Mohammed Raffa, Associate Director Operations

Mohammed Raffa

Associate Director Operations

Alrebal Alkhalejy Est. for Construction

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Diploma, Problem Solving & Decision Making
Experience
28 years, 2 Months

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Total years of experience :28 years, 2 Months

Associate Director Operations at Alrebal Alkhalejy Est. for Construction
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since November 2020

- Ensure that projects are completed
- Managing day-to-day operations
- Managing the budget
- Monitoring industry trends and new developments in the field
- Reviewing and editing scripts, proposals & other materials
- Developing long-term strategies
- Managing contracts and negotiations with outside vendors
- Developing program, policy & procedure

Head of Customers Care at United Cooperative Assurance
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2018 to November 2020

-Responsible for overall company satisfaction
-Improve customers services experience
-Create customers engagement and facilitate service growth
-Develop company services policy
-Implement and monitor SLAs with all departments and vendors
-Effectively handle all complaints received from different channels
-Receive, attend and follow up in customers inquiries
-Insure that all team members acquire the appropriate support and training
-Achieve positively to the business strategy and work
-Establish and develop call center and customer care system
-Insure that all staff are aware of the risk management and compliance requirements

Customers Care Director at Aljazira Takaful
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 2018 to October 2018

-Responsible for overall company satisfaction
-Improve customers services experience
-Create customers engagement and facilitate service growth
-Develop company services policy
-Implement and monitor SLAs with all departments and vendors
-Effectively handle all complaints received from different channels
-Receive, attend and follow up in customers inquiries
-Insure that all team members acquire the appropriate support and training
-Achieve positively to the business strategy and work
-Establish and develop call center and customer care system
-Insure that all staff are aware of the risk management and compliance requirements
-Following up on the collection of the monthly contributions

Certified Trainer at Ultimate Progress
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2017 to March 2018

Train Administration & Soft Skills to Companies Employees

Branches Manager at Ejada United
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • May 2017 to October 2017

-Providing the branches with any opportunities.
-Ensure policies and procedures are communicated and followed.
-Building a favorable company image.
-Helping in resolve problems and complaints as they arise
-Guide branches teams to achieve better sales and penetrate properly their area
-Supervision of the direct sales program.
-Arranging for a merchandising and promotional activity.
-Daily manage branches via reports and follow ups
-Placing expenses, customer discounts, and pricing to maintain profit levels.
-Updating the branches with the products knowledge.
-Insure that the branches understand the products applications.
-Assign and directs all work performed in the branches and supervises all areas of operation in accordance with established company.
-Creates a culture and a team that works together to meet customer needs and achieve desired results.
-Periodically evaluates the performance of branch personnel, develop goals and objectives.
-Promote an environment of empowerment, respect, and trust while holding team members accountable for their actions.
-Periodic branches managers meetings.
-Complete and submit in a timely manner all necessary paperwork regarding personnel, accounting, accounts payable, etc.
-Manages workflow to assist staff in balancing priorities.
-Ensuring that all work is accomplished with an appropriate sense of urgency.
-Coordinate annual inventory and manage branches inventory status
-Ensures facility is maintained
-Providing an emergency plan if needed.

Branches Manager at Team Time
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2014 to September 2016

- Providing the branches with any opportunities.
- Ensure policies and procedures are communicated and - followed.
- Building a favorable company image.
- Helping in resolve problems and complaints as they arise
- Guide branches teams to achieve better sales and penetrate properly their area
- Supervision of the direct sales program.
- Arranging for a merchandising and promotional activity.
- Daily manage branches via reports and follow ups
- Placing expenses, customer discounts, and pricing to maintain profit levels.
- Updating the branches with the products knowledge.
- Insure that the branches understand the products applications.
- Assign and directs all work performed in the branches and supervises all areas of operation in accordance with established company.
- Creates a culture and a team that works together to meet customer needs and achieve desired results.
- Periodically evaluates the performance of branch personnel, -develop goals and objectives.
- Promote an environment of empowerment, respect, and trust while holding team members accountable for their actions.

Head - Marketing & Sales at Dr. Erfan & Bagedo General Hospital
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2014 to July 2014

- Formulate, direct and coordinate Marketing activities and policies to promote services.
- Identify, develop or evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, Marketing characteristics, cost and markup factors
- Direct the hiring, training, performance evaluation of marketing and sales staff of their daily activities
- Evaluate the financial aspects of the services development
- Develop pricing strategies, balancing the hospital objectives and customers satisfactions
- Initiate marketing research studies
- Forecasting & strategic planning to ensure the sales and profitability of services
- Participating in hospital committee functions as assigned
- Effectively interacts with various levels of managements
- Recommend modifications to services processes
- Managing the promotional activities
- Interacting with media and press
- Organizing symposiums, conferences and medical lectures

Property Manager ( General Manager - Roshana Altahlia Center ) at Saqifat Al Safa
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 2012 to December 2013

- Working on promoting the company services to offer its services to new customers and making deals for new projects
- Running the new business with the best experience
- Preparing the offers and the contracts
- Hiring the capable people
- Coordinating between the owners and the representatives
- Following up on business and payments
- Setting up the plans
- Following up with the marketing companies for the business use
- Getting the best price from the maintenance, cleanliness and security providers.
- Periodic visits for the existing projects
- Periodic reports
- Staff evaluation

Senior Department Manager ( Operations & Social Responsibility ) at Homex
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 2011 to March 2012

- Following up on collections for housing in a timely manner
- Sharing best practices found in the most successful branches
- Negotiating with mortgage lenders and banks to get the best response times for the branches
- Generating a weekly cash flow programs
- Pushing sales and housing areas so that they deliver the raw materials needed for clients and housing developments
- Following up on all processes and sub processes
- Establishing rules and procedures for promotion and publicity expenses in branches
- Complying with budgets in accordance to commitment to sales force
- Establishing rules, parameters, and sales policies to start the sales process.
- Looking after the community service in each project by applying the best solutions via the social responsibility
- Handled Marketing materials & Marketing research

Relationship Manager at National Commecial Bank - Small Business Department (Long Guarantee Program – برنامج كفالة)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2009 to March 2011

- Credit Facilities study regarding trade finance, letter of guarantee & letter of credit
- Customers ( Small Establishments - 20 million SR sales per year ) Acquisition
- Offer Financial advisory services
- Maintaining clients portfolio
- Clients Debts Collection

Relationship Manager ( Companies payroll ) at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2006 to June 2009

- Meet ongoing customer service needs & requirements to ensuring full satisfaction
- Complying with all bank regulatory and procedures.
- Maintaining all client data regarding inquiries and complaints in the system for account planning and development
- Promote teamwork with peers & and other NCB partners
- Networking with other NCB customer support units
- Lead and manage service delivery for our client
- Set and agree quality standards in terms of processing times, response time and issue resolution.
- Prepare quality policies and procedures for the department and communicate to all relevant employees
- Champion understanding of our customers base through reviewing feedback on service quality, take appropriate action and communicate to the concern individuals.
- Investigate and address all significant customer complaint and quality services issues

Payroll assistance manager / Segment manager at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2004 to October 2006

- Customers' management.
- Customers' satisfaction.
- Communicate with customers, management, internal departments and vendors to coordinate overall marketing effort in accordance with corporate goals.
- Managing government sector payroll business.
- Sales plan arrangement.
- Supporting payroll sales.
- Managing direct sales to sell inside the employers' locations during any event.
- Conducted a regular branch visits to better understanding front office & customers' behavior toward the products' features & criteria.
- Business alignment with research department to focus on certain segments.
- Developed salary transfer process to ease payroll shifting to NCB.
- Participated in credit operation & legal matters.
- Developed below the line (BTL) sub-major promotions to different sectors.
- Specified & aligned business objectives for all above the line (ATL) campaigns in relation with the business customers.

Upscale Program Manager Assistance / Operation Manager at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2003 to August 2004

- Managing the Wessam (Upscale) gifts program.
- Managing all Al Wessam (Upscale) customers coding.
- Managing all Al Wessam (Upscale) internal process.
- Periodic lecturing of new recruits about Al Wessam program.
- Planning, developing and executing of various projects
- Recuring meetings with branch mangers to find out what is the wessam customers problems & needs

Upscale Marketing Officer at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2001 to September 2003

- Developing quarterly special offers for Al Wessam (upscale) customers.
- Working and aligning with agency on media and
co-coordinating advertising campaigns.
- Organizing and executing of exhibitions and some Wessam conferences

Studies Analyzer at Saudi Football Development Committee
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2002 to June 2002

Studies on how to develop saudi football System by using an internet, magazines, news papers, research etc...

Phone Banking Supervisor at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 1999 to September 2001

Managing teamwork.
Communicating with other departments and branches to ensure prompt and solved customer complaints.

Phone Panking Customer Services at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • June 1998 to July 1999

Solving all customer complaints by phone (Toll Free).

Credit Analyst at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 1997 to June 1998

Providing companies with facilities by making a credit studies.

Electrical Engineer at Arabia Electric Limited Company (SIEMENS)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 1996 to February 1997

- Conducting the maintenance of siemens equipments in all the saudi hospitals.
- Installing siemens equipments in hospitals.

Sales Representative at Ahmed Hassan Fitaihi Company Limited
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 1989 to August 1991

Sales Representative in fitaihi center during summer of 89, 90 & 91. Selling crystals, gifts, wedding candies & dinner sets.

Education

Diploma, Problem Solving & Decision Making
  • at National Commercial bank
  • February 2011
Diploma, Communication Skills
  • at National Commercial Bank
  • December 2010
Diploma, Negotiation Skills
  • at National Commercial Bank
  • November 2010
Diploma, Recovery & Remedial Management
  • at The Institute of Banking
  • June 2010
Diploma, Financial accounting
  • at Institute of banking
  • February 2010
Diploma, Coaching to Improve Performance
  • at National commercial bank
  • December 2009

Coaching to Improve Performance

Diploma, Trainers performance development
  • at Next Up training Center
  • November 2009

Trainers performance development ( 6 certificates from / European College, European Training Institute, Global NLP Training & Consulting Community , The American Board of Neuro -Linguistic Programming, Self Development & Development Training Attendance Certificate )

Diploma, Emotional Intelligence
  • at National Commercial Bank
  • June 2009
Diploma, Project Management
  • at National Commercial Bank
  • May 2008
Diploma, Successfully using data for business analysis
  • at Institute for International Research ( IIR )
  • June 2005

Using microsoft excell equations for business decision

Diploma, ·Essentials of Developing a Marketing Plan
  • at Institute for International Research ( IIR )
  • October 2003
Diploma, Microsoft Excel 2000 Proficiency
  • at Traco Institute of Computer Training
  • April 2003
Diploma, Brand Positioning
  • at Institute for International Research ( IIR )
  • October 2002
Diploma, Product Launching
  • at Institute for International Research ( IIR )
  • September 2002
Diploma, Improving Interpersonal & Business Relationships
  • at Brain Power
  • September 2002
Diploma, Fundamental Concepts of Marketing
  • at The Institute of Banking
  • May 2002
Diploma, Supervisory Skills
  • at National Commercial Bank
  • May 2000
Diploma, NCB Credit Cards Products & Services
  • at National Commercial Bank
  • April 2000
Diploma, Introduction to Bank Lending
  • at The Institute of Banking
  • July 1997
Diploma, Relation Between Credit & Trade Business
  • at National Commercial Bank
  • May 1997
Diploma, § Participation in Corporate & Institutional Banking Division
  • at National Commercial Bank
  • March 1997
Diploma, Computer for Business Application
  • at Jeddah Training Center
  • January 1997
Diploma, Introduction to Banking
  • at National Commercial Bank
  • January 1997
Diploma, Medical Equipments Maintenance Training
  • at Dr. Erfan & Bagedo General Hospital
  • January 1996
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineer
  • at King Abdul Aziz University
  • July 1995

i am a bio medical engineer

Diploma, Medical Equipments Maintenance Training
  • at Al-Hikma Medical Supplies & Services Co., Ltd
  • September 1994
Diploma, General english
  • at King's School of English
  • September 1993

Study & Practice in : 1 – Comprehension of Spoken & Written English 2 – Vocabulary & Grammatical Structure 3 – Conversational Skills 4 – Pronunciation & Intonation

Diploma, English Course
  • at Tihama Interscope Training Center
  • August 1990

Speech, Grammer & Talking

Diploma, Sakher Computer Basics & programming.
  • at Sakher Center for Training
  • February 1990
Diploma, General English
  • at Corporate Training & Development
  • October 1987

Speech, Grammer & Talking

Specialties & Skills

Training
Marketing
Strategising
Bank Relations
Managed multiple projects at once in a team environment.
· Able to convey an atmosphere of support to my staff
· Can manage and work with high level of responsibilities.
·Effective knowledge in marketing
· Business application knowledge in software (Word, Excel & Power Point).
·Able to convey messages to people.
·Strong on follow-up and handling customer complaints
• Lecturer at National commercial bank training center – Banking induction program
• Volunteer at the National Commercial Bank community services program as a lecturer introducing the
• Volunteer at the National Commercial Bank Ambassador Program as a facilitator
• Certified trainer from technical education and vocational training corporation

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

National Commercial Bank
  • Lecturer at National commercial bank training center – Banking induction program
  • January 2002
National Commercial Bank
  • Volunteer at the community services program as a lecturer introducing Special programs to schools
  • January 2007
National Commercial Bank
  • Volunteer at the National Commercial Bank Ambassador Program as a facilitator
  • January 2008
National Commercial Bank
  • Head of Coaching committee ( Coaching trainees how to decide effectively )
  • January 2009