Ali Alsafwani

• Recruitment, training, and development of FM staff.
• Responsible for short- & long-term planning and organizing resources.
• Managing all third parties specialized contracts.
• Responsible for the overall management of all strategic and operational marketing and Customer Relationship activities.
• Provide market feedback to the company leadership regarding competitive offerings, prospect needs and generate service development ideas.
• Managing strategic relationships and alliances with other, third-party companies.
• Identifying new business opportunities - new markets, new partnerships, new ways to reach existing markets, new service offerings to better meet the needs of existing markets.

• Overall responsibility for short/long term planning and organization of all resources. Implementing new operational processes and procedures.
• Establishing and maintaining Roles and Responsibilities for personnel under my management.
• Recruitment, training and development of staff.
• Building and maintaining close working relationship with clients
• Oversee overall financial management, planning, systems and projects controls.
• Implementing Service Engineering Approach (SEA) & Lean Thinking.

• Successfully managed the corporate spin-off of Marmar Holding Company to six companies. Full operating and P&L responsibility for 6 companies, including: quality, customer service, estimating, global sourcing, planning, operations, HR, scheduling, logistics, inventory management, corporate safety, sales & marketing.

Key Responsibilities
•Oversee the University's maintenance of facilities and grounds including the maintaining of physical facilities, landscaped areas, roadways and parking areas, etc.
•Oversee the University’s custodial services to maintain health and sanitation standards.
•Oversee the University’s security program which provides for the protection of personnel and property.
•Provide operations, maintenance and repair services for academic and administrative facilities at the Alfaisal campus including physical facilities, landscape areas, roadways and parking.
•Provide repair services to various staff and academic departments.
•Provide essential services to students, colleges, and staff contributing to the overall enhancement and quality of life of the University community.
•Responsible for the development and on-going renewal of campus facilities and infrastructure through an integrated program of campus/capital planning and implementation for new construction, renovations, alterations and facility renewal projects.
•Source and select suitable procumbent vendors for the University.

Recruited as an Assistant Technical Manager, charted a phenomenal growth curve, to merit the current designation

Career Chronology with Saudi Arabian Airlines:

January 2006 - 2008
Technical & Maintenance Dep. Manager

January 2000 - January 2006
Technical Manager

August 1999 - January 2000
Project Manager
• Deputed to incept the start-ups of the catering unit in King Fahad International Airport including the renovation of the staff accommodation at the Airport support area.

September 1996 - August 1999
Technical Manager

February 1995 -September 1996
Asst. Technical Manager

Highlights:
• Designated official responsible to the top management for all functionalities associated with the Technical Departments for all stations (Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam, Almadinah and Cairo).
• Successfully developed and implemented a turnkey maintenance plan encompassing - physical assets of the company (e.g., building facilities, vehicles, equipments, machines, etc.)
as well as the employees’ compound including and related facilities.
• Recruited, supervised and extracted a staff compliment of over 120 during tenure and reported to the senior management pertaining to KPIs.
• Successfully managed and staffed the start-ups of the catering unit in King Fahad International Airport including the renovation of the staff accommodation at the Airport support area.
• Established logistics and maintenance network for All the cafeterias operated by the company in Riyadh.
• Spearheaded the conceptualization and implementation of (MMS). Management Maintenance System and reported.

Primarily responsible for maintenance of all utilities (building facilities), support logistics (vehicle fleet, Inventory systems) infrastructure, safety and state of the art heavy duty catering equipments (Commercial Burners, Cold Storages, High Flame Burners, Walk In Coolers, Freezers, Exhaust SystemsCold Preparation Area, Heavy duty Dishwashers, Grease Straps, Brat Pans)

Generic Responsibilities:
• Directing, monitoring and coordinating, sectional processes, evaluations and plans, to guarantee standard running conditions and optimum process productivity in accordance with daily / monthly schedules.
• Preparing monthly reports on maintenance budgets and recurring costs. Executing internal audits to monitor levels of operational readiness procedures, issuing show cause notices for non-conformities and initiating ATRs.
• Enforcing operation procedures as per ISO 9001: 2000 standards, auditing usage of spare parts, accordingly placing orders to ensure minimal turnaround time for critical repair work.
• Designing section budgets, and effecting cost cutting measures to maintain adherence to the same. Evaluating supplier bids, identifying suppliers for optimal cost effectiveness.
• Conducting weekly and monthly preventive maintenance checks on automated heavy duty equipments and machines, to prevent unscheduled stoppages across all outlets and venues.
• Outsourcing specific jobs, identifying vendors, floating tenders, evaluating the same, leading and finalizing contractual details. Liaising with them and ensuring adherence to all deliverables.
• Enforcing obedience to safety regulations, reviewing safety manuals. Conducting monthly safety audits. Ensuring operational readiness of all safety and emergency equipment in the company.

Key Responsibilities:
• Reported to the Chief Engineer Accompanied by two other engineers in ensuring operational readiness and regular maintenance of all equipment associated with the smooth operation of cargo vessel (e.g., B&W diesel engines, BBC turbo chargers, boilers, pumps, purification systems, power generation, sewage system, control system, and plumbing system.