Iyad Al Hourani
Jeddah
Summary
Business Development / Retail- Project Management – Real Estate
Snapshot:Dynamic and results-driven Senior Management ,take the lead in managing overall Business Operations & Planning of variety of challenging projects and aspects , In pursuit of new endeavors, to utilize the acquired skills and competencies gained over the years Core Competencies include Project Management ,Expansion Planning, Owner Representative ,Strategic Planning ,Creative Thinking ,Building Relationships, Negotiations ,Architectural Design ,Cost Control ,Collaborative fundraising leader experienced in soliciting new prospects, both business and individual. Promoting more than 20 years helping organizations achieve fundraising targets.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Development Director
Economic & Business Kingdom Group
09.2018 - Current
- Develop revenue goals & plans to increase organizational budget through comprehensive development strategy
- Lead & engage senior management team including communication mentor staff in their development efforts
- Coordinate, develop & track for existing & proposed grant projects
- Recommends changes to an ongoing project that have schedule unsatisfactory results
- Makes presentations to investors, business partners and company executives concerning different phases of a project
- Contact with projects stakeholders as main point of contact on an as-needed basis
- Increase brand awareness and funding.
Retail Development Projects Manager
Balubaid Group
10.2017 - 09.2018
- Creating an environment oriented to trust, opening communication, creative thinking, and cohesive effort in the organization
- Estimating the resources, duration and vendors needed to achieve project goals and deliverables
- Overseen all aspects of day-to-day management of the projects monitored
- Closely monitoring the cost and time schedules with an eye on cost optimization and savings on budgeted cost and expedited the project ahead of schedule
- Providing status reporting of activities against the projects plan or schedule
- Coordinated the review, presentation and release of design layouts, drawings, analysis, and other documentations
- Liaising with all the departmental heads and effectively communicating the concerned issues and served as a focal point to communicate and resolved interface and integration issues with other teams
- Identified and managed project dependencies and critical path and chalked out the operational action plan for long term projects.
Retail Projects Manager
Cheil World Wide-KSA
03.2012 - 09.2017
- Led the responsibility of executing and delivering the Fit out projects and providing the team with a vision of the project objectives
- Reported to the General Manager regarding the project matters on a regular basis to appraise on the progress of the project activities
- Coach and help develop team members, help resolve dysfunctional behavior
- Estimated the resources, duration and human resource needed to achieve project goals and deliverables
- Coordinated the review, presentation and release of design layouts, drawings, analysis, and other documentation
- Overseen all aspects of day-to-day management of the project, monitored and coordinated work performed by engineering and construction subcontractors
- Conducted team meetings, conferences and events with project team and project stakeholders
- Closely monitored the cost and time schedules with an eye on cost optimization and savings on budgeted cost and expedited the project ahead of schedule
- Provided status reporting of team activities against the program plan or schedule
- Kept the management and client informed of task accomplishment, issues, and status.
Project Manager
Special Building Ent
06.2009 - 02.2012
- Provided leadership to the construction team to ensure safe work practices and arranged required resources for timely completion of the project.
- Monitored the progress of project at regular intervals through site visits and ensured that the project is running as per schedule, within the established scope, schedule, and budget
- Understood client priorities and responded appropriately, through proactive communication with client represent on day to day progress and issues.
- Established and maintained proper coordination between client, site managers, contractors & suppliers.
- Actively involved in prices negotiations with contractors & suppliers
- Regularly monitored construction operations to confirm, they are being carried out in accordance with operations strategy, standards, policies, procedures and best practices and presented the project status to the top management
- Managed all construction activities including provision of technical inputs for methodologies of construction & coordination with site management teams to insure project completion within the agreed schedule and budge
Project Manager
Al Fanar Ceramics Co
05.2008 - 06.2009
- Designed Review for architectural design drawings & specifications from concept to construction phases, developing design concepts & estimates for small projects
- Provided effective supervision for the design implementation for company’s new projects
- Ensured strict compliance of company’s QA policies & safety regulations is maintained throughout the project
- Overseen management of projects from a commercial perspective and maintain strong and cordial relationships with corporate level sales team and marketing managers
- Provided excellent communication and project monitoring between owners and client
- Actively involved in prices negotiations with contractors & suppliers
- Worked closely with design teams to ensure successful delivery project.
Production Manager
Sadeco Decoration L.L.C
10.2004 - 01.2008
- Oversaw the production process & drawing up a production schedule in coordination with the production staff
- Effectively managed the production activities in the factory in shifts and surveillance on the productivity of machines during the shifts
- Monitored and controlled product quality as per the specification and handled NCR (Non-Conformity Product)
- Coordinated with maintenance and quality departments to achieve better performance and less Non-Conformities
- Analysed the data ragarding the NCR and Scrap and initiated corrective measures to reduce / eliminate the NCR/scrap
- Conducted Research and Development and oversaw implementation of production processes for new products and current product enhancements with the introduction of CNC machines
- Presented production and process data and information and trends reports to management through meticulous collection, analysis and through summary
- Facilitated the continuous improvement programs, educated and taught the workforce on continuous improvement projects and procedures (Value Stream Mapping, Lean Manufacturing etc.
Site Engineer
GRC Creation
10.2003 - 10.2004
- Responsible for the execution and supervision of the site activities from the piling stage till the internal finishing stage
- Supervised the construction activities and reported to the Project Engineer
- Maintained working relationship with the subcontractors, clients, representatives, and suppliers
- Managed evaluation of the work done by the subcontractors and prepared the project schedule
- Ensured that the work carried out is in accordance to the schedule and made the necessary changes in coordination with Project Manager
- Performed various office activities on the site, maintained all the project specific documents
- Documented the progress of the construction process on day-to-day basis
- Prepared monthly payment application and performed cost and time schedule analyses.
Education
Associate of Arts - engineering design and constructing
2000 - 2003
Skills
- Marketing Strategy Development
- Sales Records Management
- Rapport and relationship building
- Business Objective Analysis
- Business Needs Assessment
- Relationship Building
- Business development and planning
- Campaign Development
- Strategic Planning
- Brand Development
- Contract Management
- Strategy implementation
- Continuous Improvement
- Team Management
- Problem-solving abilities
Certification
Strategic Planning Maturity Assessment-UDEMY Platform-Oct 2022
Certified Strategic Planning (CSP)-UDEMY Platform-JUNE 2021
PMI-RMP-UDEMY Platform-MAY 2020
Data Analysis-UDEMY Platform-JUNE 2019
PMP-Rawaq Platform-MAY 2015
V-Ray-Damascus -Syria-FEB 2006
Photoshop-Damascus -Syria-APR 2003
3DS Max-Damascus -Syria-MAY 2002
AutoCAD-Damascus -Syria-MAY 2000
Languages
Arabic
Native language
English
Upper intermediate
B2
Turkish
Elementary
A2
Timeline
Development Director - Economic & Business Kingdom Group
09.2018 - Current
Retail Development Projects Manager - Balubaid Group
10.2017 - 09.2018
Retail Projects Manager - Cheil World Wide-KSA
03.2012 - 09.2017
Project Manager - Special Building Ent
06.2009 - 02.2012
Project Manager - Al Fanar Ceramics Co
05.2008 - 06.2009
Production Manager - Sadeco Decoration L.L.C
10.2004 - 01.2008
Site Engineer - GRC Creation
10.2003 - 10.2004
Damascus Engineering Institute - Associate of Arts, engineering design and constructing
2000 - 2003
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