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- Business Project Manager for the implementation of a knowledge management portal on CRM.- Worked with project managers and product owners on establishing sprint deliverables and timelines within the time frame of the project.-Support product owners to enhance velocity, and help teams adopt Agile methodology.-Showcase discovery and define phase workshops with University stakeholders.-Responsible for creating project documentation, training manuals on Confluence.-Delivered and conducted End User Training to University stakeholders-Provide regular status on the progress of the project and its execution to senior executives.-Experience with conflict resolution, scope management, issue and risk management.-Responsible for vendor management for project implementation.-Status reporting, artifacts creation and successful project phase gate reviews.

-Accountable for delivering ongoing IT Projects and enhancements.-Facilitate teams’ planning and tracking activities while coaching in Agile principles.-Successfully transform the team’s waterfall mindset to Agile by developing training materials for teams to understand Agile delivery.-Scrum ceremonies to facilitate the on-time product delivery.-Implemented Agile mindset by conducting burndown chart, team velocity analyses, and continuous improvement initiatives.-Responsible for creating proposal and contract documents.-Coordination with vendor teams for project deliverables.-Managing day to day project control functions such as cost control and rolling forecast of the project pipeline.-Developing and maintaining monthly / weekly project reports and tracking trends, preparation & coordination of budgets and cost analysis-Maintaining communication with project stakeholders and Senior management.-Highlight areas of risk, concerns while offering solutions and alternatives.

-Responsible for managing vendors and Logistics.-Drafting proposals and quotations for Procurement & Planning.-Worked with the Marketing team for the launch of marketing products for automotive brands like GMC, Chevrolet etc.-Facilitate teams’ planning and tracking activities while coaching in Agile principles.-Conduct daily Stand Up meetings, sprint planning and review sessions, release planning and retrospectives.-Tracked and managed product backlog, burndown metrics, velocity, and task breakdown.-Experience using Jira, Confluence for user story creation and project documentation.-Serve as liaison among corporate offices, projects and departments including accounting and Finance.-Protect the development team from outside distractions, impediments, or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog project timeline.

-Managed projects of renowned pharma & automotive companies namely, Pfizer, Roche, GMC Sierra, Chevrolet Yukon & Tahoe.-Guide the development team to get the most out of self-organization and develop into high performing teams.-Experience, owning and managing customer expectations, project schedules, status, reporting and change management-Involved in the training and recruitment of new employees.-Successfully managed a cross functional team that consisted of marketing, sales, operations, finance & logistics.-Reviewed & Negotiated contracts with clients.

-Worked on a project investigating Gender equality and Women’s Empowerment in KSA taking practical insights from Unilever Arabia.-Worked closely with the development team from project initiation through the delivery of final product-Managed project scope to ensure delivery was compliant with scope commitment.

-Worked as an HR Executive.-Direct dealing with clients to accomplish assignments on maintaining their Pay Roll & Designing the Pay scale.-Managed project scope to ensure delivery was compliant with scope commitment.-Addressed problems through risk management and contingency planning.-Developing the Recruitment criteria and Training / Selection plans.-Designing Employee Manuals & Employment Contract.-Skilled with HR Software, worked on “Mena-itech” covering Mena Pay, Mena HR & Mena Me.

-Direct dealing with Office and Institutions, HORECA, Market and Marketers in order to make members of Wal-Mart (Cash & Carry format)-Maintaining various reports for audit of different categories like HPC, Electronics, and F&B etc. -Integrated working with the Asset Protection Team-Was awarded the Certificate for the “Best Groomed Associate” with a pin for a “Job Well Done”

• Gained experience in the management of company’s financial details.• Worked on the strategic pricing structure of various products along with Comparative study of competitor’s brands.

•Research study of Soft Drinks Market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.•Applied skills from course work to list the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Company in the field of Soft drinks and suggested ways to improve the Soft Drinks Business of the company.