Ahmed Baaboud

Manage the HR planning and budgeting, organization design, job evaluation, and manpower planning and policies functions for Mobily with high emphasize on improving the corporate efficiency and agility in order to enable the turn-around strategy.

Strategically align with CXOs to ensure properly addressing all HR issues faced and come up with innovative solutions for the favor of the company and its human capital.

Working in the Strategic HR Department as a lead internal consultant influencing the establishment of necessary OD and job evaluation processes and procedures.
Main Responsibilities:
• Establishing the organization structure and job evaluation basic structure, processes and procedures.
• Evaluating organization structure and job evaluation proposals.
• Actively participate in the Human Capital Management Initiative projects such as (leading) the competency framework development, job titles unification and organization structure review across the company.

Served as a head of the Department aiming to optimize the Company’s headcounts cost, anticipate operational needs and adjust manpower plans based on the Company’s operational and strategic directions.
Main Responsibilities:
• Lead a team that planned and monitored Mobily's operational and strategic manpower planning activities.
• Report the manpower detailed budget status to the CHRO on monthly and quarterly basis.
• Developed a strategic workforce planning framework for the company.

Lead the Corporate Job Evaluation function which is responsible to evaluate all jobs in the company and work closely with the compensation team to ensure proper alignment with the market value of jobs via salary surveys. Also, headed the job evaluation committee which evaluates all senior jobs and responsible to secure Corporate Management approval for the recommended evaluations.
Main Responsibility:
• Leading the Job Evaluation division with frequent interactions with company's executive management.
• Identify the list of jobs to be used in salary surveys ensuring comprehension of all necessary functions and levels.
• Participate in job matching sessions and review the survey match-line.

Worked as the Organization Consultant with different Departments within the Company with the purpose of evaluating different re-organization proposals.
Main Responsibilities:
• Worked with KAPSARC management to evaluate a proposed organization structure and recommended a new organization structure with less levels of management
• Developed organization structure for newly established advanced security operations function.
• Handled diverse organization structure projects within different areas of Saudi Aramco .

Assigned with the Compensation Division analyzing and reviewing different compensation proposals
Main Responsibilities:
• Participated in analyzing salary surveys data and recommending options to management.
• Reviewed consultants’ recommended salary structure for new organizations affiliated with Saudi Aramco.
• Reviewed and recommended a proposal for lawyers compensation in the company.

Assigned within the Job Evaluation division focusing on the review and evaluation of jobs at grade 15 and below in the company.
Main Responsibilities:
• Evaluated job evaluation requests and recommended placement. Additionally, participated in several Salary Surveys of different functions across different markets.
• Developed a set of strategic and operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for a newly established Business - Higher Education Institute Partnership.

Progressed through the levels within the division participating and leading different projects/ initiatives across the company with the overall purpose of improving the organizational performance (including processes, systems and people) . The projects included area such as process improvement, key performance indicator development, employee and customer surveys, benchmarking, manpower requirement assessments and others.
Main Responsibilities:
• Participated in the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) framework business case development and implementation.
• Initiated research, gathered data, created and delivered presentations to managers and supervisors on Lean Six Sigma overview, projects selection and projects definition.
• Assessed operations, maintenance and engineering divisions’ manpower for three gas plants as a team lead. The study showed potential for more than 15% manpower reductions.
• Developed a set of strategic and operational Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for a newly established Business - Higher Education Institute Partnership.
• Worked with team members to deliver an innovative organizational structure facilitating the execution of the Finance Business Line’s new vision.
• Spearheaded three benchmarking studies for Saudi Aramco’s Transportation Department; studies focused on benchmarking performance measures, industry best practices and becoming best in class