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Ahmad Akwanin

Ahmad Akwanin

Dubai

Summary

Regulatory Manager with company oversight, committed to cost-effective management of resources and quality performance.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Certification Manager

Preexport Verification Services LLC (HAN RISE)
12.2020 - Current

- Establishing a new business for HAN RISE - China in UAE.

- Assigning and designing work processes suitable to our customer's requirements.

- Maintaining relationships with authorities like ESMA, SASO, GSO, KUCAS, Municipalities, ENAS, EIAC, GAC ..etc.

- Technical reference for markets regulations and standards.

- Collaborated with suppliers to determine strategies for improving sales and profit.

- Empowered staff members to contribute to continuous improvement, quality, and growth of the company.

- Drove organizational goals by effectively and efficiently identifying and solving complex strategic problems.

- Streamlined operational efficiencies by coordinating staff development and succession planning.

- Delivered business strategy and developed systems and procedures to improve the quality and efficiency of operations.

- Identified and solved complex strategy problems to drive organizational goals.

Commercial Manager

Motabaqah Inspection & Certifications Services (TUV Austria - Middle East)
01.2018 - 12.2020
  • Establishing a new business for a Saudi company in UAE
  • Assigning and designing work processes suitable to our customer's requirements
  • Maintaining relationships with authorities like ESMA, SASO, GSO, KUCAS, Municipalities, ENAS, EIAC ..etc
  • Technical reference for markets regulations and standards
  • Collaborated with suppliers to determine strategies for improving sales and profit
  • Empowered staff members to contribute to continuous improvement, quality and growth of the company
  • Assisted with marketing strategy creation and advertising initiatives to better promote the brand to the public
  • Reduced financial inconsistencies while assessing and verifying billing invoices and expense reports
  • Drove organizational goals by effectively and efficiently identifying and solving complex strategic problems
  • Streamlined operational efficiencies by coordinating staff development and succession planning
  • Delivered business strategy and developed systems and procedures to improve the quality and efficiency of operations
  • Improved brand awareness by monitoring all marketing campaigns and business development
  • Drove sales and maintained cost controls
  • Achieved a100% increase in sales and revenue with AED13M in annual sales of the 2nd year of the establishment
  • Identified and solved complex strategy problems to drive organizational goals

Technical Sales and Operations Manager

Intertek International Ltd
03.2016 - 01.2018
  • Middle East sales management for shipments conformity certification (Conformity Assessment Programmes such as KSA SASO, Kuwait TIR, Nigeria SONCAP ...etc)
  • Governmental business development opportunities
  • Kurdistan area operations manager
  • Public relations with the companies owners and head offices
  • Public relations with authorities officials
  • Products regulatory technical consultant
  • Sales training for employees

Projects Manager

TUV Rheinland Middle East
04.2015 - 02.2016
  • UAE, ESMA Subcontract operations, and projects
  • UAE Halal Mark auditing project
  • Oman royal police contract for vehicles technical inspection
  • Oman Market Access
  • Qatar Market Access
  • Laboratories samples testing operations
  • Public relations with the companies owners and head offices
  • Governmental tenders implementation operations and development training for operations staff
  • Marketing and sales improvement
  • Products regulatory technical compliance consultant
  • Other minor duties

Operations Manager

Intertek International Ltd
04.2010 - 03.2015
  • Shipments site inspection operations
  • Laboratories samples testing operations
  • Financial responsibilities
  • Public relations with the companies owners and head offices
  • Governmental tenders implementation operations
  • Marketing and sales improvement
  • Products regulatory technical compliance consultant

Service Engineer

Mohammad Abdulrahman Albahar Establishment (Caterpillar)
12.2008 - 03.2010
  • Electrical supervisor for Caterpillar machines maintenance
  • Troubleshooting services
  • Towers Power generators installation projects

Maintenance supervisor

Nicola Abu-Khader & son Company (NASCO)
04.2006 - 06.2008
  • Supervising the workshop's daily activities and maintaining daily performance reports to the workshops manager
  • Monitoring workshop performance and quality through the technical system regarding routine maintenance
  • Identifies future plans to upgrade the maintenance system
  • Managing the maintenance operation
  • Identifies and supervising workshop tooling and premises requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree - Mechanical Engineer : Automotive Engineer

Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU)
01.2005

High school - Scientific

Al-Salt Bin Malik Secondary school
01.1998

Skills

  • Performance improvements
  • International regulations
  • Standards Consultancy
  • Products market access best practices
  • Business development
  • Budget administration
  • Product development
  • Timeline management
  • Project development
  • Relationship building
  • Operations management
  • Leadership and team building
  • Client relations

Certification

  • ISO/IEC 17065:2012 Conformity assessment Requirements certifying products, processes and services, International Accreditation Service, Inc. (IAS), UAE, 04/01/22
  • ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity assessment — Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection, Dubai Municipality, UAE, 10/01/21
  • ISO/IEC 17024:2012 Conformity assessment — General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons, Dubai Municipality, UAE, 03/01/21
  • ISO/IEC 17065:2012 Conformity assessment Requirements certifying products, processes, and services, Dubai Municipality, UAE, 12/01/19
  • ISO/IEC17021-1:2015 Requirements for bodies providing audit & certification of management systems, Dubai Municipality, UAE, 12/01/19
  • GSO 2055-2 & ISO 19011 Halal qualification requirements for assessors/auditors, Gulf Accreditation Center (GAC), UAE, 11/01/19
  • UAE Tax Audit Compliance, Procedures, and Preparation Masterclass, Edusphere, UAE, 06/01/19
  • CBOP Certified Business Operations Professional, LEORON Institute, UAE, 03/01/19
  • ECAS Certification Scheme for Electrical products, Intertek International Ltd, UAE, 03/01/17
  • IRCA Certified QMS ISO 45001:2018 Lead Auditor, EDULLENCE, UAE, 12/01/18
  • IRCA Certified QMS ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor, Bureau Veritas, UAE, 09/01/18

Languages

Arabic
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional

Timeline

Certification Manager

Preexport Verification Services LLC (HAN RISE)
12.2020 - Current

Commercial Manager

Motabaqah Inspection & Certifications Services (TUV Austria - Middle East)
01.2018 - 12.2020

Technical Sales and Operations Manager

Intertek International Ltd
03.2016 - 01.2018

Projects Manager

TUV Rheinland Middle East
04.2015 - 02.2016

Operations Manager

Intertek International Ltd
04.2010 - 03.2015

Service Engineer

Mohammad Abdulrahman Albahar Establishment (Caterpillar)
12.2008 - 03.2010

Maintenance supervisor

Nicola Abu-Khader & son Company (NASCO)
04.2006 - 06.2008

High school - Scientific

Al-Salt Bin Malik Secondary school
  • ISO/IEC 17065:2012 Conformity assessment Requirements certifying products, processes and services, International Accreditation Service, Inc. (IAS), UAE, 04/01/22
  • ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity assessment — Requirements for the operation of various types of bodies performing inspection, Dubai Municipality, UAE, 10/01/21
  • ISO/IEC 17024:2012 Conformity assessment — General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons, Dubai Municipality, UAE, 03/01/21
  • ISO/IEC 17065:2012 Conformity assessment Requirements certifying products, processes, and services, Dubai Municipality, UAE, 12/01/19
  • ISO/IEC17021-1:2015 Requirements for bodies providing audit & certification of management systems, Dubai Municipality, UAE, 12/01/19
  • GSO 2055-2 & ISO 19011 Halal qualification requirements for assessors/auditors, Gulf Accreditation Center (GAC), UAE, 11/01/19
  • UAE Tax Audit Compliance, Procedures, and Preparation Masterclass, Edusphere, UAE, 06/01/19
  • CBOP Certified Business Operations Professional, LEORON Institute, UAE, 03/01/19
  • ECAS Certification Scheme for Electrical products, Intertek International Ltd, UAE, 03/01/17
  • IRCA Certified QMS ISO 45001:2018 Lead Auditor, EDULLENCE, UAE, 12/01/18
  • IRCA Certified QMS ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor, Bureau Veritas, UAE, 09/01/18

Bachelor's degree - Mechanical Engineer : Automotive Engineer

Palestine Polytechnic University (PPU)
Ahmad Akwanin