Zahid Murtaza

SAP Practice Manager at Saudi Business Machines

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• My current job since January 2019

o Monitor all projects within SAP practice.
o Point of contact between SAP and SBM for all new leads and upsells.
o Manage different pre-sales and sales activities, including:
 Requirement analysis.
 Solution design and architecture
 Budget planning and P&L preparation
 Final contract negotiations.
o Manage escalations on any SAP project, analyze situation, devise solution, setup
actions and manage / monitor progress on actions.
o Work with business operations team for annual budget planning .
o Assessment of required manpower for delivery of project and expected time lines
 Plan team readiness and enablement on new technologies.
 Project Manager for several projects.
 Solution Architect SAP solutions.
 Manage all technical requirements on all SAP clients

SAP Lead / Project Manager at Saudi Business Machines

• Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
• April 2015 to December 2018

SAP Process Integration Lead at Saudi Business Machine

• Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• December 2012 to April 2017

o Manage SAP Netweaver Process integration requirements on client
o Analyze and design solutions, to fulfill client’s need.
o Manage development of related ABAP objects .
o Manage configuration and deployment of SAP.
o Assist business development team in different pre-sales and sales activities, including:
 Requirement analysis.
 Solution analyses and architecture
 Assessment of required manpower for delivery of project and expected time lines.

Assistant Vice President/Netweaver Dev Lead at Abacus Consulting

• Pakistan - Karachi
• March 2009 to December 2012

~• Netweaver Development Lead Role
o Manage SAP Netweaver development requirements on all ongoing projects.
o Analyze and design solutions, to fulfill client’s need.
o Manage SAP Netweaver development team.
o Plan and execute different training sessions, to keep the team up to date.
o Define job roles and assignments as per requirements.
~• As Deputy Execution Head
o Manage preparation of demos for different prospective SAP clients
o Assist business development team in different pre-sales and sales activities, including:
 Requirement analysis.
 Solution analyses and architecture
 Assessment of required manpower for delivery of project and expected time lines.
o Manage resources and their respective allocation to different assignments
o Monitor progress of on going projects and verify quality principles

SAP Netweaver Development Consultant at Siemens Pakistan

• Pakistan - Karachi
• January 2006 to March 2009

Worked on several projects, with roles ranging from ABAP consultant to Netweaver development lead. Worked on ABAP, Workflows, and SAP PI