Marathon Runner
WAQAS MUNIR
Senior Product Manager
Houston,Texas
Summary
Innovative product management professional enthusiastically pursuing a Senior Product Manager opportunity to leverage in-depth knowledge of product lifecycle management. Highly skilled in trend forecasting and competitive market analysis which helps in formulating the strategic direction ; illustrated over 13 years of superior industry performance.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Product Manager - Fishing Services
Baker Hughes
Houston, Texas
10.2019 - Current
- Responsible for $220 million annual P &L for complex products and services in over 80 countries.
- Formulated vision and strategy direction encompassing all financial goals.
- Rationalized over 45,000 global assets resulted in CAPEX avoidance of 30+ million.
- Implemented service delivery metrics and standardized procedures to meet the KPI with non-productive time less than 1%.
- Presented business cases for technology development and secured budget from the leadership.
- Implemented robust technical sales training program empowering global sales team.
- Managed relationships with supply chain partners, enabling necessary materials and hardware to remain readily available.
- Monitored market trends and competitor performance and analyzed gaps to update promotional strategies and maximize sales.
- Evangelized for managed products at various trade shows and industry events, communicating effectively with potential clients.
- Developed marketing plans and strategy to promote specific products to target demographics.
Senior Application Engineer
Baker Hughes
Houston , Texas
07.2018 - 10.2019
- Performed unit and comprehensive testing to drive functional and technical deliverables
- Met with internal and external customers to develop relationships and foster co-innovation opportunities
- Managed software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams and other design techniques
- Reviewed existing programs to refine, reduce operating time and improve techniques.
- Commercial and technical focal point for all high profile projects world wide.
- Drove continual improvement in systems operations by building tools and automation.
Operations Manager -CWI
Baker Hughes
Kuala Belait , Brunei Darussalam
07.2016 - 07.2018
- Strategy to run lean and spear headed completions and wellbore intervention department in Brunei
- Responsible for $25M P &L for completions and wellbore intervention department
- Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
- Worked in matrix management environment with oversight of division level managers, operations, sales, finance, human resources, safety and compliance.
- Responsible for the service delivery and making sure the procedures are followed as per the policy..
- Won major long term contract with the operators with healthy margins and revenue.
- Investigated and resolved departmental non-conformances.
- Focal point for the major operator (Shell) in Brunei Darussalam for all the inquiries and proposals.
Operations Manager - WBI
Baker Hughes
Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
06.2012 - 07.2016
- Responsible for the biggest wellbore intervention contract within Baker hughes.
- Established and administered annual budget with controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.
- Involved in kicking off the contract and making sure all KPI's are aligned and recorded.
- Advanced productivity KPIs by leading trainings on procedures and safety practices.
- Responsible for optimization of the equipment , setting up the bases and process within base.
- Planned and resourced personnel and logistics for operations component exercises resulting in highly trained personnel ready to act quickly in critical roles.
- Partnered with vendors and suppliers to effectively manage and budget.
- Appraised inventory levels and ordered new merchandise to keep quantities well-stocked.
- Monitored daily cash discrepancies, inventory shrinkage and reducing DSO.
Field Engineer
Smith International- A Schlumberger Company
Doha , Qatar
01.2008 - 05.2012
- Product evaluation, failure analysis, business development and technical support to the sales.
- Worked in various parts of the world (USA, EGYPT, UAE,KSA , QATAR and IRAQ) for perform various services for clients.
- Helped in making procedures and study of various fishing and p&a jobs, running tools on location.
- Completed robust 18 months training in USA while working in different locations within Smith Services
- Regional focal point for all of the urgent calls from the clients
- Prepared documentation that would be used in requests for proposal.
- Interacted effectively with wellsite team to coordinate work that complied with design and application documents.
Trainee Engineer
Weatherford International
Islamabad , Pakistan
07.2007 - 12.2007
- Verified parts and materials through audit inspections and independent checks.
- Determined project feasibility by estimating materials costs and sourcing requirements.
- Checked status reports daily and provided repairs to avoid long maintenance wait times.
- Trained on various departments like TRS and downhole drilling tools
- Streamlined the logistics process to optimizations
- Worked through the invoicing process and implementation of J.D.Edwards system within Weatherford.
Education
Executive MBA - Finance And Marketing
Rice University
Houston 01.2022 - Current
CORe - Credential of Readiness -
Harvard Business School
Online 01.2020 - 07.2022
Leading With Finance -
Harvard Business School
Online 01.2021 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Science - Petroleum And Gas Engineering
University of Engineering And Technology
Lahore, Pakistan 09.2003 - 07.2007
Skills
Product Marketing and branding
Strategic planning and budgeting
Cost reduction and profit optimization
Supply chain and materials strategy
Market penetration and customer relationship
Product lifecycle management
Accomplishments
- Publication Number: US2016/018653A1 – Coiled Tubing Through production tubing zone isolated and production Method – Unique idea to restore the production of the hydrocarbons by isolation of the water producing zone. The technology can be implemented thru coiled tubing that will enable smaller foot print and bigger productions
- Publication Number: 20230059678- Flow activated on-off Control sub for flow thru Cutter -. The activation sub includes a control piston disposed therein. The control piston has a ball at an end thereof. The control piston is configured to move within the activation sub to engage the ball to the ball seat when a flow rate of a fluid through the control piston is above a flow rate activation threshold, wherein engaging the ball to the ball seat creates a pressure differential across the ball seat that moves the ball seat to extend the cutter from the cutting tool.
- Publication Number: 20220034182- Downhole pulling tool with Selective Anchor Actuation - A single-trip cut and pull system for a wellbore including a cutter, a power section, and an anchor selectively operated independently of the power section; a method for cutting and pulling casing in a single run including running a cut and pull system on a string to a target depth, rotating a cutter of the cut and pull system to cut a casing section, and actuating an anchor of the cut and pull system after cutting the casing section; and a method for cutting and pulling casing in a single run including running a cut and pull system on a string to a target depth, rotating a cutter of the cut and pull system by rotating the string to cut a casing section, and pulling the cut casing in the single run.
Interests
Hiking
Drone photography
Affiliations
Registration Chair
SPE - Gulf Coast Section
Timeline
Executive MBA - Finance And Marketing
Rice University
01.2022 - Current
Leading With Finance -
Harvard Business School
01.2021 - 03.2022
CORe - Credential of Readiness -
Harvard Business School
01.2020 - 07.2022
Senior Product Manager - Fishing Services
Baker Hughes
10.2019 - Current
Senior Application Engineer
Baker Hughes
07.2018 - 10.2019
Operations Manager -CWI
Baker Hughes
07.2016 - 07.2018
Operations Manager - WBI
Baker Hughes
06.2012 - 07.2016
Field Engineer
Smith International- A Schlumberger Company
01.2008 - 05.2012
Trainee Engineer
Weatherford International
07.2007 - 12.2007
Bachelor of Science - Petroleum And Gas Engineering
University of Engineering And Technology
09.2003 - 07.2007