AHMED GAAFAR
London,ON
Summary
Technical Sales & Operations Manager with 19 years of experience, a proven track record in consistent revenue growth, and an uncanny ability to work under pressure while meeting tight deadlines. Doubled revenue with 25% year on year growth. Generated a record revenue during oilfield downturn. A thorough understanding of different markets having worked in most of MENA & North America. A focused and motivational mentor adept at challenging team members to meeting and exceeding company goals.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
Certificates
Work History
Factory Production Worker
Nestle
London, Ontario
07.2022 - Current
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
- Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Worked within applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Devoted special emphasis to punctuality and worked to maintain outstanding attendance record.
- Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
Operations Manager
Polaris General Trading
London, Ontario
06.2020 - 07.2022
- Evaluate suppliers by assessing quality, timeliness and compliance of deliveries to maintain tight cost controls and maximize business operational efficiency
- Managing global business operations
- Collaborate with supply vendors and distributors to purchase supplies in bulk with favourable discounts
- Develop successful online sales operations from scratch by establishing and following strategic vision, mission and operational plans
- Double monthly sales with successful marketing, sales and customer relations approaches
- Managing inventory and handling logistics
- Creating new business opportunities in new fields.
Operations Manager
Ziebel
07.2012 - 12.2013
- Oman
- Managed all Ziebel operations in Oman & UAE
- Headed a small, highly experienced team, to manage operations using cutting edge technology unique to the region
- Business development and sales, responsible for growing operations with our two major clients in the region
- Streamlining & customizing data delivery to meet clients needs
- Setup of a new operations base in Muscat at the highest standard
- Focus on service quality and building client relations
- Was able to regain client confidence and approval to continue work on trial campaign after its cancellation
- Successfully spearheaded efforts for contract renewal through negotiation.
Engineer In Charge
EV
Muscat, Oman
07.2018 - 04.2020
- Muscat, Oman
- Supervised logging operations throughout MENA and mentored new engineers
- Successfully completed over 150 operations for clients all over the world while demonstrating the highest level of professionalism
- Performed field trials for newly developed tools and software
- Strong problem-solving skills, a major requirement when working in remote locations with no connectivity, and no support
- Due to high level of expertise in operations, am the dedicated person in charge of all high-profile operations for major clients., Demonstrated the ability to make quick decisions under high duress
- Through a collaborative team effort, we generated the highest revenue for Oman in company history with excellent service history record
- Excellent client relationship built up over years of providing high service quality
Engineer In Charge
EV
Grande Prairie, Canada
05.2017 - 07.2018
- Mentored junior engineers to quickly get them to their highest level in order to perform in a highly competitive and challenging field of operations
- Perforation analysis, a new method of inspecting individual perforations, pre and post frack, to accurately determine proppant distribution over frac zones
- Significantly improving frack efficiency and cost reduction
- Post frack wellhead inspections, optimising frack rates while minimising damage to the wellhead, saving thousands in well maintenance issues & downtime
- Outbid much bigger competition as a result of providing excellent service quality and high quality collaborative effort with colleagues in the field and office
- Quick turn-around of data for high profile clients that demanded rapid data results upon which decisions were to be made on $500k/day operations.
Operations Manager
EV
Doha
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Managed sales and operations for EV in Qatar & Iraq
- Achieved record year in revenue during global oil downturn exceeding budget forecast by 10%
- Prepared and presented sales proposals
- Cultivated network relationships through targeted lunch and learn events
- Planned and presented workshop trainings for clients with state-of- the-art technology
- Handled budget forecasts and expected growth within region
- Aim for zero downtime during operations was successfully achieved
- Setting up of a new workshop space in Doha
- Handled global logistics of equipment, being a small global company our tools are required for rapid dispatch to handle urgent client scenarios
- Designed jobs with clients for maximum impact with minimal downtime
- Formed strong relationships and maintained close contact with key decision makers
- Established new contact relationships with dormant accounts.
Senior Field Engineer
Expro
Dubai
01.2012 - 01.2007
- Ran downhole video cameras to diagnose subsurface problems
- Executed operations in all types of offshore and land environments
- Experienced with all deployment methods; slickline, electric wireline
- Ran all specialised downhole equipment including Kinley calipers,
- Kinley Power Tools, Sondex calipers, and memory PLT
- Writing well programs and procedures for logging operations
- Business Development of cased hole services for the MENA region
- Grew business from $800k, to $1.6m in 4 years with the highest profit margins in the company with minimal increase in CAPEX
- Working on tenders, commercial proposals and pricing
- Using salesforce for CRM management
- Managing logistics of equipment and personnel
- Extensive experience with major international operators
- Presented at Well Integrity Conference in Abu Dhabi 2011 on downhole video applications used to identify well integrity issues.
Wireline Cased Hole Field Engineer
Schlumberger Oilfield Services
08.2003 - 07.2007
- Responsibilities included cased hole logging operations and controlling quality of the service during all phases of the operation to ensure that products of the highest quality were delivered to the client
- Responsible for the training and development of personnel assigned to cell and for the maintenance status of assigned equipment
- Actively lead and support the training of new engineers
- Specialised in coiled tubing logging of deviated/horizontal wells
- In charge of field testing several wireline tools in Abu Dhabi and deploying them in the oilfield for the first time worldwide.
Education
HND - Electronic Engineering
Oman - undefined
Caledonian College Of Engineering (CCE)
BEng - Electronics Engineering
Glasgow Caledonian University
Skills
Business developmentundefined
Certification
IWCF certification
Timeline
Factory Production Worker
Nestle
07.2022 - Current
Operations Manager
Polaris General Trading
06.2020 - 07.2022
Engineer In Charge
EV
07.2018 - 04.2020
Engineer In Charge
EV
05.2017 - 07.2018
Operations Manager
EV
01.2017 - 01.2018
Operations Manager
Ziebel
07.2012 - 12.2013
Senior Field Engineer
Expro
01.2012 - 01.2007
Wireline Cased Hole Field Engineer
Schlumberger Oilfield Services
08.2003 - 07.2007
HND - Electronic Engineering
Oman - undefined
Caledonian College Of Engineering (CCE)
BEng - Electronics Engineering
Glasgow Caledonian University
IWCF certification
HUET & Offshore survival courses
BOSIET certified
Offshore medical Certificate
Certified first aider - British Columbia
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