Fatima Elhajoui, Executive interior design General Manager

Fatima Elhajoui

Executive interior design General Manager

EDAS (Eco Design Architecture Studio)

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Higher diploma, Architecture and Interior Design
Experience
18 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 8 Months

Executive interior design General Manager at EDAS (Eco Design Architecture Studio)
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since November 2021

Mission :
• Develop strategic plans for optimized productivity
• Review and improve organizational effectiveness by developing processes, overseeing employees,
establishing a highly motivated work environment, and creating innovative approaches for
improvement
• Uphold standards of excellence and soaring quality
• Seek out opportunities for expansion and growth by developing new business relationships
• Provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas.
• Oversee day-to-day operations, assigning weekly performance goals and assuring their completion,
while accomplishing your own goals
• Recruit, onboard, and train high-performing employees to achieve sales, profitability, market
share, and business plan objectives
• Maintain project timelines to ensure tasks are accomplished on time
• Develop, implement, and maintain budgetary and resource allocation plans
• Delegate responsibilities to the best employees to perform them while enforcing all policies,
procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines, training programs, and cultural values
• Resolve internal staff conflicts efficiently and to the mutual benefit of those involved

Senior Interior Designer- Project Manager at Super Natural Company
  • Morocco - Casablanca
  • November 2017 to September 2021

• Lead & develop a team of interior designers, draftsman & site supervisors.
• Project Initiation, starting from obtaining necessary approvals to establish site facilities, mobilization of resources to start the project after contract sign off.
• Manage the interior fit out works for all kind of projects (residentials, commercials, restaurants, offices, etc…)
• Project Planning for effective time, cost & resource management, including submitting overall
• Project Monitoring and Control, to check ongoing project stage wise deliverable for compliance of final project requirements.
• Project Resource management: Develop a Bill of Quantities (BOQ) based on standard forms, insure the effective utilization of human and material resources.
• Develop a procurement and time schedule for each project
• Project communication management for effective dissemination of project status to key stake holders
• Project change management to document and communicate the cost and time implication of the project
• Ensure project completion within the agreed schedule and budget
• After Project Closure involving sign off for final acceptance of the project by client, preparing a documentation of lessons learned and share it with key project management team in the organization to improve upon shortcomings for effectively managing future projects.

Interior Design Manager at SYH-IKEA Morocco
  • Morocco - Casablanca
  • June 2013 to October 2017

• Lead and develop a team of Interior Designers and visual merchandisers
• Responsible of the development and result of the communication and interior design department.
• Responsible for the design and organization of the store and display furniture.
• Entertainment Weekly meetings with the communication and interior design team
• Preparation of the planning and reports on the progress of work in the department
• Preparation and execution of trainings for the team.
• Responsible of the range set-up and the seasonal range of the Ikea vision

Design Manager at Interlux
  • Morocco - Casablanca
  • September 2011 to May 2013

• Lead and develop a team of Interior Designers and Architects
• Responsible for the organization of the showroom, select and display furniture, accessories & lighting
• Manage the interior fit out works for all kind of projects (residentials, commercials, hospitality, etc…)
• Entertainment Weekly meetings with the sales manager and the store manager, to prepare the profit and lost report forecasting-KPIs goal set-up and the business action plan
• Project schedule of works after obtaining client sign off.
• Preparation of monthly reports on the progress of projects
• Study, preparation and submission of Tenders.

Senior Interior Designer at Jaidah Group
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2009 to June 2011

• Lead and develop a team of interior designers, interior architects and sales)
• Responsible for selecting furniture, placing orders, display and organization of the showrooms
• Responsible for managing projects from the first meeting with the costumer, until final delivery of the project
• Entertainment Weekly meetings with the sales team to prepare the profit and lost report forecasting-KPIs goal set-up and the business action plan.
• Monthly reports with the progress of work in the department.
• Responsible of customer relation & satisfaction
• Study, preparation and submission of Tenders.

Junior Interior Designer at Interlux
  • Morocco - Casablanca
  • June 2005 to December 2008

• Responsible for selecting furniture, placing orders, display and organization of the showrooms
• Interior fit out works for all kind of projects (residentials, commercials, restaurants, offices, etc…)
• Entertainment Weekly meetings with the sales team
• Preparation of monthly reports on the progress of work in the department
• Customer relationship (followed by customer records, validation of specifications, implementations, choice of colors, supplier orders ....)
• Study, preparation and submission of Tenders.

Education

Higher diploma, Architecture and Interior Design
  • at Central Institute for technical and commercial education- ICF
  • June 2020
Diploma, Graphic Design & communication
  • at Central Institute of Technical and commercial Education-ICF
  • June 2002

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Customer Retention
Marketing
Merchandising
Interior Design
autocad
4D cinema 11
adoba photoshop
adobe illustrator
archicad
SketchUp
marketing
site supervision
space planning
materials
planning
photography
architectural design
microsoft powerpoint
Autodesk Revit Architecture BIM

Languages

Arabic
Expert
French
Expert
English
Expert
Spanish
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Autodesk Revit Architecture BIM (Training)
Training Institute:
Oasis de la Connaissance
Duration:
154 hours
Business Management & Leadership training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2014