Furrukh Abbas - PMP®

Experience

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  Pakistan Taekwondo Federation

  Jul 1990 - now

  Certified Practitioner

  Achievements:• Kukkiwon Certified 4th Dan Black Belt.• Taekwondo official, participated as Team Manager of Asian Taekwondo Championship, 2022.• Organized multiple on-site as well as On-line Taekwondo events.• National Taekwondo Poomsae Referee and WT International Referee Poomsae (In Process).• National player, participated many domestic, district, divisional, provisional and national level events 1988-2000 as athlete.

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  MSP (Pvt) Ltd.

  Oct 2000 - Aug 2005

  Worked as Site Acquisition Manager for the projects (Acquired almost 250 BTS sites) (including Site hunting, technical surveys, LeaseAgreements, Legal Documentation vetting, NOC and commercial power connections) with variouscompanies as below:• Huawei-DVCOM CDMA Turnkey Project• Seimens-Telenor GSM project (Central-2)• Huawei-PTCL CDMA Project (Central-1 & Central-2)• Huawei-Warid GSM Project (Central-1 & Central-2)• Siemens-Telenor GSM Project (South)• Ericsson-Warid GSM Project (Central-2) Show less Mobilink PMCL @ BDM Dept, Customer Support Center, LahoreWorked as Customer Service Representative at MOBILINK (BDM department), representing MSP (Pvt)Ltd. Following were the key areas:• Resolving customer problems regarding bill delivery for nation wide customers.• Communicating with customers regarding bill delivery complaints and get themresolved through concerned departments• Handling of BNR (Bill Not Received) complaints coming through CRM• Responsible to manage nationwide bill delivery data from all courier companies• Bill delivery month end reporting for Mobilink• Communicate bill delivery complaints to their respective courier companies• Bill not received reason analysis• Maintaining BNR complaints and Data updating KPI (key performance indicator)• Communicate between Mobilink and Courier Company’s vis-a-vie bill delivery. Show less MSP (Pvt) Ltd. @ Bulk Bill Delivery Operational Management for PMCLWorked as Assistant Manager Operations at MSP (Pvt) Ltd, Following were the key areas:• Responsible for all operational activities regarding bill shipment pick and delivery• Permanent route allocation to field officers• Ensure total shipment delivery• Conduct surprise checks on field officers• Ensure that field officers are properly “checked in” in the evening (after their Pod’shave been counted and compared with run sheet and return shipments)• Prepare activity reports of operation department on weekly basis along with weeklymeeting with Manager/CEO Show less

  • Manager Site Acquisition

    Sept 2003 - Aug 2005

  • Customer Services Representative @ Mobilink

    Feb 2002 - Aug 2003

  • Assistant Manager Operations

    Oct 2001 - Feb 2002

  • Field Supervisor (Courier)

    Mar 2001 - Sept 2001

  • Field Officer (Courier)

    Oct 2000 - Feb 2001
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  Huawei

  Aug 2005 - Dec 2007

  Being a Regional Team Lead head of Site Acquisition (Commercial power Team) Central 1Key Areas I was taking care of is mentioned below• Execute, Monitor and Control Wapda Power Connection acquisition work in U-Fone Phase-V more than 600 BTS sites, 4 BSCs and 2 MSCs in Lahore• Rollout Weekly Progress review meetings with Client Management, Huawei Regional and Project Senior management• Visiting problematic sites as well as WAPDA (LESCO – GEPCO) divisional offices, meeting SE, XENs and SDOs• Staff orientation and staff training• Subcon pre-qualification and evaluation• Expertise in resolving escalated customer service issues Show less Turnkey Rollout of more than 250 BTS sites and Core Network in North Region of Dvcom CDMA NetworkBeing a Team Lead head of Site Acquisition (Site Acquisition, NOC and Commercial Power) NorthKey Areas I was taking care of is mentioned below • Involved in Project Planning, Execution, monitoring and control phases• Visiting work stop and problematic sites for solution• Rollout Weekly Progress review meetings with Client Management, Huawei Regional and Project Senior management• Generate Progress reports and presentations• To plan and conduct initial Surveys with RF / RNP engineers for nominal Planning.• To plan and conduct Site Identification surveys. • To Plan and arrange Joint (Technical) Surveys for proposed candidates before submitting reports to the client.• Resource management Show less

  • Manager Site ACquisition

    Sept 2006 - Dec 2007

  • Manager Site Acquisition

    Aug 2005 - Aug 2006
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  ZTE

  Jan 2008 - May 2013

  Worked as a Project Manager.• CMPAK USF (Universal Services Fund) (Baluchistan) Project – Completed• CMPAK Phase-2 CME Project (Interior Sindh) – Completed• CMPAK Solar Project (Interior Sindh) – CompletedKey Areas of my responsibilities are:• Project Planning, Execution, monitoring and control and closure• Part of Strategic Management of the Project to align rollout out progress to ensure project targets and objectives• Resource Management• Supporting Technical teams for resolving Customer queries Show less A huge Turnkey rollout of more than 2000 BTS sites in Central of China Mobile Pakistan CMPAK (Phase-1 and Phase-2)Worked as General Manager Site Acquisition (SA, NOC and Commercial Power)Key Responsibilities were:• Planned, executed and controlled all Site acquisition, NOC and commercial Power acquisition works• Part of Strategic Management of the Project to align rollout out progress to ensure project targets and objectives• Involved in Project Planning, Project Execution, Project monitoring and control and closure phases• Resources management• Team Management, orientation and Training• Monitoring and controlling teams progress for NOC and Wapda connections for Cell sites• Legal and government affairs handling• Project meetings with Client, Rollout and Project management team• Inspection visits to the regions as well as to problematic sites• Subcon pre-qualification and evaluation Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2010 - May 2013

  • Team Leader Turnkey Department South

    Oct 2010 - Apr 2011

  • General Manager Site Acquisition

    Dec 2008 - Dec 2009

  • Sr Manager Site Acquisition

    Apr 2008 - Dec 2008

  • Manager Site Acquisition

    Jan 2008 - Apr 2008
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  Zong CMPak Ltd

  Jun 2013 - now

  Leading the Rollout Program and other Special Projects of 1. Sites Rollout Program consist of multiple projects such as site construction, commercial power, site acquisition as well as telecom and Solar power deployment special Projects.2. Network BSS Expansion Projects3. Domain of Site Acquisition, permits and commercial power4. Turnkey Project Management of USF Subsidized Projects5. Health and Safety Initiative Project6. Contract Closure Project7. Quality assurance and Control 8. Site Lease management9. Digitalisation & Process Automation Projects.10. Standardisation of Policies, Procedures and Project management Practices. Show less

  • Deputy Director Network Construction

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Inhouse Trainer - Project Management

    Jan 2017 - now

  • Senior Manager Program / Projects

    Aug 2019 - Jan 2025

  • Manager PMO & Special Projects

    Jun 2013 - Aug 2019