CEO / Director of Training Ops
OMNI CONSULT
Total years of experience :45 years, 3 Months
• I started and ran OMNI CONSULT comprising of 4 divisions that complement one another in helping companies develop and grow.
• I have drawn on my extensive experience in performing our services and exceeding industry benchmarks.
The services I provided through OMNI’s divisions:
OMNI-PERFORM:
Performed tailored Staff Development programs for Company front-liners and their direct management, with a written guarantee to improve their job-competencies and results. Development programs were extensive and would normally take
3-12 months to complete (depending on size of client's scope of needs).
Main Clients:
AUTOMOTIVE:
- Suzuki Saudia (KSA)
- Abdullah Hashim - Honda (KSA)
- UMA (Universal Motors Agencies) - General Motors (KSA)
- AutoStar - various car makes (KSA)
- Al Naghi Motors - Hyundai (KSA)
- T. Gargour - Mercedes (Lebanon)
- Saad & Trad - Jaguar, Bentley, Fiat (Lebanon)
- Century Motors - Hyundai (Lebanon)
- Techno Cars - Opel (Lebanon)
- Hala Rent-A-Car (Lebanon)
- Abu Khader Motors - car parts and accessories (Jordan)
BANKS & INSURANCE:
- Samba Bank (KSA)
- Bank of Beirut (Lebanon)
- Bank Audi (Lebanon)
- Bank Credit Libanais (Lebanon)
- Bank Al Madina (Lebanon)
- MetLife Alico (Lebanon)
- Victoire Insurance (Lebanon)
- Arope Insurance (Lebanon)
- Fidelity Insurance (Lebanon)
- Arabia Insurance (KSA)
PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL:
- Tabuk Pharmaceutical Industries (KSA)
- BaNaja Pharmaceuticals (KSA)
- Astra Agricultural (KSA)
- Medico (KSA)
- Ali Bin Ali Medical (Qatar)
- Mersaco Pharmaceuticals (Lebanon)
- TechniMed (Lebanon)
- Medsi - Medical Services Inc. (Lebanon)
- Fusana Trading (Lebanon)
FMCG:
- Chateau Ksara (Lebanon)
- Wafic Idriss (Lebanon)
- Patchi (Lebanon)
- DeliFrance (Lebanon)
- Crepaway (Lebanon)
- Hawa Chicken (Lebanon)
- Boulanges (Lebanon)
- Boecker Food Safety (Lebanon)
TELECOM & INTERNET:
- Nesma ISP (KSA)
- Nesma Advanced Technology (KSA)
- Cyberia ISP (KSA)
- Alfa Telecom (Lebanon)
CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING MATERIALS
- Emaar KAEC (King Abdullah Economic City) (KSA)
- Al Tawi Readymix Concrete (KSA)
- Beit Al Ebaa Ceramics (KSA)
- Sehnaoui Plant (Lebanon)
OTHERS:
- Fattal - Kodak (Lebanon)
- Modern Electronics - Sony (KSA)
- NPTC - Canon Office Automation (Lebanon)
- Khoury Home (Lebanon)
- UPS Couriers (Lebanon)
- United Courier Services (Lebanon)
- Joseph Kallas Jewelers (Lebanon)
- Litali Gold Factory (Lebanon)
- Levant Distributors (Lebanon)
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OMNI-ORGANIZE:
Provided Organization Development and Restructuring Tools (Organization Charts, Job Descriptions, Salary Scales, and Internal Procedures Audit).
Main Clients:
- Medical Services Inc. (Lebanon)
- Suzuki Saudia (KSA)
- Fidelity Insurance (Lebanon)
- Afaq Industries (UAE)
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OMNI-JOB:
Provided very efficient and highly cost-effective, head hunting services, focused on middle to senior executive positions. We used Psychometric Personality Profiling (testing), and conducted an initial screening interview before presenting
short-list of suitable candidates to our client for their final selection interview via online virtual meeting (video conferencing).
Main Clients:
- Nesma Advanced Technology (KSA)
- Nesma Internet (KSA)
- MetLife Alico (Lebanon)
- Victoire Insurance (Lebanon)
- Limpex (Lebanon)
- Technimed (Lebanon)
- Sehnaoui Plant (Lebanon)
- Medical Supplies Inc. (Lebanon)
- Fusana Trading (Lebanon)
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OMNI-EVENTS:
I have brought in world thinkers for "private" brainstorming sessions with Clients' Top Management on very-specific subjects for which they are seeking consultation.
(e.g. Negotiating Mergers and Acquisitions).
Main Thinkers:
- Tony Buzan - Mind Mapping on a Corporate Level
- Ed Brodoff - Negotiating Mergers and Acquisitions
- Robin Speculand - Corrected Strategy
- Alliance was established in 1996 in the USA.
- I joined Alliance and started its Lebanon operation in 2001, then its Saudi operation in 2005.
- Alliance specialized in front-liner performance development, via a customized, competency-based training program prepared exclusively per the discovered needs of the trainees.
- By 2007, we had over 50 certified trainers/consultants working in the M.E. region: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Syria and Lebanon.
- I trained my two teams “in-the-field” so to experience training first hand, and many became certified trainers.
- I spearheaded my two teams (Lebanon and Saudi Arabia) in the training programs that we conducted for our clients.
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- I headed both, the underwriting and policy-production teams.
- I ceded risk placement with international reinsurers.
- I conducted product training to sales agents and brokers.
- I provided field support to sales agents and brokers, in their visits to potential clients.
- I priced the Individual and Group Insurance business and tenders.
- With advisory support from the President/GM, I edited the medical insurance coverage and exclusions terms in our standard policies.
- I contracted with the TPA (Third Party Hospital Administrators) and visited hospitals with their management to widen the scope of coverage in the various regions of Lebanon.
- I was fully responsible for the profitability of the healthcare insurance division; and we were profitable whereas the majority of insurance companies suffered losses in their medical business.
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1. FMCG distribution: I owned three chiller-vans that distributed FMCG products to supermarkets and mini-markets. I contracted with FMCG importers and local food industries for exclusivity rights to sell to mini-markets in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Products:
- Ulker (range of biscuits)
- Ray-O-Vac (consumer batteries)
- BimBim (jelly sweets)
- Bahar (washing detergent)
- Cotoneige (facial cotton products)
- Chips (local brand of potato crisps)
- Simsim (sesame sweets)
- Nunu (local brand of wafer biscuits)
2. Jewelry Watches - import and sale: I imported watches that contained semi-precious stones, and sold them to jewelers and watch retailers.
Watch brands:
- Simon - Hong Kong made semi-precious stone watches
- Colani - Swiss, hand-made watches
- Dispo Watch - real, disposable, fun watches
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- At the time, "The Blue Tower" was probably the most exclusive business address in Abu Dhabi, built to high-class standards.
- I targeted marketing the Tower with corporations and embassies, and succeeded in filling it up in 9 months, whereas the owners expected it would require 2 years to fill.
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- Responsible for the team handling the placement and loading of manufactured pipes in the yard and onto tractor trailers.
- Contracting with inland transportation companies for the timely and regular pickup and delivery of our manufactured pipes to construction sites and to sister factories in the Gulf region.
- Prepare and legalize all export documentation (Certificate of Origin, Shipping List, Export Invoice, and Export Delivery Note) for manufactured pipes exiting the UAE to other destinations.
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- Sell the SGTC’s inland trucking services.
- Achieved sales of SR 1 Million / month on average, all year-round.
- Liaised with sister company, SCC on related business (customs clearance at seaports, and the handling of containers).
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