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Mihai Beciu-Senior Consultant
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Experience
Mar 2022 - Dec 2025
3 years 10 monthsKuwait
Senior Consultant
Quorum Software
Position Summary
Senior Consultant at Quorum Software
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Customer Service
Information Technology
- PlanningSpace 20x series client implementation from Discovery to Hypercare (Dataflow, Economics, Quorum Portfolio, Power BI reports) for Sasol UK
- PlanningSpace client implementation in different phases for Chevron US and Angola, DNO Norway
- Successfully migrated PlanningSpace client system from 16x to 20x series, identified bugs in new version and implemented solutions
- Since January 2025, working onsite in KOC Kuwait office: PlanningSpace maintenance, improvements and optimizations, Power BI dashboards, daily user support and training
Mar 2021 - Oct 2021
8 monthsBrăila, Romania
Senior Planning Engineer
SC Setcar SA
Position Summary
Senior Planning Engineer at SC Setcar SA
Industries
Manufacturing
Business Areas
Finance
Operations
Project Management
- Coordinated and performed planning tasks for waste decontamination projects of industrial plants and sites
- Prepared the company budget, forecast and economics
- Generated internal and external weekly and monthly reports
- Created project management and reporting procedure
- Participated in bidding procedure by preparing documentation and making economic and technical proposals
Jun 2018 - May 2020
2 yearsBasrah, Iraq
Senior Planning Engineer
Kuwait Energy Company
Position Summary
Senior Planning Engineer at Kuwait Energy Company
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Project Management
May 2014 - May 2018
4 years 1 monthKuwait
Operations Planning Engineer
Kuwait Energy Company
Position Summary
Operations Planning Engineer at Kuwait Energy Company
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Operations
Project Management
- Configured, optimized and ran economic scenarios for two long-term projects using Palantir and Primavera P6 and created specific management reports
- Coordinated planning tasks for field development plan and oil pipeline construction projects, including creating master schedule, work breakdown structure, baselines, critical path analysis, trend analysis and forecasting
- Integrated schedule inputs from contractors into the project master schedule
- Owned project control procedure and ensured its implementation
- Supported change management by assessing schedule impact of proposed changes
- Assisted project manager with schedule scenario evaluations, economic analysis and load data
- Managed schedule status reporting and created required reporting systems
- Participated in cost and schedule risk analysis
- Prepared weekly and monthly reports for internal stakeholders and government
- Prepared asset budget and forecast
- Conducted monthly performance reviews, produced KPI dashboards and tracked improvement measures
- Contributed to mid- and long-term planning including software implementation, configuration and junior training
- Supported budgeting and forecasting by collecting, analyzing and rectifying CAPEX, OPEX, production figures and providing management decision versions
- Created midstream monitoring database, updated monthly oil movement for all fields and provided MIS report inputs
- Contributed to business plan creation according to company performance management process
Oct 2011 - Apr 2014
2 years 7 monthsBuzău, Romania
Senior Business Planning & Performance Engineer
OMV-Petrom SA
Position Summary
Senior Business Planning & Performance Engineer at OMV-Petrom SA
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Finance
Aug 2010 - Sep 2011
1 year 2 monthsBuzău, Romania
Business Planning & Performance Engineer
OMV-Petrom SA
Position Summary
Business Planning & Performance Engineer at OMV-Petrom SA
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Business Intelligence
Operations
Project Management
- Organized and supervised the planning section activities across all departments ensuring efficiency and compliance with procedures and policy
- Monitored the implementation of audit findings within the asset
- Developed alternative ideas to improve projects, coordination procedures and services according to best practices and international standards
- Defined KPI deviation limits and updated dashboards monthly, covering around 100 KPIs split by department
- Assisted in development of Asset Reference Plan (ARP) according to company performance management process
- Prepared database for selection of asset development options
- Prepared quarterly Business Review Meeting presentations covering HSEE, production, costs, growth and HR in collaboration with departments
- Prepared monthly Improvement Measures Level 3 presentations with updated measures
- Prepared monthly performance meeting presentations covering KPIs, improvement measures status, CAPEX categories, deviation explanations, forecasts, risk mitigation and asset competition points
- Prepared weekly and monthly production reports
- Contributed to mid-term planning process
- Aligned ARP, IML and BRM with Integrated Activity Plan from Primavera P6 regarding well activities status
- Conducted controlling process within the asset by monitoring KPIs, identifying gaps and determining improvement levels
- Provided performance reporting using planned vs actual bar charts, histograms and S curves including Primavera implementation
- Identified activity improvement opportunities by evaluating alternatives and preparing economic selection
Jan 2005 - Jul 2010
5 years 7 monthsPloiești, Romania
Planning Engineer
OMV-Petrom SA
Position Summary
Planning Engineer at OMV-Petrom SA
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Project Management
- Scheduled, maintained and managed critical path, weekly and monthly reports and presentations in Primavera P6 for projects with budgets of €2–5 million, managing earned value and resources
- Oversaw planning, scheduling and change management
- Prepared and maintained project schedule in P6 and subcontractor schedules
- Led monitoring, review and analysis of contractor schedules and status throughout project phases, analyzing deviations and corrective actions
- Analyzed manpower and material progress to support project management
- Assisted in scope identification for schedule activities
- Reported schedule deviations proactively on assigned discipline tasks
- Maintained the master work breakdown structure for the project
Sep 1999 - Jun 2001
1 year 10 monthsRomania
Teacher of Mathematics and IT
Panait Istrati Highschool
Position Summary
Teacher of Mathematics and IT at Panait Istrati Highschool
Industries
Education
- Developed students' logical thinking in mathematics, including private tutoring
- Taught effective use of internet browsers, programming and PC skills
Nov 1997 - Dec 2004
7 years 2 monthsBrăila, Romania
Analyst Programmer
OMV-Petrom SA
Position Summary
Analyst Programmer at OMV-Petrom SA
Industries
Energy
Business Areas
Accounting
Audit
Information Technology
- Participated in development of accounting and financial internal control and internal audit using Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Visual FoxPro
- Collaborated in network administration and IT support for all departments
Industry Experience
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Experienced in Energy, Education, and Manufacturing.
Energy
Education
Manufacturing
Business Area Experience
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Experienced in Project Management, Business Intelligence, Information Technology, Accounting, Audit, and Operations.
Project Management
Business Intelligence
Information Technology
Accounting
Audit
Operations
Summary
- Strategy of medium/long term planning for the assets and company, including the business plan with the economics, establishing the performance targets and what-if scenarios considering the management objectives and the risks; 20 years experience in planning for well-developed multinational companies (25+ years professional career), including project management expertise, software’s implementation and configuration, adapt financial models to meet business needs
- Budgeting and optimization (Planning Space / Excel), project planning (Primavera P6 and MS Projects), dashboard-scorecard (Power BI, MS Office)
- PlanningSpace and Primavera software’s implementation, oil pipeline, camp construction, skids automatization, waste decontamination
- Budget optimizations, identified levers/measures to improve performance, software’s successful implementation including training others
Skills
- Planningspace
- Primavera
- Power Bi
- Office
Languages
Romanian
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Oct 1992 - Jul 1997
University "Al. I. Cuza" Iasi
B.Sc. in Mathematics, licensed, 5 years course · Mathematics · Iași, Romania
Certifications & licenses
Certification In PlanningSpace Training Course In Dataflow, Economics, Portfolio
Quorum Software
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Experience
Total positions 9
Experience in Energy 26.5 y
Avg length 3 y 2 m
Longest experience 7 y 1 m
Global Experience
Countries worked in 3 (Romania, Kuwait, Iraq)
Primary country Romania
Expertise
Recent roles Senior Consultant, Senior Planning Engineer, Operations Planning Engineer
Main industries Energy, Education, Manufacturing
Main business areas Project Management, Business Intelligence, Information Technology
Qualifications
Highest degree Bachelor
Certifications earned 1
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Mihai speaks the following languages: Romanian (Native), English (Advanced).
Mihai has at least 27 years of experience. During this time, Mihai has worked in at least 8 different roles and for 5 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 3 years. Note that Mihai may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Mihai would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Consultant, Senior Planning Engineer, Operations Planning Engineer.
Mihai's most recent position is Senior Consultant at Quorum Software.
In recent years, Mihai has worked for Quorum Software and SC Setcar SA.
Mihai is most experienced in industries like Energy, Education, and Manufacturing.
Mihai is most experienced in business areas like Project Management, Business Intelligence, and Information Technology. Mihai also has some experience in Accounting, Audit, and Operations.
Mihai has recently worked in industries like Energy and Manufacturing.
Mihai has recently worked in business areas like Business Intelligence, Customer Service, and Information Technology.
Mihai holds a Bachelor in Mathematics from University "Al. I. Cuza" Iasi.
Mihai has 1 certificate: Certification In PlanningSpace Training Course In Dataflow, Economics, Portfolio.
Mihai is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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