Director Property & Logistics
Transguard Group
Total years of experience :23 years, 2 Months
Transguard Group is part of Emirates, specializing in managed services in Aviation, Cash Service, Security, Facility Management, Hospitality, and Manpower provision, with 65, 000 employees in the United Arab Emirates.
As Director - Property and Logistics, responsible for the group’s commercial and residential property management, fleet logistics, and warehousing and distribution.
Black Belt Lean Six-Sigma project sponsor for group initiatives effecting business facilities and logistics. Leading a facility management team dedicated to group property management, maintenance, including offices premises, medical clinics, catering production units, training centers, Security Operations Centers, Commercial Cash Control Centers, and staff accommodations; and group logistics for vehicles assets including transportation, staff vehicles, distribution and armored vehicles.
Providing the strategic leadership of group facility and transport resources to meet the business objectives. Tasked with restructuring, streamlining and improving operational performance along vertical areas of the department. Work closely with business units new contract startups, and projects and initiatives to support and grow their businesses. Developing and standardizing group policies and procedures ensuring service levels, quality control and governance.
Overall responsibility for property leases, municipal related items, MEP, security, FM, and operation of group properties. Oversee the project management of all construction related activities of the group. Directing the transportation management, services, logistic operations, and security of group assets.
• Strategy and Operational Management of over 30 commercial and residential property assets for the group.
• Acquisition and development of property portfolio.
• Facilities operations in construction, renovation, maintenance and management of multi-site commercial properties and large facilities complexes.
• Directing lease negotiations, budgeting, construction, maintenance, security, furniture and
equipment procurement and contract relocations.
• Mobilization and demobilization of large-scale facilities.
• Directing transportation team responsible for fleet of more than 500 vehicles.
• Inventory, Warehousing and distribution management.
• Drive all sustainability, utility and environmental related projects.
• Ensuring compliance with all HSE standards, regulatory requirements and legislation.
• Develop and execute strategies aligned to group strategy.
• Taking charge of the commercial, technical and organizational interests.
• Managing relationships with key stakeholders.
• Enhancing operations, business development and service delivery.
Global Sourcing & Supply is a wholly owned subsidiary of BMMI, a Bahrain based company specializing in FMCG, warehousing and supply chain management, government contracting, facility management and remote site services in Africa and the Middle East.
Senior Executive position responsible for managing, planning, directing and coordinating global operations. Setting of strategic goals and objectives geared to growing business, improving the performance, productivity, efficiency and profitability of operations to suit cross-industry clients including Government & Defense, Oil, Gas & Mining, as well as commercial sectors. Developing and sustaining high-level products and services, including Integrated Facility Management, Remote site services, Technical Source & Supply, Rations Supply and Contract Logistics.
Development and implementation effective strategic plans, clear and precise communications, and performance based management goals. Change management and team building training, coaching and motivating people.
Managing P&Ls for business divisions exceeding $200 million annual revenue covering Middle East, central Asia and Africa with operations comprising of over 1, 500 employees.
• Driving business growth through strategic acquisitions and business integration of new country startups (STRATEX), capital asset purchases (CAPEX), and organic sustained operational excellence (OPEX).
• Capture management and planning for numerous proposals to the US Department of Defense, US Department of State, United Nations, USAID, French Armed Forces and other government and NGOs.
• Develop an Operations Department distinctive of the BD, Marketing & Support Functions to take accountability for Operational performance in all of GSS Operations globally.
• Focus on improvement and consolidation of business process, systems and KPIs.
• Hold ultimate accountability for Customer Satisfaction and Contract Compliance.
• Ultimate responsibility of global accounts team covering government, defense, oil & gas, mining and commercial sectors.
• Transformed the poorest-performing business unit company-wide into a top-performer generating $40 million sales and 12% profits (and growing) in period of just 2 years. Regained control of the top end of the market and introduced new cost-effective solutions that enabled expansion into additional high-potential markets.
Project managed a turnkey development of a large-scale steel pipe manufacturing plant in a challenging environment (Saudi Arabia).
Project-managed the construction and establishment of a new factory. Coordinated the import and installation of machinery, drafted all construction and service contract agreements, trained new personnel, set up all administration, accounting, and contractual procedures of the new company, and installed the information technology systems. Coordinated the import and installation of machinery, drafted all construction and service contract agreements, and trained new personnel.
Managed the supply chain and financial requirements on a project-by-project basis. Executed statistical analysis of process performance. Planned resources, consumables and personnel. Performed cost analysis of all manufacturing aspects.
Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, managed the company’s complete financial, investment and accounting needs, including audit and risk assurance management, cost analysis and control, generation of financial statements and overall control of import of raw materials and export of finished product. Set up all administration, accounting, and contractual procedures of the new company, and installed the information technology systems.