Mohammed Bafail Email & Phone Number

Ksa

• Advised on high-profile projects, new business opportunities & investment streams as an independent consultant • Forged relations with top-tier clients and stakeholders; building trust, winning buy-in & influencing key decisions • Quickly won a reputation as a proactive, commercially astute & solutions-focused consultant with an eye for detail• Counselled clients on telecommunications and manufacturing projects and a new hospital/medical college invest• Proved versatile across business modelling, start-ups, funding, turnarounds, digital solutions, marketing and QA

Ksa

• Spearheaded a SAR 30 million state of the art factory build at King Abdullah Economic City • Directed the project to remit/deadline; monitoring quality, controlling costs and saving SAR 4m+ • Controlled budgets, optimised investments, mitigated risks & drove efficiencies; increasing profits • Led across operations, planning, analysis, finance, P&L, legal compliance and crisis management • Built business alliances & commercial partnerships with third parties to increase competitive edge • Negotiated favourable deals with production line suppliers; reducing costs and optimising SLAs• Recruited and developed high-performing management & engineering teams• Revised policies across all departments & monitored implementation; championing best practices• Oversaw external auditing; securing positive outcomes in line with legal/ regulatory standards

Ksa

• Increased SAR 266 million sales by 11% & profit margin by 4% in just two years as a Balubaid executive VP • Directed six independent companies, general managers and 250 staff; leading from the front and by example• Set/managed budgets, optimised investments, mitigated risks & drove efficiencies; increasing revenue/profits YoY• Oversaw operations across heavy transport, auto-leasing, industrial equipment, lubricants, plastics and batteries• Grew commercial/industrial operations, created business plans & monitored KPIs to boost performance/fulfil goals• Drove improvements factory-wide; streamlining processes, removing bottlenecks and increasing capacity by 23%• Reduced operating costs and used savings to self-fund a SAR 4m plastic factory expansion; increasing productivity• Increased heavy transport fleet size and destination coverage by 15% and grew sales by 10%; surpassing targets

Ksa/Egypt/Sudan/Uae

• Identified/capitalised on new business opportunities group-wide• Headed 4 companies, three VPs, two GMs a CFO and large teams of consultants/specialists• Raised private capital & successfully launched three projects worth SAR 368 million • Integrated policies/procedures across all companies; driving efficiencies & saving sizeable costs • Co-founded two joint stock agriculture companies & laid the groundwork new business ventures

Ksa

• Developed/implemented strategy, directed operations and restructured the company as Jazira Equipment GM• Successfully turned around a SAR 2.0m loss-making company to deliver SAR 2.5m profits in just 12 months• Expanded the business and established a foothold in five major KSA cities; boosting brand awareness and profits• Opened 11 new branches within 18 months and closed underperforming divisions; driving new market penetration• Increased fleet size by 113% to 4250 units, client base by 300%, revenue by 30% and significantly reduced debt

Ksa

• Rose through the ranks and excelled as project engineer, production manager, GM Operations and finally Business Development GM• Led across operations, business development, support services, manufacturing, sales, distribution and projects• Increased global exports from 8% to 40%; negotiating lucrative contracts in Europe, USA, Middle East & Africa