Mohamed Abdrhman

Cost and budgeting manager with 20+ years in industrial manufacturing and steel construction, including casting and heat treatment, steel fabrication and office furniture. Proven record of building cost plans, controlling project budgets in real time and cutting waste through value engineering. Holds an MBA and a Commerce degree in Accounting, with a background that spans cost accounting, financial control and accounts payable.

Experienced at working with production, procurement and senior management to protect margins and win competitive tenders.

Head of Costing at mobica for Office Furniture (2026-02 – Present)

• Manage the end-to-end costing process for office furniture lines, tracking timber, metal and labor cost movements to protect profit margins
• Work with manufacturing teams on value engineering and waste reduction for desks and seating systems [add result, e.g. cut material cost by X%]
• Lead cost estimates for corporate office fit-outs and contract furniture tenders [add number or value of tenders priced]

Manager of Cost and Budgeting at El-Tawakkol Steel Industries (2025-02 – 2026-01)

• Built budgeting frameworks and cost plans for steel fabrication and construction projects [add: number of projects, total value in EGP]
• Introduced financial controls that caught and corrected budget discrepancies early [add: amount saved in EGP]
• Tracked expenditure against budget on every project, enabling early adjustments that kept average profitability above 10%

Cost Manager at Ferrometalco Steel Construction (FMC) (2019-12 – 2025-02)

• Analyzed budgets for steel construction projects [add: total portfolio value in EGP] and produced detailed forecasts and cost-saving opportunities that improved project ROI
• Set up real-time expenditure monitoring that flagged potential overruns early and kept costs close to approved budgets
• Led cross-functional financial reviews to improve resource allocation and budget utilization

Executive Director at International for Production and Export Charcoal (2017-06 – 2019-11)

• Set organizational strategy aligned with long-term goals and improved operational efficiency [add: % or EGP result]
• Streamlined resource allocation across departments, reducing overhead and improving workforce productivity
• Led cross-functional teams to launch programs that expanded service reach and stakeholder engagement in the first year

Payable Department Manager at ARESCO (Manufacturing & Industrial Projects) (2015-02 – 2017-05)

Promoted from Payable Section Head, Nov 2013 – Feb 2015

• Redesigned the procure-to-pay workflow with automated invoice processing, shortening processing time and ensuring compliance with internal controls
• Led a team of accounts payable specialists [add team size], reducing payment errors by 25%
• Built training programs that cut late payments by 20% and saved the company over EGP 500,000 annually through better vendor relations
• As Section Head: reduced processing errors by one third and invoice discrepancies by 25% across a multi-million pound portfolio, and raised vendor retention by 20%

Cost Department Manager at ARESCO (Casting and Heat Treatment) (2007-01 – 2013-10)

Progressed from Cost Accountant, Feb 2004, and Chief Cost and Financial Accountant, Feb 2005 – Jan 2007

• Directed cost analysis across multiple projects, identifying savings of up to several million EGP annually [confirm exact figure]
• Introduced forecasting models and real-time monitoring that improved budget accuracy for strategic decisions
• Cut reporting cycle time by one third by streamlining reporting across departments, giving senior leadership clearer cost visibility
• Earlier roles: ran financial and cost accounting as Chief Accountant, reducing financial discrepancies by one third annually through internal controls; as Cost Accountant, consolidated cost data across departments for accurate inventory valuation and standardized cost tracking

Accountant at Zamzam Pharmacies Service (2002-01 – 2004-01)

• Improved reconciliation processes, reducing reporting errors and speeding up month-end closing by 20%

MBA (Master of Business Administration) – The Arab Academy for Management, Banking and Finance (2026-02 – 2026-02)

Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting Major – Ain Shams University (2002 – 2002)