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Mohammed Riaz Uddin

Mohammed Riaz Uddin

Jeddah,Saudi Arabia

Summary

Experienced Programme Senior General Manager with 18+ years of experience. Skilled in developing and delivering innovative IT projects tailored to key business objectives. Project-focused with excellent relationship-building skills for project executions and milestones accomplishment. Confident leader, enabling programme success through multidisciplinary team coordination. Knowledgeable about best project methods for managing resources, schedules and personnel to achieve objectives. Tech-savvy and always looking for improvement opportunities. Thrives under pressure and adapts to challenges with ingenuity and resilience.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
6
6

Certifications

Work history

Senior General Manager - Project Management Office

(Abdul Latif Jameel) Jeddah, KSA
Jeddah, KSA
05.2017 - Current
  • Ensure enterprise projects with high priority are monitored, tracked and reported to C-level management
  • Manpower planning and managing manpower budget/OPEX
  • Supervision projects execution/charters, project governance and plans, managing vendor and internal team members of the given project
  • Developed and streamlined e-PMO processes to improve and optimise projects execution and governance
  • Developed e-PMO policies for projects oversight and internal controls
  • Developed e-PMO procedural statements and guidelines for company-wide use
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement new e-PMO policies
  • Controlled resources by department or project and tracked use in Microsoft Project Online
  • Lead IT and Digital innovation projects
  • Lead SAP ERP and CRM implementation
  • Lead e-Commerce SAP Hybris B2B & B2C implementations including customer digital touchpoints journey
  • Lead SAP HR SuccessFactors implementation
  • Led and managed project teams to maintain smooth daily operations
  • Coordinated hiring, recruitment and training strategies to build successful PMO team
  • Handled negotiations with outside vendors and service agencies to meet group needs
  • Analysed and resolved complex resource management issues for optimised scheduling
  • Evaluated programme outcomes against predefined objectives, providing insights for future planning
  • Coordinated strategic planning activities with C-Level management based on current data

Information Technology Manager

(SLEEP HIGH), Jeddah, KSA
Jeddah, KSA
04.2007 - 04.2017
  • Led the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics (365) ERP Application & Power BI
  • Lead ERP application rollout to all the subsidiary companies
  • Executing IT infrastructure roadmap, directions, strategies, policies and procedures
  • Managing IT resources, infrastructure & data centre based on the standards of ITIL and ISO/IEC 42010
  • Planning and managing IT infrastructure and manpower budget CapEx/OPEX
  • Strategic planning, leadership, and decision-making authority for the organization's IT infrastructure requirements
  • Built the infrastructure, from concept into a state-of-the-art, centralized model with distributed services
  • Executing & managing all IT projects through PMI methodologies

Project Manager – Business & Applications

Solutions Engineering Consulting, Jeddah, KSA
Jeddah, KSA
06.1998 - 03.2007
  • Led a team of consultants for the project's implementation of Enterprise Solution (Microsoft & Oracle Applications) implementation, customization & deployment projects
  • Responsible for the study & analysis of business functions to decide the gap/impact analysis and finalization of changes/customization and configuration while participating in the audit of ERP implementation review
  • Managed & led projects execution of SAP and Oracle EBS for FMCG companies
  • Managed & led IT infrastructure & communications projects execution
  • Involved with the client in preparing IT roadmap, IT strategic planning and policies & procedures for big clients and guided the project team to execute the developed strategic planning for networks, servers & application implementation
  • Implemented & managed state of art IT infrastructure and data center projects

Education

Master's degree - Project Management

Swiss Business School
Switzerland
01.2024 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting & Information Technology

Osmania University
Hyderabad, India
03.1993 - 05.1996

Skills

    Leadership

  • Programme sponsor relations
  • Inspiring leader
  • Analytical problem solver
  • Stakeholder relationship management
  • People Management
  • Strategic thinking
  • Negotiation strategies
  • Project budgeting

    • Programme Governance & Management

  • Strategic Planning
  • Schedule management
  • Performance management
  • Portfolio management
  • Project management
  • Change management
  • Risk, issue and dependency management

    • e-PMO Standards

  • Policy strategy
  • Procedural definition
  • Policy & process implementation
  • PMBOK methodology
  • Agile, Waterfall & Kanban methodologies
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Lifecycle project delivery

Certification

  • MIT Management: Digital Transformation, Platform Strategies For Success, February 2021
  • Harvard Business School: Disruptive Strategy, Boston, Massachusetts, May 2022
  • PMI: Project Management Professional (PMP), PMP number: 3146981, Expiry: October, 2027
  • PMI: Generative AI for Project Managers, October, 2023
  • Axelos: Prince2 Practitioner & Foundation Certificate in Project Management, May, 2022
  • 6sigmastudy: Six Sigma Green & Yello Belt, July, 2019

Accomplishments

  • Abdul Latif Jameel (Best performer of the year): Stars of the start, 2019
  • Abdul Latif Jameel (Best performer of the year): Stars of the start, 2023

Languages

English
Native
Arabic
Fluent
Persian
Upper intermediate
Hindi
Fluent

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Master's degree - Project Management

Swiss Business School
01.2024 -

Senior General Manager - Project Management Office

(Abdul Latif Jameel) Jeddah, KSA
05.2017 - Current

Information Technology Manager

(SLEEP HIGH), Jeddah, KSA
04.2007 - 04.2017

Project Manager – Business & Applications

Solutions Engineering Consulting, Jeddah, KSA
06.1998 - 03.2007

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting & Information Technology

Osmania University
03.1993 - 05.1996

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