Purchase manager, Executive admin. and IT Officer
Girnata Palaces for Trading & Contracting
Total years of experience :19 years, 0 Months
Girnata Palaces is an IT services provider company in Salalah. We deal with major companies, institutions and governmental sectors.
Starting January 2014, Girnata Palaces broaden its spectrum of work to include contracting, and limited its business in IT to companies and governmental sectors.
More included duties, with Purchase Management for heavy machinery department added to my duties in IT as well as office administration.
Supervision of heavy machinery department (periodic maintenance, spare parts supply, machines’ operators, …).
Preparation and negotiation of agreements and subcontracts.
Liaising with contracting companies to finalize deals upon approval from management.
Writing business proposals targeting new customers.
Collaboration in estimates of expenditure, budgetary maintenance and inventory control, and make recommendations to management.
Working closely with clients to analyze IT system requirements, clients IT needs and available resources, in order to plan IT projects and fulfill clients’ expectations.
Preparing sales quotations based on clients RFQs and offering new specifications after evaluating customers’ nature of work and business volume.
Supervising technical team and providing technical advice to customers on all installation and usage aspects, both pre as well as post sales.
Write and review correspondences, business and formal letters, reports and office memorandums, both Arabic and English.
Operate and maintain a range of office machines such as attendance system, computers, printers, photocopiers, faxes and projectors.
File papers and documents and control their move.
Assist, supervise and coordinate activities of staff.
Instructor for Introductory courses in IT and Computer Networks.
Instructor for Advanced courses in Computer Maintenance (Hardware - Software).
Courses preparation and examination (labs - material).
The Royal Court Affairs, RCA, is the governmental institution responsible for all activities of His Majesty, Sultan of Oman.
As all major sites across Oman, Salalah site contains branches for all departments in RCA. I managed seven locations that included:
7 Additional Domain Controller servers, DNS, DHCP and WSUS servers.
7 Trend-micro Antivirus servers.
7 File servers, with a timely backup of important data and resources.
2 Database application servers, with daily backup jobs.
Top level of user troubleshooting (Windows XP & 7).
Conducted periodic performance tests on existing servers.
Managed and implemented the deployment of new systems upgrade from Windows Server 2003 to 2008.
Implemented new servers associated to Salalah, according to overall policy of RCA.
IIT is the holder and sponsor of www.boswtol.com website. The company network contained editorial, web developing, accounting and managerial departments, with 70+ workstations, servers, printers and other equipment.
Administration and management of all network servers, equipment and peripherals.
Installing, configuring and troubleshooting hardware and software.
Monitoring and administering Kaspersky Antivirus (Server - Client), and liaising with supplier for renewals and support.
Prepared timely recovery plans of data loss due to software crash or hardware failure.
Maintained network stability throughout work hours.
Installed, optimized and configured new servers and application upgrades as per requirements.
Purchase coordination for software and hardware, including contact with vendors.
Documented and maintained inventory, stock and supply of all required items.
Updated management on a regular basis through reports and e-mails.
May 2009: Designed and established (with coworkers) the network infrastructure for the company new location, i.e. electricity, LAN design and wiring, satellite system and telephone nodes.
B-Connect develops software solution systems. I was responsible for technical support of e-Pharmacy & Future programs intended for pharmacies and drug stores.
o Setup, troubleshooting and maintenance of programs.
o Running database scripts and deploying backup and restore plans.
o Training clients (use program - generate reports - basic troubleshooting).
o Supervising and training junior support personnel in my area.
- Computer accessories wholesales responsible.
- Computer components sales and maintenance.
March 2005: Restructured and organized the computer laboratory classrooms in the Computer Educational Center in the Faculty of Education, Tanta University. The process included full survey, restructure and maintenance for computers and attached equipment in the network.