attended:
December 1994
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Finance for non-financial managers
Date Attended:
December 1994

Hobbies

  • photography
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