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City Of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Increased efficiency in the project to have better financial performance and productivity by consolidating different tasks and created more streamlined project timelines. Successfully met all deadlines and decreased project completion dates over all projects. Introduced a project performance management system, considered 65% more efficient than the one already being followed.- Currently in charge of a major transformation project intended to enhance infrastructure and improve visitor experience and activate domestic tourism at Robben Island Museum.- Stakeholder engagement and liaison and coordination of all communications between internal and external project stakeholders.- Update all stakeholders on project performance and timelines.- Project Planning and Reporting - for Senior Management, sponsors and stakeholders.- Develop projects plans, budget, deliverables and timelines.- Develop specifications for projects, facilitate appointment of service providers and all supply chain processes.- Coordinate tender advertisement, participate in bid specification and bid evaluation committees.- Ensure briefing of appointed service providers and contracts are signed. - Project Implementation, manage timeous implementation of all project deliverables.- Track project performance, identify and minimize project risks.- Ensure compliance with relevant policies and guidelines.- Manage quality of delivery and project budget.- Manage timeous implementation of all project deliverables.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

During the launch phase of museum, I was able to drive projects in crisis management mode to launch. Assisted and positioned Senior Leaders to spearhead change management within the organisation at a pivotal moment the museum was facing. During operational phase, I introduced cross-functional interdepartmental effective communication.Responsible for day-to-day operation management activities of the business. Contribute operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; prepare and complete action plans; implement production, productivity, quality and customer-service standards; resolve problems; complete audits; identify trends.Forecast requirements; prepare an annual budget; schedule expenditures; analyze variances; initiating corrective actions. Communicate all operating policies and/or issues at department meetingsStakeholder, vendors & partners management and track vendor pricing, rebates and service levels.Develop operations systems by determining product handling and storage requirements; develop, implement, enforce and evaluate policies and procedures; develop processes for receiving product, equipment utilization, inventory management.Driving a high-performing culture, where colleagues feel supported in challenging the status quo to provide better services for our customers. Analyze process workflow, employee and space requirements and equipment layout; implement changes.Maintain safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations.Producing Operations manuals which define how the business is to be run. Encouraging, identifying and developing best practice strategy by improve overall processes & procedures.Review and approve all operational invoices and ensure they are submitted for payment.Work closely with COO and management team to set and/or implement policies, procedures and systems and to follow through with implementation.

Remote - Dubai Based

- Overseeing day-to-day operations in 5 countries (remote and onsite)- Managing critical projects - Contribute to the ongoing improvement of processes and ways of working across divisions- Relationship management with customers- Onboarding staff- Coordinate workloads across ou customer base - Plan and prioritize projects and workload to deliver to the operating plan

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Worked in different countries including South Africa and United Arab Emirates• Charged with managing all resources, including budget, staff, contractors, procurement functions, and provided support for the facility’s budget.• Organized and planned strategy to ensure optimized management of all assets, managed, maintained, and support the reliability of the systems, equipment, properties, and assets in the facility.• Calculated the possible costs of equipment and machinery necessary for project completion.• Maximized output and reduced operating costs by implementing various changes with existing projects without disturbing the timeline. • Orchestrated and planned essential central services, such as reception, security, and maintenance. Checked the completion of all work.