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Mohanad Alsafuat

Mohanad Alsafuat

Riyadh,Saudi Arabia

Summary

Knowledgeable Risk Manager equipped with strategic planning and program leadership abilities honed in risk industry environments. Establishes strong and successful policies to mitigate risk at each level and establish clear procedures for assessments, prevention, and containment. Familiar with regulatory requirements to maintain strict controls.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Risk Manager

Modern Building Leaders
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
06.2019 - Current
  • Supported and standardized risk management processes and updated SOPs to reflect changes.
  • Maintained clear communication across projects, monitoring and following up on critical escalations.
  • Standardized risk and performance metrics to increase efficiencies by identifying risk tolerance and reflecting that in an assessment scoring sheet.
  • Categorized all sources of uncertainties that might jeopardize the project outcome to establish an agreed-upon Risk Breakdown Structure.
  • Developed a comprehensive risk management plan considering the project data, the organizational procedures, and any other enterprise environmental factors.
  • Collected project data by participating in the project meetings that might raise new areas of concern, reviewing the project documents, and conducting site visits periodically.
  • Held project and programme risk workshops to identify new risks, review the previous risks and assess the efficiency of the risk response plans.
  • Conducted technical risk analysis, collaborating with technical leadership in accepting identified risks.
  • Developed and assisted risk strategy implementation and delivery across all enterprise levels.
  • Assessed risk reporting processes to verify the inclusion of all tactical, technical, and strategic risks and issues.
  • Spearheaded implementation of risk tools and methodologies to improve outcomes and decrease vulnerabilities.
  • Embedded controls and processes to monitor, report and minimize the impact of the identified risks.
  • Reported KPIs to department heads for cash-flow management, adjusting credit risk policies and procedures accordingly.
  • Conducted retrospective sessions on a monthly basis with all internal stakeholders to identify what went well and what should be reconsidered in the next iteration.

Procurement Specialist

Saudi Bin Laden Group
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
01.2018 - 05.2019
  • Drafted and delivered bid invitations to supplier firms.
  • Input analyzed, and reported data covering all aspects of procurement operations.
  • Supervised materials and equipment for King Abdulaziz International Airport Project.
  • Made valuable contributions to the planning of promotions, pricing, inventory levels, enhancing inventory flow, revenue, and profits.
  • Built relationships with vendors to negotiate ideal terms for purchases.
  • Kept site work in line with budget, schedule, and applicable building codes.
  • Implemented changes requested by designers, owners, or inspectors to conform to specifications or updated demands.
  • Maintained optimal cost controls by making affordable supplier purchases and negotiating lower prices.
  • Performed competitive market and sales analysis and applied best practices to drive business strategy.

Planning Engineer

Saudi Bin Laden Group
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
05.2015 - 12.2017
  • Assisted with the development of risk assessments and delivery of task observations.
  • Assessed project scope and requirements to identify and implement engineering strategy.
  • Scrutinized project data to identify and evaluate potential challenges.
  • Developed project schedules and facilitated progress to meet client-approved deadlines.
  • Supported on-time project delivery by advancing, updating, and overseeing the construction programme in Primavera P6.
  • Generated bills of materials and procurement requests to support project progress.
  • Implemented project control processes and strategically scheduled product configuration changes to raise standards continuously.

OSP Engineer

Saudi Bin Laden Group
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
07.2012 - 04.2015
  • Lead a team of OSP to meet new service demands on time or ahead of schedule.
  • Prepared various exhibits for attorneys for public meetings, zoning commission meetings, and legal resolutions.
  • Managing multiple OSP contractors for Engineering, Construction.
  • Coordinating the construction of connected facilities within GACA's premises.
  • Planning, designing and coordinating the construction of Fiber facilities in multi-story buildings.
  • Conducting site surveys in order to design the most efficient way to enter a building.
  • Providing information to support status reporting, progress measurement, and forecasting

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Al-Baath University
Homs - Syria
09.2006 - 12.2011

Master's degree - Risk, Crisis and Resilience Management

University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth - UK
01.2023 -

Skills

  • Risk strategy
  • Regulatory risk
  • Risk management process development
  • Risk assessment
  • Data analysis
  • Trend analysis expertise

Languages

Arabic
Native
English
Fluent

Certification

  • Certified PMP, PMI - 2019-2025.
  • Certified PMI-RMP, PMI - 2020-2026.
  • Certified PMI-ACP, PMI - 2020-2026.
  • Certified PMI-SP, PMI - 2022-2025

Timeline

Master's degree - Risk, Crisis and Resilience Management

University of Portsmouth
01.2023 -

Risk Manager

Modern Building Leaders
06.2019 - Current

Procurement Specialist

Saudi Bin Laden Group
01.2018 - 05.2019

Planning Engineer

Saudi Bin Laden Group
05.2015 - 12.2017

OSP Engineer

Saudi Bin Laden Group
07.2012 - 04.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Al-Baath University
09.2006 - 12.2011
  • Certified PMP, PMI - 2019-2025.
  • Certified PMI-RMP, PMI - 2020-2026.
  • Certified PMI-ACP, PMI - 2020-2026.
  • Certified PMI-SP, PMI - 2022-2025
Mohanad Alsafuat