Talal Bayoun, Fleet Management Director

Talal Bayoun

Fleet Management Director

Averda

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, EMBA
Experience
26 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 8 Months

Fleet Management Director at Averda
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since July 2015

Responsible for the fleet selection, utilization and maintenance with global coverage of all averda companies.
▪ Manage the fleet care activities for 2500+ vehicles and equipment across 7 countries and 21 projects
▪ Manage a team of automotive engineers and IT Analysts
▪ Design workshops and define the required manpower and organization chart
▪ Hire qualified workshop heads after rigorous selection steps
▪ Provide workshop staff maintenance management and Oracle EAM training coupled with technical training and continuous support
▪ Ensure proper meter based preventive maintenance is being done following specific check lists
▪ Capture the maintenance material, service and manpower expenditures in Oracle EAM and apply automation and restrictions measures to ensure accurate cost allocation on assets and accounts
▪ Generate daily dashboards to monitor the workshops performance and intervene where needed
▪ Reengineer and refurbish the Oracle master databases related to Item Master and Fleet Asset Register
▪ Coordinate with the procurement in items sourcing optimization and inventories management
▪ Report monthly the work progress and innovations to the management

R&D Director at Leeds International
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • August 2013 to June 2015

Generating machine designs and prototypes with focus on the vending machines and food processing machines.
▪ Manage 3 workshops; Steel fabrication, CNC and trucks superstructures steel repairs
▪ Manage the mechanical and automation research and design units
▪ Ensure that the projected budget, revenues and profit goals are met
▪ Develop the business through innovative designs and solutions and set up marketing and sales plans
▪ Develop a fully functional pizza vending machine prototype
▪ Setting up a new R&D office

Senior Fleet Manager at Averda
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2012 to August 2013

Responsible for the fleet selection, utilization and maintenance with regional coverage of all averda GCC companies.
▪ Prepare the developmental and safety plans and audit 7 maintenance workshops in UAE, Qatar,
KSA and Oman servicing 600 trucks and vehicles
▪ Unify the Preventive Maintenance intervals, checklists and procedures across all workshops
▪ Attend Oracle Enterprise Asset Management EAM acceptance testing and define the workflow and master data structure
▪ Complete the fleet database with all attributes and logical divisions to be uploaded in Oracle EAM
▪ Ensure that the Visirun fleet tracking and management application is properly implemented
▪ Develop shared maintenance and parts manuals databank on SharePoint
▪ Set the fleet criteria for purchasing, maintenance and phasing off

R&D Automotion Manager at Leeds International
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2009 to December 2012

Industrial power and control solutions. Sourcing of high tech machines and components.
▪ Manage a team of engineers to develop industrial power and PLC control solutions
▪ Ensure that the automation team is delivering on time as per the project plan and budget
▪ Global sourcing of high tech machines and components to complete the projects requirements
▪ Develop the team through training on Schneider, Siemens, Beckhoff, Omron and ABB robot

Systems Development Manager at Sukleen
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • August 2006 to December 2008

Provide budgeting, operation resources planning, procurement and innovation for Sukleen:
▪ Prepare and control the yearly budgets for 8 operating units and plan the purchases of consumables
▪ Manage and develop a team of 15 engineers and officers
▪ Manage the automotive purchasing department and set criteria for fleet technical selection
▪ Select and purchase the ECA Faros truck driving training simulator from France
▪ Develop with IT team the operations planning and dispatch custom made Dot Net software
▪ Implement the advanced fleet GPS tracking system coupled with gates RFID system

VMR Automotive Maintenance Manager at Sukleen
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 1999 to July 2006

Maintenance manager for the whole fleet consisting of heavy equipment, trucks, cars, generators and motorcycles.
▪ Move in positions from workshop manager then fleet manager up to the whole maintenance unit manager
▪ Manage 3 maintenance workshops with 100+ employees servicing 500 heavy equipment and trucks
▪ Set and manage the maintenance budget, define KPIs and ensures continuous client satisfaction
▪ Generate ISO policies, procedures, forms and tools validation system for all workshops
▪ Set the spare parts replenishment and sourcing strategy and reduce the stock value by 40% ~ 450K$
▪ Develop with IT team the maintenance custom made Oracle ERP software
▪ Improve the maintenance efficiency through generation of Standard Repair Time for every task
▪ Create 2 new units; professional Overhauling unit and R&D unit to deliver a professional service

Maintenance Workshop Engineer at Technical Supplies and Services Co.
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • February 1998 to July 1999

▪ Provide technical support through training and manuals for Navistar, Isuzu and Volvo trucks
▪ Manage the maintenance team and schedule the repairs according to priorities

Technical Sales Engineer at German Auto Parts Company
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 1997 to February 1998

▪ Fill automotive parts cross reference data in database
▪ Provide clients with products related technical support and follow-up on claims and requests

Education

Master's degree, EMBA
  • at Lebanese American University
  • March 2010
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at American University of Beirut
  • June 1996
High school or equivalent, French Baccalaureate
  • at College Protestant Francais
  • June 1992

Specialties & Skills

Maintenance Engineering
Maintenance Management
Oracle Enterprise Asset Management EAM
Microsoft Office
Team work
Team building, management and motivation
Root cause analysis
Visual Basic for Applications VBA
Oracle Suite data architect
Maintenance Management
Fleet Management

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Intermediate

Memberships

Syndicate of Engineers Beirut
  • Member
  • July 1996