Mohammad Bassam Al Zaatary
Project Manager
Riyadh
Summary
Experienced professional with 18+ years spanning HR and Project Management, adept in strategic planning, team leadership, and project execution. As an HR specialist for a decade, implemented impactful strategies in retention, employee relations, and more. In 8-year role as Project Manager, I showcased exceptional leadership, managing diverse projects globally, ensuring timely delivery within budget. Known for strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and adeptness in high-pressure environments, I am eager to contribute my combined expertise to a dynamic organization's success.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Averda International
11.2005 - Current
- Valuates Operations' productivity and efficiency and sets achievement targets for 2000 Employee.
- Monitors and audits Operations Sections to insure implementation of company's procedures.
- Continuously improves quality and method of execution through undertaking necessary studies pertaining to new technologies or operating standards
- Receives and analyses summary reports of operational activities
- Analyzes financial performance of project and manages to tackle operational hurdles to improve and strengthen P&L
- Establishes work standards and amends adopted plans and procedures for operational optimization.
- Conducts field inspections to ensure quality standards are well implemented throughout project
- Prepares and organizes periodic meetings with team for planning, discussing pending matters and problems
- Maintains good work relationships with clients to obtain necessary information & official documents and secure approvals
- Establishes good work relationships with key stakeholders related to project.
- Prepares, monitors, and adjusts yearly budget to ensure that manpower and materials are sufficient as per needs.
- Participates in preparation of cash flow forecasts and accountable for keeping fixed assets register up to date.
- Performs efficient inventory management and coordinates with other departments to secure necessary action to support project is taken in due time.
- Assesses training and development needs of Operations department, as well as staffing requirements, and coordinated with HR Department concerning these.
- Coaches, motivates, and reviews performance of subordinates in accordance with HR calendar.
- Effectively delegates tasks to appropriate personnel and follows up on timely execution with them.
- Defines, analyses, and solves technical, administrative or operational problems, for current projects, and plans preventive measures for future ones.
- Prepares reports and proposals for special requested projects, with needed analysis on balancing projects constraints.
- Maintains knowledge and awareness of current operational development theory and methods and provide suitable interpretation to subordinates.
- Implements group policies, procedures, and instructions necessary to ensure effective planning, operation and control of department's activities.
- Develops documentation necessary to ensure effective control of health, safety and environmental aspects of all activities and promote HSE awareness within Project.
- Ensures compliance with applicable HSE instructions, requirements, laws and regulations.
- Review effectiveness of QHSE system on regular basis and identify risky behaviors and report on near misses.
- Ensures that customer satisfaction is maintained at targeted levels as set and measured by enterprise tools and techniques.
- Meets approved project(s) budget and ensures that project is meeting its financial and cash generation objectives as monitored through project financial reports.
- Manage all procurement transactions including, administration of orders, deliveries, logistics and complaints.
- Implements operation and maintenance plans to secure full delivery of contractual obligation while maintaining wellbeing of company assets as monitored through utilized ERP.
- Ensures that performance management process is completed as per company procedures.
- Qatif Project mobilization.
Project Manager
Averda international F.Z.LLC
01.2015 - 01.2018
- Evaluates Operations' productivity and efficiency and sets achievement targets for 500 Employees.
- Monitors and audits Operations Sections to insure implementation of company's procedures.
- Performs business organization and improvement by undertaking necessary studies pertaining to new areas and scopes.
- Receives and analyses summary reports of operational activities.
- Establishes work standards and amends adopted plans and procedures for operational optimization.
- Conducts field inspections to ensure quality standards are well implemented throughout project.
- Prepares and organizes weekly meetings with team, for planning, discussing pending maters and problems.
- Maintains good work relationships with municipalities to obtain necessary information & official documents, and secure approvals.
- Prepares, monitors, and adjusts yearly operational budget, to ensure that manpower and materials are sufficient as per needs.
- Coordinates with concerned departments to secure provision of needed material
- Assesses training and development needs of Operations department, as well as staffing requirements and coordinate with HR Department concerning these.
- Defines, analyses, and solves technical, administrative or operational problems, for current projects, and plans preventive measures for future ones.
- Prepares reports and proposals for special requested projects, with needed analysis (such as materials and manpower needed
- Maintains knowledge and awareness of current operational development theory and methods and provide suitable interpretation to subordinates.
- Develops policies, procedures, and instructions necessary to ensure effective planning, operation, and control of department's activities.
- Develops documentation necessary to ensure effective control of health, safety and environmental aspects of all activities and promote HSE awareness within department.
- Complies with the health & Safety instructions.
- Develops policies, procedures, and instructions necessary to ensure effective planning, operation, and control of department's activities
- Project mobilization and demobilization.
Business Support Manager
Sukleen S.A.L.
01.2013 - 01.2015
- HR planning
- Recruitment, Staffing and Induction
- Payroll compensation and benefits
- Policies and procedures monitoring, review, and implementation
- Camp administration
- Staff, Government Relation matters/Visas
- Developing and implementing Group wide recruitment strategy based on resource & competencies requirements.
- Coordinating with Group Companies and Business Units to define human resources/manpower requirements.
- Employee Relations.
- Managing employer-employee related issues, disciplinary & grievance procedures, and terminations across the Group in compliance with Group policies, procedures and local laws
- Providing professional advice to various Business Units on HR policies, procedures, programs, and laws and implementing best practices
- Conducting disciplinary/ grievance investigations and advising Managers & Supervisors on steps in the progressive discipline system of the company.
- Coordinate with management for preparing staffing budgets and projections including employment policies, procedures, and practices.
Personnel Controller
Sukleen S.A.L.
01.2005 - 01.2012
- Supervise operations in personnel sections and ensure availability of accurate data, enhancing customer satisfaction, and generating summary reports for action taking upon request for 5000 employees.
- Monitor payroll preparation and data is uploaded accurately on time and to secure payment to employees.
- Ensure that HR files are maintained and proper update of employee's date on system.
- Advising personnel team regarding payroll, attendance, deductions, and overtime calculations.
- Identify gaps and set up proper workflow and procedures.
- Write up HR policies and procedures.
- Follow up and company's disciplinary actions given to employees and terminations and ensures that Disciplinary actions system is fairly applied.
- Ensure that disciplinary action is complete and all supporting documents, reports and proper recommendations are available to make sure that action (W/L or N/L is justifiable and fair)
- Handle investigation of major cases, perform needed meetings and interviews, and give appropriate action.
- .Prepare exit plan related to terminated employees in terms of preparing final package letter of discharge, termination letter in coordinating with legal department.
- Meeting with employees and listen to their problems.
- Solve employee's problems and complaints related to payroll, attendance, over time, insurance, NSSF, etc
- Ensures that all documents (Warning Letters, Notification Letters, Termination Letters, registration, termination and NSSF End of Service letters are in compliance with the labor law)
- Follow up on issues raised by personnel site administrators and provides necessary support
- Follow up on the MOL yearly list of active employees is sent to the Ministry and that all the data included is up to date
- Follow up on company announcements and Memo and make sure that they are properly communicated to the employees through official memos (Holidays, summertime, NSSF, Insurance, etc.)
- Coordinates with the departments head for day-to-day issues (finance, legal, recruitment, training, operations, etc.)
- Attend the medical committee meetings, investigate cases, and submit the needed recommendation
- Follow up on the completion of all documents, and process to ensure proper departmental performance and to meet deadlines
- Supervise the activities of the NSSF section, ensuring new employees and terminations registration on time
- Ensures that the Annual Nominal Declarations are submitted on time, in coordination with the finance department
- Ensure that the medicines schedules are collected and submitted to the NSSF as per the required and agreed date
- Follow up on the monthly family allowances to unsure its inclusion in the payroll
- Follow up on the End of Service in coordination with the finance department
- Ensures the payment of schooling allowance is issued yearly by the ministry of Labor (MOL) Decree and making sure of the proper implementation of the company procedures
- Monitor the NSSF procedures applied by subordinates to ensure proper implementation and to meet deadlines
- Prepares the monthly KPIs and annual reports (statistics, numbers, charts…) and forward the final reports to the top management.
Registration Coordinator
Beirut Marathon Association
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Develop and maintain registration for Marathon for more than 20,000 Runners.
- Manage registration processes including entering/modifying registration data, producing reports and registration lists.
- Assisting and responding to attendee inquiries via phone and email in timely manner
- Manage onsite setup of registration and preparation and dissemination of all materials.
- Management of all onsite volunteers - creating processes and documents for smooth process onsite
- Assist Event Managers with event logistics which include bib number pick up, menu selection, audio visual RFP's, event rentals, recruiting and confirming volunteers, videographer and photographer coordination, on-site event support, event data entry and other event production elements.
Education
Diploma - Human Resources
American University of Beirut
Lebanon06.2012
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
American University of Computer And Education
Lebanon06.2006
Skills
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Project tracking
- Client Relations
- Customer Relations
- Staff Management
- Problem solving
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Risk Management
- Document Management
- Coaching and Mentoring
- Agile Methodology
- Workflow planning
- Budget Control
- Processes and procedures
- Project Closure
- Team Bonding
- Purchasing and procurement
- Budget Preparation
- Team Leadership
Hobbies
I enjoy reading, football, and cinema
Languages
Arabic
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Certification
- Linked in Learning, Power BI Essential Training – April 2024.
- Averda Learning, Problem Solving & Decision Making – Nov 2023.
- PMI, Business Continuity – Oct 2023.
- Nebosh, Incident Investigation– Jan 2023.
- PMI, Generative AI Overview for PM– Sep 2023.
- Linked in Learning, Agile Project Leadership– Aug 2021.
- Linked in Learning, Strategic Thinking – Aug 2021.
- Linked in Learning, Building your visibility as a leader–Aug 2021.
- Linked in Learning, PMI, Design thinking, understanding the process– August 2021.
- Linked in Learning, Finance for non-Finance – Jul 2021.
- IIL – International Institute for learning, Leading Projects, and leading people – Jan 2018 – Dubai.
- GIZ & EU’s municipalities workshop on PPP in waste management – March 2017 – Jordan – Aqaba.
- KleenU Bootcamp, School of Command – May 2016 – Oman.
- Wheel of Excellence (ITOL, July 2010).
- Practical Leadership (Averda, November 2009).
- Real People Management (Trace, November 2009).
- Coaching Program, Order of Engineers(Wydner, June 2009).
- People Styles at work, (Averda, May 2009).
- Promises Promises Eagles flight (Starman ship, May 2009).
- HR for Non-HR Managers (Jayan International, April 2009).
- Gold of the desert kings (Starman ship, March 2009).
- Creative Presentation Skills(Averda, January 2009).
- Maximum Achievement (Starman ship, November 2008).
- Managing Customer Service to be customer friendly oriented (ESA, Management Solutions, June 2008).
- The 7 Habits for Managers Workshop (Starman ship, April 2008).
- Advanced Negation Skills (ICTN, March 2008).
- Team Building (Averda, January 2008).
- Time Management (Averda, January 2008).
- The Human Resources Course(Taxperts, July 2007).
Effective Supervisory Skills (ICTN, May 2007).
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
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Timeline
Project Manager
Averda international F.Z.LLC
01.2015 - 01.2018
Business Support Manager
Sukleen S.A.L.
01.2013 - 01.2015
Project Manager
Averda International
11.2005 - Current
Personnel Controller
Sukleen S.A.L.
01.2005 - 01.2012
Registration Coordinator
Beirut Marathon Association
01.2003 - 01.2005
Diploma - Human Resources
American University of Beirut
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
American University of Computer And Education
- Linked in Learning, Power BI Essential Training – April 2024.
- Averda Learning, Problem Solving & Decision Making – Nov 2023.
- PMI, Business Continuity – Oct 2023.
- Nebosh, Incident Investigation– Jan 2023.
- PMI, Generative AI Overview for PM– Sep 2023.
- Linked in Learning, Agile Project Leadership– Aug 2021.
- Linked in Learning, Strategic Thinking – Aug 2021.
- Linked in Learning, Building your visibility as a leader–Aug 2021.
- Linked in Learning, PMI, Design thinking, understanding the process– August 2021.
- Linked in Learning, Finance for non-Finance – Jul 2021.
- IIL – International Institute for learning, Leading Projects, and leading people – Jan 2018 – Dubai.
- GIZ & EU’s municipalities workshop on PPP in waste management – March 2017 – Jordan – Aqaba.
- KleenU Bootcamp, School of Command – May 2016 – Oman.
- Wheel of Excellence (ITOL, July 2010).
- Practical Leadership (Averda, November 2009).
- Real People Management (Trace, November 2009).
- Coaching Program, Order of Engineers(Wydner, June 2009).
- People Styles at work, (Averda, May 2009).
- Promises Promises Eagles flight (Starman ship, May 2009).
- HR for Non-HR Managers (Jayan International, April 2009).
- Gold of the desert kings (Starman ship, March 2009).
- Creative Presentation Skills(Averda, January 2009).
- Maximum Achievement (Starman ship, November 2008).
- Managing Customer Service to be customer friendly oriented (ESA, Management Solutions, June 2008).
- The 7 Habits for Managers Workshop (Starman ship, April 2008).
- Advanced Negation Skills (ICTN, March 2008).
- Team Building (Averda, January 2008).
- Time Management (Averda, January 2008).
- The Human Resources Course(Taxperts, July 2007).
Effective Supervisory Skills (ICTN, May 2007).
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