Suresh Balakrishnan, Bid Manager

Suresh Balakrishnan

Bid Manager

Dimension Data

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics
Experience
30 years, 0 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :30 years, 0 Months

Bid Manager at Dimension Data
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2011

o Formation of Bid Management section
o Formulate, Implement Bid Management process for countries Dimension Data - United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Sultanate of Oman (Oman)
o Increase in win ratio from practically from non-existence to 50%
o Apply sound project management principles and techniques by all stakeholders.
o Drives the profile, promotion and communication of bid management practices internally (within Dimension Data - UAE, Oman and from year 2014 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is included).

Regional Service Delivery Manager – Hospitality at Emircom
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • June 1994 to March 2011

o Initiating and governing internal and client Kick off meetings.
o Assign Project Managers to the definite site and over see their Schedule and performance, in line with the customer requirement.
o Cost Management - In line with the sales team’s projection.
o Managing sub-contractors’ agreement and implementation.
o Implementation as per Site requirements
o Collect and provide updates through Site progress meetings.
o Periodic Reporting - Internal & Client base.
o Interface for milestone payment collection.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics
  • at Bombay (Mumbai) University
  • June 1990

Specialties & Skills

Multicultural Team Management
Contract Management
Technical Presales
Time management skills
Bid Management
Time Management
Risk Management
Pre-Sales - ICT, ELV, Security, Structured Cabling Systems, Data Center, IPT, VoIP, Cloud
Contract Management
Project Management

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Intermediate
Malayalam
Beginner

Training and Certifications

CCNP (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Reading books, teaching
    Personnaly helped students of various grades to improve their marks /grades