Mazen Gaber, Vehicles Procurement & Logistics - IT GM

Mazen Gaber

Vehicles Procurement & Logistics - IT GM

Abdul Latif Jameel

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Diploma, Project Management Professional (PMP)
Experience
21 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 7 Months

Vehicles Procurement & Logistics - IT GM at Abdul Latif Jameel
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since May 2017

Leading a team of Business Analysts and SAP consultants to enable the company transformation to SAP technology in the area of New and Pre-owned Vehicles business. Focusing on the Procurement and Logistics operations with an integration with the other automotive core businesses and back office functions (Demand Planning, Sales, After Sales, HR and Finance)

Enterprise Architect at ALJ - ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since January 2011

Performs the leadership, facilitation, analysis and design tasks required to develop the enterprise architecture (EA) and to ensure that it is leveraged. Responsible to align with Technology /Business/Information Architects to ensure solution delivery that is aligned with business strategy from a business strategy perspective.
Responsibilities:
Establishing the Enterprise Architecture department
Enable IT internal transformation
Align the IT strategy with business strategy
Identifying roadmap for new enterprise solutions
Identify the gaps between the future-state and current-state application architecture
Establishing Application Portfolio Management (APM)
Help on establishing the Business Process Management (BPM) department.
Building the EA repository
Selecting EA & BPM too (ARIS)
Developing EA governance
Managing several project related to EA
Define the handshaking mechanism between EA other teams in the company.

Vehicle Logistics - IT GM at Abdul Latif Jameel
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2014 to April 2017

Leading a team of IT analysts and SAP consultants to enable the company IT and business transformation in New Vehicles, Pre-owned Vehicles & Forklifts businesses focusing on Logistics function with integration with demand planning, Procurement, sales, after sales, HR and finance functions.

Head of Knowledge Management Department at ALJ - ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • September 2008 to December 2010

Full responsibility for the Knowledge Management Department in ALJ.
Achieved goals are
 ALJ intranet (ALJ Portal)
 Lead Go- live in Feb 2009
 Establishing end user awareness program to increase the
utilization of the new portal.
 Developing several departments’ portals.
 Work closely with the other departments to entrenches
company’s vision & mission through internal
campaigns.
 eForms & Process Automation
Establishing the complete framework of eForm within ALJ & building
qualified team.
 More than 10 processes were transferred to automated workflows and
went live.
 Using SharePoint & InfoPath technologies many new services were
introduced.
 Knowledge Management HOSHIN KANRI

Senior Systems Engineer / Team Leader at Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • October 2007 to September 2008

Full responsibility for the new Content Management System (CMS) project in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina which consists of several tasks such as:
 Accepting the system from the vendor.
 Make the necessary design analysis related to BA site.
 Make the technical evaluation.
 Make the necessary analysis for implementing.
 Construct business process needed for the system.
 Orient the business users to the new system.

Senior Systems Developer at itsoft/ITS
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2006 to September 2007

 Lead a team of junior developers and provide support for them.
 Developing banking application using Gupta & Sybase.
 Solving the business and technical defects that happen in customer environment.
 Make the required analysis/design for new business items.
 Develop the required code modules needed to the new items.
 Database administration.
 Provide technical support /administration for the clients (that is include to traveling to be on customer site).

Systems Developer/Senior Systems Developer at ESCON - Egyptian Software CONsultant
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • October 2002 to May 2006

Participate in the following ERP projects as a senior developer and junior designer:
- El Shemo Poultry Company,
8 main integrated modules cover the company business.
- NAGA Factory
10 main integrated modules cover the company business.

Education

Diploma, Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • at PMI - Project Management Institute
  • August 2012

PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers. Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP® demonstrates that you have the experience, education and competency to lead and direct projects.

Diploma, The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
  • at The Open Group
  • April 2012

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is a framework for enterprise architecture which provides a comprehensive approach for designing, planning, implementing, and governing an enterprise information architecture. TOGAF is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc. Computer Engineering
  • at Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University
  • May 2001

1 Year engineering preparation + Four years of collegiate study in computer science, emphasize the mathematical and theoretical foundations of computing the follwing topics was included: - Programming Principles - Programming Paradigms - Algorithms - Data Structures - Logic & Computation - Computer architecture - Linear Algebra - Calculus - Probability and Statistics - Discrete Mathematics - Differential Equations

Specialties & Skills

Analysis
Visionary
Solution Architecture
Team Leadership
Influential
Innovation and creativity
Communication skills
Business Process
Teamworking
Project/Program Management skills
Negotiating skills
Knowledge of IT governance and operations
Presentation and public speaking skills
Strategic Planning
Managing time and pressures

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

The Open Group
  • Memeber #50770
  • April 2012
PMI
  • PMP Memeber #1528834
  • August 2012