Procurement Director / Estimation & Tendering DIRECTOR

Professional Resume

Osama Baassiri

BS Civil Engineering - 1987

Ohio State University, Ohio - USA

Procurement Director

Email : ******@*******.***

Mobile Qatar : 009**-**-***-***

KSA : 009**-**-***-****

Professional Summary

Osama Baassiri has a wide range of experience with over 28 Years in the Estimation and Procurement areas that covers (Infrastructure, Heavy Construction, Residential & Hospitality, Retails, Stadiums and Health) with superb skills in Negotiation & Communication; Contract Management for Mega Projects; Sourcing Management. Manifested hard work and loyalty as he worked for 21 Years at Saudi Oger Ltd.; He works efficiently in cost saving and can Issue and Negotiate Rush Status contracts within a short period of time.

He also has an extensive Knowledge of the Saudi Market as well as the Qatari one.

Skills

-Supper Negotiation & Communication Skills

-Pre and Post Contracts & Proposals Management ( up to 4.0 Billion QAR)

-Contract Management for Mega Projects ( up to 2.77 Billion SAR )

-Sourcing Management

-Loyalty (Worked for 21 Years at Saudi Oger Ltd.)

-Issued and Negotiated Rush Status contracts within a short period of time

-Efficiency in Cost Saving

EMPLOYMENT:

1/2015 – 11/2016 Head of Estimation and Proposals

Urbacon Trading & Contracting, LLC (U C C)

Doha, Qatar

- Review & Sign Off all major elements of live bids

-Review & update UCC library of set cost rates

-Ultimate responsibility for the correctness of the estimated cost

-Identify and provide details relating to value engineering opportunities within live bids

-Identify and provide details relating to alternative methodology for live bids

-Review in detail risk areas of bids and asses appropriate means of covering the related cost.

-Review and update procurement vendor list to reflect pre-qualification review of all supplier & subcontractors

-Establish and maintain excellent relationship with subcontractors and vendors.

-Successfully closed deals for Three Design and Build Projects Totaling 2.1 Billion QR.

2/2013 – 12/2014 Operations Director

Shining Wing for Contracting Est. / SELCOP Group

General Contracting – Civil Works, Maintenance & Building Renovation

Riyadh- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

-Responsibilities including the Directing of Procurement, Sourcing of Material, Contracting, Estimating, Construction and Development Management

-Visited project sites during construction to monitor progress and consult with contractors & on-site engineers.

-Reviewed and assisted in performing technical bids analysis.

5/92 – 2/2013 Saudi Oger Ltd.

Construction and Maintenance Divisions

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

6/06 – 2/2013 a) Department Manager for Procurement (Civil &Turnkey):

- Handled all Tender Requests from source selection up to the issuance of Work Orders/Blanket Contracts of all contracted works for Saudi Oger Ltd.

- Awarded all the related Civil Works in the Kingdom including Infra-structure, Piling, Concrete, Precast, Structural Steel, GRC, Asphalt and all Turnkey Works.

- Prepared the LOP Bidders as well as the subcontract agreements and the related special conditions per each awarded contract.

- Daily Site visits to follow up the progress of the awarded Subcontractors.

- Closing out the contracts of each subcontracted works.

- List of awarded works at the following Reputable Mega Projects:

Princess Noura University - (Riyadh) (16 Billion S.R. )

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Saudi Aramco - Jeddah (12 Billion S.R. )

SANG Staff Housing – (6,000 Villas) Riyadh (7.5 B S.R.)

KAP1-KABA Development Security Facility Riyadh

(7.0 Billion S.R. )

King Abdallah Financial District – Riyadh (2.8 B S.R.)

Haramain Highway Speed Stations–Jeddah (2.5 B S.R.)

Royal Projects – All Regions (2.3 Billion S.R. )

King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture –Saudi Aramco Dhahran – (1.9 Billion S.R.)

- Awarded total amount of contracts on a yearly basis are as follows:

Year (2007) – 494 Million S.R.

Year (2008) – 2.16 Billion S.R.

Year (2009) – 2.15 Billion S.R.

Year (2010) – 2.67 Billion S.R.

Year (2011) – 2.77 Billion S.R.

Year (2012) – 1.45 Billion S.R.

Year (2013) – 65 Million S.R.

4/04 – 6/06 b) Sourcing Service Manager - Procurement:

- Researched the local and international markets for latest material, products and techniques available.

- Introduced new material, contractors, suppliers and manufacturers to the Company.

- Standardized the material prices and Products across the kingdom.

- Issued several Sourcing Contracts that had contributed in improving the efficiency of the Requesting, Purchasing, and Material reception processes, reducing costs, and in achieving a more reliable Price Database.

5/97 – 4/04 c) Senior Tender Engineer - Procurement:

- Invited subcontractors for tendering on all civil works for all ongoing projects.

- Awarded contracts to tenderers on the basis of the lowest bidders that conforms to the technical specifications.

- Regularized all awarded contracts with each subcontractor at the end of each project.

5/92 - 5/97 d) Internal Technical Auditor:

- Drafted audit programs.

- Followed up day to day operations of construction sites.

- Conducted field works to ensure that subcontractors are complying with all agreed on technical specifications.

- Drafted audit reports to communicate all deficiencies to the upper management.

- Reviewed projects budget, cost control, quality of the executed work, the execution planning program and all approved payments to the respective subcontractors.

3/90 - 4/92 Senior Project Engineer

Development Facilitators Incorporation, D.F.I.

Consulting Engineers

Severna Park, MD

- Responsibilities include supervision of highway & bridge constructions, review of modifications designs to meet field conditions, follow up on roadway cross-sections designs and all related office work with the State Highway Administration of Maryland District II.

- Inspected the project site to monitor progress and adherence to design specifications, safety protocols & State standards.

- Estimated quantities and cost of materials, equipment and labor to determine project feasibility.

7/88 - 1/90 Engineering Designer

Frank G. Lynch, Jr. & Associates, Inc.

Surveying & Land Planning

Berlin, Maryland 21811

-Storm water Management, Roadway and Storm water Collection Systems design.

-Facilitated construction by mapping out installations and establishing reference points, grades and elevations.

-Analyzed survey reports, amps, blueprints and other topographical & geologic data to effectively plan design of projects.

-Developed low impact transportation, grading and storm water design strategies for sustainable infrastructure projects.

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Years of Construction 28 Years

Experience:

HONORS: Outstanding service to the Ohio Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

LANGUAGES: Arabic, English and French

ACTIVITIES: American Society of Civil Engineers

Ohio State University Chapter Counselor for Activities 1985-1986.

EDUCATION:

June 13, 1987 Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio, 43210

NATIONALITY: U.S. Citizen

SOCIAL STATUS: Married with 3 Children

DATE OF BIRTH: September 05, 1964

Contact # in Qatar: +974-**-***-***

Contact # in KSA : +966-**-***-**-**

Visa Status : Transferable Iqama in KSA & QATAR

Driver Licenses : USA, KSA, Qatari, & Lebanese

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