Electrical Engineer

Waleed Ali Ziyad Alzahrani

[Riyadh, Saudi Arabia] [009***********] [********@*****.***] [LinkedIn: waleedalzahrani] Education

[ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING] [2014-MAY] [NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY]

● Major: [Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering], Overall GPA: 2.45/4 Core Competencies

Company management leadership & Team Building Client Outreach

Strategic Oversight Market Insight Budget Management

Product Development Sales Development Negotiation

Public Relation Research & Development

Experience

SAUDI ELECTRICITY COMPANY 2014/NOV - 2016/JAN

Project Manager

●Ensure a common understanding of projects’ goals and objectives among Internal/external stakeholders, and monitor the progress towards achieving them.

●Manage communication and coordination among stakeholders.

●Ensure that project is delivered on-time, as SOW and within budget.

●Manage project activities.

●Assist project team with planning, and implementation of project.

●Lead internal/external resources for executing project, and ensure resources availability and allocation.

●work closely with suppliers to ensure successful implementation of work as planned and adhere to company's standards and specifications

●Hold periodic status meeting to review the current project status and forecast the project’s future performance.

●Prepare weekly/monthly reports to the project team and upper management regarding project's performance.

●Perform project variance analysis against performance baselines using appropriate tools & techniques and take preventive / corrective action to ensure issues are addressed in an effective and timely manner.

●Manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs.

●Obtain acceptance on project's deliverables and conduct project close out. SAUDI TRUCKS MANUFACTORY 2015/DEC - 2018/APRIL

FOUNDER & MANAGER

●Identified opportunity, to start and develop cars and trucks modification manufactory.

●Developed the business idea to a successful company delivered over 120 unique projects.

●Set strategy and vision.

●Established and developed standards and process for technical and management department.

●Built and managed teams of 19 personnel, engineers, technicians and staff.

●Developed technical staff skills through adequate online courses and lessons learned from delivered project.

●Oversee end-to-end process including client acquisition to marketing, sales and expansion of sales internationally.

●Responsible for all facets of contracts development, including negotiation and closeout of major direct contracts with governmental sectors national and international leading businesses such as Kudu, burgerizzr and Burger King.

●Cross-functional coordination by working across internal departments to ensure contracts comply with all business requirements.

●Increased profitability through sourcing new suppliers, renegotiating material costs, and streamlining logistics by Improved supply and expanded product offerings by establishing relations with multi national and international suppliers.

●Achieved visions of business on sister company (kitchefs).

●Prioritization and multitasking by managing multiple, concurrent process, and where necessary, strategically prioritize to ensure all deadlines are met.

●Held educational courses on management, leadership, teamwork and execution at King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Foundation for humanitarian work and Prince Sultan Fund for Women Development.

●Presented business on live TV interviews and Entrepreneur Magazine.

●Consensus decision was taken, due to force majeure event, business closure decision was a solution to minimize loss after long discussions with the team.

●Responsibility of team and clients upon closure; Team members were gradually secured new positions with ongoing contracts following the completion of client contracts still in progress. Company and it’s remaining client contracts were sold on to the businesses competitor to ensure all contracts had been fulfilled and ultimate client satisfaction had been met.

KITCHEFS 2018/MAY - 2019/DEC

Project Manager

●Established a business which was born from a previous business.

●Built and connected an overseas tech team and manage them online.

●Negotiating with vendors to obtain best price, availability, and day-to-day delivery information via APIs that connects our warehouse, suppliers, logistics companies and customers.

●Developing an exclusive product families with an international manufacturer to meet the new regulation of the Saudi Standards, Metrology and Quality Organization. Page 2

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