Ghassan Abduljawad, General director of International Cooperations and Strategy advisor

Ghassan Abduljawad

General director of International Cooperations and Strategy advisor

Ministry of Transportation

Lieu
Arabie Saoudite
Éducation
Baccalauréat, Industrial engineering
Expérience
19 years, 4 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :19 years, 4 Mois

General director of International Cooperations and Strategy advisor à Ministry of Transportation
  • Arabie Saoudite
  • Je travaille ici depuis août 2016

Managing Interantional and governmental cooperations. VRO / Strategy & Transformation advisor

Head of Strategy & PMO (OSM manager) à SAMA ( Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency)
  • Arabie Saoudite - Riyad
  • mars 2014 à juillet 2016

•Develop a performance driven organisation through a comprehensive and sustainable strategy management framework, whereby all organisational levels are aligned with respect to the strategic direction of SAMA. •Working with top management and consultants to define a change agenda and formulate a comprehensive Strategy aligned with the Mission, Vision and Values. •Acting as change agent for the organization transformation and Translate the strategy into execution and make the Strategy an “everyone’s job” by conduction training sessions and workshops. •Link the strategy with the operations: allocate resources; define budgets and processes needed. •Manage all aspects of strategic PM operations (including resourcing, formal project controls, quality assurance and contractual requirements. •Coaching and building capability of the team (6 employees) - driving organizational effectiveness and accountability. •Participate in develop tools and techniques for in-house PM system. •Ensures continuous improvement of the PMO’ activities performances & Monitor & control PM Officers performances

Business Planning & Strategy Manager à Maaden (Saudi Arabian Minining Company)
  • Arabie Saoudite - Riyad
  • juin 2011 à mars 2014

•Proactively assisting Management Committee and Aluminium companies Board of Directors on managing the project from planning initiatives to transform Aluminium SBU (Strategic Business Unit) and Companies to global competitor including business development, corporate citizenship and communications strategies
•Streamlining strategic plans to achieve company’s aspiration and annual business targets for both hard targets (financials, throughput, etc.) and soft targets (talent retention, new product development, etc.)
•Spearheading the team of planers and analysts and providing clear direction, prioritizing tasks, assigning, delegating the responsibility & monitoring the workflow of the Strategy & Planning Department
•Working in coordination with government authorities, utilities supply sectors, industrial firms, universities, technical canters and other concerned government sectors, lenders, and obtaining connections with downstream investors
•Handling the performance scorecard (KPI) and supporting the Head of SBU in performance management process that is conducted periodically and arranges meetings to oversee performance
•Deftly identifying potential investment opportunities and assisting in developing growth in Metals business, both upstream and downstream and evaluating risk involved in acquisition of new projects.
Achievements:
•Received a certificate for completing strategy planning initiative as well as for the successful completion of capital productivity and Risks initiatives
•Gained extensive exposure for Mega projects, strategies, Sales & Marketing, upstream & downstream business development and risk management all of that in short time
•Meticulously contributed in the enhancement of operational cost efficiency by 10 - 20% as well as in prominent business planning and building relations with external sectors
•Successfully got approved some of the proposed initiatives to increase the profit for the SBU (~ 100m US)

Sr. Planning and Marketing and research Analyst à Ma'aden
  • Arabie Saoudite - Riyad
  • août 2009 à juin 2011

•Developing competitive supporting system and market intelligence for aluminum industry in international standards to analyze the business & market and spontaneous queries may be quickly answered .
•Performing aluminum risk analysis and studying political, financial situation in the countries of potential interest and advice management on exposure to risk.
•Reviewing the implementation of project plans that support Ma’aden’s marketing objectives including:
a.Reviewing the project plan to optimize efficiency and overall ROI.
•Participated as marketing manager to led engagement with different customers to exceed quality, delivery advantages and promoting the image of the company as a reliable competitor to the market leaders.
•Participated in Joint Ventures negotiations and setting agreements and proposals.
•Study/analyze prevailing levels of supply/demand and balancing market needs with production capabilities and inventory management including competitors nature and structure in the various world markets.

Business & Financial Analyst à SABIC Polymer SBU (Strategic business unit )
  • Arabie Saoudite - Riyad
  • octobre 2006 à août 2009

1.Develop all necessary financial analysis and business modeling requirements needed for the strategy and annual business plan preparation.
2.Develop multiple Business Reviews and Business Performance Summaries and provide it to the Senior Management.
3.Independently analyzing the MIS Reports, mapping out performance appraisal on various key result areas & variance analysis for heading towards best netback.
4.Coordinate and monitor the SBU (Strategic Business Unit) plan objectives.
5.Act as primary interface between SBU and Plants in the planning process (Marketing, Production, Cost, Manpower Plans) .
6.Studying and compiling the financial assumption of new projects and investments.
7.Analyze the impacts of oil & feedstock prices.
8.Provide Business with price trend expected per product & region.
9.Develop Risk & Control Management for the SBU.
10.Prepare the budget for our SBU.
11.Experience in market analysis, feasibility studies and preparing the Business case
12. Preparation of actual product costing & process wise costing then relating it to actual financial figures
13.Coordinate, evaluate the world business events (e.g. exhibitions, conferences, etc.) and recommend participation.

Achievements:
1.Handling and solving a business case for a SABIC plants to improve the profit.
2.Achieved significant experience in the SAP system in short time. This made many people seek for help or advice.
3.Finalizing the Polymer business plan and the Man power plan of Polymer SBU before the required date and delivered a very precise and professional presentation under circumstances of a lack of people.
4.Gaining experience in preparing the Income statements, Balance sheets and Cash flow statements in short time.
5.Introducing an easy way to enter and run the production plan.

Production Planning (Supply and Demand planner) à Sabic
  • Arabie Saoudite - Riyad
  • janvier 2005 à octobre 2006

- Act as primary interface between SBU and Plants in the planning process.
- Execute short term balancing of market needs with production capabilities and inventory management
-Monitor Inventory and control
-Do the products Allocation
- Execute the production plan into the SAP system

Éducation

Baccalauréat, Industrial engineering
  • à King Saud University
  • juin 2004

3.96 GPA (very good) and nominated to be associate lecturer in the industrial engineering department.

Specialties & Skills

Financial Forecasting
Strategic Financial Planning
Primary Research
Annual Reports
Microsoft Office
Proficient in MS office, Scheduling methods, Operations researches
Familiar with Awsim, Microsoft Project, AutoCAD and LINGO programs
Value team player, good researcher and fast learning
Presentation skills, Time management and Tehhnical report writing
SAP system user
Financial Planning, Analysis and Control
Inventory Management
Effective Budgeting and Cost Control
Financial Modeling and Forecasting
Advanced financial Satatements Analysis
Market driving strategies
7 Innovation tools
Corporate Strategies and Balanced Score Cards

Langues

Anglais
Expert
Français
Débutant
Espagnol
Débutant

Adhésions

IEE
  • reader
  • July 2004

Formation et Diplômes

Market Driving Strategies conducted by (Formation)
Institut de formation:
London Business School by Prof. Nirmalya Kumar
Date de la formation:
June 2010
Corporate planning strategy conducted by Meirc training (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Meirc training
Date de la formation:
April 2011