Omar Kanawati, KSA Business Development Manager- Fitout

Omar Kanawati

KSA Business Development Manager- Fitout

Simply Spain

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Commerce
Experience
24 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 3 Months

KSA Business Development Manager- Fitout at Simply Spain
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since May 2014

• Execute spearheaded internal and external business strategies to optimize customer relationships,

• Proactively reached out to new customers to projected Marketing portfolio presentations/ kick off meetings,

• Initiate, negotiate and signed-on new national and regional customer,

• Brought new business by effectively marketing to new potential clients via cold calling and outside B2B sales,

• Inspect and Audit the work with the business to draft potential SOW and RFI’s,

• Developed proposals, negotiated terms-conditions, interface& counsel(legal/finance/PM Depts),

• Convert leads to deals, , implemented contractual agreements,

• Tracking & Support all Dept’s for project Schedule delivery,

• Tracking client financial Invoices claims against progress and achievement’s parallel to strong financial results,

• Assure proper documentations in variations-changes-Operations manuals acknowledged for all relevant,

• Creating solutions to exceed client’s and Nurturing relationships with Client expectation,

• Reporting to Owners/Executives on achievements and Tracking ROI-Data analyse,

• Increase organization sufficiency and maintain successful prosper,

• Build productive and profitable business relationships with key customers and partners and service all orders and ensure complete customer satisfaction

KSA Procurement Manager at Kinnarps Project Solutions
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2011 to March 2014

- Developed the company’s procurement strategies & creating a common framework for KSA procurement activities,

- leadership of business initiatives in strategic sourcing and supplier management whilst mitigating costs,

- Develop additional resources suppliers to for better compete in the marketplace against key competitors.

- Achieved cost savings & avoidances, accomplished deliverable results that affected the bottom-line of the organization in record time,

- Negotiated global & local agreements to meet procurement goals and objectives,

- Assures monthly enrolment of Project Materials & Progress goals are met based on grant requirement,

- Developed exceptional international reputation and proven ability to facilitate corporate success,

- Developed strong rapport and working relationship with respective sales team members,

- Promoting a high level of customer satisfaction in supporting the needs of Divisional projects
Requirements,

Materials Procurement & Contracting Manager at El Seif Engineering Contracting.
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2007 to April 2011

• Develop, recommend and implement policies, procedures, systems and standards for the procurement function,

• Manage projects supplier/contractor relationships with assigned key/strategic suppliers to optimize financial and operational performance,

• Develop and write the legal terms of RFP process,

• Prepare the scope of work and specification for the RFP process,

• Prepare comparative reports regarding market conditions and merchandise costs,

• Negotiate prices and conditions with subcontractors and providers,

• Prepare and negotiate the contracts, including terms and conditions,

• Controlling the process if additional change orders are needed,

• Develop and prepare reports for the Managing staff to give an update of the procurement process,

• Reinforce safety procedures, including Issuance LPOs, safety audits and Incident and Injury Free (IIF) culture,

• Coordinate services and engineered equipment purchases related to all Technical projects, including the preparation of service orders (SOs), Purchase Requisitions (PRs), and expediting. Projects Engineering & Procurement,

Operation Officer at Harvey Nichols
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2003 to March 2007

- Formulate fruitful business development strategies to ensure long-term success
- Set standards and objectives for different stores and departments,
- Optimize and oversee operations to ensure efficiency,
- Lead a team of area managers and store managers towards effective collaboration and attainment of goals,
- Undertake sound financial management to ensure stores are profitable and stay within budget,
- Ensure compliance with company’s policies and operational guidelines,
- Deal with problems by providing creative and practical solutions,
- Evaluate performance and address issues to improve it,
- Report to senior executives on progress and issues,
- Assist upper management in decisions for expansion or acquisition,
- Formulate pricing policies by reviewing merchandising activities; determining additional needed sales promotion; authorizing clearance sales; studying trends,
- Determine marketing strategy changes by reviewing operating and financial statements and departmental sales records,
- Maintain operations by initiating, coordinating and enforcing program, operational and personnel policies and procedures,
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Purchasing Officer at HARVEY NICHOLS
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2000 to January 2003

• Managing Procurement for Global categories.
• Leading the negotiations of procured materials and services to assure optimal TCO (Cost, Quality, Delivery, Innovation) achieved.
• Developing and implementing strategies to assure lowest overall cost while mitigating risk to the Corporation.
• Participating in the planning and forecasting process to establish standard costs and provide explanations for price variances at Division level.
• Participating and leading change management efforts while creating true alignment and integration internally and externally
• Forecast levels of demand for services and products & keep a constant check on stock levels,
• Conduct research to ascertain the best products and suppliers in terms of best value, delivery schedules and quality;
• Laisse between suppliers, Vendors, relevant internal departments and customers,
• Negotiate and agree contracts, monitoring the quality of service provided; process payments and invoices,
• forecast price trends and their impact on future activities;
• Give presentations about market analysis and possible growth & Develop a purchasing strategy & ensure supplier are aware of business objectives;

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Commerce
  • at University of Damascus
  • October 1997

Specialties & Skills

Business Development
Vendor Management
Purchase Contracts
Global Sourcing
Operations Management
• Progressive Sourcing Tools: Cost Structures, Supplier Business Plans, Cost Savings Agreements
• (KAM) Key Account management / (CRM) Customer Relationship management
• Standardizing Procedures & Policies, Supplier & Price Negotiation, Client Servicing
• Material Engineering, Benchmarking, Supply Chain Management, Material Sourcing, Market Analysis
• Business/Marketing strategy/Strategy Development,
• Communication & Interpersonal Networking, Motivation/Innovation, Group Dynamic
• (SRM)Supplier relation management
• Client Relationship Management, Business Development, Resource Utilization,
• (FIDIC) Contract Knowledge & Writing
• Primavera/ MSP / Microsoft / Buildsmart/ CAD

Languages

English
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Arabic
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Hobbies

  • Basketball coaching