Suleiman Ngigi, Contracts Manager

Suleiman Ngigi

Contracts Manager

Hill international

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Master's degree, Facilities Management
Experience
17 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 6 Months

Contracts Manager at Hill international
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since September 2019
Contracts Manager at Abu Dhabi Airports Company
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • July 2017 to September 2019
Contracts Manager at Cleanco Services/Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • September 2016 to July 2017

Responsibilities:

❖ Project Management
- Responsible for the entire CLEANCO/ADAC contract operations, in Abu Dhabi Airport, Al Ain Airport, Al Bateen Airport and City Terminal comprising of all soft services, Cleaning Waste Management, indoor plantation maintenance and pest control service.
- Key management representative for CLEANCO in the project, including liaison with all relevant authorities (ADAC departments and other stake holders) on behalf of CLEANCO
- Responsible for all contract resources including manpower (1140 personnel), machinery and consumables.
❖ Performance Management
- Responsible for overall Service Level Agreement (SLA) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) management, including ensuring segment of the contract attain the required performance target.
❖ Budget control & Management:
- Responsible for contract budget and cost monitoring and control functions ensuring all service support factors are provided in line with the contract and within stipulated budget.
❖ Process Automation (CAFM)
- Responsible for managing a team of programmers in the customization and management of the clients CAFM system to reflect all contract deliverables and demonstrate compliance.
Operations strategy development and management
- Responsible for development and implementation of contracts strategy including QHS&E strategy, Operations Strategy, legal strategy, and financial strategy.

Professional achievements in Cleanco Services/Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC)

❖ Managed a flawless transition from outgoing service provider, to ensure an incident free transition while managing to retain the Abu Dhabi Airports ASQ ratings from the first month.
❖ Have managed to continually develop the services across the 3 assigned Airports from an average of below 50% KPI achievement at the first month of contract commencement to 100% by the fifth month and retained this rating for consecutive months to-date.
❖ Managed to meet and exceed set ASQ targets for cleaning services in Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Facilities & Support Services Manager at ERAADA Facilities Management
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2013 to August 2016

Responsibilities:

❖ Operations & CAFM Management
- Responsible for overall FM operations, utilizing CAFM for resource management including staff, work scheduling, asset management and client relations management.
❖ Contracts Management:
- Initiation of sourcing strategies and management of entire sourcing lifecycle including RFP preparation, costing, technical and commercial evaluation, up to contracts finalization.
- Management of contracts including KPI/SLA delivery, invoice verifications and processing
❖ QHSE & Energy Management
- Oversaw the development of policies, procedures and relevant documentation and auditing Compliance with QHSE certification compliance (ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 & OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO 50001:2011)
❖ Strategy, planning & budgeting
- Responsible for development of contracts, operations and customer service strategies, including development and monitoring of set milestones, and CAPEX/OPEX budgeting

Professional achievements in ERAADA:

❖ Oversaw implementation of CAFM software in conjunction with the CAFM software provider.
❖ Was instrumental in attainment of ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 & OHSAS 18001:2007 certification within the first 8 months of company setup.
❖ Successfully negotiated scope of works, SLA, & KPI, exceeding expected committed outcomes, and attained Improved customer satisfaction ratings from 75% in Q3 of 2014 to 88% in Q4 of 2015, 90% in Q1 of 2016 and on tract to exceed set targets for Q2 2016

Assistant Manager - Contracts & Compliance (Operations/FM) at Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • April 2012 to June 2013

April 2012 to June 2013
Assistant Manager - Contracts & Compliance
Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) - Operations Department

Responsibilities:

Contracts Management
•Developing & administering Service Level agreements, contract terms and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), & ensuring contracts have adequate built-in flexibility to allow future adaptability and alignment with organization objectives as may vary from time to time.

•Conducting compliance audits for service provider operations and internal compliance standards to ensure compliance with set deliverables, objective measures, and response times and service availability, and ensuring contract payables are in line with set deliverables and within approved the budgets.

•Developing policies and procedures necessary for adequate enforcement of contract terms and conditions, and ensuring compliance by all related parties.

FM Operation Planning & Strategy

•Contributes in development of various operations strategies including budgeting, pre-occupation and post occupation strategies to ensure operational readiness of various facilities within the Airport as well as lifecycle planning & management of existing facilities.

•Liaison with internal stake holders including Vice Presidents of various Airport Operations functions to align FM Operations with core aeronautical functions and strategic objectives of the Airport.

•Liaison external stakeholders including Airlines & commercial entities within the Airport, to establish and coordinate the delivery of services to ensure operational requirements are met.

•Monitoring and coordinating the progress of short and long term targets and objectives to ensure adherence to timelines, in accordance with set milestones.

Executive - Facilities Management Coordination at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2009 to March 2012

Responsibilities:

•Master Community Portfolio Management:
Managing the master development, including client relations, Quality compliance audits of FM service providers asset management operations including CAFM & BMS software utility /setup against maintenance schedules in line with O&M manuals & contract specifications.

•Carrying out audits of service providers overall FM operations to identify & address risk areas:
Quality compliance audits of FM service providers including CAFM & BMS functions /setup against maintenance schedules to ensure compliance with O&M manuals & contract specifications.

•Coordination Facilities Management long term and short term targets and objectives.
Monitoring & coordinating the progress of short and long term targets and objectives to ensure adherence to timelines, in accordance with set milestones.

•Annual FM budgeting and cost analysis.
Preparing the annual capital and operating budget, monitoring & controlling all operations expenditure against approved the budget and producing monthly expenditure reports.

•Coordination of quality control objectives.
Ensuring compliance with policies & procedures to ensure Total Quality Management (TQM) objectives are met, in compliance with the overall organization strategy.

•Monitoring delivery of FM contracts deliverables and terms/Conditions.
Developing & administering Service Level agreements, contract terms and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

•Asset life cycle planning, condition surveys and analysis, technical reporting and executive presentations.
Presentation of key milestones/objectives progress updates and performance reports for the executive management.

Command & Control Centre Manager (Facilities Management) at Gulf Real Estate Consortium (GRESCO)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2006 to December 2008

Responsibilities:
1.Overseeing all command and control center operations (Call Centre and BMS operations).
-Close coordination with call centre operators to ensure proper escalation of service calls.
-Coordination of outsourced service providers to ensure timely & satisfactory service delivery as per the stipulations of the Service level agreements and Key performance Indicators (KPIs).
-Ensuring appropriate and timely feedback to clients.
-Overseeing operations of BMS system and correlation of system controls and monitoring with reactive and corrective maintenance operations.

2.Asset maintenance and service performance data collation and analysis
Continuously analyzing gathered data, conducting independent research and appropriately adopting cross functional reports and summary analysis.

Education

Master's degree, Facilities Management
  • at Heriot-watt University Dubai
  • June 2020
Bachelor's degree, Business management
  • at Egerton University
  • June 2003

Bachelors in Business Administration.

Specialties & Skills

Budgeting
Expertise in strategic planning
Contracts Manager
property manager
Facilities manager
Facilities Management

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

IFMA
  • Member
  • January 2008

Training and Certifications

Technical & Academic Writing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2010
Valid Until:
December 2010
Advanced MS Office & MS Access (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2005
Valid Until:
April 2005
Business & Accounting skills (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2005
Valid Until:
October 2005