Oversees internal operations, building strong customer relationships and maximizes the company’s operating performance. Working toward achieving financial goals by supporting the team to reach its full potential in every way possible

Leading global operations to fulfill Al Dahra’s strategic roles and objectives while maintaining growth despite international and local agricultural challenges. Success was achieved by remodeling global production, operations, UAE business-to-government (B2G) segments and launching UAE retail operations to minimize risks and maximize opportunities realization for Al Dahra. The operations portfolio included 15+ factories worldwide, global logistics with 110K TEUs per annum, and total volumes of 2 million Tons.As the Acting CEO, I ensured the efficient delivery of strategic initiatives, drove growth, guided the company toward its targets, and oversaw business operations:• Overseeing strategic and operational functions across the company.• Developing and implementing business strategies, plans and procedures.• Setting comprehensive goals for performance and growth.• Motivating and empowering employees to encourage peak performance while meeting production and delivery targets.• Building and maintaining relationships with key customers, clients, partners, and stakeholders.• Managing risk and crisis issues effectively.• Engaging in the company’s expansion activities, including investments, acquisitions, and corporate alliances.• Evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of operational systems, technology, and delivery processes.• Identify areas of improvement and oversee change management initiatives across the business.• Ensuring effective recruiting, professional development, performance management, and retention initiatives.• Directing acquisitions and sales of assets that align with organizational goals.• Adhering to all regulatory requirements, ensuring compliance, and taking corrective measures when necessary.

This position revolved around engaging with stakeholders, strategizing for market expansion, and meeting evolving demands. Duties included:• Collaborating with the Feed division team to maintain positive stakeholder relationships, as well as coordinating efforts across business units and stakeholders to ensure timely and high-quality delivery schedules in line with ADFCA contractual requirements.• Developing and extending non-ADFCA strategies for forage and other feed ingredient trading and distribution in the UAE, and together with the President of the Feed division, building regional GCC trading and distribution businesses as part of the GTM [Go-To-Market] program.• Strengthening and cultivating relationships with current and potential clients in the GCC region.• Managing the South African and Sudanese businesses while exploring potential developments.• Proposing and implementing new feed formulas tailored to meet the substantial demand of international clients.

• Implementing inventory management systems to document and manage stock across product lines and locations, ensuring strategic stock levels and managing supply orders from different business entities.• Maintaining strong client relationships by establishing a robust Quality Assurance system with service providers.• Fostering a close partnership with the QA/QC Manager to ensure seamless product acceptance and reducing customer rejections.• Reducing safety risks and accidents by implementing mitigation measures, while proposing modernized stock management and health and safety procedures.• Aligning payment timeframes after delivery with the Division’s financial guidelines, ensuring realistic and efficient order processing.• Developing and executing plans for establishing business units outside the UAE by providing clear roadmaps and action plans. This was in alignment with the company’s directives while implementing corporate standards in HR, ERP, Finance, and consolidation.

• Sourcing products that meet specific criteria at competitive rates.• Ensuring timely fulfillment of customer delivery schedules on an annual basis, while creating customer-focused reports and KPIs.• Working with partners on long-term projects to access new markets for product supply, while optimizing availability and cost-effectiveness.• Designing an inventory strategy that provides global visibility of company inventory, along with enhanced IT systems for optimized inventory management, improved cash flow and reduction of storage expenses.• Creating annual budget plans tailored to customer requirements, in turn driving the company’s growth targets.• Devising a planning strategy aligned with the company’s growth targets and its vision to fortify its competitive positioning.• Collaborating with partners on long-term projects to reduce costs through IT utilization and intermodal systems, as well as the entry into new countries for product supply to improve availability and cost.

• Directing the preparation of financial reports, such as income statements, balance sheets, cash flow analyses, and specialized reports as requested by management.• Providing oversight for accounting, audits, and inventory management.• Managing company budgets to align with financial objectives, as well as overseeing fund investments.• Supervising cash management activities, executing capital-raising strategies to support company expansion, and managing mergers and acquisitions.• Overseeing cash management activities, including credit issuance and monitoring of collections of past-due accounts.• Managing flow of cash receipts to meet the company’s business and investment needs.• Supervising risk mitigation programs to safeguard against financial and operational losses, including obtaining insurance to minimize potential setbacks.• Implementing hedging and other risk-limiting measures to shield the company from currency and commodity price changes.• Assessing and mitigating operational risks.

• Performing financial operations encompassing bookkeeping, journal recording, general ledger management, and software-based transfers.• Preparing monthly and annual budget estimates for financial statements, including income and cash flow statements.• Compiling annual and monthly financial statements, including balance sheets, income, and cash flow statements.• Conducting financial visibility and cost studies.• Managed and evaluated the performance of the Finance Department employees and oversaw bookkeeping, journal recording, general ledger management, collections, financial reporting, and inventory.• Preparing performance evaluation reports for the Operations Department.• Creating detailed financial information reports for Management.• Drafting sales contracts with customers.• Managed credit accounts and followed up on collection procedures.• Facilitating year-end financial transaction closure with external auditors every year.