Mohammed M. Al Monajam

As an executive advisor to the Board's strategic direction, I am responsible for transforming a conglomerate of royal companies, which was established in 1998, into a publicly traded company, while raising capital, strengthening its structures and reputations, utilizing best mergers and acquisition strategies in GCC markets. In addition, I am leading the corporate transformation of the mother company across four key pillars: human capital, technology, policies, and processes. My role also involves creating innovative new business lines to drive growth and sustainability, while ensuring that the company's operations and processes align with its broader strategic goals.

• Established, developed and implemented the corporate SEO vision, mission, and strategy with stakeholder approval.
• Led SEO for 3 major strategies: GED 2008-2011, RISE 2015-2018, and GAIN 2019-2022.
• Directed corporate portfolios alignment with company vision and strategic objectives.
• Established the corporate services unit and its operational guidelines.
• Translated Mobily’s corporate strategy and its six subsidiaries into actionable PPP .
• Evaluated the portfolio performance and execution gaps and proposed corrective actions.
• Established and launched various profitable business proposals such as MARP, Corporate Strategy Ambassadors, Hajj QAT, PMO SWAT, MIT, Covid-19 Task Force, R&D Team, etc.
• Developed corporate PMO department’s mandates in 90 days (values, objectives, strategy, KPIs, org structure, budgeting, manpower, systems, communications, and processes)
• Performed regular and adhoc business assessments at strategic, operational and tactical levels and delivered actionable recommendations to CEO.
• Develop periodic business macroeconomic reports to support executive decision making.
• Develop three regional expansion strategies for growth and strong market presence.
• Re-strategize where necessary while embedding a culture of continuous improvement.

• Chaired weekly meetings with executive leadership to identify opportunities for improvement, establish milestones, and tailor products to individual markets.
• Improved productivity while reducing outsourcing and operational costs by 33%.
• Managed multiple EPMO on strategic and operational levels.
• Established and executed the Major Areas Program with (5) assigned S.M.A.R.T KPIs covering business growth, operational excellence, and cost optimization while leading execution excellence cross 25 cities around kingdom.
• Lead business transformation plans across 10 cities utilizing best practices and set corporate objectives and SMART KPIs.
• Successfully created a clear business visibility status reporting to support robust decision making process and value creation.
• Drive key systemization strategies and translated such into measurable initiatives, projects and programs and speed up achievement.
• Manage execution of key business portfolio in line with set KPIs, available resources, timetable & budget.
• Lead contractual negotiation with partners and vendors while monitoring SLA to enhance performance levels.
• Integrate a resilient and loyal corporate team thru business units to ensure high productivity & sustainability levels.

As a leader of multiple units, I balanced the business division’s readiness for 850 FTEs and used PMO to improve communication, performance, and business expansion. I made strategic decisions, managed resources efficiently, and focused on continuous improvement. As a result, the business division achieved SAR 1B, reduced WF to 450 FTEs, and cut outsourcing costs significantly.

Key responsibility: Headed the country-level strategic management office and formed a special team to implement key initiatives and boost operational efficiency. Also, set up a country-level PMO that covered various vital functions and led to superior strategy execution across the commercial division.

Key responsibility: Collaborated with the central regional manager to oversee, improve, monitor, and grow the commercial performance of branch managers by setting clear and achievable goals for expansion and growth.