Amjad Milhem, Projects Manager

Amjad Milhem

Projects Manager

Global Arabian for Modern Applications ‎Ltd.‎

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Studies with Systems practice
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Projects Manager at Global Arabian for Modern Applications ‎Ltd.‎
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since November 2015

Working as projects manager who is responsible for the overall management and execution of IT high value projects; Software Development Solutions, CCTV solutions, Access Control, Storage Solutions, Data Centers which may include civil, electrical and infrastructure works, operation & maintenance projects, from receiving PO to completion. Managing large size/high level complexity projects. ‎

 Managing and leading the project team. ‎
 Recruiting project staff and consultants ‎
 Managing and coordination of the partners and working groups engaged in project work. ‎
 Developing and maintaining a detailed project plan. ‎
 Managing project deliverables in line with the project plan. ‎
 Recording and managing project issues and escalating where necessary. ‎
 Resolve cross functional issues at project level. ‎
 Managing projects scope and change control and escalating issues where necessary. ‎
 Monitoring project progress and performance. ‎
 Working closely with the users to ensure the project meets business needs. ‎

Project Manager at Al Faisaliah Medical Systems
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2011 to March 2015

Working as a Project manager who is responsible for the overall management and execution of high value medical equipment’s projects which may include civil, electrical mechanical and infrastructure works from receiving PO to completion. Managing large size/high level complexity projects.

My duties and tasks included but not limit to the following:
 Running high complex medical projects within time, budget and scope while maintaining customer satisfaction.
 Defining the requirements and planning project lifecycle deployment.
 Defining clear customer, supplier/vendor and subcontractor scopes.
 Defining resources and schedule for project implementation.
 Creating strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning.
 Planning and scheduling project deliverables, goals, milestones to meet Revenue targets
 Directs and oversees project engineering team and manages conflicts within group.
 Managing subcontractor(s) to meet project deadlines within approved scope and budget
 Identifying and solving project issues, e.g., penalties, etc.
 Cash flow control and financial reporting
 Implement proper closure of projects, e.g., training, customer sign-offs, updating PMO register, document archiving, etc.

Area Projects Coordinator at Afaq for Computer Technologies
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2009 to September 2011

Afaq for Computer Technologies Company - Low Current Solutions
Area Projects coordinator who is in charge of coordination tasks for three remote mega projects; KAUST Project, KSAU - Madinah and KSAU - Jeddah. The scope of work in these projects was the Low Current Systems such as; CCTV, SCS, PAS, BMS, FAS.

Projects Coordination Manager at RKe Technology
  • Other
  • April 2007 to September 2009

Projects Coordination Manager for Telecommunications solutions

Major projects i was handling:
1- Bulk Messaging Gateway Project - AwalNet
2- Bulk Messaging Gateway Project - STC
3- Local Roaming Number Project - STC

My duties and tasks included but not limit to the following:
 Managing and leading the project team
 Managing co-ordination of the partners and working groups engaged in project work
 Developing and maintaining a detailed project plan
 Managing project risks issues and escalating when necessary
 Managing project scope and change control and escalating issues where necessary
 Monitoring project progress and performance
 Providing status reports to the project sponsor
 Managing project training within the defined budget
 Liaison with, and updates progress to, project steering board/senior management
 Working closely with users to ensure the project meets business needs
 Identifying user training needs and devising and managing user training programs

Project Coordinator at Dar Al Riyadh Holding Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2003 to April 2007

Dar Al Riyadh Holding Co. - Shomoos Project
My duties and tasks included but not limit to the following:

 Training the new partners/staff on Shomoos Applications
 Preparing Partners/Resellers contracts
 Translating/Preparing user manuals in Arabic and English
 Coordination with different sales & technical managers in Shomoos Project
 Managing communications with our client
 Tracking and following up the progress in the project.
 Managing and solving various clients issues and problems.
 Preparing and arranging marketing materials.
 Working with the project manager to submit sales forecasts
 Participating in the budget preparations
 Preparing monthly new clients numbers reports
 Preparing monthly revenue reports
 Coordinating with our Partners/Resellers to achieve targets.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Studies with Systems practice
  • at Arab Open University
  • January 2012

Business Management - Systems

Specialties & Skills

Management
Project Management
Team Management
MS Project
Business Management
Project Management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
German
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Scrum Certification Prep, Scrum Master, Agile Scrum Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Udemy
Date Attended:
December 2021
PMP Exam Prep Seminar – PMBOK Guide 6 (Training)
Training Institute:
Udemy
Date Attended:
November 2020
Duration:
25 hours