Najlaa Ibrahim, Consultant

Najlaa Ibrahim

Consultant

AbuDhabi Chamber of Commerce

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Quality Management
Experience
15 years, 0 months

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Consultant at AbuDhabi Chamber of Commerce
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since August 2019

Main duties, for example but not limited to:
▪ Responsible for the Internal and External Audits operations and processes for maintaining
the accreditation/ certifications (includes the surviliance visits).
▪ Responsible for handling, managing and supervising the Integrated Managemnet System’s
procedures and operatuins (quality, envorioment, health and safty)
▪ Implement the reenginreeing processes project for the whole Chamber.
▪ Presneting and providing trainings and workshops in the quality mangement field.
▪ Prepar many system’s manulas such as Quality and IMS as well as prepare many different
procedures manuals such as change management and anlaysing the strategic context.
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▪ Responsible for conducting the surveys for measuring the stakeholders’s satisfactions.
Prepare the impromvement plans with concerned departments and put recommendations
for improvements.
▪ Spreading the quality culture within the Chamber by diffent means in order to ensure that
the quality is embedded in the organaization’s values and decision making.
▪ Responsible for the Internal Audits in the Chamber by planning and preparing for the audits,
carrying out IMS quality audits and providing recommendations and corrective actions.
▪ Carryout the management reviews with the Higher management for the continuous
improvement of the system.
▪ Responsible and working for the Customer Relationship Management System (CRM) by
monitoring the customer insights for improvments and continual satisfaction.
▪ Working on Risk Management framework (31000) and Businees continyity (22301).
▪ Implement the policies and procedures of the Training, Incentives and Institutional Programs
Department.
▪ Developing and designing new standards of excellence programs and linking them to award
programs to encourage excellence, innovation and business development.
▪ Assist the line manager in developing, launching and managing new award programs aimed at
increasing the added value of the Chamber's services and activities.
▪ Define and publish the criteria for these new awards and ensure that they are applied in accordance
with the governance system followed by the Chamber.
▪ Supervising the coordination and marketing of the Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Program, including
nomination, training and evaluation.
▪ Help and advise the concerned departments in developing their daily activities and operations in
accordance with the standards, models and statements of the European Organization for Quality
Management (EFQM) award and highlight its awards.
▪ Providing support and advice to Chamber employees nominated for Excellence Programs and
assisting them to pass the evaluation stage.
▪ Supervising coordination operations with external consulting firms in accordance with the
standards approved by the Chamber and in coordination with the line manager.
▪ Preparing reports for discussion and submitting them to the line manager.
▪ Compliance with environmental, health and safety laws and standards approved by the Chamber.
▪ Performing any other tasks assigned to the line manager.
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Supervisor - Quality Managemnt at AbuDhabi Chamber of Commerce
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since August 2019
Senior Executive at AlHindawi Excellence Group
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2018 to February 2019

Main duties, for example but not limited to:
Conducts coaching and consultancy services for the nominees and work on preparing and
improving their submissions files for internal and external awards.
Working on revising, drafting and editing excellence nomination’s submissions and applications as
per the set criteria and requirements of the government excellence program and the internal award.
Preparing improvement plan for each candidate based on the coaching sessions and the proposed
area of strengths and improvement areas specified.
Working on preparing the excellence plan including the responsibilities, tasks and the timeframe
required for submitting deliverables of the concerned client.
Working on updating and enhancing related manuals and policies and conducting translation for
submissions files.
Working on drafting and preparing related excellence workshop for the candidates.
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Conducts and participate in institutional and individual excellence assessments for internal and
external awards, prepare the feedback reports, conducts assessments meetings and prepare the
final related results and scoring sheet as well as provide recommendations for improvement.
Attending meetings with senior consultants and assist in collecting information, taking notes,
sending the required amendments based on the discussions during the meetings and following up
on its application.
Coordinating with concerned departments within the government organization re excellence
submission, candidates, documents, evidences and any other related matters.
Communicating and following up with the concerned parties either internally with teamwork or
externally with the government organization in all projects phases beginning of the introductory
meetings until the final submission on the system, results announcements and reports of results
analysis.
Conduct required analysis whenever required by using specific tools and techniques for ensuring
having factual based decisions supported by evidences regards selection and prioritizations.
Any other responsibilities may be requested by direct line manager.

Senior Executive - Quality Assurance at Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2016 to May 2018

Working with the Director, team and consultants on the preparation of the DGEP-4G submissions ‎for the different categories and medals as follows:‎
‎-‎ Conduct sessions with the concerned, related teams, individuals and departments for the ‎awareness of the new standards requirements.‎
‎-‎ Conduct meetings with the concerned teams and departments for collecting capabilities and ‎setting matching results. ‎
‎-‎ Conduct coaching sessions for the nominees and work on preparing and improving their ‎submissions files.‎
‎-‎ Preparing improvement plan for each candidate based on the coaching sessions and the ‎proposed area of strengths and improvement areas specified.‎
‎-‎ Work on gathering and compiling all the required data from the concerned departments for the ‎preparation for the award submission.‎
‎-‎ Work on the 4G system and matching the capabilities with the results for each criterion on the ‎system as well as entering the medals submission for each nominee.‎
‎-‎ Prepare and organize the mock assessments session for the award submission.‎
‎-‎ Revising the feedback reports, create gap analysis and provide recommendations for ‎improvements and enhancements.‎
‎-‎ Coordinate and handle with Executive Council and Dubai Model all their requirements.‎
Execute the quality assurance activities and support the recommendation of improvements where ‎applicable in order to ensure the adherence of the different departments to the desired quality ‎standards.‎
‎ Communicate internally with all departments; to ensure understanding of and compliance with ‎quality standards and to review the processes in line with award criteria as well as externally with ‎Government agencies; to coordinate the quality accreditation / certification of DTCM and ‎accreditation agencies such as ISO; to coordinate visits and certifications.‎

Executive Coordinator at Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2012 to August 2016

Main duties, for example but not limited to:
Preparing Audit Reports' drafts by summarizing the related information from supporting documents,
typing, organizing format, edit and proofreading.
Make sure that the reports are going through the proper Audit cycle by following up on the report
beginning from sending it to auditees until submit it to the Director General.
Preparing and drafting the Critical Audit Observations as instructed by the Director and follow up on
their issuance until the final submission for the Director General.
Preparing an Executive Summary report of the issued Observations for each year to be used during
the follow up sessions with the auditees.
Provide support and gather related information during the preparation of the yearly Audit Plan.
Planning, organizing and managing the administrative activities of the Internal Audit Department and
ensuring compliance with the organization's policies & procedures.
Providing and handling all office support functions and ensure efficiency and effectiveness within the
Department.
Serve as the first contact point for the Department and acts as day-to-day operational liaison with
other departments.
Screening phone calls, enquiries and requests; and handling them when appropriate.
Reporting to and work on a one-to-one basis with the Director of the, providing senior level of
secretarial and clerical services.
Acting on behalf of the Director, for example: dealing with and responding to the incoming email,
letters, memos and faxes; sending emails, writing letters and memos, handling the telephone calls.
Help in organizing and planning the Director's time; maintain and handle the diaries; making the
appointments and ensure making the best use of his time.
Handle, manage and arrange all the travel-planning tasks for the overseas audit visits i.e.: visa
issuance, flight booking, hotel accommodation and transportation.
Providing the administrative support in the preparation of correspondences, reports, schedules,
confidential materials and various audit issues.
Conducting researches prepare presentations and/or complete information as required for the
Director.

Office Manager at University of Sharjah
  • United Arab Emirates
  • March 2008 to February 2012

Main duties, for example but not limited to:
Provides administrative support to the college by introducing, updating and maintaining effective
systems and procedures generally; perform, and coordinate a variety of secretarial, administrative
and clerical duties necessary to run the department efficiently in particular.
Acting as the college/department primary point of contact by handling most of the communications
between engineering departments, other departments, university centers, students and
organizations outside the university.
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Prepares meaningful and accurate reports or documentation to support the effectiveness of the
department.
Arranging meeting appointments and ensure the chairman is well prepared for the meetings.
Creating different types of memos such as enquiries, complaints, motions and responses using
desktop publishing software (Microsoft Office), handle incoming and out coming memos, and
coordinate its distribution.
Processing a considerable amount of confidential and sensitive information in support of
administrative activities, which may include financial, student or staff related issues.
Keyboarding, answering the telephone and the emails, retrieving information from the websites,
arranging and transferring calls, faxing and stationery ordering.
Providing advice to the faculty and students in support of effective functioning of the college and in
line with university policy and procedures.
Interacting directly with the students and their parents, handling their issues, request and complains.

Education

Master's degree, Quality Management
  • at Australian University of Wollongong
  • January 2016
Diploma, Office Management
  • at Development Institute for Science and Computer
  • January 2013

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering (Computer Science
  • at University of Sharjah
  • January 2005

Specialties & Skills

Quality Auditing
MEETING FACILITATION
MICROSOFT OFFICE
ADMINISTRATION
MANAGEMENT

Languages

Arabic
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English
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