Strategy Director

• Nov 2021 - Present

Registered Organizational Excellence Specialist

• Aug 2020 - Present

Managing Director & Principal Consultant

• Jun 2020 - Present

Manager Strategic Planning

• Apr 2015 - Jun 2020

-Drive the strategy formulation and implementation to achieve operations transformation and continuous improvement agenda across all the strategic business units, ensuring strategic alignment at the organization level to achieve the strategic objectives and with key focus on resource optimization & cost reduction through restructuring -Collaborate with the directors, MD, GM, and stakeholders to drive business improvement through business planning, automation, waste reduction & standardization opportunities and develop business cases to support implementation. -Manage the business excellence program and CSR to achieve business goals, sustainable operational performance and cost optimization. -Lead the business transformation Enterprise wide and work with stakeholders to implement IT systems with special focus on automation and digitalization. Notable Accomplishments •Strategic plan led to increase in revenues by 50% over a four year period and achieve target revenue by 95%. •Orchestrated the restructuring which resulted in increase of gross profit by 4% and reduced indirect costs by AED 9 million •Authored plan to improve automated software development for operations which resulted in streamlining processes and establishing highly mixed operating environment through automation as well as digitalization and achieved 90% data transparency. •Exhibited leadership in identifying strategic & operational KPI’s in liaison with stakeholders and achieved 60% of the KPI’s through a tactical change management plan. •Handled business process re-engineering and successfully achieved in reducing redundant processes in operations by 70% and decreasing the turnaround time of key operational processes by 30% •Shortlisted for the prestigious Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum GCC Business Excellence Award •Achieved Corporate Social Responsibility Award issued by Dubai Chamber of Commerce three years in a row. Show less

Cost Control Manager

• May 2007 - Oct 2013

-Lead a team responsible for planning, budgeting, monitoring, forecasting, variance analysis and working towards creating value to the stakeholders. -Develop and establish an operating model that supports control in the project management processes aligned with the organizational strategy and goals. -Facilitate the effective integration of business units by standardizing and streamlining budgeting business processes across functions. -As a registered internal auditor, performed internal audits of the processes and procedures followed by various departments and re-engineered/enhanced them in-line with the company’s strategic objectives. -Manage enterprise-level cost control process using earned value management concepts to achieve performance management by integrating time & cost and responsible for In-House Consulting which involved transforming existing controls and reporting through development of enterprise IT to identify gaps and control costs through automation. Notable Achievements: •Slashed man-hours utilization in project controls by 12000 man-hours & improved reporting frequency by 75% •Served as key member of the research task force that worked on strategies for international expansion – research led to 60% new market opportunities and USD 250 million in potential expansion projects. •Formulated SMART objectives for the project management team to ensure goal congruence. •Successfully created a control mechanism in ERP based on complex algorithms. Show less

Quanity Surveyor / Cost tracking Engineer

• Jun 2004 - Apr 2007

-Oversaw several projects through the entire project life cycle involving tendering, planning, valuation, scope change and project controls. -Formulated the resource utilization model that acts as a base for the bidding process. -Drive the labour payment mechanism system which to increase productivity and decrease consumption. -Responsible for creating time and cost consciousness across various stakeholders to maximize shareholder value. Notable accomplishments: •Dexterously revamped the labour payment mechanism which resulted in increase of productivity and decrease of man day consumption by approximately 25% annually •Distinction for devising base documents in line with industry standards for scrutinizing the wastage's and productivity which resulted in considerable savings and increased win ratio. •Creatively built resource models for resource requirements viz - labour, plant & machinery, and staffing. Show less