amani arif, Facilities Manager

amani arif

Facilities Manager

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS)

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Education - Hearing disability
Experience
7 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :7 years, 1 Months

Facilities Manager at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since May 2023

Further to my existing responsibilities as a facilities coordinator, I also manage additional tasks:

• Team Leader and Management: o Delegating responsibilities to team members for all front desk and mail room management o Insuring training for team members to main on-site introduction and inductions, QHSE & security measures

• Procurement: handling lease & vendors negotiations nationwide and insuring the best market price.
• Project Coordination: o Plan, analyze and kick-off QHSE projects, overseeing work and timeline management. o Managing Budgets, vendor contracting and subcontracting
• Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment (QHSE): o Serves as the Point of Contact for ISO audits, passing ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. o Maintaining equipment per preventive maintenance programs. o Maintaining Health & Safety training for my team o induction of QHSE awareness to clients with monthly activity
• Building Systems Inspection and Maintenance: o Inspect fire alarms, HVAC, plumbing, and other systems. o Performing troubleshooting, repairs, and preventive maintenance.
• Emergency Response: Serves as the main point of contact for first aid response.
• Financial Management: o Builds budgets for the department o Focuses on cost savings initiatives by identifying sustainable solutions.

Facilities Coordinator at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2023 to April 2023

Professional Facility Coordinator adept at client relations, maintenance oversight and finance management. Skilled in emergency response, vendor coordination, and on-site facility management, including:

• Client Relations and Meetings: o Develop and maintain positive client relationships. o Attending client meetings & maintaining meeting minutes for company-client meetings.
• Maintenance Coordination and Oversight: o Managing repair and maintenance assignments by technicians, vendors, and contractors. o Reviewing work orders to ensure completion. o Coordinating moves, adds, and changes.
• Master Shopper: Procuring supplies, equipment, and materials for both the client and the company.
• Procurement and Vendor Management: o Obtain and review price quotes for parts, services, and labor. o Conduct facility inductions & training to vendors. o Ensure accurate invoice processing and cost center coding. o Acting as a liaison between the client and landlords, including government landlords.
• Administrative and Training Tasks: o Utilizing technology for work orders, email, and training. o Providing process and procedure training. o Conducting financial/business analysis and preparing reports.
• Quality, Health, Safety, and Environment (QHSE):
o Adhering to codes, regulations, and safety directives. o Ensuring an energy-efficient system operation.
• Emergency Response: o Responds swiftly to emergencies, seeking additional assistance as needed. o Overseeing evacuation planning and execution.
• Financial Management: o Managing the invoicing cycle for clients, including proforma invoices, POs, and invoice submissions. o Building budget tree for the FM department. o Focusing on cost savings initiatives by identifying sustainable solutions.
• On-Site Facility Management: o Managing storage areas efficiently. o Overseeing canteen supplies and ensures their availability. o Coordinating cleaning and maintenance of the facility, including PPE supplies. o Prepare meeting rooms for various events. o Overseeing stationary management and miscellaneous tasks.
• Front Desk and Mail Room Management: o Handling mail room responsibilities, including receiving shipments, sending shipments, and arranging airway bills o Ensuring efficient check-in for guests and verifying employee access using their cards.

Customer Relations Representative at SAMACO Marine
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • November 2021 to February 2023

• Handling and engaging with high profile customers, ensuring that all customer requests are in-line according to established procedures and protocols.
• Responded quickly and professionally to incoming calls, emails, and live chat messages from customers.
• Provided feedback on new initiatives designed to enhance the quality of service provided by the team.
• Used customer-focused, needs-based review process to educate customers about product or service options.
• Providing and updating daily sales report through dynamic sheet visuals
• Overseeing all company customer-oriented campaigns and events across the kingdom

Customer Service Operations at Arabian Centers (Cenomi)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2019 to October 2021

• Complaint Resolution: Addressed visitors and tenants general complaints.
• Tenant & Client Management: Maintained data & facilitated permit issuance, daily report on tenant activates & no show.
• Warehouse and Inventory Management: Oversaw company assets and inventory.
• Event Organization: Coordinated store openings, national/international days, and holiday events.
• Lost and Found Services: Managed lost items, including electronic devices, personal IDs, and miscellaneous belongings; additionally, Collaborated with government agencies for lost items.
• Facility Readiness: Ensured readiness from utility services (bathroom, electricity) to shop appearance for customer opening; and enforcing company and EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety) standards.
• Social Media Management: Captured photos and videos for mall social media, with minimal editing and posting, including daily marketing coverage on Snapchat.

Showroom Supervisor at Alshaya Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 2019 to June 2019
Executive Secretary at Dr. Ahmed Saeed Al-Omari Office
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 2016 to December 2018

• Handling office customers inquiries & complaints
• Appointments & scheduling management for customers
• Executive Secretary for the manager for administrative and secretarial tasks, includes appointment scheduling for VIP, MoM process & distributing, flight & travel management, task distribution to employees, and Archiving.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Education - Hearing disability
  • at University of Jeddah
  • November 2024

4.47 GPA, 2nd Honorary

Specialties & Skills

Basic administrate work (filing, data entry).
Planning & organizing tasks
Microsoft office
Conflict Handling
writing reports
Administration
Project Management
Facility Management
Project Planning
Projects Coordinator
marketing
marketing communications
office administration
office management
market research
MANAGEMENT
EDITING
PROJECT COORDINATION
SOCIAL MEDIA
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Public Relations and Communication
Mail Room & Parcel Management
share point
FIRST AID
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
SUBCONTRACTING
team management
Microsoft excel
team leadership
people management
microsoft powerpoint
marketing strategy
marketing management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

NASP
  • NASP 30 Hours - OSHA 30
  • June 2022

Training and Certifications

NASP: 30 Hour - General Industry (OSHA 30) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2022
GWS CBRE: Facility Manager (FM) Certification Program (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2024
مكافحه كورونا (Training)
Training Institute:
الهلال الأحمر السعودي
Date Attended:
May 2019
Duration:
2 hours
القيادة الاداريه (Training)
Training Institute:
اثرائي
Date Attended:
May 2019
Duration:
1 hour
التخطيط التنفيذي (Training)
Training Institute:
اثرائي
Date Attended:
May 2019
Duration:
2 hours
الابتكار المؤسسي (Training)
Training Institute:
اثرائي
Date Attended:
May 2019
Duration:
1 hour
إدارة الفعاليات (Training)
Training Institute:
اثرائي
Date Attended:
May 2019
Duration:
1 hour
اداره النزاع في بيئة العمل (Training)
Training Institute:
اثرائي
Date Attended:
May 2019
Duration:
1 hour
Basics of Sign Language (Training)
Training Institute:
Saudi medical academy
My scientific movie (Training)
Training Institute:
King Abdulaziz University
Date Attended:
September 2016
Duration:
13 hours
Communication effectively with customers (Training)
Training Institute:
Doroob
Date Attended:
December 2018
Duration:
4 hours
Principles of customer service (Training)
Training Institute:
Doroob
Date Attended:
December 2018
Duration:
4 hours
Work Ethics (Training)
Training Institute:
Taqat
Date Attended:
December 2018
Duration:
5 hours
Personal patterns in the work environment through the theory of DISC (Training)
Training Institute:
Doroob
Date Attended:
December 2018
Duration:
2 hours

Hobbies

  • Photography