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Islam Abu-Obied, Operations Manager

Islam Abu-Obied

Operations Manager·Olayan Financing Company

Saudi Arabia

Diploma, Hospitality Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 27 years, 3 months

Operations Manager

September 2016 - Present

Olayan Financing Company

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

September 2016 - Present

• Manage day-to-day processing and operations delivery, leading and motivating team to deliver against KPl’s.
• Full financial accountability to control operations costs in line with budget targets substantially reducing excess
spending for all department.
• Minimized discrepancies by effectively training employees on best practices, policies, and procedures.
• Strategically managing 300+ staff members maintaining high- performing business operations in more than 7
departments (Maintenance, Soft Services, Housekeeping, Warehouse, Inventory, Helpdesk, Utility Plant (Power
Generation, District Cooling, WTP, WWTP), Staff accommodation.
• Supported company growth by working constructively with sales team members generating new business
opportunities.

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Management

Facilities Manager

August 2014 - September 2016

Abdullatif Alissa Group Holding, National General Automotive Co. (NAT)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

August 2014 - September 2016

Running day to day activity for all branches across KSA.
• Development Projects & contracts
• Managing & reviewing all maintenance, soft services, Safety, Security, Assets, inventory, Procurement and supplies
contracts.
• Implement Preventive Maintenance Program for all equipment and assets

Company industry:
Facilities & Property Management
Job role:
Management

Facilities Manager

December 2011 - August 2014

MAF Dalki

December 2011 - August 2014

- Enova by Veolia
• Responsible for the management of services and processes that support the core business of an organization.
• In charge of all the services which support a commercial or institutional building ensuring functionality of the built
environment, these include the property management and also managing areas such as health, safety, utilities,
services, relocation and strategy planning.
• Review and approve the MEP drawings for fit-out projects and renovations.
• Arranging the Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) Programs for contracted operations sites.
• Identifies operational problems by observing and studying system functioning and performance results.
• Identifies operational priorities by assessing operational objectives, determining project objectives such as
efficiency, cost savings, energy conservation, operator convenience, safety, environmental quality, estimating
relevance, time, and costs.
• Issuing snags reports and work on rectifying the pending issues.

Company industry:
Call Centers & Customer Care Outsourcing
Job role:
Management

Maintenance Manager

January 2010 - September 2011

FAL Residential Compound

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

January 2010 - September 2011

• Manage maintenance and day to day activity repairs to public area & housing units.
• Managing & reviewing all Maintenance, Soft services, Safety, Security, Development Projects & Contracts.
• Maintain the general administration of the maintenance program.
• Implementing Preventive Maintenance Program.

Company industry:
Real Estate
Job role:
Engineering

Senior Electrical Engineer

January 1999 - January 2010

Saudi Electrical Company (SEC)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

January 1999 - January 2010

Working on the emergency department which deals with sudden faults on the medium voltage and low voltage
network.
• Major work on 13.8 and 33 K.V. network, underground cables and overhead line, operate primary substations,
switch gears, RMU, fault's isolating, working with transformers and testing cables.
• Supervising a group of technicians to achieve the fast and quality work done and write a daily report about all
fault's which were completed and what still need to be followed by other group.
• Supervise contractors while working for the company to fix the faults.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Electrical Engineering

Education

Alison

May 2021

May 2021

Diploma, Hospitality Management

Saudi Arabia

Slovak Technical University

June 1998

June 1998

Master's degree, Power Engineering

Slovak Republic

GPA (rating): Excellent

GPA (rating): Excellent

Skills

Housing
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Housing
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Morale
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Morale
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Unit
Expert
Unit
Expert
Maintenance Management
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Maintenance Management
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Order
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Order
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CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
Expert
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
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MANAGEMENT
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MANAGEMENT
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SAFETY
Expert
SAFETY
Expert
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Expert
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Expert
PROCUREMENT
Expert
PROCUREMENT
Expert
ESTIMATING
Expert
ESTIMATING
Expert
PROCESS ENGINEERING
Expert
PROCESS ENGINEERING
Expert
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Expert
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Expert
QUALITY
Expert
QUALITY
Expert
REPAIR
Expert
REPAIR
Expert
Housing
Expert
Housing
Expert
Morale
Expert
Morale
Expert
Unit
Expert
Unit
Expert
Maintenance Management
Expert
Maintenance Management
Expert
Order
Expert
Order
Expert

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Slovak
Intermediate