Zaki Al-Khamees

Work with fuel & operation planning group, as Sr. Planning & Budgeting Analyst, handling Generation Operations Information System and Real-time economic monitoring system, keeping track of the fuel consumption and creating scenarios on the economic dispatch of power plants in order to minimize the cost of the power production.

• Provide support to executive, technical, power plant departments.
• Experience within the energy industry, in fuel, energy sales, and power generation.
• Participate in developing of strategic goals, objectives, operating plans, and business plans.
• Participate in a team involved in plant information automation system for all plants in the kingdom.
• Participate and implement the power purchase agreement between GenCo’s and TransCo.
• Analyze and develop operating plan, business plan, and long-term strategic plans (fuel, operations, KPIs).

Work with Manpower & Training Group responsible for planning budgets for six (6) departments with a total workforce of 1500 employees for Generation Sector in Eastern Operating Area. As a group, we track monthly changes in manpower, compare it with the approved budget, generate monthly, quarterly different analysis reports besides the following activities:

• Prepare special reports requested by Vice President for Generation Sector, held meeting regarding manpower & training issues.
• Give the necessary advice to Vice President regarding the number of manpower needed and a comprehensive analysis regarding the future trend of the manpower changes.
• Prepare the promotion plan for Generation Departments and collect the lists recommended by Departments Heads. Insures all the lists of employees planned for promotion are fallen within the company procedures & percentage. Review the list with Vice President and make the necessary changes.
• Make and follow the movement of manpower within the generation sector as part of manpower utilization.
• Prepare a succession plan for manpower for 10-year plan and review with Vice President.
• Create organizational structure for new departments/division/section.
• Prepare monthly training courses; follow the progress of the non-employee trainees - ITPS, OJTS, PDPS.
• Review and recommend training courses to be added to be given for employees.
• Coordinate with the different vendors who supply training in and out-of kingdom.
• Coordinate with Generation Departments to collect their needs in utilizing SAP, align the business with SAP and make reports to send to SAP Department for customizing the needs of the departments.

Provide training to SAP end-users for Generation Sector at Eastern Operating Area on how to use SAP to enter the budgets (operating plan) and how to generate the different reports.

I have started designing databases on different applications such as FoxPro, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Visual basic. The following projects have been designed and programmed by me and still are managed for trouble-shooting.

These programs facilitate the work procedure in preparing the operating plans and the accountability reports. Following are the programs:

• Accountability Reports System (Objectives, Goals, and Strategies): Designed to track the progress of each strategy quarterly. This system serves six (6) Generation Departments, in the Easter Operating Area. The database is on SQL server at the head office, Dammam.
• Overtime Program: Designed & programmed to be used by six (6) departments of the Generation Sector in Eastern & Northern Area.
• Training & Career Development System (TCDS): Training Courses Attended through On-Line Registration (SECTI) Database. External, Vendor, & Other Courses from the (PHR) Personnel History Records. Rotational Assignment, Personal Assignment as part of Career Development Program.
Other programs are not related to manpower planning:
• Tools/Equipment Management System: This system is used by power generation departments to control the issuance and cost of personal tools/equipment given to the employees working in Power Plants.
• Plant Equipment Program: Has been designed to fit the unit requirements of data needed to be used for technical purposes.

Have experience in analytical work in programming and systems analysis for information systems projects. Work involves analyzing, designing, programming, testing, installing, documenting, and maintaining computer application programs which have a moderate degree of complexity. Develops reports, maintains databases, provides operational support and assists in utilizing systems and applications.

Participate in preparing the operating and business plans for Ghazlan Power Plant Department by collecting data from various division heads and consolidating it in one package.

Participate in preparing the quarterly accountability reports for the whole departments through a system I designed to follow the accomplishment of the strategies set by each division. Participate in preparing the budgets for capital projects, manpower, objectives, goals, and strategies.