Muhammad Ahmad, Project Manager

Muhammad Ahmad

Project Manager

International Company based in Bahrain (Posting in Philippines now)

Location
Philippines
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
Experience
30 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :30 years, 7 Months

Project Manager at International Company based in Bahrain (Posting in Philippines now)
  • Philippines
  • My current job since December 2003

Working as Project Manager with following key responsibilities:-

Dec. 2003 to May 2011 - Worked in Bahrain Office
June 2011 to Date - working in Philippines Office

• Define project scope, goals and deliverable s in line with the customer requirements.
• Document and approve higher level documents that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders to kick start the project
• Direct and manage project development from beginning to end and report to management periodically.
• Prepare detailed project plans with all the associated documents, communication protocols and work instruction rules.
• Arrange and lead the kick off meetings to explain the project goals and requirements to project teams and key suppliers.
• Resource planning and continuous monitoring of project progress to for effective cost control
• Track project mile stones and deliverable s & report periodically to management and stakeholders.
• Strong participation in Problem solving and team building activities to ensure smooth project execution.
• To control change management process in order to keep track of impact on delivery dates and cost and negotiate with clients to take care of company interests.
• Periodic reviews on project schedules with planners and schedulers to adjust the project plan for better control.
• Customer handling on project reviews and cost negotiations, customer visist and presentations.
• To provide conflicts resolutions; bridging the communication gaps, clarifications on ambiguities, resource up-gradation, management escalation for sensitive issues to get approvals on out of the way working.
• Encourage and support project teams to deliver in a high pressure working environment.
• To drive and lead the cost control initiatives without affecting the project milestones and quality.
Control of complete Purchase process to ensure on time completion of project deliverable.

Dy Manager Quality Assurance at Mannan Shahid Forgings
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • September 2001 to December 2003

Worked as head of quality assurance department; lead a team of Engineers and Quality inspectors.
Responsible to devise and implement quality control systems in line with requirements from the customers.
FMEA analysis, Control Plan formation, GR&R study and reporting for customer documentation.
Management Representative for ISO 9000:2000 system, handled external audits and conducted internal audits and trainings.
Successfully implemented QC tools including control charts and achieved significant reduction in quality defects and reworks

Assistant Engineer Process Automation at Tateyama Automachine Company
  • Malaysia
  • July 1997 to July 2001

Assembly, commissioning and installation of process automation machines; Standard and customized machines for different customers.
Headed a team of technicians to plan, produce and test the machines and perform site commissioning till customer acceptance.
Hands on experience in assembly of high tech automatic machines for MASTEC Japan.

Sr Team Leader at Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • October 1993 to July 1997

Technology transfer from Indonesia and Thailand to start production of Honda Civic and Honda City in Pakistan Plant ( HACPL).
Control of Production and quality alongwith maintenance of production jigs and fixtures.
Actively participated in Quality circles and Kaizen system training and implementation.

Trainings from Indonesia and Thailand for process sequence and lay out planning.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at Allama Iqbal Open University
  • August 2002

Bachelors in Business Administration

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
  • at University Of Huddersfields
  • January 2001

Achieved Grade A in most of the subjects, completed a process automation project from design phase to manufacturing and project report submission.

Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at University of Punjab
  • May 1995
Diploma, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Diploma of Associate Engineer
  • June 1992

Specialties & Skills

Operations Management
Able to handle pressure
Business Communications
Lean Manufacturing
Program Management
MS Office ( Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word ,Power Point ,Outlook
Business Communication ( English ) written and spoken
FMEA Analysis , Quality Management Techniques , ISO System Auditing
Project Planning and Project Costing
Microsoft Project
Lean Manufacturing Techniques
ISO 9001:2000 Internal Auditing and Implementation
Designing and development of Quality Management System to Meet IRIS requirements

Languages

English
Expert
Malay
Beginner
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

Lean Manufacturing Training at Osaka Japan (Training)
Training Institute:
Lean Manufacturing Training Institute
Date Attended:
May 2011