Lutfi Dawwas, Director Of Operations

Lutfi Dawwas

Director Of Operations

Ninety Nine Plus - Wardrobes Makers

Location
Saudi Arabia - Khobar
Education
Master's degree, Master of Business Administration - International Business
Experience
14 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 5 Months

Director Of Operations at Ninety Nine Plus - Wardrobes Makers
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since October 2017

Reporting directly to the Managing Director; overseeing all day-to-day activities and
all operational aspects of the organization.

- Implementing and monitoring organizational policy.
- Workflow optimization.
- Overseeing manufacturing, sales, purchasing and marketing and evaluate their performance to meet organizational goals.
- Plan, forecast, implement, monitor & control budget & cost of operation for each department.
- Plan, communicate & evaluate new policies, procedures & directives in a change scenario in action and reaction of market and prospected clients.
- Manage integration among operations, production technology and client feed back to produce cost effective strategies.
- Overseeing Project department as a main support function in business development. Plan, analyze and implement relative strategies to ensure realistic organizational goals for project leaders.

Senior Project Manager at Ninety Nine Plus - Wardrobes Makers
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • August 2012 to October 2017

Overseeing the entire project department, leading junior project teams, managing planning, implementation, hiring, budgeting, sourcing for all projects & B2B activities.

Setting organizational goals according to market demand. Defining realistic objectives for project leaders. Communication coordination, Monitoring and tracking progress, evaluating outcome. Controlling risks while compiling future strategies.

Senior Project Coordinator at Ninety Nine Plus - Wardrobes Makers
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • November 2011 to August 2012

Leading a team of project staff, managing communications between all project stakeholders, coordinating between relevant departments to ensure proper project implementation. Conducting feasibility studies for prospected opportunities while coordinating with Marketing for B2B leads.

Project Supervisor at Ninety Nine Plus - Wardrobes Makers
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • July 2010 to November 2011

Overseeing project implementation, coordinating between client and management, Supervising project team, managing resources, logistics, materials, equipment & labor accordingly.

Network Engineer at Middle East Data System
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • November 2009 to May 2010

(Reporting to the Technical & Operation Manager)

Part of the Technical team, working on CISCO systems:
- Setup and initiation of various CISCO hardware (Modems, Routers, Switches, Wireless AP)
- Conduct physical cabling and routing.
- Work on CISCO Wireless Control, to setup & manage Wireless APs.
- Work on CISCO Network Admission Control (NAC) as a security system.
- Direct interaction with customers and coordination between technical team & project manager.
- Worked on various maintenance orders for customers.

Education

Master's degree, Master of Business Administration - International Business
  • at University Of Liverpool
  • December 2017

University of Liverpool Management School ULMS(Enrolled December 2013- Graduated June-2017) Course Modules: - Being a Leader. - The Organization in a Strategic Context. - Finance & Accounting for Managers. - Market Perspectives. - Innovation & Change. - Global Leadership. - Business in Emerging Organisation. - International Business.

Bachelor's degree, IT/Computer Information System
  • at Isra University
  • August 2009

Studied Courses: - Management, Accounting, Marketing, Micro Economics, E-Commerce, Multimedia, Networks, Operation Research, Operating Systems, Documentation & Technical Writing, Artificial Intelligence, Logic, Statistics, Calculus, Management Information Systems, Data Bases, System Analysis, Data Structure. Programming (VB V.6, C++, Java, C#). Graduation Project: Online Education Portal (Virtual portal for university's faculty & students to facilitate social interactions and extends educational experience) Project ranked 1st in university & 12th among IT based projects in Jordan.

High school or equivalent, High School/Science
  • at Tarbya Ahlya
  • June 2003

High School Certificate

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Score 119%

Specialties & Skills

Creativity
Critical Thinking
Management
Leadership
Online Research
Photoshop
Documentation & Technical Writing
Market Research
Computer Hardware
Team Leadership
Change Management
project planning
Critical & Strategic thinking
budgeting
Risk Assessment
Computer Software
Financial Analysis
Entrepreneurship
project management
Computer Networks
Business Consultancy
Business Development
E-Marketing
Operation management
Vocational Carpentry
Vocational Electrical work

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Saudi Council of Engineers - 649370
  • Specialist
  • July 2020

Training and Certifications

Consulting Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2022
Adobe Photoshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Nevada Academy
Date Attended:
June 2006
Duration:
35 hours
Power of Stories to Fuel Innovation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
Project & Business Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2009
PMP - Project Management Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
Al-Sharqia Chamber
Date Attended:
February 2014
Duration:
40 hours

Hobbies

  • Video Games
  • Rock & Metal Music
    Electric Bass Player
  • Pencil Sketching/Painting
  • PC Building/Tech Head
    Very keen and eager to all things new in the tech industry, constant follow up and learning for various developments specially in Hardware/Chip industry. Custom PC builder with over 80 custom builds done since 2005
  • Graphic Design
    Photo editing & Manipulation using Adobe Photoshop