Fouad Felemban, HR Projects - SAP

Fouad Felemban

HR Projects - SAP

Olayan Financing Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Industrial Management
Experience
17 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 11 Months

HR Projects - SAP at Olayan Financing Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2015 to December 2017

- Lead 16 Companies and 1900 employees to SAP HR Core Modules.
- Worked with HR heads to eliminated manual activities in 2 major HR processes.
- Conduct Training to 25 Core Users and 800+ End Users.
- Establish HR System Governance Section
- Direct and coordinate activities of project personnel.
- Negotiate with project stakeholders and service providers to obtain resources or modify requirements.
- Assess current or future needs and priorities through communicating directly with stakeholders.
- Monitor the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedback.
- Meet with functional heads, consultants, and super/core users, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.
- Provide end users with direction and support for user related problems.

Group Manager, Rewards and Remuneration at Olayan Financing Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2012 to May 2015

- Promote rewards agenda across 22 Companies in the group.
- Develop or administer special projects in areas such as pay equity, executive 360 Degree Feedback program, and employee engagement.
- Launched and approved new policies:- Employee Harassment- Child Labor- Equal Opportunity)
- Champion enhancements to Bonus Scheme review and Pay scale Review
- Apply Reward schemes and remuneration process post performance management program.
- Apply Business Days leave vs. Calendar Days.
- Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, and helping resolve work-related problems.
- Conduct exit interviews to identify reasons for employee termination.

Compensation & Benefits Manager - GCC at PepsiCo Internatinal
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • July 2007 to April 2012

- Build the HR function and assign shared services across 4 GCC entities.
- Roll-out payroll system across two entities with separate policies, and
- Achieve Payroll Compliance Score at 5 out of 5
- Pushed Saudization from 30% to 50% at management level, with low attrition rate of 5%.
- Achieved satisfactory audit score on Values and Code of Conduct awareness
- Harmonization of 3 Benefits across 3 GCC Entities:- Leave Policy- Children Education- Cross-companies EOSI Policy
- Implement benefits to increase the quality of life for employees.
- Prepare and maintain job descriptions with defined job levels and families, in partnership with other department heads.
- Harmonization of 3 Benefits across 3 GCC Entities:- Leave Policy- Children Education- Cross-companies EOSI Policy
- Conduct exit interviews to identify reasons for employee termination.
- Established employee relocation service via specialized vendors.
- Conduct the Annual Hay Salary survey for KSA Entities.

Compensation & Benefits Manager at Saudi Snack Food Co Ltd - Affiliate of PepsiCo
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2006 to July 2007

- Lead the Compensation & Benefits Agenda across GCC Entities
- Lead the grading system change:- 1264 employees- 155 positions to 121 positions.- 8 Levels to 11 grades.
- Launch new Dist. Center in UAE:- New payroll division, via Riyadh.- HR Policies and Procedure- Pay scale and benefits scheme.
- Manage employee insurance program, (Medical & Life) with insurance brokers to cover for a total of 2, 400 members.
- Research employee benefit and best practices and recommend changes or modifications to existing policies.

HR Admin Supervisor at Saudi Snack Foods Co Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • September 2003 to October 2006

- Managed GOSI Payments to ensure timely payments.
- Improved medical insurance logistics for card deliveries and reimbursement processes.
- Introduced automated attendance tracking system to replace traditional system.
- Reduced End of Service process time by 50%.

Customer Service Coordinator at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Mecca
  • June 2001 to August 2003

- Introduce and deliver personal financing products to various gov. sectors via meeting with officials.
- Worked with team to push branch ranking from 25th place to 5th place within 6 months

HR Supervisor at Banawi Industrial Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2000 to June 2001

- Launched new policies and update current policies. (i.e. Merit Increase)
- SR 50, 000 monthly savings on Mobile Phone Policy
- Monthly payroll, and HR Admin tasks.
- Centralized Administration and archiving system.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Management
  • at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
  • December 1999

This is a general management major that undertakes subjects from all of the College's Management majors. The majors covered were Marketing, MIS, Accounting, Economics, and Management.

Specialties & Skills

Code of Conduct
Policy Review
Training Delivery
Compensation and Benefits
Training
MS Excel
Project Management
HR Systems

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Train the Trainer (Training)
Training Institute:
Ezdihar Training Center
Date Attended:
August 2017
Duration:
66 hours
SAP HCM Overview (Training)
Training Institute:
SAP Middle East
Date Attended:
April 2015
Duration:
80 hours

Hobbies

  • Cycling
  • Scuba diving
    Advanced Diver Uncompleted Rescue Diver.