Saf Akram Email & Phone Number

Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom

CONNECTION OFFERS MANAGER 2020 to Present Since starting with the business, I have thoroughly enjoyed understanding the business to the extent that I am enthusiastic about what I do and actively seek improvement and change in line with business requirements.• Have been the first point of contact for customers wishing to make applications and have had ownership of the customer relationship and commercial contract up to the point of acceptance, and also support our CRM team, post acceptance. These strong relationships have provided the basis for impressive results from the Quality of Connections Survey incentive for RIIO T2.• Regularly consult with internal and external stakeholders such as developers, system planning, development, commercial policy, regulation, engineering and ESO to ensure up to date and accurate information is provided in the connection agreements.• Work well with peers and senior management in other parts of the business including senior management and provide valuable and relevant input when required especially from a contractual point of view ensuring our contractual position is sound and reflects the customers intentions and requirements, as well as the business’s requirements to mitigate any financial risk or otherwise.• Have effectively helped to manage some of the largest industry initiatives such as ESO’s Stability Pathfinder, Scotwind Offshore Connections and INTOG, with a good understanding of emerging technologies such as hydrogen, carbon capture and large scale data demand centres.• Have been actively involved in a process improvements and change programmes and have initiated a new project called TOUCAN which takes a deep dive into what we do and why we do it, providing extracts from CUSC and STC with a view to making ongoing improvements and taking into consideration upcoming Connection Reform and other industry changes.

Stirling

Promoted to commercial manager predominantly for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) project. Established good relationships with senior managers, stakeholders and consultees as well as having driven the commercial aspects of the project. This project alone was worth over £6.5 mil.• Utilised a broad range of skills from risk management to procurement, financial reporting, developing and managing the supply chain.• Identified new business opportunities ranging from winning new business, exploring new avenues of activity and seeking opportunities that the company could exploit in its bid to develop and grow.• Management and presentation of rate cards, payment applications and any deliverables for approval then dealt with any reconciliation.• Accurate logging of enquiries and the timely submission of competitively priced, technically & commercially sound submissions which took into account any risks or caveats to ensure a robust offer was submitted.• Capitalised on new business opportunities, reporting directly to the managing director in relation to additional potential accounts then followed up with a view to winning new business.• Initiated cost reductions and maximising value when preparing estimates & tender submissions including the interpretation of specifications & preambles specific to individual projects.

Stonehaven And Aberdeen

Was head hunted for this position, my role was to manage all aspects of traffic management related to the build of the new Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR), Southern and Fastlink sections.• Project planning, programme management, consultancy, design, noticing, permits, auditing and delivery to ensure the safety of the public and workforce whilst meeting the requirements of the contract, overseeing authorities and regulatory bodies.• Exceeded all expectations in relation to managing a project unlike any other. The level of accuracy and detail required in order to have any TM scheme approved was challenging, but ongoing consultations and forging good relationships resulted in overcoming the challenges.• Gained trust and developed a good reputation through honesty and transparency with professionals in the industry. This helped to secure the approval for some of the schematic TM schemes for use throughout the whole of the AWPR project.• Trained another project manager to take over the role when promoted to commercial manager within CTM.Lantra Approved to Sector Schemes 12A/B/C/DLantra 12D M7 Manager/Client OfficerTraffic Safety ManagementTraffic Management DesignExtensive Knowlege Of Chapter 8 and TSRGDTraffic Mangement ConsultancyContract ManagementLarge Project ManagementPlanning and CAD DesignCone 10 DesignSite Survey WorkSite Audit WorkRoad Safety

Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire

CAD design (Cone 10 for Traffic Management), planning, programming and managing some of Class One's larger projects from clients including Bam Nuttall (Borders Railway), Morgan Sindall (Network Rail EGIP), MacLay (Clyde Fastlink), Land Engineering (New Southern General Hospital) and covering M8 FLJV whilst the account manager was on leave. • Throughout these project's gained a reputation of being honest, trustworthy, efficient and professional at all times. Built exceptional relationships with key decision makers within these companies, local authorities and roads service providers.• Experience extends from simple lane closures and road closures to high speed lane occupation and motorway closures.

Bonnybridge, Stirlingshire

Managing the Bam Nuttall Borders Railway Project.• Successfully delivered TM schemes from Edinburgh to Galashields.• Forged great working relationships and communicated TM solutions back to Class One management team and project manager.

Cumbernauld

Managing the M74 (Joint Venture) Project. Maintaining long term TM works and applied my extensive experience to help allow safe and timely delivery of changing TM phases throughout various projects and schemes.