Executive Manager at Alfanar Group- Saudi Arabia/Dubai
Alfanar Group
Total years of experience :29 years, 4 Months
The company is a leading group engaged in construction, consultancy, project management, real estate&building materials, employing 15000+ employees, 1500+ engineer, 4 main divisions and 20 business units and companies, with almost 10000 million SAR of yearly revenue.
Designation Chronology:
• Jan 2010 - Present: Executive Manager at Alfanar Group-Lamar Saudi Arabia
• Jun 2005 - Dec 2009: Executive Manager of Alfanar Project Management “APM”
• Apr 2003 - May 2005: Executive Manager, Alfanar Civil Construction
• Apr 2002 - Mar 2003: Project Manager, Alfanar Civil Construction
• Feb 2000 - May 2002: Construction Manager, Alfanar Civil Construction
Joined the group as Construction Manager in Feb 2000 in Alfanar construction and served the group for 14 years by working in several companies of the group including Alfanar civil construction -APM project management -lamar turnkey projects, complete fit out solution, receiving accolades and promotions to merit the designation of Executive Manager
Highlights:
• Played a vital role in handling various projects, provided organization leadership and managed program execution to meet contract and company commitments.
• Applied high-end project management concepts like critical path management, material and human resource management in planning and efficiently organizing the site facilities to meet deadlines.
• Acted as a catalyst in the evolution of Business Process Excellence for Lamar, one of Alfanar companies specialized in complete fit-out work and furnishing solutions mainly for Hospitalities, commercial buildings and palaces with high end finishing.
• Spearheaded skilled interior and product design consultants to deliver costume made design for majority of finishing materials performing value engineering proposing solutions and alternative finishing materials.
Key Responsibilities:
• Directing the project resources to overcome “triple constraints”—project scope, time and cost and delivered project on time, on budget, and exceeding client expectations to optimize ROI performance.
• Formulating yearly business plans, monitoring actual progress against agreed plans and accordingly effecting adjustments to ensure completion within defined time/cost constraints and providing oversight of financials including P&L and cash flow reports.
• Utilizing the production facilities of Alfanar in the fields of joinery, aluminum, ceramic, precast, and electrical products and all of the 17 huge factories producing these building materials and electrical products.
• Leading company activities, including formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of materials and human resources to establish goals and objectives with focus on identifying future emerging profitable business opportunities.
• Supporting budget development and financial modeling, formulating initial and the elemental cost plan in addition to seeking conformance of figures from each discipline.
• Keeping suitable records for the project works, implementing document control system, authorizations according to project size and client requirement.
• Setting specific targets for value management and proposing solutions with alternative materials to match client budget and requirements.
• Ascertaining client’s requirements, establishing milestones, cost targets and organizing workflow of concept design, detailed design, change design and shop-drawing in accordance with the program of works to maintain the required standards as per clients needs.
• Sourcing external contract services, conveying project requirements and design criteria to consultants, and assuring designs are robust, cost effective and fit for purpose and delivered on time.
Highlights:
• Successfully managed mega industrial projects and real estate investments as developing lands with all infrastructure and super structure, housing compounds and villas.
• Played a pivotal role in establishing the project management & development company to handle Alfanar investments, involved right from conceptualization stage through feasibility study right till set-up and hand-over stage.
Key Responsibilities:
• Provided strategic direction for the organizational projects, including assuring the viability and suitability of new projects and owning bottom-line accountability.
• Ensured that these projects generated anticipated ROI and have followed the proper financial administration reporting in compliance with legal and organizational policies.
• Conceived and implemented short and long term strategic plans, identified and evaluated the scope of prospective business development goal attainment, emerging concerns, and expansion plans during the real estate booming.
• Drove existing business forward as per formulated plans, delegating authority and optimizing resource utilization to make the best use of them and increase the company's profitability.
• Provided timely and relevant information and analysis to the Board and leveraged from synergies by identifying core competencies and competitive advantage.
Highlights:
• Dexterously handled high-end industrial projects and power substations projects and high end commercial and residential projects.
• Handled overall management responsibility for the coordination of all sites, projects and operating policies for establishing construction strategies across industrial projects and electrical substations projects.
Key Responsibilities:
• Defined project objectives and plans, including delineation of scope, budgeting, scheduling and assigning field-specialists for all engineering services including design & engineering, supervision and project management.
• Monitored, managed and directed the assigned project resources to overcome “triple constraints”—project scope, time and cost.
• Reviewed designs for compliance with key engineering fundamentals as well as local statutes and liaised with government authorities for approval and buildings permits & licenses.
• Coordinating with the contractors, design teams and consultants, observing a policy of open communication to reduce risk significantly.
• Estimated project costs, monitored major categories of design and construction costs and reconciled with the target budget to prevent cost overflows.
• Provided project direction, resolved project issues and proactively implementing quality procedures and work instructions
• Ensured satisfactory hand-over of project and undertaking post project responsibilities.
Key Projects to Credit:
• 380/132/33 KV electrical substations, 132/13.8 KV electrical substations, Cable Factory
• Metal Enclosures factory
• Electrical Switches Factory, Compacted fluorescent lamp factory, Transformer Factory, Ceramics Factory, Pre-Cast Concrete Factory, Industrial City Project, Natural Gas Network.
• Various luxurious palaces, administration & commercial buildings, hotels, restaurants, central kitchens, theaters, and show rooms.
• Development of various commercial & residential lands.
Highlights:
• Set-up an Engineering office with scope of project management, supervision, contracting & trading
• Executed several projects including commercial, residential buildings, villas and palaces with high end finishing.
Key Responsibilities;
• Directed, coordinated and monitored all operational technicalities ranging from functionality to performance; planned project schedules and milestones, monitored progress against established schedules, checked for variations, proposed suitable modifications to avoid time/ cost overruns.
• Secured approval from relevant authorities, ensuring conformance to approved design and according to the Municipalities regulations.
• Resolved conflicts within teams across various levels by applying industry best practices - enhancing quality of project deliverables.
• Managed through supervisors under purview all key operations and its assigned staff members encompassing - mechanical, electrical, structural domains.
• Liaised with local authorities including municipalities and utilities, maintained engineering progress and lists of drawings, approval status and planning.
• Oversaw and managed several big projects including water pump stations, underground water tanks and high water tanks, Sedimentation basins.
• Developed quality material, labor, and subcontract take-offs, coordinated with the EPC clients, subcontractors, suppliers and official bodies, while ensuring strictest adherence to schedule, specifications and budget.
Other Relevant Experience:
• 1990 -1995: Directorate of Technical Services, Ministry of Local Affairs
Other Trainings & Certifications: • Strategic planning • Effective Meeting • Business writing skills • Advanced time management • Effective Project Management • Motivation skills • Risk Management • Building better team