HODA KARAM, Operations Manager

HODA KARAM

Operations Manager

Endeavor Lebanon

Location
Lebanon
Education
Master's degree, Maître-Ingénieur en nouvelles technologies
Experience
30 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :30 years, 7 Months

Operations Manager at Endeavor Lebanon
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since January 2017

- Plan, develop and manage budget and costs effectively
- Implement policies and procedures related to internal operations
- In charge of Human Resources (HR) activities including hiring, payroll and talent management
- Ensure legal and regulatory documents are filed and monitor compliance with laws and regulations
- Optimize and consolidate existing business software tools to enable the company to attain its objectives of maximum productivity
- Managed company events including a worldwide three-day conference hosting stakeholders from 15 countries

Office Manager at Endeavor Lebanon
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2014 to December 2016

- Managed (from initiation to implementation phases) an accounting software reducing the financial tasks by 60%
- Implemented an HR Management software that optimized the leave request process
- Streamlined IT logistics and marketing activities cutting costs by 50%, increasing team performance by 20% and reducing error rate by 20%

Administrative Assistant at Service de la Pastorale - Saint Coeur
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2013 to June 2014

- Managed (from initiation to implementation phases) a training project with a database of 3000 users removing manual intervention and cutting process time by 50%
- Prepared training content for 15+ courses

Senior Project Manager at Ever Team
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • August 2010 to November 2012

- Project Planning and Management
- Developed project plans and managed budgets for projects in the MENA region
- Customized and deployed an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system in SharePoint for a Lebanese ministry of 300 users
- Managed a support team in charge of PHP websites for banks and retail companies and interfered in critical support issues

Senior Project Manager – R&D Marketing Department at Konica Minolta Business Solutions France
  • France
  • May 2008 to April 2010

- Designed an innovative tool (box) with a series of service applications linked to a MFP (MultiFunction Printer) to optimize companies’ time
- Managed the training of 200 technicians and deployed 600 boxes in 3 months for small, medium and large enterprises
- Organized yearly exhibitions of 15 000 visitors to promote the company’s products

Project Manager Web – IT department at Konica Minolta Business Solutions france
  • France
  • February 2003 to April 2008

- Managed a team of 9 department head to gather content and customize the company platform
- Increased customer satisfaction by 40% through the creation and development of an automated workflow to handle client complaints; cutting the response time by 50%
- Managed (initiation to implementation phases) an intranet website for 300 resellers and 700 salesmen cutting manual information sharing by 70%

Software Engineer at EasyBusiness
  • France
  • June 2001 to January 2003

Developed and deployed in PHP/MySQL on Linux, one of the first CMS (Content Management System) launched in the country in 2001

Information Technology Instructor and Software Engineer at College Notre Dame De Nazareth
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 1995 to July 2000

- Developed a payroll application reducing salaries’ preparation time by 80%
- Taught complementary and secondary classes

Teacher at CIT School
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 1996 to September 1999

Teacher of technical classes : Algorithm, Foxpro, Database

Software Developer at PC Group IBM
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 1991 to August 1995

- Developed a software package (accounting, stock and payroll) and deployed it for more than 15 small and medium enterprises in different sectors
- Customized and deployed a F&B application for 9 luxury establishments

Education

Master's degree, Maître-Ingénieur en nouvelles technologies
  • at Paris II-Panthéon Assas University
  • September 2001
Higher diploma, TS Information Technology
  • at Sacré Coeur school– Gemayzé, Lebanon
  • July 1990

Informatique de Gestion

Specialties & Skills

JavaScript
Web Design
Web Development
Functional Specifications
International Standards
Photoshop
SharePoint 2007/2010
Php, HTML, Javascript, MySQL
Microsoft Office
Linux, Windows

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
French
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Project Management courses (Certificate)