Ahmed Elfawi, Projects Manager

Ahmed Elfawi

Projects Manager

International Business Corp (IBC), (Business partner for Infor ERP in Egypt and the meddle east)

Location
Egypt
Education
Master's degree, B
Experience
27 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 11 Months

Projects Manager at International Business Corp (IBC), (Business partner for Infor ERP in Egypt and the meddle east)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since March 2015

v Develop project charter.
v Define project scope, deliverables and expected benefits that support business case in collaboration with project sponsor.
v Create effective project and resource plans, ensuring costs/timescales are realistic and risk/issues are identified
v Identify and secure required resources
v Co-ordinate with the customers business departments and the resources and review any required business cases.

IT Manager at Thakher Investment and Real Estate Development
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2014 to October 2014

 Develop, coordinate and manage all IT company policies
 Responsible of all business enabling technologies (hardware and software-related), networking solutions and business process analysis as appropriate.
 Manage and coordinate all IT activities, including business process analysis.
 The selection and recommendation for SW and applications.
 ERP selection and implementation

ERP Project Manager at Fedex
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2010 to July 2014

 Overall responsibility of implementing Oracle ERP (EBS, Siebel and BI)
 Selecting Oracle partner for implementation, and selecting the consultants.
 Selecting the H/W among the vendors.
 Coordinated the integration efforts along with Project Lead to Integrate Siebel with the operation system.
 Prepare and follow up the project plan.
 Review the deliverables and coordinate with business owners to come back with the comments and approvals.

Applications Manager at Saudi Home Loans (SHL)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2008 to March 2010

 Manage Oracle, DBLS (Day Break Loan System) implementation.
v Ensure that the Business Rules are properly incorporated in the Lending system according to SHL latest Credit Policies.
v Raising Functional issues with Support Team in case of any deviation from the Credit policies
v Coordinate with Operations team on a daily basis and assisting them in the usage of Lending system.
v Manages day-to-day operational with operation and function team and assisting them in the usage of Lending system.
v Reviews deliverables prepared by team before passing to the production environment.
v Maintenance of the Lending system and plan any service outages in case of any problems faced by the Users
v Effectively conveys our message in both written and verbal business development discussions.
v Creates and executes project work plans and revises as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
v Note down the issues, raised if any, by the Users and raising the same with Offshore Support Team at Oracle
v Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
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Applications Manager at Eamar AlByader dev. and Trading Co. ( corporate for leading group of companies in the field of build
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2005 to October 2008

 Establish IT governance with department director, to assure the target of the IT project is the same as the business, the cost of the IT projrct should be controlled to maximise the production capabilties, besdies system change should not be an obstcal to the expansion of the bussiness, futhermore the risk controls.
 Direct the implementation of large scale projects at different companies of the group and business units inside each company.
 developing a multi-sourcing framework to grow, manage and focus multiple development organizations while determining the optimal use of internal vs. out sourced staff
 Act as a key advisor to the business in the analyses of the business requirements, and as enterprise wide technocal resources.
v Selection for the outsourcing software houses and any strategic partners.
v Conferming that the implementaion is going in the right stream according to Oracle implementation methodology (AIM).
v Advising in the steering committee of the group of companies meetings regarding the selection of suitable business partner who will implement the solution.
v Manage the IT requirements for Merge and Splitting of Companies

Financial Applications Track Manager at Eamar AlByader dev. and Trading Co. ( corporate for leading group of companies in the field of build
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2003 to November 2005

v Managed Oracle financial implementation project. This project included 4 core companies of Eamar group.
v Implemented Finance modules (GL, AP, AR, CM, FA).
v Assisting Financial Managers in taking decisions related to Special Accounting Requirements
v Defined several accounting procedures to handle special cases.
v Developing integrated sub-systems with the finance module to asses the copamnies special requirments.
v Lead the consultants' team across the companies of the group
v Communicate regularly on project progress to the IT director

Implementation Manager at Ghabbour Egypt (One of the leading companies in the automotive industry)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 1997 to May 2003

v Implemented Finance modules (GLD, ACP, ACR, CMG). Multi-Finance, Multi-Logistic Setup.
v Implemented Distribution modules (Sales, Purchasing, Inventory Control, Location Control, Lot Tracking, Replenishment Control).
v Implemented Manufacturing modules (BOM, Routing, Cost Accounting )
v User support ( Functional and Technical ).
v Designe the customizations that help to streamline business procedures.
v Complete Setup of integration ( Distribution-Finance).
v Determine project requirement, Time frame, and Funding limitation procedures for accomplishing project, staffing and allotment of available resources to various phases of project.
v Directs and coordinates of project personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
v Review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify schedules or planes as required.
v Prepare project reports for management.

Senior Application consultant of BaaN integrated system at Integrated systems international (affiliated to BaaN International)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 1996 to October 1997

v System design and implementation of BaaN finance and distribution modules for several companies in various industries in the Middle East
v Analyzed the exciting management process.
v Developed the system realigned processes & modeling
v Key user training
v Followed-up on the live implementation

Education

Master's degree, B
  • at University of Leicester
  • January 2010

MBA in MIS

Diploma, Managment
  • at Al-Sadat Academy
  • July 1993
Diploma, MIS
  • at Al-Sadat Academy
  • July 1992
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Alexandria University, Faculty of Commerce
  • May 1985

Specialties & Skills

Plan Implementation
Financial System Implementation
Business Case Preparation
Implementation Of Policies
Oracle Identity Manager
ERP Implementation, Oracle Project Manager, application manager, IT Manager

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

DBLS (Day Break Loan System)- i-Flex (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2008
Valid Until:
August 2008