Hikmet Mohammed
Erbil,AR
Summary
Accomplished in driving strategic initiatives and fostering stakeholder relationships at Ericsson, I excel in sourcing, procurement, and negotiation, enhancing business growth and operational efficiency. My leadership in telecom tendering and restructuring showcases a blend of analytical prowess and dynamic business development skills.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
General Manager Branch Office KRG
Ericsson AB
Erbil, Erbil
06.2024 - Current
- As GM, I focus on overseeing operations and driving strategic initiatives that align with company goals.
- This role requires collaboration with various teams to ensure effective services and solutions for clients, while maintaining high standards of professional excellence.
- Mitigated business risks by working closely with staff members and assessing performance.
- Leading the branch's strategic directions and operational performance.
- Fostering relationships with key stakeholders to enhance business opportunities.
- Implementing best practices to improve efficiency and service delivery.
- Driving business growth through innovative solutions and customer engagement.
- Implemented strategic plans that improved operational efficiency and optimized resource allocation across departments.
- Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules, and contract negotiations.
- Managed a diverse team of professionals, fostering a positive work environment and high employee satisfaction.
- Managed budget development, forecasting, and financial reporting processes to track progress towards organizational objectives accurately.
- Developed and implemented strategies to increase sales and profitability.
- Formulated policies and procedures to streamline operations.
- Implemented operational strategies and effectively built customer and employee loyalty.
- Increased overall company efficiency by streamlining operations and implementing innovative managerial strategies.
- Developed and executed comprehensive employee training program, elevating staff skills and improving service delivery.
- Reported issues to higher management with great detail.
- Managed purchasing, sales, marketing and customer account operations efficiently.
- Identified and qualified customer needs and negotiated and closed profitable projects with high success rate.
- Launched staff engagement, gender diversity and cultural programs in addition to robust reporting tool that increased operational quality.
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Ericsson
12.2020 - Current
- Strategic Sourcing Manager are responsible for all commercial relationship with suppliers meaning having the responsibility for the overall business towards the suppliers
- Responsible for the sourcing site services for network services and managed services in Iraq and Qatar with the following tasks embedded
- Lead, prepare & execute the RFx process
- Evaluate and select suppliers as per commercial and technical evaluation criteria
- Conduct supplier negotiation and per principles of Negotiate with supplier
- Ensure supplier agreement implementation
- Contribute to the long term business
- Lead the supplier on-boarding process as per organization strategic process
- Ensure efficient management of suppliers
- Governing and developing supplier relationships in accordance with the Supplier Relationship Management framework and supplier segmentation
- Conducting industry bench-marking to ensuring a competitive on-going advantage as part of category plan preparation
- Managing stakeholders based on framework standards
- Leaderships skills and team player as handling Global KPIs in a regional level included but not limited to Global Contracts management, TPM conditions, and Productification with related NFS and analytics
- Cooperate and collaborate with different SSMs as champion of global KPIs
- Well aware on all sourcing tools (SSS, SCLM, SCMT, SST, RST, XRM, DRT, Supplier 360, & SAP)
- Leadership curriculum core certified
Sourcing & Procurement Manager (Supply Chain Manager)
BEECABLE COMPANY
09.2018 - 12.2020
- Conducting industry bench-marking to ensuring a competitive on-going advantage
- Serve as a trusted business adviser to stakeholders, providing best-in-class technical consulting from a sourcing and external benchmark/industry perspective
- Lead Sourcing events, collaborating with stakeholders to define scope, identify suppliers and develop internal recommendations
- Manage suppliers and make improvements in total cost including terms, freight, unit cost, quality improvement and inventory reduction
- Execute global and/or local strategies, working towards the development and management of a strategic sourcing Telecommunications
- Build and maintain Supplier relationships with the objective of reducing costs and eliminating inefficiencies
- Responsible for proving strategic sourcing support for 'Special Projects'
- Establish early, new supplier involvement to achieve development performance goals, support project timelines, and manage product cost
- Develop and implement effective cost management programs to deliver optimized Total Cost of Ownership and continuous cost improvement
- Develop manufacturing expertise by spending time on the factory floor and learning about the many manufacturing processes that are used to produce our products
- Lead the current and future road map aligning to our vision of becoming a global, multi-channel company
- Align the operations strategy around sourcing and bringing new suppliers on board
- Lead global negotiations with current and future suppliers to support our business objective
- Establish common goals between various stakeholders and vendors, and drive communication between all parties
- Drive supplier consolidation and supplier risk management objectives
- Negotiate and implement the supplier contracts and service level agreements as well as supplier relationships on behalf of the company
- Execute new contracts, amendments and renewals as business needs dictate
- Monitor vendor performance against measured goals via contract management
- Ensure compliance with performance clauses, including penalties and incentives
- Lead and work in matrix organization / teams across multiple business units and functions
- Prepare RFIs, RFPs and RFQs and evaluate supplier proposal
- Prepare technical and commercial tender bid for service contracts
- Present technical proposals on modification requests respecting cost, safety and operability
- Follow up project billing, cost estimating, control and verification of invoices for billing
- Attend pre-tender meeting and site visits
- Preparing requisition, purchase orders and contract strategies for materials and procurement contracts
- Develop scope of work, cost estimate and technical appraisal for service contracts
- Co-operate with project manager to ensure that project are completed as at when due and meet their set targets
- Supervised the on-site processing, inventory, and delivery of all orders
- Supported department to ensure existing inventory and associated expenses are within budgeted targets
- Maintained effective communication with customers, co-team leaders, stock clerks, and the management team
- Prepared the schedule for the on-site operations
- Review Warehouse and Shipping performance with provider to make sure their performance is up to standard
Operation & Maintenance Manager (FM)
Darin Group
03.2013 - 08.2018
- Managing more 350 employees to secure Korek network FM working as per KPIs and network performance, availability required by client
- Managed first-line supervisors; coordinated the daily operations and schedule of personnel across five 24/7 work sites
- Conducted regular meetings with higher-level management, supervisory team, and junior associates
- Provided expert counsel to higher management regarding changes to existing network infrastructure and new projects
- Functions aware about: Electro-Mechanical: this field of FM includes electrical and mechanical equipment in GSM sites to assure power availability for the sites 24 hours a day
- Telecom: this part includes transmission and RBS equipment to secure sites performance is as per customer requirements
- Electro-mechanical SPMS: managing the availability and delivery of spare part of the electro-mechanical section (Mechanical, Electrical and A/C) spare part and distribution on the region as per monthly required items
- Sourcing & Procurement for FLM: managing all procurement related FLM Iraq nationwide especially passive spares, tools and materials
- Diesel Fueling: managing the fuel of the supervised region sites to assure the continuity of sites operational with daily, weekly and monthly refueling plan
- Budgeting: yearly, monthly and daily budget required for FLM in term of resources, materials and tools
- QA/QC: to assure sites working properly the service delivered quality is must be considered
- PM: preventive maintenance plan to cover the area under FLM sites with two separate periods (3 months for VIP, rings and Backbones) & (6 months plan for normal and mini hub sites) using proactive model and tools
- Processes and Strategies: create and develop on the work flow processes for all sections of FLM (CM, periodic check, periodic maintenance for mechanical and PM)
- Changed request: evaluate the requested orders from client and categorize either subject to CR or achieve as support light activity to improve relations with clients
- Reporting: Daily, Weekly and monthly reports to evaluate the team activity, network performance and network availability and network KPIs
- Network Auditing: Network parameters auditing and prepare reports as per client request
- Trouble Shooting and diagnose: Alarm, snags, outages problem definition with root caused and proper solution to eliminate
- Data Analysis: collect alarms with root caused and categorize according to data analysis and classify the root caused as technical or non-technical
Regional Project Manager
Darin Group
01.2011 - 02.2013
- Organizes, plans and monitors multiple activities spanning end to end project delivery, people and resources management
- Establishes a cooperative team environment
- Develops input to departmental, business unit, and enterprise direction and strategy
- Maintains detailed project records and communication artifacts
- Identifies and focuses project teams to achieve or exceed realistic milestones and objectives
- Prepare/update project status reports, update tracking reports and maintain files for due diligence and financials
- Interact and negotiate with contractors and subcontractors
- Coordinate activities of sub-contractors and relocation of technical functions
- Proactively manage telecom projects and related issues on account or assignment
- Conduct and document all weekly meetings
- Create and utilize Metrics for Daily Project measurement with Program Manager
- Monitor progress against the project time schedule and budget, identifying and mitigating diverse trends through effective corrective management actions
Radio and Transmission Deployment Manager
Korek Telecom
01.2010 - 12.2010
- An additional to the main scope as Radio and Transmission Deployment Manager represented the Transmission operation Technical support manager for Iraq at Korek telecom
- Prepare SID with the coordination of RF planning team and sites definition on the BSCs
- Prepare the SMR Sites Materials Request, segregate materials in the warehouse and supply the equipment for the subcontractor and follow with quality of installation of the field team
- Prepare the Transmission planning data Network topology to identify the priority even for the civil, Link Budget and MUX plan with the coordination of TRX planning teams
- Prepare the MW links SMRs Site Materials Request according to the Link Budget and SID, segregate the equipment in the warehouse and send to the field with the data required
- Define the E1 routing on the SDH rings and configure until the sites according to the MUX plan
- Check the equipment supplied with vendor and compare the packing list of the equipment arrived with BoQ
Backbone Co-Project Manager
Korek Telecom
09.2009 - 12.2009
- The main activity through this project: SMR: ordering the equipment as per LB from TND
- Segregation: direct support of the logistics in the warehouse in the equipment segregation
- Delivery: assure the equipment delivered to the sites as per SMR without mistakes
- TI: direct supervision on the subcontractor installation and assure the quality of installation as per specs
- Visibility & DCN activation: on sites software upgrades for DCN activation and assure the visibility from SO-EM and E1 routing along the routes
- Trained the field team and the subcontractor on the Mini-Link TN equipment and how to collect the big antenna size on job training and how to configure the TN using Mini-Link craft software
- Troubleshooting and corrective maintenance for the Backbone and new features applying software upgrade, ATPC application and XPIC to activate 2 STM-1 on the routes
Transmission Engineer (MW Engineer)
ASIACELL
03.2005 - 02.2009
- Transmission Implementation Supervisor- O&M Engineer for Asiacell network (North region Project 'Iraq-Kirkuk'), TI supervisor according to the Quality Standards and check the MW links performance and Acceptance Testing according to the check list and acceptance documents
- (1s t January 2007-March 2009)
- Team Leader for the Quality Control Program, and create the Transmission Implementation Standards for Asiacell and apply the program on the new sites as sample of Quality of Standard Installation (North Iraq-Sulaimaniya Asiacell HQ)
- (1st June 2006- 31th December 2006)
- Transmission Engineer 'Implementation project Manager' for Asiacell network (Central region Project 'Iraq-Baghdad') and follow with Huawei as main subcontractor Turnkey Project and worked as Transmission Technical support Engineer especially for the SDH rings NEC Pasolink+ and improve the quality of installation for the hobs and the PDH links
- (16th March 2005- 1st June 2006)
- Site Acquisition: through all Asiacell period worked as part of the SAR team for network expansion and VIP sites MSC, BSC, Backbone and SDH rings
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electronic Engineering
Nahrain University Pre Saddam University
09.2002
Master of Science - Electronic and Communication Engineering
Nahrain University
Baghdad, BG07.2008
Skills
- Sourcing and purchasing knowledge
- Negotiation skills
- Telecom tendering
- RFQ bidding
- Data Analysis
- Business development
- Process strategy
- Restructuring
- Organization control
- Best practice delivery
- FLM
- MS
Skills
- O&M for mobile networks
- Sourcing and procurement
- Technical back office of transmission
- Transmission Implementation
- Site layout
- Installation services
Personal Information
- Willing To Relocate: True
- Marital Status: Married
Timeline
General Manager Branch Office KRG
Ericsson AB
06.2024 - Current
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Ericsson
12.2020 - Current
Sourcing & Procurement Manager (Supply Chain Manager)
BEECABLE COMPANY
09.2018 - 12.2020
Operation & Maintenance Manager (FM)
Darin Group
03.2013 - 08.2018
Regional Project Manager
Darin Group
01.2011 - 02.2013
Radio and Transmission Deployment Manager
Korek Telecom
01.2010 - 12.2010
Backbone Co-Project Manager
Korek Telecom
09.2009 - 12.2009
Transmission Engineer (MW Engineer)
ASIACELL
03.2005 - 02.2009
Bachelor of Science - Electronic Engineering
Nahrain University Pre Saddam University
Master of Science - Electronic and Communication Engineering
Nahrain University