Houssam AlKhatib, Executive Manager Group Service  Excellence & Innovation

Houssam AlKhatib

Executive Manager Group Service Excellence & Innovation

Kuwait Finance House

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Public Administration & Economics
Experience
31 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :31 years, 11 Months

Executive Manager Group Service Excellence & Innovation at Kuwait Finance House
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since June 2004

To direct the creation and maintenance of a service environment that nurtures positive interaction between KFH clients and staff through coaching, performance and satisfaction measurement, and promoting a service culture within KFH to ensure improvements to business processes; to oversee the piloting / proofing of identified innovation opportunities and studying their feasibility before presenting to management for approval; and to oversee the production of market research and market analysis

Manager Service Quality and Processes & Procedures at Gulf Bank, Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 2000 to March 2004

Developed and managed the Service Quality Mystery Shopping Program; Handled the “man-to-man” service quality coaching for frontline staff; Revised and modified Retail Banking list of fees & commissions to generate additional fee income; Drew and wrote the processes & procedures of new Retail products; Streamlined the major activities of Retail business; Managed the revision, update, and completion of the procedures of Retail processes

Consumer Banking Manager/ Retail Div. at National Bank of Kuwait- Lebanon
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 1999 to September 2000

Retail Products Development Consumer Loans Quality Assurance Develop and manage Retail sales targets Assess and measure branches performance HR issues: Training, job descriptions, ... for Retail

Business Specialist/ Busines Process Reengineering at National Bank of Kuwait- Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • March 1992 to September 1999

Map out & analyze Retail Business Processes Perform Acitivity Based Costing (ABC) on these processes Performed Transaction-time & Q measurements Reengineered selective Business Processes, Retail (Centaralization, authorities review, Introduced the "New Look of Future Retail Branches" Prepared Training packages, wrote job descriptions, and set performance measurements for Retail Branches (network of 36 branches in Kuwait) Trained Branch staff Designed the Layout of The Balance Score Card Worked as Retail Senior Teller in Branches (from 1992-1996, during which rotated 5 branches, in Residential & Commercial areas, and exposed to all Branch Operational and sales activities)

Education

Bachelor's degree, Public Administration & Economics
  • at American University of Beirut
  • August 1990

Major: Public Administration Minor: Economics Other courses: Accounting, Political Science, Arabic Literature, History..

Specialties & Skills

Service Excellence
Customer Experience
Management
Training
Communication Skills (Written & Verbal)
Research
Problems Solving
Negotiation
Analysis
Teamwork
Managerial & Supervisory
Decision Making
Innovation
Voice of Customer (VOC)
Innovation Culture Enhancement
Service Excellence/ Quality
Customer Journey/ Experience
Management
Customer Service
Microsoft Office
Administration
Real Estate
Business Development

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Intermediate

Memberships

AUB Alumni Club
  • member
  • August 1990

Training and Certifications

Certified Master Trainer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2023

Hobbies

  • Soccer
  • Photography
    Photography Club member in AUB