Hani Damanhouri, Chief Operating Officer - Founder

Hani Damanhouri

Chief Operating Officer - Founder

Al Jawad Moving and Logistics

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, Master Degree in Industrial Engineering
Experience
25 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 9 Months

Chief Operating Officer - Founder at Al Jawad Moving and Logistics
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2011

 Oversee the long-term vision and growth strategies of services as well as supporting and leading the greater operations daily.
 Implementing and managing the operational budget
 Ensuring the operation adheres to applicable laws, audits, and regulations
 Developing and cascading the organization's strategy/mission statement to the lower-ranking staff, and implementing appropriate rewards/recognition and coaching/corrective practices to align personnel with company goals
 Planning by prioritizing customer, employee, and organizational requirements
 Maintaining and monitoring staffing, levels, Knowledge-Skills-Attributes (KSA), expectations and motivation to fulfill organizational requirements
 Driving performance measures for the operation (including a consideration of efficiency versus effectiveness), often in the form of dashboards convenient for review of high level key indicators
 Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures
 Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth
 Establish policies that promote company culture and vision
 Oversee daily operations of the company and the work of executives (IT, Marketing, Sales, Finance etc.)
 Participate in expansion activities (investments, acquisitions, corporate alliances etc.)
 Manage relationships with partners/vendors

VP, Corporate Services and Real Estate Head ( Facility & Procurement Manager ) at NCB Capital
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 2008 to April 2018

NCB Capital (NCBC), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Lead and participate in the development, implementation and monitoring of the company’s mission, ensuring all services and programs align with strategic plans.

Oversee all daily operations, delivering efficient corporate services for overall company effectiveness. Develop and manage corporate programs and services, providing direction to senior leadership team and ensuring service delivery strategies; and provide direction and coordination of corporate services, including facility management, procurement, general administrative services and record management.
• Liaise with suppliers, managing all company goods acquisition.
• Manage and maintain business relationships, including suppliers, vendors, travel agencies, hotels and car rentals.
• Negotiate and secure best corporate rates.
• Fitted out corporate building; and managed and integrated procurement procedures through enterprise resource planning (ERP).

Brokerage Technology Manager at NCB - National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 2006 to August 2008

Managed IT projects’ annual budget; and supervised a team of IT professionals. Liaised between brokerage team and IT professionals, ensuring smooth project completion on both technological and business side. Collaborated with cross-functional teams; and translated project and business requirements, delivering projects on-time and within schedule.
• Envisioned and created a new trading lounge concept.
• Developed and implemented transformation programs, modernizing bank’s IT system.
• Enhanced company’s Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology, increasing overall workflow.

Project Manager ( Head office support, Unit head Manager ) at NCB - National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 2002 to August 2006

Directed all stages of support for enterprise system development, defining project scopes, goals and deliverables; and supervised a team of IT professionals, including system administrators, network engineers and infrastructure specialists, ensuring all projects and implementations aligned with requirements and company goals. Led teams; and managed all project stages. Monitored performance of servers, storage, routers, switches and firewalls.
• Developed policies and procedures in-line with industry best practices, ensuring success of daily operations as well as business continuity at clients’ locations.
• Coordinated tasks based on priority, including network support, hardware/software troubleshooting, security, and network device installation.

Project Manager B at NCB - National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 2001 to August 2002

 Planning & Administering NCB network and exchange systems
 Managing & participating in network infrastructure projects

Network System Administrator at NCB - National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 1999 to August 2001

 Administering & trouble shooting network communication devices in branches and corporate sites
 Administering exchange servers ( Email System )

Sales Engineer at Saudi Cable Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 1998 to July 1999

 National Sales Engineer for selling telephone and fiber optic cables
 STC Account Manager
• Achieving annual local sales target of 1 million SR of selling telephone cables

Education

Master's degree, Master Degree in Industrial Engineering
  • at King Abdulaziz University - Faculty of Engineering
  • July 2007

Master Degree in Industrial Engineering

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor degree in Electrical and Computer Dept (Communication & Electronics)
  • at King Abdulaziz University- Faculty of Engineering
  • August 1998

Bachelor degree in Electrical and Computer Dept (Communication & Electronics)

Specialties & Skills

Negotiation
Site Selection
Brokerage
Industrial Engineering
Leader Ship
Will organized
Leader ship
Time management
Coaching

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Jeddah Chamber of Commerce
  • Member in Land Transportation Commiety
  • January 2016

Training and Certifications

Skills Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Self Leadership, a Goldman Sachs University course
Date Attended:
March 2008
Skill Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Managing people
Date Attended:
September 2005
Skill Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Developing management skills
Date Attended:
September 2002