Abdullah Kutbi, Senior Consultant

Abdullah Kutbi

Senior Consultant

EY - Ernst & Young

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, International Business - Entrepreneurship
Experience
14 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 9 Months

Senior Consultant at EY - Ernst & Young
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since October 2015

- Fulfilled an essential role in restructuring and unifying the Saudi Commission of Tourism and National Heritage (SCTH) strategy and performance measuring system. Contributed heavily in developing KPIs and the Balanced Scorecards for across three levels of management based on strategic objectives and associated processes.

- Handled Project Management Office (PMO) for the establishment of a new critical governmental entity (ADAA), the entity that is mandated to measure the performance of all other governmental entities.

- Contributed significantly in drafting the corporate setup plan purposefully for KFSH&RC hospital's transition from a governmental entity to a private independent non-for profit foundation. Substantially, the plan included an array of initiatives and activities to setup the corporate governance, transfer of resources and contracts, financial due diligence and so forth.

- Analyzed a number of businesses processes for ARB bank between the contact center and back office operations as part of the planned robotics process automation project, drafting BRDs that micro details as-is process steps, and the future state of the process as well. Moreover, also contributed into programming robots for these processes.

- Supported in multiple Business Development activities, including the designing of project approach, project time line and description of suggested deliverables along with outlining the capabilities and resources available as per the requirement of RFPs and additional information captured from RFP explanation meetings.

- Contributed in a number of internal initiatives that were focused on identifying significant consulting opportunities derived from the Saudi Arabian Vision 2030 and the NTP 2020 objectives.

Advisory Consultant at EY - Ernst and Young
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2014 to September 2015

- Led a team to conduct a point of view analysis of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) ecosystem in Saudi Arabia.

- Co-managed in organizing for the firm's mega event “Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 awards” (EOY) by searching, selecting, interviewing and screening entrepreneurs contesting for the prize across three provinces.

- Contributed to the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) project, conducting a Sectoral Analysis Office study targeting nationalization of the construction sector in Saudi Arabia, and led the survey work-stream entirety screening the perspectives of private sector employers and educational institutions.

Co-founder & Operations Manager at Trend
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2014 to November 2014

- Designing and patterning overall operation workflow to serve the objectives of Trend.

- Screening and revising the quality of Trends operation and take moderating actions when necessary.

- Helped in building to perfection the inner structure of Trend as well as the outsourcing network.

- Helped to identify company's targets and future maneuvers.

- Managed sales and marketing operations.

Flight Attendant at Saudi Arabian Airlines
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2005 to March 2009

This work experience accommodated flight attending activities serving inflight passengers, maintaining high level service standards as well implementing International Air Transport Association (IATA)’s safety procedures and regulations during all flights. Abdullah was performing so to fulfill each flight requirement in the light of company’s vision and operational strategy while enabling effective Crew Resources Management (CRM).

Sales representative/Store manager at Fawaz Alhokair Group - Fashion Retail
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2004 to October 2004

Accomplished many operational tasks including training employees, achieving a monthly target sales, customer relationship, inventory management and participating in developing the in-store service and merchandise models.

Education

Bachelor's degree, International Business - Entrepreneurship
  • at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
  • December 2013

- Accomplished a degree of Entrepreneurship and business management from Shidler's School of international business excellence. - Activities and Societies: Kapa Sigma Fraternity Shidler's school of Business.

Diploma, Private Pilot Training (VFR)
  • at Skywalk Inc.
  • November 2010

Activities and Societies: Over 200 hours flying (Cessna 152) to multiple distinctions within the state of California. Achieved a PPL license of VFR flight regulations that comply with FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) policies.

Diploma, Marketing management
  • at Lambton College
  • July 2003

- Completed a two-year associate degree in Marketing studies and organizational behavior - Activities and Societies: Public Speaking

Specialties & Skills

Entrepreneurship
Strategy Development
Resource Management
Customer Service
Business Development
Team management
Photoshop
Microsoft office
Critical thinking and Problem solving
Financial Analysis
Correspondence and Business writing
Networking
Final Cut Studio (MAC)
Business Strategy Tools and Frameworks

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Achievement Award (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2005
Valid Until:
June 2005
FAA Private Pilot License (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999
Certificate of Attendance (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2005
Valid Until:
June 2005
Completion Award (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2005
Valid Until:
March 2005

Hobbies

  • Graphic design
    Did multiple graphic work, photo retouching and logo design using photoshop as a tool.
  • Flying single engine aircrafts
    Accomplished more than 120 hours flight time around California state
  • Song writing and poetry
  • Music producing
    Please check my youtube channel for examples at http://www.youtube.com/sirkutbi
  • Bungee Jumping
    Accomplished a certificate of borderline insanity from HACKETT a bungee jumping company http://www.ajhackett.com
  • Acting
    Did some variable media work as an extra actor for the american entertainment show "Last Resort" of ABC cable channel in the United States.