General Manager
Galva Coat, for Galvanizing and Lighting Poles, UAE
Total years of experience :26 years, 4 Months
Recruited as General Manager to get the company to a new level. I worked on setting the strategy of transforming Galva Coat to a preferred solution provider in relation to poles, steel buildings, architectural metal works. The company will take projects from engineering concept to manufacturing and construction. This required a rebranding of the company to a new name “Galva Coat Industries”.
• Implemented new ERP System “Infor” and re-engineered all existing processes to have the following output: Paperless processes, Management and operational dashboards, Business intelligence through data enabling taking decision
• Implemented Lean Manufacturing concept and created a lean committee to manage the journey of change and monitor yearly improvement projects.
• Rebranded the company to a new name “Galva Coat Industries “and adjusted all marketing brochures, online presence to the new brand.
• Introduced new steel product and built an extension for the factory for taking structural steel projects.
• Re-built the engineering / estimation / project management team to be capable of supporting steel solution projects, modular steel concept and the new vision for the company. Also, the new team was able under my guidance to quote turnkey projects from design to installation with complex specification and contractual documents.
Recruited to be CEO of the company (having 3 factories) in order to readjust the operation and turn the company again into a profitable business. The agreement was to have a nomination of CTO for six months but with actual responsibility of a deputy CEO under the existing CEO in order to know all problems and have smooth transition with him.
• Re-built Engineering Team to be able to execute 2 big projects in trouble. One of them was turnkey project for modular steel buildings with all MEP and interior work to be shipped from Saudi Arabia to Algeria. The other was needing BIM capabilities in engineering.
Unfortunately, after Covid-19 started, the company vision changed in relation to recruiting a new CEO . I resigned because the company didn't agree on my condition to continue is to have the current CEO step out as agreed during recruitment
Promoted to General Manager after success in Qatar with objective to transition the company into profitable business. Transformed the company from a manufacturer to a steel solution provider which allowed avoidance of competition and higher margins in sales.
• Commended by top management for exemplary performance and attained award from the group for highest gross and net margins in the group for 3 consecutive years. This is the result of the strategy implemented in targeting high margin complex projects and adding value to our clients by providing complete solution from engineering till installation and completion of the project
• Significantly increased and tripled sales and revenue in 4 years across UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi by recruiting and developing a great sales team.
• Achieved bottom-line results by surpassing gross profit margin from negative value to 30% in 4 years.
• Restructured and Enhanced capacity of all departments. Number of employees grew from 200 to around 850 in 4 years.
• Reduced Operation Cost and improved efficiency by creating Lean Six Sigma Improvement Committee responsible of handling improvement projects across all departments.
Recruited to take over from an existing Manager leaving the company with an objective to grow the Steel Division of Amana Contracting Qatar.
• Increased revenue by diversifying the work taken by the division and creating a new stream of revenue by forming a steel workshop. This lead to double the revenue for two consecutive years.
• Increased gross profit margin from 10% to 30% in three years by combining values of engineering, fabrication and installation in one solution to our clients.
• Streamlined erection operations by adding 100 erectors in Qatar that enhanced team capacity.
• Efficiently performed works for international EPC contractors by developing excel sheets for better cost control.
Recruited as Design Engineer in Zamil Steel Structural Division. Grew my career in Engineering Department of this division and finally was promoted to lead the engineering and estimation department of CanamAsia (JV between Zamil Steel and Canam Manac Canada) with the objective to build the department in a short period of time and be able to execute existing work load.
• Enhanced Steel Connection Design process by standardizing connections to suit our detailing software and by developing customized excel sheets and software. This allowed reduction of duration of connection design for each project from three weeks to one week.
• Enhanced accuracy of estimation by developing a detailed standard estimation sheet to be used by estimators.
• Mitigated risks by outsourcing and managing major critical engineering works to international engineering firms working in different time zones and locations (50 engineers working in Canada, Egypt, India and Philippines).
teaching courses for the 4th and 5th year of civil engineering including Finite analysis algorithm, programming C/C++, Autocad, Shell design (Research on Polygonal Shells, and Numerical methods)
Early career development as Structural Designer and Detailer doing Concrete and Structural Steel Design.
Major design included a stadium, ellipsoide and cylindrical concrete shells, steel warehouses and multistorey buildings.
five years study. I was getting the Top grades in the Class.
French Bac (série C) Lebanese Bac (math)
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