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PERSONAL
INFORMATION
Zahid Hussain
PMP, ITIL V3, SSYB, OCP (Supply Chain), OCP (DBA), MCP, DCS,
PGD(CS), M.B.A
Doha, Qatar.
email: zahid.panjwani@gmail.com
Cell: +974 66 85 49 87
Date of Birth : 01-Jan-1970
Marital Status : Married with four kids
Religion : Islam
Permanent Address: Karachi, Pakistan
PROFILE
SUMMARY
A result-oriented and seasoned professional with well over 20 years of multinational and multicultural and
experience both in Consulting and Industry in diversified fields like IT Project Management, Cloud and on
Premise ERP implementations, In-house Custom Development, System Integration, change
management, business process re-engineering, system analysis and design and MIS reporting.
Extensive experience of managing deployment, monitoring, maintenance, development, upgrade, and
support of all current IT systems, including on Premise and Oracle Cloud/Fusion ERP, Business
intelligence systems, databases (Oracle, SQL Server, and Progress) and software applications.
STRENGTHS /
SKILLS
PMP & SSYB Certified with proven track record as Project Manager for Implementing, Integrating
and supporting ERPs (Oracle Fusion, Oracle Cloud, 11i, R12,QAD)
Strong Business knowledge along with technical expertise in implementing complex
projects/programs this includes requirement engineering, Business Process Mapping, Gap Analysis,
design, configuring, testing and implementation.
Strong organizational, presentation, and customer service skills.
Proven abilities in the design and delivery the solution
Refined communication skills, highly approachable, flexible and well presented.
Strong Analytical skill to resolve incident and problems.
Strong Technical Background in Oracle, SQL Server and Progress Databases.
Fully Operational and extensive knowledge of Oracle System Administration, Oracle Financial (AP,
AR, GL, FA, CM), Supply Chain Management (Inventory, Order Management, Purchasing,
iProcurement, Oracle HCM, Oracle Projects, Oracle sourcing and Process Manufacturing).
Experienced in a wide variety of sectors including:
Construction, Energy, Dairy, Manufacturing, Foods, Poultry, FMCG, Property, Contracting,
Hospitality, Security and Trade.
EDUCATION AND
QUALIFICATIONS
TRAINNG&
CERTIFICATIONS
M.B.A Adamson University, Manila Philippine
P.G.D. (ComputerScience) From N.E.D. University, Karachi Pakistan
Bachelor Of Commerce from Karachi University
D.C.S Diploma in Computer Science From Petroman, Karachi Pakistan
Mar’1996
Sep’2000
1991
1990
Certification
PMP Certified, ITIL V3 Certified, Yellow Belt Certified
OCP 11i (Supply Chain), OCP 9i
Oracle Certified Professional , DBA
ITIL V3
Six Sigma Yellow Belt
MCP - SQLSERVER’2000
Passed Procedure Language paper of OCP Oracle 8.
Passed two paper of Associate of Chartered Insurance Institute ACII (London).
Industry Training courses
Informix 4-GL
Designer/2000
ProgressSoftware, JumpStart for GUI, V9
Progress Software, GUI Programming SSYB, SSGB
Visual Basic .NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET
Quest Space Manager with Live Option from Quest University, London
Quest Central, I/Watch, Fog light from Quest Company in Bahrain
Quest Shareplex from Quest University, London
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QAD Desktop 2 Training
Attended Course on Progress 9.1, Informix, Win NT, TQM, Designer 2000
Attended PMP Advance training course – SGM Dubai
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
(20+ YEARS)
UrbaCon Trading & Contracting, Qatar http://www.urbacon-intl.com Oct 2015 - Present
Business Applications Manager
UrbaCon Trading & Contracting one of the leading Construction brand in Qatar as Business Applications
Manager in Group IT. Group IT is functioning on a shared service model among different business
verticals like design & construction, industrial sector, retail, hospitality, farming and real estate comprising
50+ companies across globe.
Roles and Responsibilities
Perform program management, project scoping, resource allocation, project scheduling and conflict
management to ensure successful project execution.
Provide Oracle subject matter expertise and project implementation support for allcompany departments
to ensure optimal implementation of Oracle systems among business users.
To manage the Support Partner/Implementer in delivering best solution/service, challenging cost, time
estimates and maximising project delivery.
Facilitate between implementer and business users to transform business requirement into functional
and technical requirements.
Liaison with Oracle Manage Cloud service (OMCS) to ensure scheduling of system outages and
approving and prioritising Oracle EBS changes.
Manage System Security in order to ensure that users/managers should restrict only to their required
information.
Communicate and negotiate effectively with vendors on scoping, pricing and deliverables.
Facilitate training and identify the training needs of resources. Build and execute training plans.
Mentor and Motivate Support team to outperform their goals and deliver strong results.
PROJECTS
UCC Qatar – Oracle Fusion Cloud Implementation
Union Steel UAE – Oracle R12 Implementation
Emirates Group Security, Transguard, Dubai, UAE www.transguardgroup.com Aug’13-Sep’15
Oracle Application Manager
Achievements
Team lead and mentor for 5 - 10 people in each Project.
Provided domain expertise in Supply-Chain & Finance disciplines
Provided best solution to satisfy business requirements especially in Contract Management, Facility
Management, Manpower Outsourcing and Security due to its unique nature of processes.
Achieve Project deadline and Go live as per the Project Plan.
Roles and Responsibilities
Communicate with key business stakeholders, understand business processes and ensure to transform
business process into ERP system and, if required, suggest alternate solutions.
Serve as a system subject matter expert for supporting business processes and develop strong
relationships with the business process owners
Perform program management, project scoping, resource allocation, project scheduling and
management to ensure successful project execution
Performs team assessments and evaluations.
Efficiently identifies and solves project issues.
Design, develop and maintain project metrics, trackers and reports for assessment and review at
operational and managerial levels (senior management, PMO and stakeholders
Develop project financial and business cases for senior management approval.
Represent the division in Process Group level discussions and cross-divisional projects.
Provide regular project updates to senior management
Facilitate training and identify training needs of resources. Build and execute training plans.
Maintaining production systems to the SLA targets for availability, incident response and resolution to
make sure smooth run of business operations
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Al-Ghurair Investment LLC, Dubai, UAE. www.al-ghurair.com Apr 2008 – Aug-2013
Project Manager/Lead SCM & Manfacturing Applications
Al-Ghurair Investment the parent company for a number of industrial verticals like, foods, construction,
shipping, retails, printing & publishing, education, banking, real estate etc. I am leading SCM Application
team and Support at Group IT.
Projects:
5x Oracle ERP Implementations – UAE (Supply-Chain Functional Lead / Project Manager)
3x Oracle ERP Implementations – KSA (Finance Functional Lead / Project Manager)
1x Oracle ERP Implementations – Qatar (Supply-Chain / Project Manager)
Achievements:
Team lead and mentor for 5 - 10 people in each Project.
Provided domain expertise in Supply-Chain & Finance disciplines
Provided best solution to satisfy business requirements especially in Poultry business due to its unique
nature of processes.
Achieve Project deadline and Go live as per the Project Plan.
Project’s cost saving only in single year (2011) was approx. 2.2 million AED apart from other business
benefit gained
Responsibilities:
Defines requirements and plan project lifecycle deployment.
Plans and schedule project deliverables, goals, and milestones.
Efficiently identifies and solves project issues.
Serve as a system subject matter expert for supporting business processes and develop strong
relationships with the business process owners
Facilitate discussions with end users to translate business requirements into functional specifications
Develop test cases and provide test support to ensure successful project execution
Designs/ maintain technical and project documentation(BP80, BR100, TE040 and SOP)
Develop and conduct training courses from Executives to End user, to cover orientation, product
knowledge, implementation strategy
Leading Support team to make sure smooth run of business operations
Provide regular project updates to senior management
Mantech Computers & Telecommunication, KSA www.qad..com Apr2008 – Aug-2013
ERP Consultant & Database Specialists
Projects:
3x QAD ERP Implementation - KSA (Finance Functional)
1x QAD WBS Development &Integration - KSA (Technical Lead & Project Manager)
4x QAD ERP Implementation - KSA (Technical Lead)
Responsibilities:
Leading Functional and Technical team
Technical guidance to development team for writing interfaces.
Implementation of Financial and Distribution system.
Develop and conduct training courses from Executives to End user, to cover orientation, product
knowledge, implementation strategy
Customizing the ERP system according to company requirements.
Design Software to enhance the existing ERP Functionality.
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TRAVE
REFERENCE
Unilever Pakistan www.unilever.pk Sep 1998 – Oct-2000
Senior Programmer
Adamjee Insurance Company Ltd. www.adamjeeinsurance.com April’ 1993 – Sep’1998
System Analyst
Canada, Europe (UK), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar,UAE
Available upon request