Jawed Akhtar, Senior Business Application Consultant

Jawed Akhtar

Senior Business Application Consultant

Yamama Cement Company

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Master's degree, Information Technology
Experience
35 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :35 years, 6 Months

Senior Business Application Consultant at Yamama Cement Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since April 2022

o Development of IT Strategy, IT KPI, Process Automation & Digital Transformation
framework. Actively involved in RFP preparation of ABB KM-8 upgrade to KM-10.
o Gap Analysis & Evaluations of IT Department (IT Staffs, Oracle ERP EBS R12.2.27,
VAS-Dispatch Automation, iDispo-Loading Order Automation & Company Website)
o Successfully completion of ISO-27001 1st surveillance
o IT Cyber Security Enhancements & OT Cyber Security Assessment
o Managing the implementation of Mobility and Barcoding Project of Inventory &
Fixed Assets which went live in September 2023.

Director, Information Technology at Riyadh Cement Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2017 to January 2022

ACHIEVEMENTS:
o Upgraded Oracle EBS Application from R12.1.3 to R12.2.7 with Database & OS-Linux
o Successfully Implemented
- OPM-Oracle Process Manufacturing
(Production, Quality & Costing)
- Oracle Order Management
- Oracle ESS-Employee Self Service
- Oracle Sourcing Module
- IT Cybersecurity Controls
- IT Helpdesk ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Enterprise Edition
o Implemented & Commissioned Virtualized Data Center with High Availability
o Merged two entities into single entity of all Oracle EBS modules
o Unified Customer & Supplier Accounts
o Developed RFP for DCS integration with OPM in coordination with ABB
o Involved in VAS-AXIANS Automated Dispatch Workshop
o Opex & Capex IT Budget approval

Senior Project Manager, Information Technology at Southern Province Cement Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Abha
  • November 2010 to March 2017

- Successfully implemented the SAP ERP ECC6.0 of FICO, SD, HCM, PP, QM, PM & MM modules under OS: Win 2008 R2 and database Oracle 11g.
- Successfully completed the setup of IT Infrastructure (Data Centre, Domain Controller, Exchange Server, ISA Server, Backup Server & SAN) and IPVPN among all the three Plants & HO.
- Unified three Plants Warehouse, Production & Maintenance Reporting and HR
- Formulate strategy and business plans for the IT department in line with company business plans and monitor its implementation to ensure service delivery meets business requirements at HO & Three Cement Plants.
- Prepared the IT budget to setup the new IT Department with new IT infrastructure & SAP ERP. Introduction of IT Department in Organization hierarchy.
- Oversee the technical proposal evaluation and recommend solutions in line with the overall business objectives.

Manager Information Technology at Aal Taher Group of Companies
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2006 to August 2010

- Successful migration from JDE OneWorld Xe to Oracle JDE Enterprise One 8.12 under SQL-2005.
- Project Management & Successful implementation of - HCM after migration to Oracle JDE E1 8.12 & Oracle BI Apps over Oracle JDE E1 8.12.
- Successful setup of NetApp SAN Storage with DELL Servers upgrade.
- IT Strategic Planning and Driving, Preparation of IT Annual Budget, Manage IT Staffs Technically & Administratively, assuring knowledge transfer and smooth IT Operations

Peoplesoft ERP Consultant at Alcatel-Lucent Technologies
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2004 to October 2006

- Technical/Functional Support of PeopleSoft HRMS 7.5 - managing the security administration, defining classes, creating/updating the panels, menus, records
- Implementation of PeopleSoft for another location in Egypt and UAE
- Developing reports in SQR
- Creating Fields, Records, Menu, Panel & Panel Group
- Security & Authorization and customizing forms and applications
- Successfully upgraded MFG/PRO ERP for Inventory, Purchasing & AP.
- Creating Universe and defining the users profile in Business Object 4.1.1.
- Working in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), using ITSM-OVSD application which is SOX compliance

ERP Consultant at Qassim Cement Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Buraidah
  • July 1995 to August 2004

- Implementation of JDEdwards One world ERP-8 (Foundation, Financial (AR, AP, GA, FA), Distribution (IM, SO & Procurement) in Sep’2003 and EAM (Plant & Equipment) May 2004.
- Creating Inbound /Outbound interfaces to different JDE application.
- Report writing using RDA.
- Created tables, business view, processing option, Named Event Rules (NER).
- Menu Design, Security & Authorization, UDC, Next Number, Data Dictionary, Data tables, User Profiles Creation, Project Advancing, Project building & deploying the customized objects to the clients. Setting up the auto scheduler.
- Data Migration from M C B A - Legacy System (Cobol based flat file) to JDE Edwards.
- Played administrative role in implementing Spares/Assets Cataloging in JDE by M/S Prumatech in 2004.
- Setup Vision Compass as monitoring tool for Performance Measurement System.

Systems Analyst at Saudi Arabian Kent
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • July 1994 to July 1995

- Implemented Personnel Information System, Payroll System, Marketing System, Project Cost & Control System (As per Aramco Specifications), Project Man-Hours Control System, Mark-up Systems and Material Management System.
- Packages Designed, Developed & implemented in FoxPro 2.6 Under Novel NetWare 3.12 using Kent Software System Ltd., Ireland Concept.

Programmer at Electro Industries
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 1990 to March 1994

- Responsible for computerizing the entire factory
- Production, Planning, Scheduling & Accounting.
- Supervision of Coax Cabling System with repeaters. Installation of Novel NetWare 3.11. Playing the administrative role in managing the Servers and the workstations configurations.
- Packages Designed, Developed & implemented in FoxPro 2.0 under Novel NetWare 3.11.
- Implemented
o Employee Administration & Maintenance
System, Inventory Control System, Payroll
System, Man-Hours System, Local Purchase
Order and Financial Accounting for an
Engineering firm.
o Productive & Non-Productive Systems to
monitor the factory employees’ efficiencies on
day-to-day basis
o Planning & scheduling - Work load on every
machine and Job-Wise Planning of work on
every machine.
o Vehicle Maintenance System - To maintain total
expenses and to keep track of expiry & renewal
of Istimaras and License of car holders.

Systems Programmer at ATCO-Abdulrahman Al-Turki Co
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • October 1987 to November 1989

- Responsible of computerizing the whole SDCC Auto Workshop - a group of ATCO. Implemented Payroll, Invoicing, Sales Reports, Monthly Turnover Report and Vehicle Repair Costs.
- Also worked in Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company on behalf of aforesaid company in Royal Commission, Madinat Al-Jubail Al-Sinaiyha for six months. Using 20/20 and MUSE on Prime Computer, Network System.
- Environment: Foxplus/FoxPro/DbaseIII under Novel NetWare 3.0

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology
  • at Manipal University
  • April 2010

Bachelor's degree, Post Graduate Diploma in Software Engineering
  • at Institute of Computer Studies
  • October 1986

Bachelor's degree, Physics,Chemistry & Math
  • at Ranchi University
  • April 1984

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Chemistry & Maths

Specialties & Skills

IT Management
Infrastructure Projects
Business Intelligence Tools
IT Strategy
ACCOUNTANCY
ADMINISTRATION
AP STYLE
BUDGETING
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
BUSINESS PLANS

Languages

Arabic
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English
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Hindi
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Urdu
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Hobbies

  • Reading Books