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Tariq Al Shaikh (born: 2 January 1979) is a UAE based professional manager who has been cited to have navigated Real Estate companies out of tough situations and has been quoted in educational models for project management style. Tariq also appears as a professional speaker at notable events.

Early Life
Born on the 2nd of January 1979 to Al Abdoli Family in KhorFakkan, a town located along the Gulf of Oman on the east coast of the United Arab Emirates. Tariq is the fifth brother among 11 siblings. Fathered by Abdulrahman Al Shaikh who Educated in the United Kingdom and was the director of Municipality in KhorFakkan and a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Sharjah.

Education
Tariq’s Education started in Sharjah in Ibn Seena School where he concluded his primary and secondary education and concluded his senior school years in Grammar School Dubai and obtained his IGSE from the British Counsel in Dubai, and received his Bachelors Degree in Buisness administration from the United States Of America. Tariq's journey in the academic field continues today where he sought after accreditation from International bodies in various fields of the industry, he attained certifications becoming a certified Purchasing/Procurement Professional (CPP) from American Purchasing Society and a certified Purchasing/Procurement Professional Manager (CPPM) from the American Purchasing Society as well as a  certified construction project manager and certified project estimator and quantity surveyor from Turnkey projects USA. He also attained the Six Sigma Green Belt and Six Sigma Black Belt from the International Quality Federation in the USA. Tariq is the first UAE National to attain a complete Black Belt Six Sigma Certification with Completed Projects as well as a Member of PMI Project Management Institute.

Career
Tariq started his career in the real estate industry with Residencia Real Estate Brokers, Dubai, UAE as a Sales Assistant Manager from  May 2003 to November 2004 focusingon conducting market research studies for key projects and master developments to assist the sales operations and administration department in processing and archiving mega transactions as well as contribute to the planning and implementation of exclusive project launches and helped optimize the sales software and website improvements.

On June 2005 Tariq joined Homes For Ever Real Estate, Dubai, UAE as a Senior Sales and Leasing Consultant, where he helped build and maintain a database of high profile professionals and buyers. He was also reported to have developed practical best practices in sales skills such as consultative selling and buying, negotiating contracts, forming alliances and joint ventures.

His design and implementation of investment plans to encourage repeat sales and build a loyal base of buyers and sellers operated according to the operational guidelines and code of ethics as introduced under By-Law NO 85 of 2006 got media attention due to the nature of work performed as being essential to the main service providers.

During his tenure in Homes For Ever Real Estate from June 2005 till August 2006, Tariq was reported to have achieved the highest sales targets among all other consultants – over AED 620M AED in revenue.

On December 2006 Tariq was appointed as Business Development Manager for ARION Real Estate LLC, Dubai. However, the real estate business was severely hit by the international Market crash of 2008-2009 which affected almost all the industries, with this his tenure in Arion came to an end and exited on November 2009.

On March 2010 Tariq was appointed by Majid Al Futtaim Properties as the Procurement Manager where he Headed the Department of central procurement for shopping malls in the UAE, Oman, Bahrain and the office buildings in Dubai part of his duties were to collaborate with relevant departments to set the roles and responsibilities of the Procurement function within each department.

Current contributions to engineering
On the early days of May 2012 Tariq was appointed at Engineering Office, The Private Office of H.H Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum as Head of Material Handling and Logistics and on 2014 where he was also assigned the position of Head of Procurement.

After satisfying the the senior management Tariq was assigned to resolve complex problems within various entities in the business and through successfully implementing six sigma mythologies Tariq claimed to have achieved substantial results, in the material handling and inventory management he was able to reduce the inventory holding costs to 50% as well as achieving a 100% on year end stock counts as well as enhancing the procurement function trough process enhancement removing bottle necks and non added value activities.

Management Style
The style of management he follows is quoted to include a focus on essential code of conduct such as mutual respect. Reportedly, being a friend to all from the office boy to the highest authority in the business and encouraging a more friendly office atmosphere focusing on the letters "T, E, A, M" helps him gain considerable lead on management challenges.

Notable appearances

 * Selected to represent MAF properties in an exchange program with one of the leading real estate companies in Europe where he spent months where concepts and knowledge of best practice were shared at Unibail-rodamco HO in France and visited their assets and business units in Poland, Austria and Spain.
 * Tariq was selected to be a Keynote speaker and panel member in the 2nd International procurement conference held in Dubai.
 * Tariq was a Keynote speaker in the Big 5 international exhibition in the Dubai World Trade Center on behalf of PMI Khaleeji Chapter.
 * Tariq is featured in the first ever procurement magazine Procurement Middle East.