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Mohamed Mostafa Abdelhamed

Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Mostafa Abdelhamed

Summary

Senior Bid Manager with a strong engineering background and proven expertise in leading the full bid lifecycle across engineering consultancy, PMC, and construction supervision projects in Saudi Arabia. Experienced in driving the early-stage bid process, including opportunity qualification, go/no-go decision-making, and leading client engagement and information-gathering meetings to clearly define requirements before RFP preparation.

Skilled in translating client needs into structured bid strategies, ensuring alignment between technical solutions and commercial objectives. Adept at developing comprehensive proposals through effective coordination with multidisciplinary teams, sub-consultants, and stakeholders, delivering high-quality, compliant, and competitive submissions.

Brings deep understanding of Saudi procurement environments and regulatory frameworks, enabling efficient navigation of government and giga-project requirements. Recognized for managing complex bid environments with precision, ensuring consistency, strong communication, and adherence to deadlines.

Combines strategic thinking with a results-oriented mindset, continuously enhancing bid processes, improving efficiency, and contributing to successful project acquisition and long-term client relationships.

Overview

16
years of professional experience
7
years of post-secondary education
1
Certification

Work history

East consulting Engineering Company (ECEC)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Senior Bid Manager
2021.09 - Current (4 education.years_Label & 8 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Analyzed RFPs/RFQs to identify client requirements across design, PMC (PMO), and construction supervision, ensuring full compliance and strategic alignment.
  • Managed and directed bid submissions across key client platforms, including Etimad, SAP Ariba, ROSHN, and Red Sea Global portals, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
  • Developed detailed manpower plans and deployment strategies, aligning resource allocation with project scope, timelines, and commercial objectives.
  • Led client engagement and pre-bid discussions to capture requirements, clarify scope, and present tailored project approaches and deliverables.
  • Structured and optimized commercial proposals and fee models for design, project management, and construction supervision services to enhance competitiveness.
  • Coordinated with sub-consultants and joint venture partners, ensuring clear scope definition, deliverables alignment, and seamless integration within proposals.
  • Managed preparation and review of contractual documentation, including NDAs, MOUs, and bid-related agreements.
  • Organized and facilitated internal and external bid meetings, ensuring alignment between technical, commercial, and operational teams throughout bid phase.
  • Prepared and delivered high-quality technical and commercial proposals in both Arabic and English, tailored to client requirements and evaluation criteria.
  • Successfully managed high-volume bid pipeline exceeding 30 bids per month, maintaining consistency, accuracy, and adherence to strict deadlines.

East Consulting Engineering Company (ECEC)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Projects Coordinator
2018.01 - 2021.09 (3 education.years_Label & 8 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Study and understand all relevant project documents and conditions. Establish and define job-orientated project control procedures and reporting requirements.
  • Planning and managing all ongoing projects.
  • Manages and regularly organizes project resources and reports plans to Project/Design Director.
  • Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members.
  • Analyzing and comparing schedule and cost information and drawing conclusions so that management control action is alerted at right time.
  • Reviewing actual progress against planned progress, particularly with regard to manpower levels, productivity, performance metrics, and payment.
  • Coordination of final job statistics and analysis of effectiveness of procedures for possible improvement on future projects.
  • Supervises and develops all control reports, such as monthly reports or any other required report necessary for project.
  • Identifies contingencies of time, cost, and performance and advises Technical and Construction managers accordingly.
  • Working with manager on scheduling and leading QA/QC checks at appropriate times.
  • Leading Local Authorities' approval process from initial design stages to final approval
  • Managed projects for more than 5 million SAR per project.

East Consulting Engineering Company (ECEC)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Architect
2016.01 - 2018.01 (2 education.years_Label)

Job overview

  • Design And supervision in SAPTCO company for all projects around Saudi Arabia.
  • Manage projects start from planning stage to closing stage.
  • Increased number of projects finished per year.
  • Design and supervision of more than 10 projects per month.

Elawgan Office For Engineering Consultants
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Architect
2013.11 - 2016.01 (2 education.years_Label & 2 education.months_Label)

Job overview

  • Technical support in projects department in Hail Municipality.
  • Finished more than 20 projects per year.
  • Increased projects finished per year.

ADC for Engineering & Contracting
Cairo, Egypt

Site Engineer
2011.08 - 2013.09 (2 education.years_Label & 1 education.month_Label)

Job overview

  • Site engineer for housing projects.
  • Managed more than 3 projects parallel.
  • Increased quality of projects finished.

Shiba Group consultant
Cairo, Egypt

Architect
2010.07 - 2011.08 (1 education.year_Label & 1 education.month_Label)

Job overview

  • Architect designer in housing and administration projects.
  • Finished more than 5 projects per month.
  • Performed more than 50 projects.

Education

Anglia Ruskin University
Cambridge, England

Master of Business Administration from Strategic Management & Leadership
2022.09 - 2024.10 (2 education.years_Label & 1 education.month_Label)

University overview

Cairo Uni.
Cairo

Bachelor of from Architecture
2005.09 - 2010.06 (4 education.years_Label & 9 education.months_Label)

University overview

Skills

Bid Leadership & Strategy: End-to-end bid lifecycle management (qualification to award), bid strategy development, go/no-go decision-making, opportunity assessment, competitive positioning, pre-RFP engagement, client requirement analysis, proposal structuring, and value proposition development

Proposal & Commercial Excellence: Technical and commercial proposal preparation, cost estimation, pricing strategy, fee structuring, risk assessment, tender planning, submission management, compliance assurance, and quality control

Tendering Platforms & Procurement Systems: Etimad, ROSHN, Red Sea Global, NEOM, DGDA, PIF platforms, SEC portal, Saudi Aramco systems, SAP Ariba, Oracle Procurement Cloud

Stakeholder & Client Management: Client engagement, pre-bid meetings, clarifications and negotiations, JV and sub-consultant coordination, cross-functional team leadership, executive presentations, and bid defense

Contract & Commercial Management: Contract administration (FIDIC), NDA, MOU and LOA preparation and review, commercial alignment, and negotiation support

CRM & Business Development: Opportunity pipeline management, Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, HubSpot, Zoho, SAP CRM, market intelligence, lead tracking, and strategic account support

Planning, Controls & Digital Tools: Project management (PMP), planning and scheduling (MS Project), document control and workflow management (SharePoint), process mapping (Visio), QA/QC, and continuous process improvement

Certification

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) Anglia Ruskin University , Cambridge , UK
  • Qualifi Level 7 Diploma in Executive Management
  • PMP: Project Management Professional
  • PMI-ACP®, PMI
  • Certified FIDIC®

Languages

Arabic
Native language
English
Advanced
C1

Accomplishments

Accomplishments

Employer of the year 2023,2024 from ECEC

Timeline

Anglia Ruskin University
Master of Business Administration from Strategic Management & Leadership
2022.09 - 2024.10 (2 education.years_Label & 1 education.month_Label)
Senior Bid Manager
East consulting Engineering Company (ECEC)
2021.09 - Current (4 education.years_Label & 8 education.months_Label)
Projects Coordinator
East Consulting Engineering Company (ECEC)
2018.01 - 2021.09 (3 education.years_Label & 8 education.months_Label)
Architect
East Consulting Engineering Company (ECEC)
2016.01 - 2018.01 (2 education.years_Label)
Architect
Elawgan Office For Engineering Consultants
2013.11 - 2016.01 (2 education.years_Label & 2 education.months_Label)
Site Engineer
ADC for Engineering & Contracting
2011.08 - 2013.09 (2 education.years_Label & 1 education.month_Label)
Architect
Shiba Group consultant
2010.07 - 2011.08 (1 education.year_Label & 1 education.month_Label)
Cairo Uni.
Bachelor of from Architecture
2005.09 - 2010.06 (4 education.years_Label & 9 education.months_Label)
Mohamed Mostafa Abdelhamed