SAP Application Manager
Etihad Rail
Total years of experience :23 years, 10 Months
Responsible for overseeing all SAP applications in the company and acting as a program manager for all ongoing SAP implementations. Modules under supervision included: MM, PM, FI-CO, PS, HCM, BI/BO, BPC, ESS/MSS, LSO, PMS, TVM, E-rec.
November 2011 - Present
Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar National Health Provider) Phase 2
Oracle Implementation - Implementation Phase
• Project Manager
June 2006-Present Deloitte & Touche ME
Level: Manager
April 2011 - October 2011
Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar National Health Provider) Phase 1
Oracle Implementation - Design Phase
• Team Lead for Procurement Blueprint Design
October 2010 - February 2010
ALJICO (Toyota Dealer Middle East)
PMO SAP BPC Implementation
• Project Manager for PMO and QA during financial consolidation phase of SAP BPC implementation
January 2010 - September 2010
Zahid Tractor Limited (CATERPILLAR dealer KSA)
Process Design and ERP Requirements Definition
• Team Lead for Procurement and Maintenance Processes
• Provided assessment on As-Is processes
• Developed To Be process design in line with ERP requirements
• Conducted organizational change and impact analysis
• Developed RFP to be issued to ERP software vendors
• Project Manager for vendor selection phase
October 2007 - August 2008
Dubai Aluminium Company (DUBAL) - SAP Implementation (Wave 2)
• Responsible for implementation of the Handling Unit Management Module to support the company's outbound logistics of finished products including storage, trucking, staging and loading and shipping.
September 2006 - August 2007
Dubai Aluminium Company (DUBAL) - SAP Implementation (Wave 1)
• Responsible for implementation of the Purchasing Module for the procurement of raw materials, spare parts, consumables, services etc.. Succesfully led all phases of the project including business blueprint and process design, system configuration, testing, data migration, cutover, go-live and support.
September 2002-April 2006 Accenture ME
Level: Business Consultant
February 2005 - March 2006
TOTAL Marketing UK - SAP Implementation (Template Europe)
• Responsible for implementation of purchasing and maintenance modules for the purchasing of goods and services and maintenance of retail station equipment
• Involved in gap analysis, configuration, data conversion, acceptance testing, business simulation and cut-over
May 2004 - January 2005
TOTAL ME - SAP Application Management
• Member of ME regional support center, providing support functions for contracts, procurement and logistics to TOTAL affiliates in Abu Dhabi, Yemen, Qatar and Syria with a total number of 400 users. This included various configuration updates and testing
• Conducting training workshops for both purchasing module and business warehouse
June 2003 - February 2004
Shell Nigeria - SAP Training
• Member of the SAP training team which co-coordinated the delivery of training to over 1, 400 users. Responsibilities included review of training material, development of course test material and development and monitoring of training KPIs
January 2003-May 2003
Shell/Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) - SAP Support
• Member of the SAP support/ anchoring team working mainly with logistics and material management module
• Responsibilities included reviewing system purchasing KPIs, conducting training workshops and developing purchasing and logistics work instructions for end users
October 2002 - November 2002
Offsets Group- Pre-feasibility study
• Developed a pre-feasibility report for the opening of a factory in Tanzania. Tasks included: collection of data both in the UAE and Tanzania, conducting market analysis and developing both a financial and operating model
October 1999- January 2002 Andersen, Dubai
Level: Senior Auditor/Consultant
Audit
• Involved in large number of external audits for a variety of clients in different industries such as Halliburton, Dubai Islamic Bank, Bank of Sharjah, Citibank, Akron and Fono
Dubai Ports Authority - Finance Processes Controls Assessment
• Involved in the review and assessment of controls in Dubai Ports Authority's finance department.
• Responsibilities included conducting interviews with management, documenting existing controls, assessing the effectiveness of the controls in place and developing alternatives to reduce control weaknesses and inefficiencies
Dubai Civil Aviation- Restructuring Purchasing Department
• Assisted in the development of job description and a comprehensive policies and procedures manual
Dubai Islamic Bank- Restructuring Credit Department
• Assisted in the development of job descriptions and a comprehensive policies and procedures manual for the department
• Responsibilities included conducting interviews with senior and middle level management, documenting as-is polices and procedures, researching industries best-practices, developing parts of the manual and preparing work-shops for the implementation of the newly policies and procedures
BBA, University of Kentucky, May 1999 Major: Finance Minor: Economics