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محمد عبدالله السميحان, HR & Organizational Development Manager

محمد عبدالله السميحان

HR & Organizational Development Manager·Kaden Investment

Saudi Arabia

Bachelor's degree, English Language & Litrature

Work experience

Total years of experience: 11 years, 3 months

HR & Organizational Development Manager

May 2023 - Present

Kaden Investment

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

May 2023 - Present

• Lead the development and execution of HR strategies aligned with corporate objectives and
core values.
• Drive organizational development initiatives including restructuring, workforce planning,
and succession planning.
• Oversee employee engagement and workplace enhancement strategies to strengthen
retention and psychological safety.
• Manage compensation and benefits programs, ensuring competitiveness and alignment
with business goals.
• Collaborated with Tharwah on a comprehensive HR transformation project covering grading
structure, long-term organizational structure (five-year horizon), salary benchmarking, and a
full behavioral/technical competency framework with defined levels and a complete
dictionary.
• Developed and aligned job descriptions with the competency framework to support
performance clarity and talent decisions.
• Redesigned the performance appraisal system to integrate objectives and competencies
with proportional weighting and alignment with the Bell Curve.
• Enhanced the ERP HR system by streamlining workflows, automating HR procedures, and
improving efficiency.
• Oversee employee transactions across government platforms (Qiwa, GOSI, Chamber of
Commerce), including residency renewals, contract documentation, and medical insurance
administration.
• Manage probation evaluations, contract renewals, and terminations in accordance with HR
policies and Saudi labor law.
• Developed competency framework (behavioral & technical) with structured
levels and a full dictionary, enabling role clarity and capability assessment.
• Designed and implemented an integrated performance appraisal model linking objectives
and competencies with weighted scoring and Bell Curve calibration.
• Supported long-term planning by developing a five-year organizational structure aligned
with the new grading and salary framework.
• Improved HR operational efficiency through ERP optimization and automation of core HR
processes.

Company industry:
Real Estate
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Organizational Design Section Head

January 2022 - March 2022

Saudi Research & Media Group

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

January 2022 - March 2022

• Reviewing policies and procedures to initiate interventions to ensure their integration with corporate values.
• Ensuring Job Description Cards development is aligned with new organizational modifications, and that it reflects the actual duties and responsibilities of current/new jobs, to ensure accurate job evaluation as well as, facilitate the requirement and onboarding process.
• Oversee status change requests across SRMG, to ensure its compliance with the HR Policies & Procedures.

Company industry:
Media Production
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Organizational Development and Change Manager

July 2020 - November 2021

Al Watania for Industries

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

July 2020 - November 2021

• Leading organizational structure updates and changes.
• Working on organization-wide structure review project.
• Developing policies and procedures in collaboration with the Head of HR.
• Analyzing and providing ideas for the development of the company’s HR strategy in order to ensure that organizational development initiatives are appropriately integrated and aligned with strategic and business goals.
• Supporting specific performance improvement initiatives, eg through the implementation of a new behavioral competency framework.
• Designing and facilitating in-house training events workshops.
• Developing the company’s approach to talent management and succession planning and ensure effective implementation.
• Working with line managers on the design and delivery of appropriate and relevant Personal Development Plans for their staff.
• Conducting manpower planning and budgeting.
• Working on the automation of human resources procedures on the Success Factor system along with the consultants.
• Conducting financial impact analysis on the new salary and grading scale.
• Designing a new performance appraisal framework to be more in line with the employee’s performance.
• Designing internal coaching framework.

Company industry:
Manufacturing
Job role:
Training and Development

Organizational Development Supervisor

October 2017 - July 2020

King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

October 2017 - July 2020

• Conducting regular audits of the organizational structures and propose improvements.
• Providing guidance to stakeholders in matters pertaining to organizational design and reporting relationship changes.
• Conducting adjustment for all job titles in KFCRIS In line with the labor market.
• Updating and maintaining job competency models and defined the technical & behavioral competencies for all jobs.
• Analyzing the OD change requests which includes (comparison between old & new OD, Financial impact).
• Working with departments to understand the training needs of the talent pool and obtain feedback on existing learning module.
• Running manpower planning and budgeting.
• Conducting annual increment analysis.
• Working on Performance appraisal and make it align with Bell Curve system.

Company industry:
Non-profit Organization
Job role:
Training and Development

Organizational Development Specialist

December 2016 - October 2017

Kafa'at

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

December 2016 - October 2017

• Updating and designing the organizational structures reflecting the on-going organizational changes.
• Maintaining and updating Kafa’at Job descriptions, in order to conduct an accurate and efficient evaluation of jobs when necessary.
• Creating job descriptions & conducting job evaluations (HayGroup methodology).
• Working as a consultant with business leaders to develop their organization structure, maintain it and develop function statements and job descriptions.
• Working with departments to help them plan and implement significant changes in their organizations such as work reorganization or moves and space changes.
• Developing promotion guidelines, and managing its implementation.
• Maintaining a master database of all employees job information.
• Dividing the managerial levels for all employees according to their grades & job titles.
• Implementing OD tasks using SAP system.
• Working along with the IT Dept to implement “OD Change Request” and “Employee Status Change Request” in SAP system.

Company industry:
Management Consulting
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Human Resources Development Specialist (OD)

February 2014 - December 2016

ARASCO

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

February 2014 - December 2016

• Maintaining all organizational designs and job descriptions according to HRD standards.
• Processing and publishing OD Change Requests Drafts JDs & ODs according to HRD standards.
• Processing Employee Status Change Requests and updating the database with the changes.
• Updating and recreating organizational structures.
• Creating job descriptions & conducting job evaluations (HayGroup methodology).
• Working with the Business Process team in finalizing all new positions in the OD.
• Designing the structures in Viso.
• Analyzing the OD change requests which includes (comparison between old & new OD, Financial impact, HRD recommendations and identifying the similar & impacted jobs).
• Preparing the annual increments proposal document.
• Managing compensation and benefits of each position.
• Mapping employees for new ODs which results in determining: grade, salary, job title, and benefits.
• Handling promotions/demotions in alignment with the salary scale.
• Calculating percentage difference when promotions/demotions occur, and accordingly informing the business about the new budget.
• Managing bonuses according to the business budget.
• Calculating attrition rates and Saudization percentage quarterly.
• Implementing OD tasks using SAP system.
• Solving OD-related issues at the beginning of SAP installation in ARASCO.
• Creating the structures including the positions.
• Distributing & assigning cost centers.
• Mapping, transferring, promoting & demoting employees.
• Changing salaries, Job titles & grades.
• Creating reporting line for the structures.

Company industry:
Agriculture & Crop Production
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Education

Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University

January 2014

January 2014

Bachelor's degree, English Language & Litrature

Saudi Arabia

GPA (point): 3.43 out of 5

GPA (point): 3.43 out of 5

Riyadh Chamber Of Commerce

January 2012

January 2012

Diploma, HR Managment

Saudi Arabia

GPA (percentage): 92%

GPA (percentage): 92%

Skills

Training
Expert
Training
Expert
SAP System
Expert
SAP System
Expert
Job Evaluation
Expert
Job Evaluation
Expert
Compensation and Benefits
Expert
Compensation and Benefits
Expert
Organizational Design
Expert
Organizational Design
Expert
Knowledge of Performance Appraisal
Expert
Knowledge of Performance Appraisal
Expert
Job Analysis & Job Evaluation
Expert
Job Analysis & Job Evaluation
Expert
Job Description Development
Expert
Job Description Development
Expert
Data Collection & Analysis
Expert
Data Collection & Analysis
Expert
Microsoft Excel
Expert
Microsoft Excel
Expert
Organizational Development
Expert
Organizational Development
Expert
SAP ERP System experience
Expert
SAP ERP System experience
Expert
COMPETENCY MODELING
Intermediate
COMPETENCY MODELING
Intermediate
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Intermediate
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Intermediate
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Intermediate
GOAL SETTING
Intermediate
GOAL SETTING
Intermediate
HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY
Intermediate
HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGY
Intermediate
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Intermediate
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Intermediate
RESTRUCTURING BUSINESS
Intermediate
RESTRUCTURING BUSINESS
Intermediate
SAP HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Intermediate
SAP HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Intermediate
SUCCESSION PLANNING
Intermediate
SUCCESSION PLANNING
Intermediate
WORKFORCE PLANNING
Intermediate
WORKFORCE PLANNING
Intermediate
SAP System
Expert
SAP System
Expert
Job Evaluation
Expert
Job Evaluation
Expert
Compensation and Benefits
Expert
Compensation and Benefits
Expert
Organizational Design
Expert
Organizational Design
Expert
HR Management
Expert
HR Management
Expert

Languages

English

Expert

Arabic

Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Effective Business Writing
Effective Communication Skills
Supervision & Team Building Skills
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Job Analysis
Job Evaluation
Associate Professional in HR (aPHRi™)

Training
Job Evaluation
HayGroup
Nov 2015
Job Analysis
HayGroup
Nov 2015
Effective Communication Skills
Dale Carnegie
Jan 2014
Effective Business Writing
IIR
Nov 2014
The 7 Habbits for Highly Effective People
Franklin Covey
Jan 2014
Supervision & Team Building Skills
Dale Carnegie
Jan 2014

Hobbies and interests

Travelling
Video Gaming
Reading