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Dubai, Ae

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Project Management:- Managing a 6-month long project, reporting to C-level executives, to launch a new business unit that will unify the service delivery practices across 4 sub-regional ops teams.- Running digital transformation projects to automate service delivery processes. Typical tasks: Stakeholder management; project scope, communication, schedule and budget management.Operations-Client Management:- Managing the interface between regional clients, internal operations teams and external providers, to ensure timely delivery of services onshore and offshore locations in EMEA region.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Project Management:- Managed an 8-month long project, reporting to C-level executives, to transform the service capability of a newly acquired business unit into established products.- Managed a project that moved 7 different country clinics from a legacy outsourced clinic management application to a new in-house solution. Worked with internal tech teams to customize the solution to the region specific requirements.Business Intelligence:- Analyzed monthly sales, financial and operational figures. Identified gaps, worked with regions to develop and implement counter-measures and overachieved the annual budget 2 years consecutively. Product Management:- Designed new and altered existing solutions to address changing market conditions post O&G crisis.- Developed and provided training to internal teams to ensure up to date knowledge of the ever changing and developing product portfolio.- Managed the commercial strategy of Consulting and Clinics products in Africa, MENA, EECA and Europe regions.- Liaised with the regional commercial and operations teams to scope and price solutions, developed commercial proposals and pricing models.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Process Optimization:- Acted as the business lead and project manager, and worked with outsourced tech teams to formulate and develop customized applications automating business processes. Rolled out the final products throughout the EMEA region and achieved 94% utilization within 9 months.- Created tools on MS Excel and Access to streamline internal processes shared by cross-functional teams. Wrote procedures standardizing the workflow of common tasks handled by various sub-regional teams and decreased the delivery lead times.Cost Optimization / Kaizen:Managed a team of 10 members, on a year long cost optimization project, using Kaizen practices, addressing all non-salary related G&A expenses (travels, telecommunication, etc.) of 8 countries in EMEA. It resulted in over 1 million dollars of savings for the region.Business Analysis and Reporting:• Performed data consolidation and analysis of monthly financial and operational activity in EMEA region. Developed and generated reports for senior management; e.g. product line performance versus budget, cost and variance reporting, etc.Angola and Turkey Supply Chain Operations:• Developed a customs to client logistics structure, implemented ERP systems, recruited and trained staff in order to switch from a domestic to international sourcing model to optimize product availability.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sourcing and auditing suppliers, coordinating logistics for deliveries, assisting customs clearance activities, preparing quotations and invoices to the clients across 79 EMEA countries.

Sweden

• Identified the steps of concealed hinge production performed at the suppliers of IKEA Europe region.• Determined the cost drivers within the production steps.• Formulated and optimized production maps and lowered the production cost of IKEA’s suppliers and eventually IKEA’s purchasing costs.

Jonkoping, Sweden

Investigation and evaluation of quality and maintenance systems in chainsaw production based on Six Sigma, TQM, TPM methods and practices.

Ulricehamn, Sweden

Set-up time reduction of automated assembly lines by 43% through the implementation of SMED and 5S methods and practices.

Ankara, Turkey

Investigated various production planning and scheduling techniques. Formed a Meta-Heuristic, TABU Search Algorithm, as a solution tool creating production schedules with 78% total optimization level. Created a user interface on MS Access for the solution tool.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Performed time and motion studies on tow trucks and loading operators.• Trained in 5S methodology, Kanban Cards system, and their functionalities in inventory management.• Formulated a standard procedure for tow truck routes and operator tasks; decreasing the number of tow trucks operating between Inventory and Assembly Line from 11 to 7 (by 36%).

Ankara, Turkey

• Trained in different Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems solutions with a focus on the in-house software package used in the company.

Master Of Science (Msc), Production Development And Management, 3.36 / 4

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Industrial Engineering, 3.08 / 4

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Business Administration And Management, General

Double Major Program