Ghulam Murtaza, Head of Digital

Ghulam Murtaza

Head of Digital

Naubahar Bottling Company Private Limited

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, MS SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Experience
18 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 5 Months

Head of Digital at Naubahar Bottling Company Private Limited
  • Pakistan - Gujranwala
  • My current job since April 2022

Naubahar Bottling Company is the largest manufacturer and distributor of PEPSI Cola soft drinks in Pakistan. Corporate objective of Naubahar Bottling Company is to continue to build a strong company which provides value to its all stakeholders. My role as Head of Digital is to transform company operations from manual working to digital platforms by introducing and implementing various technology initiatives. Challenges are introducing right technology, targeting right stakeholder and apply appropriate organizational change management techniques for smooth and successful transformation.

Program Manager - Digitalization at MASTER TILES & CERAMIC INDUSTRIES LTD
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • February 2019 to April 2022

Being Pakistan’s 1st and World’s 9th largest Floor & Wall tiles producing capacity; Master Tiles is pioneer and market leader in Pakistan’s tiles and ceramic industry. With the vision of being World’s largest tiles producing company by 2023, Master Tiles is expanding itself very rapidly in terms of production capacity as well as transforming its IT infrastructure to manage the huge volume of transactions. Being head of ERP department my role is the smoothly transform business operation from custom build software to SAP S/4 Hana. Complete S/4 Hana suite is implemented here including Financials, Controlling, Human Capital Management, Sales & Distribution, Production Planning, Plant Maintenance & Project System module; SAP-Ariba, Success Factors and Machine integration is also part Digital Transformation Program to be completed by 2023. Organization Change Management for adoption of new technologies is a real challenge here.

Project Manager - SAP Consultant at SIEMENS PAKISTAN ENGINEERING CO. LTD
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • June 2007 to November 2018

Siemens Pakistan being SAP’s Platinum partner; is running Pakistan’s largest SAP portfolio with more than 80 implementations in different industries. I have worked here as Project Manager/Sr. SAP Consultant, where I was responsible for smooth execution of Project Management Office (PMO) and implementation of SAP projects. I have served on various project roles including: Project Manager, Deputy Project Manager, Project Coordinator, Change Manager, and Quality Manager during my tenure with Siemens. In parallel to my duties in PMO, I have completed multiple end-to-end implementations and short term assignments of SAP-PS module.

Assistant Project Manager at SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY
  • Pakistan - Rawalpindi
  • November 2006 to June 2007

Sapphire Technology Rawalpindi (Pakistan) specializes in development and deployment of software solutions using multiple technologies. In my role of Assistant Project Manager, I had been involved in the planning, designing, development and transition of software solutions to customers. Major responsibilities include software design and development using Microsoft .Net Technologies. I played a pivotal role in introducing the industry standards for coding, GUI's change management, document control, and issue log and version control at Sapphire Technology.

System Analyst at MASTER TECH
  • Pakistan
  • October 2005 to September 2006

MasterTech Gujranwala (Pakistan) is leading hardware and software solution provider to small scale businesses in local market. Being a Software Engineer, I had been involved in gathering business requirements, preparation of requirement specification using structured and object oriented approaches, design and development of software applications and in software testing. Major responsibilities include requirement specification design and development of software applications using Microsoft .Net Technologies.

Education

Master's degree, MS SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
  • at International Islamic University
  • January 2010

Bachelor's degree, BS - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • at Preston University
  • June 2005

BS Software Engineering

Higher diploma, DIPLOMA OF ASSOCIATE ENGINEER (COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY)
  • at Punjab Board of Technical Education
  • January 2001

DIPLOMA OF ASSOCIATE ENGINEER (COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY)

Specialties & Skills

Software Engineering
Project Management
SAP-PS CONSULTING
COMMUNICATION & NEGOTIATIONS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING & MARKETING
ORGANIZATION CHANGE MANAGEMENT
SAP ACTIVATE & SAP ASAP
SYSTEM MIGRATIONS/INTEGRATIONS
CLIENT RELATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
BUSINESS ANALYSIS & DESIGN
SAP ERP IMPLEMENTATION
TEAM BUILDING & MENTORING
MS OFFICE AND OTHER TOOLS

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Native Speaker

Memberships

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE - USA
  • Member
  • October 2013

Training and Certifications

PROFESSIONAL IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS® (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2018
Valid Until:
May 2021
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL® (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2013
Valid Until:
October 2022