Achievements:
Awarded in 2010 – Living all the values of Majid Al Futtaim Group.
Value Engineered Fashion Retail Fit Outs to reduce cost by minimum 25%; realized savings of AED 13 Million in 2013; benchmarked future 5 year expansion plan based on reduced rates.
Delivered 95% of 100+ Projects spread over 9 years within allocated budget and schedule.
Delivered 31 stores in 2017; from past average of 6 stores per annum.
Delivered the first Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, All Saints, Lulu lemon Athletica and Maison Du Monde stores in Gulf region; first Sacoor Brothers store in KSA; first territory entry store in Lebanon at Solidere, Beirut.

Responsibilities:
Fit Out Project Management for Projects up to AED 500 Million.
Project management from feasibility, inception to completion.
Project estimation, tracking and stakeholders reporting for scheduling and budget.
Project delivery & team management.
Tendering, negotiations, Pre and Post Contract administration.
Third party interaction and coordination, including Consultants, Brand Principals, Contractors, Suppliers, vendors.
Project close outs for Capitalization.

This is my second tenure with Landmark Group; earlier employment was May 2005 – June 2008.

Achievements:
Resolved outstanding project’s invoicing of AED 8 Million within first 2 weeks of joining.
Developed Facility Management processes and procedures to attain 95% accomplishment from 40% attendance, within 6 months.
Mobilised & completed project of specialised Boiler equipment installation; worth 3 Million – Tunnel Finisher of 12,000 garments/hour steam ironing capability within 2 months including Authority Permits.
Achieved Municipality approvals within 2 weeks to open first ICONIC store at Dubai.

Responsibilities:
Project management delivery & team management.
Space planning, procurement for large format – big box retail stores, inception to completion including Facility Management.
Project tracking and reporting for schedule and budget.
Tendering, negotiations and award of works.
Quality control & quantity surveying of executed site works.

Achievements:
Chaired project design for AED 1.3 Billion Mall development project covering 140,000sqm GBA from RIBA stage C to RIBA stage E in 6 months.
Chaired project design for AED 3.0 Billion Retail development projects including IKEA, ACE & DFC expansion.

Responsibilities:
Manage and coordinate stakeholders, consultants and contractors.
Manage the design development process and design consultants from pre- concept design stage through final design up to construction documentation.
Define Design development Scope and control of design costs by assessing company intrinsic requirements.
Review and ensure completeness of design scope. Assess progress and performance and make recommendations for payments to consultants.
Chair and minute unambiguously an appropriate number and type of coordination meetings, create appropriate correspondence/records of all transactions.
Procurement and verification of acceptable design packages of design documentation for each design stage.
Management of design change. Identify potential design changes before they occur, analyse and assess the implications on cost and time.
Contribute to development of design management procedures.

Responsibilities:
Space planning for the retail floor areas based on concepts from specialised Retail Italian Designers, working within public realm elements through approach, Access, signage and visibility of tackled premises and internal fit-outs.
Property selection based on demographic features such as customer foot fall, district and edge character, precinct details, buying capacity, public health and safety, public convenience, parking etc.
Review the market trends for design, lighting and fittings as per retail standards.
Design details and construction drawing preparation, fit to be issued for execution.
Sourcing and ordering of finish materials such as floor tiles, light fittings, shop fittings and specialised design items with economised pricing locally and internationally.
Establish and develop supplier’s world wide for supply of construction materials including visits to their production centres for understanding strengths, weaknesses and opportunities.
Budget and time schedule management, producing detailed specifications of interior fixtures with bill of quantities for overall project works including interior & MEP and estimated capital expenditure in line with the parent company business plan.
Identify, manage and develop resources to meet the requirements of execution of project and identify risk factors with mitigation planning.
Establish and coordinate for the specialised consultancy inputs for MEP works with external consultants and contractors.
Preparation of tender documents as per bill of quantity and scope of work.
Manage, develop and extend relationships with core, existing and potential contractors.
Screen and select the contractors through review of works, interviews and meetings for quoting the tenders.
Hold negotiation meetings with contractors and explain design and scope of work for thorough understanding to all parties.
Awarding Purchase orders with contract condition and facilitating site mobilisation along with cash flow.
Managing the contractual relationship between the company and the contractors.
Holding grounds break meeting at site with all contractors for smooth mobilisation, finalise site meeting schedules and agendas for the course of the project.
Representing the company in a positive and professional manner.
To ensure that the required resources are in place for the effective running of the contract.
Management of several teams of Contractors, including co-ordination and supervision of construction activities and perform onsite inspections for quality control.
Monitor performance against contract specific requirements.
Produce performance reports along with weak area for strengthening.
Promote and develop best practice.
Co-ordinate project delivery ensuring timescales & budgets are met and that contractual & legal requirements are fulfilled.
Monitor, address issues and escalate as necessary to management and contractor.
To ensure requirements of Health & Safety legislation.
Develop and maintain knowledge of marketplace and competitors.
Lead the project team in office and on site as a Decision maker and target setting with tools for achievement.
Ensuring the completion of projects with in the agreed financial and time constraints with quality control.
Liaise with maintenance teams on snagging & defects up to completion and hand over of projects.

Urban Morphology, Settlement & Architectural History and Urban Form, Site Planning, Planning Techniques, Transport Planning, Design Studio and Workshop, Urban Conservation, Housing, Ecology and Resource Development, Development Planning and Politics, Contemporary Design Theory and Criticism, Indigenous Urbanism

Architectural Design, Building Construction, Landscape Design, Traffic & Transportation, Site Management, Town Planning, Building Maintenance, Restoration & Preservation of Monuments, Urban Design, Interior Design, Structures, History of Architecture, Estimating, Costing & Building Economics, Theory of Design, Building Services, Computer Aided Design, Building Materials & Science, Construction Methods, Structural Theory & Design, Elements of Landscape, Building Bye-Laws, Workshop, Graphics & Sculpture, Architectural Reporting, Surveying & Levelling