Education/Qualifications
Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from NED University of Engineering & Technology in 1992
Successful completion of courses on:
Negotiating, Implementing & Managing Successful Contracts Lead Auditor of EMS 1401:2004
PASS/FDM (Plant Accounting and Settlement System) Lead Auditor of OHSAS 18001:2007
Management Skills and Conflict Management Lead Auditor of ISO 9001:2000.
Computer Skill: MS Office, Maximo, Engica, AutoCAD, MS. Project, Power Point
Work Experience
Aug. 2012 to Present
Commercial Manager Phoenix Operation and Maintenance Company
A Project of Marubeni Power Asset Management Limited, Muscat, Oman
A joint venture company with 50% share of Marubeni owning power plants in the Eastern Province of Oman with a capacity of 2000 MW. As Commercial Manager my key responsibilities are:
• Preparation of company Business Plan and Monthly Reports.
• Preparation and monitoring of Plant’s operation, maintenance, commercial, HR & Admin Budgets
• Managing accounts for O&M Company including all Payable/Receivable.
• Verifying and authorization of company Payroll and all supplier payments.
• Managing Plant Accounting and Settlement System (PASS). Tariff calculations with complex thermodynamic models of the plant (FDM).
• Successfully partnered with senior management to meet organizational needs
• Delivered various monthly reports (both qualitative and quantitative) on time to management for timely decision making
• Purchased parts for the maintenance, operation, technical and IT departments.
• Managed all aspects of RFQ, the competitive bidding process and the negotiation and award of purchase orders/contracts to vendors across the world.
• Manage the acquisition of goods and services to cost, quality and timescales
• Negotiated major contracts and purchases.
• Development of alternative local sources for imported materials which helps in cost saving.
• Establishing strategic alliances/tie-ups with financially strong and reliable suppliers.
• Prepared and maintained procedures for commercial department
• Lead a team of personnel and managed all sectional activities to deliver desired service level, trained them and supervise their work and evaluation.
• Instilled team spirit in all team members for highly diversified and multi-cultural workforce.
2006 – 2012
Commercial Team Leader
Tihama Power Generation Company Limited
A Project of International Power – GDF Suez, Saudi Arabia
A joint venture between International Power – GDF Suez (60%) and Saudi Oger (40%) owning four power plants in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (all power plants situated in different SAUDI ARAMCO premises) with a combined capacity of over 1000 MW and 4410 (1000 lb/hr) equivalent 535 MW. As Commercial Team Leader my key responsibilities are:
• Lead a team of personnel and managed all sectional activities to deliver desired service level, trained them and supervise their work and evaluation.
• Prepared and maintained commercial department procedures and Budgets.
• Delivered various quarterly, monthly & weekly reports
• Successfully partnered with senior management to meet organizational needs.
• Instilled team spirit in all team members for highly diversified and multi-cultural workforce.
• Manage the acquisition of goods and services for all four power plants to cost, quality and timescales
• Advise operational, maintenance and engineering staff on operational decisions (especially plant outages) that are most advantageous commercially for the organization.
• Successfully managed first Major Plant Overhauling outages (MI) of G.E’s 7FA & 7EA Series Gas Turbines in the region of META (Middle East, Turkey and Africa).
• Actively participated in Regional commercial network (META).
o Purchased parts for the maintenance, operation, engineering and IT departments for all the four power plants located in different Saudi Aramco premises in Eastern province of Saudi Arabia, totaling $10 to 15 million annually.
o Managed all aspects of RFQ, the competitive bidding process and the negotiation and award of purchase orders/contracts to vendors across the world.
o Development of alternative local sources for imported materials which helps in cost saving.
o Establishing strategic alliances/tie-ups with financially strong and reliable suppliers.
o Classified vendors on the basis of criteria such as cost, quality, on time delivery and credit facilities.
o Liaison with Ministry of Finance and Trades and custom authorities for duty refunds and getting approval for duty exemption of new items.
o Implemented systems to avoid situations like over-stocking or out-of-stock which influence operation and financial losses.
o Negotiated major contracts and purchases.
o Developed a vendor base for sustaining operations for all four power plants in this predominantly supplier’s market
o Optimizing inventory levels, reducing holding costs and parts variety.
o Verifies stock record computations against physical count of stock
2000 – 2006
Quality Assurance Coordinator
Roll Form Specialty, Division of Samuel-Manutech Inc., Ontario, Canada
• Co-ordinate and prepared sample submission packages PPAP, FMEA, APQP and update & maintained Process Control Plans
• Maintained and improved the quality system through analysis of data, identification of trends and development of recommendations.
• Audited, maintained, and implemented ISO 9001:2000 Quality System.
• Improved and developed quality procedures, quality plan and work instructions.
• Liaised with customers.
• Evaluating and analyzing process and product data for Cp & Cpk values
• Good working knowledge of AutoCAD 2002
Material Coordinator
• Ensuring appropriate procurement of all production, construction and maintenance materials. Sourcing and rate negotiation of material locally and worldwide with proper delivery time and quality.
• Worked with teams to implement manufacturing capacity planning with suppliers to realize supply chain cost savings including improved availability, transportation cost savings and life cycle improvements.
• Developed Engineering Master and training material and system documentation to support new ERP system implementation.
• Acted as lead for implementation of procurement module of ERP system
• Develop stocking levels for parts to support machine populations that will maximize the company’s ROI (return of investment).
• Conduct and supervise annual physical inventory.
1993 – 2000
Asst. Manager Commercial & Coordination Pakland Cement Limited, Karachi, Pakistan
Promoted rapidly during Five years career with Pakland Cement, through a series of increasingly responsible Project Planning & costing Engineer’s position to a final assignment as Assistant Manager Commercial & Coordination; As Asst. Manager Commercial & Coordination my responsibilities / accomplishments are:
• Restructured / rationalized procurement section resulting in improved service level
• Incorporated procedures to handle Contracts and Purchase Orders
• Prepared tender document, bill of quantity and scope of work
• Evaluated contract documents both technical and commercial aspects
• Identified, developed and sustained new and current supplier partnerships
• Prepared and issued RFQ for goods and services and assessed and awarded orders through competitive bidding and negotiation
