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Muscat, Masqaţ, Oman

Managing the overall account performance for multinational oil and gas company Shell under a global contract related to facilities management; which involves overseeing OpEx for a $2.7 million Shell account.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:• Mobilizing a team of 6 resources (3 Regional Operations Managers, 1 Finance/Procurement Specialist, 1 HSE Manager, and 1 Call Centre Representative) towards the successful management of operations across 206 Shell gas stations in Oman, and in delivering agreed KPIs and savings as per contractual agreement with Shell Oman.• Formulated robust maintenance strategies, which resulted in significant reductions equipment downtime and maintenance costs, whilst improving equipment life cycle and site profitability.• Influenced a number of innovations; which comprises of fueling systems that contributed to annual savings of $50k, in addition to selecting better equipment for a café that reduced heating impact within the café and lowered HVAC costs; whilst also increasing the life cycle of both refrigeration and HVAC equipment with less breakage.• Delivered ‘Goal Zero’, by creating a safer environment for staff, customers, contractors and vendors.

Pakistan

Coordinated facilities management across Pakistan for a vendors and FM company; which involved soft and hard services of warehouses, R&D facilities, as well as commercial and head offices.Key Achievements:• Awarded ‘Best Performance Award’ in 2022 for delivering projects worth $5 million within a 4 month period.• Bolstered the company’s cost control measures, by meticulously managing and allocating a OpEx budget of circa $3 million, and a CapEx budget of circa $5 million, as well as by influencing weekly meetings with finance stakeholders to provide OpEx & CapEx forecasts for ongoing and future projects to eradicate any financial constraints on projects.• Fulfilled focal point role for the APAC region, through the implementation of ‘Future of Works Guidelines’; which entailed space optimization and hybrid model of working.

Lahore, Pakistan

Deputy General Manager for a renowned apparel brand; which involved acting as Country Lead for an estate of Outfitters and Ethnic stores.Key Achievements:• Awarded ‘Best Employee of the Year’ in 2020.• Successfully carried out facilities management for 120 outlets countrywide.• Strengthened organizational budgeting, by overseeing an annual CapEx of PKR 700 million for constructing new outlets and renovating existing ones.

Pakistan

Led the facilities and project management of global accounts as per global contractual requirements; which involved the delivery of Hard & Soft Services (Janitorial, Front Desk, Transportation, Catering, HVAC Maintenance, Repair & maintenance, Security etc.) through in-house and 3rd party contractors.Key Achievements:• Served prominent clients; such as Tetra Pak Pakistan, Citibank Pakistan, Group M Pakistan, British Council, and Exxon Mobil.• Won a $5 million contract for CBRE Pakistan, with Tetra Pak.• Assembled a talented projects and maintenance team, by orchestrating the organization's talent acquisition processes, as well as by implementing impactful training initiatives for the team, which supported the organization's strategic objectives in personal and professional development of key staff members, and in the successful execution of projects. • Developed audit mechanism for contractors and project engineers, which facilitated compliance to CBRE Global standards.

Saudi Arabia

Oversaw operational maintenance at country level to ensure delivery of value proposition, also ensured that maintenance services were delivered across all company outlets. Key Achievements:• Received ‘Outstanding Employee of the Year’ in 2017.• Devised innovative strategies for maintenance activities, which led to bringing savings of circa SAR 17 million for the company. • Heavily involved in the delivery of infrastructural development projects; including the successful delivery of various KDR (Knock Down Rebuilt) projects for gas stations, c-stores and workshops, in which projects had values up to SAR 2 Million.• Engineered a DBMS, which enabled the implementation of asset data warehouse for planned asset replacement. • Masterminded robust Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for handing over the newly constructed stations to the maintenance team, with emphasis on ensuring that the quality standards were met. • Introduced a mechanism for tracking under-warranty complaints to avoid unnecessary spend on newly installed equipment.

Pakistan

Fronted the end-to-end delivery of capital projects (CapEx) across the country, also ensured the timely completions of projects, in-line with Shell Global Design Standards.Key Achievements:• Won a $25 million contract for CBRE Pakistan, with Shell Pakistan.• Delivered projects worth $12 Million for the renovation and construction of new retail outlets of Shell Pakistan.• Played a pivotal role in Shell Pakistan’s strategic objectives, by developing multi-year planning/forecasting for defining projects over the next 5 years.• Enhanced the Shell Pakistan’s HSSE culture, by maintaining high standards relating to HSSE performance, whilst promoting a ‘talk not tick’ culture for all HSSE related activities.• Joined forced with the Supply Chain Manager to formulate a Procurement Strategy; which addressed suppliers who were going to be re-tendered, re-negotiated, and suppliers that required closer management and contingency plans.

Pakistan

Coordinated operational maintenance delivery across the country to meet budget obligations (OpEx), also supported the delivery of the Customer Value Proposition.Key Achievements:• Promoted from Regional Operational Manager, to Lead Regional Operational Manager in May 2014.

Pakistan

Deputed on Shell Pakistan account to maintain their retail outlets, also planned, prepared and executed CapEx and OpEx budgets for maintenance, repair and replacements duties at Shell retail sites.Key Achievements:• Awarded with the Global Merit Award in 2010, 2013 and 2014.

Pakistan

Maintained Shell retail outlets for Lahore and Gujranwala region; which involved the maintenance of mechanical, electrical and civil facility of the outlets.Key Achievements:• Managed a major OpEx and CapEx investment programme, with 100% jobs completed in all respects.• Successfully commissioned various projects; which involved the commissioning of new sites with entire new outlook, in addition to remodeling an old site; including various CNG projects. • Achieved cost savings of 4% to allocated budget, by carefully monitoring and tracking monthly maintenance.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Civil Engineering, A

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Marketing, 3.00 Gpa