Ibrahim Al Khars, Co-Founder & CEO/Senior Consultant

Ibrahim Al Khars

Co-Founder & CEO/Senior Consultant

People and Business Development Centre/Afaq Alwataniyah Company

Location
Saudi Arabia - Khobar
Education
Master's degree, Applied Business Research
Experience
26 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :26 years, 8 Months

Co-Founder & CEO/Senior Consultant at People and Business Development Centre/Afaq Alwataniyah Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since August 2013

• Successfully managed 150% growth in total business during last six years and secured 80% of total client base.
• Bringing up the rear companies to high profitability through strategic and efficient restructuring.
• Building and maintaining professional relationships with potential partners and investors.
• Using economies of scale, vertical integration, and strategic alliances to achieve significant market penetration.
• Pro-actively participating in all facets of the company and working closely with other executives in order to sustain growth and stabilize the business.
• Opened new marketing channels and established strategic alliances in the GCC.
• Served as the Portfolio and Program Manager for many projects, executing $22, 000, 000 programs on time and under budget. Reduced costs by 35%, increased efficiency by 500% utilizing Lean methodologies.
• Created roadmap strategies to determine contract layouts, delivery of services, and problem resolution timelines for contracted vendors.
• Earned Top-Leader Achievement Award as a result of outstanding contributions

Vice Dean
  • October 2009 to October 2012

for Mohammad Almana College for Health Science / Director of Almana Health Institute/ Director of Baheth English Institute

General Manager & Chief Executive Officer
  • March 2002 to October 2012

Founded and grew business of 7 institutes from zero to revenue of $10, 000, 000 within 1 year.
•Facilitated and guided business unit leaders in formulating new vision and strategic direction that successfully repositioned the company as a differentiated competitor in the market.
•Instrumental in increasing management's effectiveness by recruiting, selecting, coaching and counseling managers.
•Creating strategic partnership and developing horizontal and vertical markets.


Almana General Hospitals, Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Coordinator
  • February 2003 to November 2007

Part of the team who successfully established Mohammed Almana Colleges for Health Sciences with a $25M budget right from scratch.
•Introduced new diploma programs, English programs, training programs and vocational educations.
•Focused on communicating the benefits of top-quality services for four hospitals.

Executive Director
  • March 2002 to November 2005

Successfully implemented 6 Sigma quality improvement methods.
•Single-handedly established 14 new retail pharmacies in 4 metropolitan cities within a year.
•Planning and preparing Almana General Hospitals for the accreditation of Joint Commission International (JCI)
•Reduced medications budget by 25% with upgraded operational processes and system management.

Adjunct Assistant Professor at King Saud University
  • Saudi Arabia
  • January 2000 to November 2005

Key Responsibilities:
•Ensure that each class meets the general requirements of the subject at hand.
•Work with other Pharmacy Professors as well as superiors to develop a challenging Pharmacy program.
•Performed all teacher-related tasks of lecturing, grading, organizing, etc.
•Researched all new studies and findings related to clinical pharmacy and implemented new information into curriculum.

Clinical Specialist at King Fahad Hospital
  • Saudi Arabia - Alahsa
  • September 2001 to March 2002
Assistant Director of Pharmacy Services at King Fahad Hospital
  • Saudi Arabia - Alahsa
  • March 1998 to March 2002
Registered Pharmacist at King Fahad Hospital
  • Saudi Arabia - Alahsa
  • January 1994 to February 1995

Education

Master's degree, Applied Business Research
  • at SBS Swiss Business School
  • March 2019
Master's degree, International Business Administration
  • at University of Florid
  • May 2009
Doctorate, Clinical Pharmacy
  • at Wayne State University
  • September 2001

Pharmacy Practice Management Specialty Residency (PGY II)

Bachelor's degree, Pharmaceutical Science
  • at King Saud University, College of Pharmacy
  • February 1994

Specialties & Skills

Client Relationship Management CRM
People Management
Strategic Planning
Leadership Development
Problem Solving
BUDGETING
COACHING
COUNSELING
DIRECTING
MARKETING
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
RECRUITING
STRATEGIC
CONSULTING

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Society for Human Resource Management
  • Member
  • January 2014
Al-Hassa Pharmacy Club
  • President
  • January 2013
American Pharmaceutical Association
  • Member
  • January 1998
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
  • Member
  • January 1997
American Society of Health System Pharmacist, with Clinical Specialist
  • Member
  • January 1994
Saudi Pharmaceutical Society
  • Member
  • January 1994

Training and Certifications

Certificate in Program For Advanced Leadership and Entrepreneurship (PALM) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
Certificate in Health Care Quality (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2014
Certificate in Hospital Surveyor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2015