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CRRC (Hong Kong), Dubai Branch

Job Title:Planning Manager &ndash; Railway / Metro InfrastructurePurpose of the RoleTo lead and manage all project planning, scheduling, and monitoring activities for railway and metro projects. The Planning Manager ensures accurate, timely, and proactive planning to meet project milestones, optimize resources, and mitigate risks, supporting successful delivery of civil, track, systems, E&amp;M, and operational works.Key Responsibilities1. Project Planning &amp; Scheduling<ul><li>Develop and maintain the Master Project Schedule covering all civil, systems, signaling, E&amp;M, and commissioning activities.</li><li>Prepare detailed work breakdown structures (WBS) and phase-level schedules.</li><li>Coordinate with engineering, procurement, construction, QA/QC, and commissioning teams to ensure realistic and achievable schedules.</li><li>Implement schedule baseline and updates, reflecting progress, risks, and changes.</li></ul>2. Monitoring &amp; Reporting<ul><li>Track project progress against baseline schedule using Primavera P6 or equivalent tools.</li><li>Identify and analyze schedule variances, delays, and potential bottlenecks.</li><li>Prepare and submit weekly/monthly schedule reports, including progress dashboards and KPI analysis, for management and client review.</li><li>Conduct forecasting and look-ahead planning to mitigate delays.</li></ul>3. Resource &amp; Risk Management<ul><li>Assist in resource allocation planning across multiple disciplines and subcontractors.</li><li>Collaborate with project controls and management teams to identify schedule risks and mitigation strategies.</li><li>Support change management processes and integrate schedule impacts of variations, RFIs, and design changes.</li></ul>4. Stakeholder Coordination<ul><li>Act as a focal point for schedule coordination with clients (RTA, Etihad Rail), consultants, and contractors.</li><li>Participate in progress review meetings, coordination meetings, and workshops.</li><li>Ensure that schedule requirements are communicated effectively to all project teams.</li></ul>5. System Implementation &amp; Continuous Improvement<ul><li>Implement project planning tools, procedures, and reporting systems in compliance with client and corporate standards.</li><li>Support lessons-learned initiatives to improve planning efficiency and accuracy.</li><li>Develop and maintain planning procedures, templates, and guidance documents.</li></ul>Qualifications &amp; ExperienceRequirementDetailsEducationBachelor&rsquo;s Degree in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or Project Management. Master&rsquo;s preferred.Experience10-15&ndash; years of project planning experience, including 6+ years in railway/metro projects in UAE or GCC.Industry KnowledgeCivil infrastructure, track, tunnels, stations, depots, signaling, E&amp;M systems, and commissioning.CertificationsPrimavera P6 certification, PMP or Prince2 preferred.SoftwarePrimavera P6, MS Project, MS Office, project management dashboards.LanguageExcellent English (written &amp; verbal); Arabic is an advantage.Job Type: Full-time

Planning Manager

Gardinia Contracting

<div>
 
 The Construction Planning Manager is responsible for overseeing the planning and scheduling of construction projects to ensure timely and cost-effective completion. This role involves coordinating with project teams, optimizing resource allocation, and mitigating risks to maintain project efficiency.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Key Responsibilities:
 
 
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 Develop and manage project schedules, ensuring alignment with project goals and deadlines.
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 Coordinate with project managers, engineers, and site teams to plan construction activities efficiently.
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 Monitor project progress, identify potential delays, and implement corrective actions.
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 Analyze resource requirements and optimize manpower, materials, and equipment usage.
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 Prepare progress reports and risk assessments for senior management and stakeholders.
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 Utilize planning tools such as Primavera P6 and MS Project for scheduling and tracking.
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 Ensure compliance with contract requirements, safety standards, and quality guidelines.
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 Work with procurement teams to ensure timely availability of materials and equipment.
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 Participate in project meetings, providing planning insights and strategic recommendations.
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 Implement risk management strategies to address potential schedule disruptions and cost overruns.
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 Qualifications and Skills:
 
 
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 Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
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 Proven experience in construction planning, scheduling, and project management.
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KEO International Consultants

<div>Overview:
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KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration &ndash; through conceptualization &ndash; to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we&rsquo;ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world&rsquo;s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.</div><div></div><div> 
As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.</div><div></div><div> 
We invite you to join us. Why?</div><div></div><div> 
When you join KEO, you&rsquo;ll discover more than just a job &ndash; you&rsquo;ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.</div>
Responsibilities:
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Our newest opportunity is for a talented Planning Manager to join our team based in Dubai, UAE.</div><div></div><div> 
This critical role will be responsible for the development of the master schedule for a complex/high value project and specific detailed schedules to include timetable, costs and progress of construction (installed quantities, expended labour hours etc).</div><div></div><div> 
We envisage responsibilities in this role to include;</div><ul><li>
Planning, costing and scheduling metrics and tools (work breakdown structure), collecting performance data (installed quantities, expended labour hours, and other progress measurements for direct hire and subcontract labour), tracking data (daily cost compilation and monitoring), analyzing and reporting (earned value, productivity and risk analysis).</li><li>
Developing project master schedule, updating, monitoring and reviewing contractor construction schedules, submittals, material delivery, procurement logs and daily follow-up in addition to the necessary productivity measurement studies and associated corrective measures.</li><li>
Implementing &lsquo;Work Order&rsquo; procedures in conjunction with QA/QC staff.</li><li>
Identifying and tracking changes, actual and potential, to the project scope, ensuring estimates of cost changes and schedule impact are given visibility with the client and project management.</li><li>
Participating in contract administration.</li><li>
Reviewing and approving contractor&rsquo;s work programs submissions.</li></ul>
Qualifications:
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To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 15 years' work experience partnered with a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.</div><div></div><div> 
KEO&rsquo;s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its&rsquo; contribution to client success wherever we work.</div><div></div><div> 
We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.</div></div>

Emirates Creative Events Management L.L.C

Job Offer &mdash; Event Planning ManagerPosition: Event Planning Manager Location: Dubai Company: Emirates Creative Event Management &amp; Wedding PlanningAbout the RoleWe&rsquo;re hiring an Event Planning Manager with proven experience managing all types of events &mdash; corporate, weddings, exhibitions, and private functions. You&rsquo;ll be in charge of end-to-end planning, operations, supplier coordination, and client satisfaction. We want someone with strong experience in event organization from A to Z.Responsibilities<ul><li>Plan and manage events from client brief to final delivery.</li><li>Build timelines, budgets, and supplier lists.</li><li>Coordinate with sales reps, production, and logistics teams.</li><li>Lead setup and on-site execution.</li><li>Manage staff and suppliers under pressure.</li><li>Keep strict control over client communication, costs, and delivery quality.</li><li>Report to management with clear event summaries and performance updates.</li></ul>Requirements<ul><li>Minimum 5 years of experience managing events (corporate, weddings, or exhibitions).</li><li>Must have managed 10+ full-scale events independently.</li><li>Deep understanding of logistics, decor, lighting, and supplier coordination.</li><li>Strong leadership, time management, and multitasking skills.</li><li>Must be ready for long hours, late nights, and back-to-back events during peak season.</li><li>Fluent in Arabic and English.</li><li>Professional, disciplined, and solution-oriented.</li></ul>Offer<ul><li>Competitive salary + performance bonuses.</li><li>Work directly with senior management and production teams.</li><li>Growth path to Operations Head or Event Director.</li></ul>Job Type: Full-time

Event Planning Manager

The Emirates Group

<div><h5 class="jobSectionHeader">Job Purpose
</h5>Emirates Skywards seeks to be an inspiring and engaging global loyalty programme for Emirates and FlyDubai. There are a number of key roles within our Skywards Group that are essential to the success of this this programme. From product design, e-commerce and analytics, through to business development, strategic partnerships and member engagement our Skywards team is filled with exciting opportunities!
The Portfolio Management &amp; Business Planning Manager (Emiratisation) will manage the portfolio of projects within Skywards and cross functional supporting departments based on the annual strategy. Enhance the departments performance by managing complex and critical projects and support the facilitation of change across people, processes and systems to enable development of innovative and implementable recommendations that will improve performance. Responsible for developing and implementing strategies to increase employee engagement &amp; motivation.
In this role you will:
<ul><li>Manage the collation of quarterly demand and facilitate the Project Increment prioritisation and planning with all stakeholders.
</li><li>Support Delivery Managers to maintain the quarterly prioritised list of initiatives and annual backlog.
</li><li>Ensure adherence to the PMO framework as a prerequisite for prioritisation.
</li><li>Coordinate with cross functional departments on project prioritisation ensuring alignment across all delivery streams.
</li><li>Lead the content for the Portfolio reviews.
</li><li>Manage and coordinate centralised calendar for Skywards internal and external communications (advisory committee, executive updates, dependency from finance for benefit realisation).
</li><li>Coordinate content and date input for the Skywards Executive Annual Report.
</li><li>Communicate regular prioritisation updates to all relevant stakeholders and advocate adherence to the PMO framework.
</li><li>Develop and deliver Skywards internal communication strategy, planning and calendar of activity, support critical change programmes, to increase levels of employee engagement &amp; motivation. (Monthly pulse and reporting, staff recognition, departmental knowledge sharing sessions, visibility across Emirates commercial departments on Skywards contribution, department annual engagement day planning preparation and logistics)
</li></ul><h5 class="jobSectionHeader">Qualification
</h5><div>To be considered for this role, you must meet the below requirements:
</div><ul><li>Degree in Bachelors or Honours
</li><li>8 years of experience within Commercial and/or Portfolio Project Management
</li>Certification in Change Management and Agile Project Management preferred 
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Knowledge/skills:
<ul><li>Experienced in the support of information systems for a business unit (preferably frequent flyer or loyalty programme)
</li><li>Agile Project Management
</li><li>Change Management
</li><li>Portfolio Management, Programme Management
</li><li>Strategic Management and Business Planning
</li><li>Knowledge and understanding of best practice employee engagement theory
</li><li>Working experience on large transformational programmes
</li><li>Experience in delivering complex/cross functional portfolio project management
</li><li>Excellent stakeholder management
</li><li>Ability to facilitate strategic meetings and workshops with senior stakeholders
</li><li>Cross functional work experience, leading through influence
</li><li>Excellent written and spoken English
</li></ul>At Emirates we are committed to providing our employees with opportunities to grow and develop their careers. So if you are looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity, apply today and join our team!
<h5 class="jobSectionHeader">Salary &amp; benefits
</h5>Join us in a management role and enjoy an attractive tax-free salary. On top of our generous travel benefits, including discounted flights and hotel stays around the world, this managerial role also has an excellent leave and healthcare package. That&rsquo;s on top of transport benefits, life insurance and more. Find out what it&rsquo;s like to live and work in our fast-paced, cosmopolitan home city in the Dubai Lifestyle section of our website www.emirates.com/careers .</div>

Portfolio Management & Business Planning Manager

Al-Futtaim

<div>
 
 Job Requisition ID:
 
 173749
 
 
 Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A&rdquo;rab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group&rsquo;s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.
 
 
 By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.
 
 
 
 Overview Of The Role:
 
 
 
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 The Merchandise Planning Manager is integral to overseeing and directing the sales planning processes across different market segments and business units at varying time scales&mdash;annually, monthly, and daily. The role's focal point is to manage critical business KPIs, including sales, cash margin, markdown costs, and closing stocks. Additionally, this position involves controlling space and OTB (Open-to-Buy) planning for the business and ensuring the provision of comprehensive and accurate business reports. Collaboration with finance, retail, and buying teams is crucial for devising sales budgets and strategies, alongside managing markdown and promotion strategies effectively. Success in this role depends heavily on analytical capabilities, attention to detail, and effective communication skills.
 
 
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 What You Will Do:
 
 
 
 Sales Planning
 
 
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 Plan Annual Business Plan by Market, Store, and BU at annual, monthly, and daily levels.
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 Work closely with Finance and Retail teams to plan accurate Annual Sales Budget by Month and Market.
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 Forecast Sales by Day for the total business.
 
 
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 KPI Management
 
 
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 Manage all Key Business KPI's: Sales, Cash Margin, Markdown Cost, and Closing Stock.
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 Deliver accurate Business Reports and provide analysis to drive key Business KPIs.
 
 
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 Space and OTB Planning
 
 
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 Control Space and OTB Planning by Business Unit (BU) for the business.
 
 
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 Collaboration and Strategy
 
 
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 Work with Buying and Retail teams to plan accurate sales by Week and BU.
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 Manage End to End Process on Markdown/Promotion Strategy.
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 Engage in ad hoc projects as assigned.
 
 
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 Required Skills To Be Successful:
 
 
 
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 Advanced MS Excel proficiency.
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 Strong analytical and numeric skills.
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 Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
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 Experience in the FMCG/Food Retailing industry.
 
 
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 What Qualifies You For The Role:
 
 
 
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 University graduate with a minimum of 8 years experience in planning, with management experience from the FMCG/Food Retailing industry.
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 Strong analytical capabilities paired with excellent business acumen.
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 Proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel, and knowledge of SAP as an advantage.
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 High attention to detail, numerate skills, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
 
 
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 We&rsquo;re here to provide excellent service but a little help from you can ensure a five-star candidate experience from start to finish.
 
 
 Before you click &ldquo;apply&rdquo;: Please read the job description carefully to ensure you can confidently demonstrate
 
 why
 
 this opportunity is right for you and take the time to put together a well-crafted and personalised CV to further boost your visibility. Our global Talent Acquisition team members are all assigned to specific businesses to ensure that we make the best matches between talent and opportunities. We not only consider the requisite compatibility of skills and behaviours, but also how candidates align with our Values of Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Excellence.
 
 
 As part of our candidate experience promise, we also want to make ourselves available to you throughout the application process. We make every effort to review and respond to every application.
</div>

Assistant Planning Manager | Retail | M&S | UAE

Hermès

<div>Responsibilities 
1. Stock Quality &amp; stock month coverage responsibility:
<ul><li>Stock quality &amp; Sales follow up:
</li></ul>Analyse, identify and closely follow up the key selling items by M&eacute;tier at different levels: SKUs, model, category&hellip; and be able to adjust the granularity depending on the m&eacute;tier and product.
Able to set dedicated forecasts at a short-term view even with basic tools or methodology
Arrange regular meetings with In-store Sales Floor manager to align on the product offer in store and on identifying key selling items.
Adapt the product call strategy accordingly.
Adapt and follow the buying / order temporality accordingly (Podium orders, re orders, PSI&hellip;).
Pro-actively advise and promote slow moving items to the Sales team.
Pro-actively monitor and warn about product shortage or risk of shortage and propose alternatives.
Cultivate your awareness of the market trends in terms of product selling (other Herm&egrave;s stores performance, RM reports)
Organize the phase out campaign and destock the right product in alignment with the Retail merchandising team 
<ul><li>Stock month coverage:
</li></ul>Define, follow, and optimize the right stock coverage for the store to ensure the realization of the store&rsquo;s sales target and aligned with the guidelines from the subsidiary retail merchandising team.
Adapt the product call strategy accordingly. 
<ul><li>Implement relevant KPIs:
</li></ul>MOS, ABC analysis, Sell trough, Stock ageing 
2. In-store space capacity monitoring:
<ul><li>Storage capacity:
</li></ul>Monitor closely the storage capacity to avoid saturation of the in-store stockroom and to enhance the store sales strategy
Help to organize the store stockrooms (front &amp; back) based on the product offer strategy defined with the Floor Manager
Organize with the LDC and local subsidiary; the items that need to be located in the store stockrooms, in the remote stock room or in the subsidiary stockrooms
Anticipate the right sizing of the storage capacity based on your store sales seasonality 
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</li></ul><ul><li>Implement relevant KPIs:
</li><li>Storage capacity by available stockrooms, storage capacity allocated by m&eacute;tiers 
</li></ul>3. Product Call Strategy
<ul><li>Global replenishment plan:
</li></ul>Implement a global replenishment plan to follow the novelties release plan, the store events and the buying and order sessions.
<ul><li>Where (and when) applicable
</li></ul>Min / Max settings CEGID:
Implement with in-store floor managers the min / max CEGID settings with the store remote stockroom, based on the product offer, the sales strategy and the storage capacity. Revise them on regular basis.
Closely follow the sales and replenish accordingly.
SAP &amp; Cockpit Supply Chain use (with LDC capabilities):
Manage flows of products by using SAP MRP capabilities and Cockpit functionalities
Calls for the needed quantities in link with LDC teams
<ul><li>Special events:
</li></ul>Anticipate and adapt the product call based on peak seasons (Fashion weeks, Year end celebrations), store commercial events ( Haute Bijouterie / Crafting Time, Carr&eacute; Club, trunk shows), new products / seasonal collection launch or destocking / phase out process in collaboration with Retail merchandising team
<ul><li>Follow up your product call and control your replenishment plan vs reality
</li><li>Implement relevant KPIs:
</li></ul>OTIF &ndash; On time In full
SKU coverage / consumption plan 
4. Transversal management
<ul><li>Present KPIs regularly to Store management team.
</li><li>Share the stock management according to Sales plan and stock level.
</li><li>Help to build sales &amp; stock analysis to prepare Podium buyings or reorder sessions.
</li><li>Interacts on a daily basis with LDC teams and potentially with Central customer service 
</li></ul>5. Relations with other Group actors
<ul><li>Collaborate closely with local logistic teams (Logistic coordinator)
</li>Collaborate closely with RM teams (RSP &ndash; RM Planner); alert for stock shortage and request of stock rebalancing. 
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</li></ul>Measures of success
<ul><li>Optimum stock levels across all metiers in Dubai Mall
</li><li>Efficient rotation of stock to maximum sell through rates
</li><li>Achievement of the monthly/annual sales budget
</li><li>Increased product awareness of the store team
</li><li>Strong collaboration levels with all store and corporate actors. 
</li></ul>EXPERIENCE
<ul><li>At least 5 years&rsquo; experience in retail merchandising
</li><li>Knowledge of CEGID / M3 or SAP S4 Hana
</li><li>Good knowledge of forecasts methodologies and tools
</li><li>Good understanding of supply chain basic concepts
</li><li>Excellent behavioural and communication skills, leadership, ability to work with sales teams and liaise with corporate teams.
</li><li>Very organized, rigorous, and reliable
</li><li>Excellent analytical skills
</li><li>Business and service-oriented, proactive to propose improvements and support other team members.
 
Proficient with Excel / IT tools (PIVOT, Vlookup functions), Word Power point
</li><li>Experience in retail is beneficial</li></ul></div>

Retail Store Planning Manager - Dubai Mall

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