Feryal Al-Sheikh, Procurement Specialist

Feryal Al-Sheikh

Procurement Specialist

Umniah Mobile Company

Location
Bahrain - Manama
Education
Master's degree, Master’s degree in Business Administration.
Experience
21 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 1 Months

Procurement Specialist at Umniah Mobile Company
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since August 2011

o Receives, examines and processes requisitions; prepares bid specifications and other necessary documents related to the purchase of supplies, materials and equipment; prepares State requisition or locates source of supply, and places orders with appropriate bidder(s).
o Compares costs and evaluates the quality and suitability of supplies, materials and equipment.
o Interviews and corresponds with vendors; keeps informed of new products and market conditions and trends.
o Confers with and assists officials of all departments to determine purchasing needs and specifications.
o Efficiently working with the stakeholders (internal/ external/ vendor) to work through issues to obtain consensus of project specific document as well as managed report project status, issues and progress to management team on a periodic basis.
o Skilfully defining and collecting metrics to give a sense for how the project is progressing, whether the deliverables produced are acceptable as well as managing the overall work plan to ensure work is assigned and completed on time within the assigned budget.

Project Manager at Dubai Customs
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2008 to May 2010

The project is vital for Dubai customs because it will be the first paperless customs system in the middle east.
 Direct and manage project development from beginning to end.
 Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
 Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
 Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
 Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
 Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
 Negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company.
 Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.
 Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
 Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
 Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
 Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
 Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
 Track project milestones and deliverables.
 Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations.
 Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas.
 Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
 Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
 Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
 Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.

Projects Senior Controller / PMO Supervisor at Zain - MTC
  • Jordan
  • December 2006 to October 2008

Responsibilities:
Projects Senior Controller is a managerial level which facilitates the implementation of Zain Strategy by supporting project teams and de-bottlenecking when needed; also provides guidance to junior projects analyst. And finally reports to Chief Technical Officer.
 Monitor program progress, and ensures the most critical milestones are reached on time.
 Build strong relationships to project teams and helps them to develop project plans.
 Make decisions to redflag issues to management team.
 Assist in developing project documentation including; project scope, project timeline, project budget, understand and communicate risks, and track the project through each project stage gate.
 Process inventory Management.
 Coaching juniors when performing analysis and managing project tracking.
 Cooperates closely with Chief Technical Officer in order to be up to date on all issues.
 Helps managers to rise CTO attention to potential bottlenecks and prepares proposals to clear them.
 Preparing task assignments for the team and tracking progress to ensure on time delivery according to the established objectives.
 Managing risks that may arise through out the project.
 Technically supporting teams throughout the project life cycle. Worked on system enhancements in terms of change control policies, risk, time and resource management.

Projects Controller / PMO Senior Officer at Zain - MTC
  • Jordan
  • August 2005 to December 2006

Responsibilities:

 Assist the Engineering Director in managing multi-organizational complex projects or programs via focused team effort.
 Contribute in the preparation of the annual budget.
 Control the department's budgetary requirements.
 Report project status, issues and progress to CTO on a periodic basis.
 Build and maintain business plans and models.
 Collects and organizes information (i.e benchmarking, Balanced Score cards, and strategic projects progress …etc).
 Identifying, tracking, managing and resolving project issues.
 Identifying, managing and mitigating project risk.
 Proactively managing scope to ensure that only what was agreed to is delivered, unless changes are approved through scope management
 Defining and collecting metrics to give a sense for how the project is progressing and whether the deliverables produced are acceptable
 Managing the overall work plan to ensure work is assigned and completed on time and within the assigned budget
 Resolve moderate technical problems related to all aspects of the project/product life cycle utilizing project management methodologies.
 Recommend, analyze, and implement process improvements to internal and external engineering processes.

Projects Analyst / PMO Officer at Zain - MTC
  • Jordan
  • June 2003 to August 2005

Responsibilities:

 Work with the stakeholders (internal/external/vendor) to work through issues and to obtain consensus of project specific documents.
 Report project status, issues and progress to management team on a periodic basis.
 Take care of inventory management systems by issuing the required equipments from the warehouses as planned.
 Monitor and track the planned short and long terms projects and arrange to solve any obstacles or constrains in the implementation phase.
 Preparing documents required for engineering budgets, trainings, presentations, etc…
 Track common engineering projects and prepare ISO documentation.

Projects Manager at Hammad Electrical Materials Est. / HEME.
  • Jordan
  • February 2003 to June 2003

Responsibilities:

 Cost electrical projects (lighting system).
 Follow up with agencies about any new technologies in the lighting field.
 Update consultants about new products.
 Design heliports and landscape areas lighting.
 Issue purchase orders for huge projects from different agencies; such as hospitals, hotels, rest areas, etc....
 Supervise installation for lighting systems in the sites.

Projects Engineer at Zain - MTC
  • Jordan
  • February 2002 to February 2003

Responsibilities:

 Arrange cell-sites acquisition and handing over sites to contractors.
 Monitor under construction sites.
 Hand over sites to contractors.
 Arrange to hand over sites from/to all divisions.
 Manage the process of modifying the critical notes in the sites from the concerned parties and hand them over to contractor.
 Use PMI system to measure the team performance.
 Manage sites maintenance activities in the highest important cell-sites.
 Arrange schedules to maintain the HQ building and show rooms.
 Supervise the installation and testing the company lifts.
 Hand over show rooms from contractors.

Education

Master's degree, Master’s degree in Business Administration.
  • at The university of Jordan, Jordan
  • July 2007

Very good degree. (3.16 out of 4.00)

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering
  • at Applied Balqa University, Jordan
  • July 2002

Good degree. (2.99 out of 4.00)

Specialties & Skills

Problem Solving
Project Planning
Negotiating Contracts
Budgeting
Change Management
Communication & Interpersonal skills, Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills
Ability to work in Physically and Mentally Demanding environments, IT skills(MS-projects, MS-office,
Implementation of policies and regulations, Team Building, Leading & Motivational skills
Quality Control & Quality Assurance and setting procedures
Project Management, Costing, Budgeting, Contract & Vendor Negotiations
procurement

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

PMP Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2009
Valid Until:
September 2009
Certified International Commercial Contracts Manager - CICCM (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2012
Valid Until:
September 2012