Submitting more applications increases your chances of landing a job.

Here’s how busy the average job seeker was last month:

Opportunities viewed

Applications submitted

Keep exploring and applying to maximize your chances!

Looking for employers with a proven track record of hiring women?

Click here to explore opportunities now!
We Value Your Feedback

You are invited to participate in a survey designed to help researchers understand how best to match workers to the types of jobs they are searching for

Would You Be Likely to Participate?

If selected, we will contact you via email with further instructions and details about your participation.

You will receive a $7 payout for answering the survey.


User unblocked successfully
Abdulelah Al-Fouzan, Business Development Manager

Abdulelah Al-Fouzan

Business Development Manager·Microsoft

Saudi Arabia

Master's degree, MBA

Work experience

Total years of experience: 16 years, 1 months

Business Development Manager

September 2014 - Present

Microsoft

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

September 2014 - Present

- Achieved a 6000% improvement on audience reach to an existing education community engagement programs to promote the use of technology in education in alliance with Ministry of Education, universities and private school associations.
- Achieved a 2600% students reached by developing and executing on a national initiative to drive Computer Science awareness for young students during the Computer Science week.
- Creating partnerships with Microsoft partners, customers and NGOs to embed Microsoft tools and community programs within them that increased Microsoft audience reach within these entities.
- Heading localization projects for Middle East and Africa (MEA) area to enable the utilization of Microsoft assets and resources in MEA.
- Developed strategies for universities and schools to increase the number of 21st century-ready students within the education institutes. These strategies include modern curriculums, 21st century skills and professional certifications.
- Successfully Introduced and sold Microsoft latest education product, Minecraft: Education Edition to more than 6000 users.
- Achieved a 500% in Fiscal Year 2016 and 1800% in Fiscal year 2017 improvement for Office 365 activation for Higher Education students and staff.
- Orchestrated several STEM education pilots within Ministry of Education to introduce a modern programming initiatives out of 1 will be implemented in the next academic year and the 1st phase will be implemented in 2017-2018 academic year.
- Managing a group of 100 Influencers to drive Microsoft activities in the education communities.
- Managing the relationship between Microsoft and several executives in Ministry of Education and a number of private school associations.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Sales

Senior Credit Analyst

April 2008 - July 2012

Saudi Industrial Development Fund

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

April 2008 - July 2012

-Conducted feasibility studies and measured the financial, credit, and marketing risks for large scale projects and approved total loans of around US$110M.

-Monitored the implementation and the operation of a diversified portfolio of 15 investments, with around US$200M in net commitment, and made loan disbursements against these loans after assuring that the projects were implemented as projected.

-Assessed the financial position and the operations for a troubled.
company when the client was not able to repay the loan on a timely manner. Conducted a revised financial projection based on the company’s current operations and industry, which resulted in a revised repayment schedule that does not harm the company’s operation. In addition, I introduced market-oriented pricing for the client which resulted in a 3% increase in profit margin.

-Convinced a client to change the scope of the project to be in line with the recent changes in the Beverage Industry which resulted in an increase of total net sales of US$7M.

-Analyzed applicant’s financial status, credit and property evaluation to determine feasibility of granting loan request.

-Developed strong relationships with clients as a liaison between them and Saudi Industrial Development Fund which resulted in loan repayment on time and accurate reports on the company’s operation which is required by SIDF top management.

-Prepared A SWOT analysis for the new applicant, calculated the industry local supply and demand and Supply of the clients' products in order to assess the demand for the projects' products.

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Finance and Investment

Education

ESADE Business School

March 2014

March 2014

Master's degree, MBA

Spain

Concentrate : Marketing and Strategy.

Queen’s School of Business

March 2009

March 2009

Diploma, SIDF Credit Officer Development Program

Canada

Related Course Work: Corporate Finance. New Ventures. Strategic Thinking. Financial Institutions Management. Foreign Currency Exchange.

KFUPM

January 2008

January 2008

Bachelor's degree, MIS

Saudi Arabia

Skills

Soft Skills
Expert
Soft Skills
Expert
Business Valuation
Expert
Business Valuation
Expert
Industry Analysis
Expert
Industry Analysis
Expert
Strategic Thinking
Expert
Strategic Thinking
Expert
Customer Focus
Expert
Customer Focus
Expert
MS office (All)
Intermediate
MS office (All)
Intermediate
Finance
Expert
Finance
Expert
Customer Focus
Expert
Customer Focus
Expert
Strategic Thinking
Expert
Strategic Thinking
Expert
Industry Analysis
Expert
Industry Analysis
Expert
Business Valuation
Expert
Business Valuation
Expert
Soft Skills
Expert
Soft Skills
Expert

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Spanish
Beginner