Project Management office, Manager (PMO)
ECONOMIC CITIES AUTHORITY
Total years of experience :5 years, 8 Months
Key role: Project Management
Responsible for several aspects of the business including:
A. Key Objective/Project: PMO Manager, Operations division
Reporting to the Vice Secretary General of the operations division
Leading the institutionalization of a project management culture within the organization
Developing, documenting, implementing, and enforcing the use of project management practices and policies
Providing project management facilitation, coaching and training
Coordinating interdependencies and shared resource usage among projects
Following up on project progress as well as task assigned (status reports, statistics, trends, etc.)
Ensuring the teams maintain 100% focus on the organizational objectives and targets
B. Key Objective/Project: Project Manager, KPMG eGovernment services redesign
Reporting to the e-Government Program Director
Initiating projects through the establishment of clear terms of reference, scope statements, time lines, priorities, understanding business drivers, success criteria and stakeholders' needs.
Defining underlying success drivers and un-spoken project needs.
Planning projects through the creation of clear project plans, resources’ needs, project policies, schedule, definition of roles and responsibilities, acceptance and quality planning.
Tracking projects through execution of scheduled activities and progress assessment, and applying effective communications measures to advise, report, and apply corrective measures as needed.
Proactively and assertively building relationships between projects and organization stakeholders.
Monitoring the project during its entire life cycle.
Key roles: Brand strategy, marketing, budget modeling, project management
Responsible for several aspects of the business including:
A. Key Objective/Project: Promote Jazan Economic City Polytechnic
Developing & executing an annual comprehensive marketing and communication plan based on the allocated budget to achieve the student enrollment target for the college
College branding
Collateral development
Developing, maintaining and upgrading college website (technical and branding)
Developing the student recruitment/enrollment online application system
B. Key Objective/Project: Project Management Office (PMO)
Cadre’s role and relationships with many government and private industry organizations required efficient management and monitoring of complex projects and tasks and I was given the role to manage the Balanced Business Plan Strategy (BBP) for multiple entities/departments which included:
Reporting directly to the CEO
Leading the institutionalization of a project management culture within the company
Developing and implementing the BBP for the Secondment Services, Jazan Economic City Polytechnic College and all operational functions which includes HR, finance, legal, and marketing
Developing, documenting, implementing, and enforcing the use of project management practices and policies
Developing Bi-monthly reports
Providing project management facilitation, coaching and training
Coordinating interdependencies and shared resource usage among projects
Following up on project progress as well as task assigned (status reports, statistics, trends, etc.)
Ensuring the teams maintain 100% focus on the organizational objectives & targets
C. Key Objective/Project: Maintain Cadre IT infrastructure
Cadre’s role and relationships with many government and private industry organizations required an advanced and efficient system to ensure smooth, profitable and speedy information exchange and transactions.
Overseeing the processes mapping, design and development of the company's online service portal
Monitoring the maintenance and upgrade of the organization website
Key roles: Digital Marketing Strategy & Project Management
Industry experience: FMCG (rice, dairy, tea, confectionary), Aviation, Real Estate and Fashion.
List of clients include: Saudi Arabian Airlines, AlMohaidib - AlWalimah Rice, Sadafco, AMS Baeshen, Emaar - Bay La Sun & Esmeralda Development in King Abdullah Economic City, AlMarai - 7Days, AlWefag, AlMunajem - Kako, Goody - Velor, Alshiaka Thobs, Rubaiyat Modern Luxury.
Responsible for the execution of the client’s brand vision on a digital level;
Liaising with client’s e-commerce team and developing e-commerce strategies;
Liaising with client’s consultants and other agencies to maintain and ensure synchronization of marketing strategy execution;
Managing account management, creative and development teams to ensure timely execution of marketing plans;
Regular analysis and synthesis of client-specific industry trends and keeping abreast of developments in e-commerce, marketing and interactive creativity;
Maintaining regular contact and strong, productive relationships with client’s marketing team, third-party consultants;
Conflict resolution, problem-solving (cost, operational and inter-personal);
Ensuring daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly reports are developed and sent to client and their management consultants;
Developing action plans/critical path schedules for individual project and ensuring target discipline;
Regular monitoring of agency profitability targets and adjusting strategies to ensure team is on target;
Developing creative briefs, organizing brainstorming sessions and general daily management of projects;
Managing induction of new team members and being responsible for their professional development.
- Established and developed a comprehensive business plan for the following sections: market opportunities, corporate plan, promotions, operations, finance, human resources, and marketing;
- Forecast sales and materials requirements.
- Tutoring International students in the postgraduate marketing program;
- Assisting the students with the social and cultural adjustments;
- Applying their classroom knowledge into solving problems, studying for tests, and working on assignments.
- A North American supplier of customized short run printed products;
- Conducted a full study on their supply chain management practices;
- Conducted a full study on their customer approaches to quality.
Awards: - The Valedictorian for Sheridan College School of Business graduating class of 2005/06 - Graduated with a Scholar Honors status for achieving a GPA of 3.857 out of 4 - Recipient of the “Ontario Shopping Center Management & Promotion Committee Scholarships” in 2006 for academic excellence - Received a certificate of excellence in 2005 for outstanding performance in the Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition.