Ahmed Galal, Operational Excellence Senior Director

Ahmed Galal

Operational Excellence Senior Director

Yomn for Events Management, Public Relations and Communications Services

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Diploma, Advanced Diploma in Sales Management (Level 5)
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Operational Excellence Senior Director at Yomn for Events Management, Public Relations and Communications Services
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since November 2023

Full responsibility of the Operational Excellence Division, Reporting to CEO and heading a team of 18 members. Optimizing the company operational management performance, controls and clients successes management ensure profitability and sustainable business growth.

Group Financial Controller at International Engineering Union for Industries
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2023

► SCOPE: Full responsibility of the Finance Division, Reporting to CFO and heading a team of 17 members. Optimizing the company financial performance, controls and accounting accuracy ensure profitability and sustainable business growth.

Internal Controls and Operational Audit Director at Fields for Trading and Industry
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2019 to November 2022

► SCOPE: Full responsibility of the Internal Control & Audit Department, Reporting to CEO and heading a team of 12 members. Providing technical audits and internal controls guidance to help ensure that operational risks in business are well defined, managed proactively and issues are dealt with in a timely manner.

▪️Successfully implemented and monitored an internal control framework, resulting in a reduction of financial errors and data inconsistencies by 50%.
▪️Spearheaded the integration of new ERP system, identifying and addressing potential control issues and streamlining business processes.
▪️Collaborated with leadership team to identify areas of process improvements, leading to a 20% increase in operational efficiency.
▪️Implemented new compliance training programs and policies, improving compliance rates by 25% and reducing compliance violations by 40%.
▪️Participated in cross-functional teams for various projects, such as system implementations, budgeting process and risk assessments, to ensure internal control considerations were addressed.

Loss Prevention Manager (MENA & Turkey) at Magrabi Retail - Corporate Level
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2012 to July 2017

► SCOPE: Overseeing Loss Prevention Department including (objectives and budgets), with full responsibility of (Inventory Control - Revenue Control - Store Inspection) on the corporate level, reporting to CEO and headed 13 team members regionally.

• Powerfully controlled about 250 retails in 10 different countries with 900 thousand sales transactions annually.
• Successfully established cash discount policy for 4000 employee and business partners and Implemented fixed price policy that reduced cash discount by 50%.
• Established store compliance processes and report according to the organizational KPIs that enhanced compliance percentage up to 90%.
• Developed and implemented shortage awareness program across all organization levels to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of operation management system.

Audit Manager - Saudi, Arabian Gulf, North Africa & Levant at Magrabi Retail - Corporate Level
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2009 to April 2012

► SCOPE: Overseeing Operational Audit Department regionally on (Saudi, Arabian Gulf, and North Africa & Levant) on the corporate level, reporting to CEO and headed 10 team members.

• Powerfully launched auditing program for 220 stores that equivalent to about 500 auditing hour yearly.
• Dramatic improvement in efficiency, productivity and business processes, then published the first Operational Audit Report (OAR) that included about “200” finding and the appropriate corrective actions to be taken.
• Review performance of operation management systems and identify weaknesses and develop control mechanisms to ensure the functional integrity.

Head of Inventory Control Department - Group Level at Magrabi Retail - Saudi, Arabian Gulf, North Africa & Levant
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2008 to April 2009

► SCOPE: Overseeing Inventory Control Department regionally on (Saudi, Arabian Gulf, and North Africa & Levant) on a corporate level, reporting to CFO and CEO and headed 7 team members in different countries.

• Powerfully developed and applied about 10 policies for Inventory Control such as (Shrinkage - Damaged handling policy - Set for sock take - Physical count procedures etc.) within about 1 year.
• Professionally played the liaison role between the company and external stakeholders regarding all related issues .
• Conducted random audit visits to all retail and distribution centers “300+” to ensure consistency, compliance and accuracy.

Head of Inventory and Warehouse at Paris Gallery - Fashion Retail
  • Qatar - Doha
  • May 2007 to November 2008

► SCOPE: Full responsibility of Inventory Management and Warehouse including Inventory (Planning - Controlling - Costing - Reporting) for the group (Paris Gallery retail - Gulf Beauty whole sale), reporting to CFO UAE and Chairman Qatar headed 17 team members.

• Successfully Established 5 policies and procedures for inventory management system and successfully implemented on “Oracle” System, in 6 months.
• Accurately established inventory management process that assures the actual stock; achieving more than 90% of stock accuracy.

Inventory Control Section Head at AB-Care for medical supplies
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2003 to May 2007

Assume responsibility for inventory accuracy on daily, monthly & annually reporting.

Senior Accountant at Talaat Mustafa Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2002 to June 2003
Assistant Store Manager at Radio Shack for Electronics.
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2001 to June 2002

Handling opening and closing procedures

Education

Diploma, Advanced Diploma in Sales Management (Level 5)
  • at Oxford Home Study Collage, UK
  • December 2021
Diploma, Certified , Internal Controls Auditor
  • at Institute for internal control USA | 2012
  • November 2012
Diploma, Certified , Internal Controls Specialist
  • at Institute for internal control USA | 2012
  • November 2012
Diploma, Accounting Standards
  • at H.P.A ( High Professional Accountant )
  • April 2006

(Degree : V.Good ),

Diploma, Accounting Computer Diploma
  • at Technology Information Center
  • January 2002

Accounting Cycle by using Accounting Programs.

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Cairo University
  • May 2000

Specialized in Accounting. (General cumulative grade of Good)

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Monthly Reporting
Profit & Loss Management
Inventory Accuracy
Microsoft PowerPoint
Advanced Loss Prevention Management
Auditing and Investigation
Revenue Assurance
Project Management
Business Development Strategies
People Development and Leadership
Fraud Management
Sales & Retail Management
Inventory & Shrinkage Control

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Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Advanced Diploma in Sales Management (Level 5) | Oxford Home Study Collage, USA (Certificate)
Project Management Professional | Knowledge Hut, Egypt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Fraud Detection, Investigation & Prevention | VMAC Business Intel., Dubai (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012
Advanced Loss Prevention Certificate | 360BSI & Australian Security School of Investigations, Dubai (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2011
Level 2 Certificate in Retail Management I Global Edulink, UK (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2020
CELEMI Tango (Training)
Training Institute:
CELEMI The power of Training |Egypt |2015
Leadership Tracking Program – 2 Years (Training)
Training Institute:
Logic | 2010
Effective Management Skills Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Qatar Center For Career Development
Fraud & The Internal Audit Role (Training)
Training Institute:
Informa, The Gorge Washington University , Dubai | 2015

Hobbies

  • Football Player
  • Travelling & Culture Exposure
    Visited 13 countries across the globe.
  • Shooting and Horse Ridding