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Walid Mansour Salousa

Project management

Maadi, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Project managerFull Time

    IBM

    Apr 2016 - Present -9 yrs, 2 months

    • Job Details:Leading project implementation for Global Technology Services. Working with government, public sector, banking, health, construction, education and Oil & Gas sectors. * Main Responsibility Areas: * Manage projects for global technology services from initiation phase to successful project closing. * Manage cross line of business projects (Business support services, Operation support services, Software, Storage, Main frame and Data centers). * Achievements include: 1- Exceeding project planned GP (Gross profit). 2- Exceeding other business goals including coaching, education and reporting.
  • Business development managerFull Time

    Advice Egypt

    Aug 2012 - Present -12 yrs, 10 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Build and expand market position by locating, developing, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships. Main Responsibility Areas: * Locate, propose and screen potential business deals by contacting potential partners; discovering and exploring opportunities. * Develop negotiating strategies and positions by studying integration of new venture with company strategies and operations; examining risks and potentials; estimating partners' needs and goals. * Close new business deals by coordinating requirements, creating, negotiating and close commercial agreements; integrating contract requirements with business operations. * Track progress against targets on an ongoing basis and take necessary action if targets are not being met. * Maintain and develop close client relationship; identify and target influential people inside the client, customer and third party organization and build relationships with them. * Ensure contract profitability through a commercial evaluation, and a full understanding of risks and liabilities, prior to presenting written offers or proposals.
  • SIEMENS

    • Regional project managerFull Time

      May 2011 - Jul 2012 -1 yr, 2 months

      Egypt

      • Job Details:Delivering project excellence through enhancement of financial and non financial KPIs (key performance indicator) for assigned accounts during execution, monitoring, controlling and closing ensuring that projects follow NSN project processes and professional principles. Main Responsibility Areas: •Projects: 2G swap, 3G, OSS (operator support software), Transmission, Outside plant, Access and VOIP • Focus on service quality by enhancement of financial and non financial KPIs for assigned accounts. • Sales service support by identifying service sales opportunities, preparing service offers and analyzing resource and cost requirements. • Supports project managers executing and closing projects or subprojects (phases) according to contractual scope and commitment against project budget. • Ensure implementation of services in delivery scope and final site acceptance - overall responsibility for customer acceptance. • Plan and communicate accurate rollout demand figures for demand planning process. • Ensure that all project KPI targets are met e.g. progress, quality and cost using SAP P20 and Integrated project management (IPM) tools. •Identify, analyze risks, plan and implement risk response actions. •Follow up on project scheduling, cost control & follow up. Customer list includes Mobinil & Telecom Egypt (Egypt), Du (U.A.E), Sabafon (Yemen), Sonatel (Senegal), General Post & Telecommunication Company (GPTC), Libyan International Telecommunication Company (LITC) & Akakus Oil operations (Libya).
    • Project managerFull Time

      Oct 2006 - May 2011 -4 yrs, 7 months

      Egypt

      • Commissioning engineerFull Time

        Apr 2001 - Sep 2006 -5 yrs, 5 months

        Egypt

      • Presales engineerFull Time

        Engineering Integrated Systems

        Oct 1999 - Mar 2001 -1 yr, 5 months

        Egypt , Giza

        • Job Details:• Introducing different systems to ERTU, Egyptian Radio & Television Union. • Tender analysis, offering and negotiation. • Organizing with different suppliers for establishing an integrated solution.
      • Education

        • MBA in General management

          ESLSCA

          Jan 2006 - Jan 2011 - 5 yr

        • BSc in Electrical & Electronics

          Cairo University (CU)

          Jan 1995 - Jan 1999 - 4 yr

        • High School - Thanaweya Amma

          orouba language school

          Jan 1995 

        Achievements

        Services delivery management from Nokia Siemens Networks. Earned 3 open badges.

        Skills

        • Project Management
        • Soft Skills
        • Microsoft Office
        • Internet
        • Service Delivery
        • Microsoft Project
        • Technical Analysis
        • Business Development
        • Business Development
        • Motivation
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        Languages

        • Arabic

          Fluent
        • English

          Fluent
        • French

          Intermediate

        Training & Certifications

        • Project quality planning

          Nokia Siemens Networks·2011
        • Services delivery management

          Nokia Siemens networks·2011
        • SAP P20

          Nokia Siemens Networks web based training·2010
        • Preventing, recovering & managing troubles projects

          International institute of learning (IIL)·2009
        • Preventing, Recovering and Managing Troubled Projects

          International Institute for Learning (IIL)·2009
        • Effective Negotiating Skills for Project Managers

          International Institute for Learning·2009
        • PMP preparation

          IIL·2008
        • The Kerzner approach to project management excellence

          International institute for learning (IIL)·2008
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