Nidale Abou Mrad, Senior Account Manager

Nidale Abou Mrad

Senior Account Manager

Soft Flow

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, EMBA: Executive Master Business Administration in Enterprise Management
Experience
22 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 8 Months

Senior Account Manager at Soft Flow
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since September 2014

Managing both the Sales and Presales cycles of SAP Cloud solutions (SaaS) and SAP On-Premise solutions, among others:
SAP SuccessFactors the leading provider of cloud based Human Capital Management Solution, SAP ERP, CRM, ... (BAIO, B1) and other SAP Products;

Account Manager at Alyotech Middle East SAL
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2012 to August 2014

- Generation, management of the sales of QlikView Business Discovery Platform (Business Intelligence solution).
- Coordinate and attend sales presentation and consultancy meetings on QlikView Business Discovery Platform.
- Prepare business proposals and agreements, follow up with customers on negotiations, closing deals and payment collection.
- Carry out after sales and customer relationship management activities.
- Monitor the implementation of QlikView BI projects to ensure customer satisfaction.

Senior Product Consultant at IMS Offshore an ITG Company
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2011 to May 2012

Senior Product Consultant
 - Requirements gathering and analysis: Business and product consultancy to map business processes to the “Sungard Higher Education” solution and to address the clients’ business needs.
 - Software customizations to address clients’ specific requirements and the local regulations...

IT Business Analysis Team Leader at Azadea Group Holding SAL
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • December 2006 to December 2010

 Preparation of the request for proposal (RFP) for the Help Desk application; Exploration of several help desk systems (DNA help desk, CA unicenter help desk, Microsoft CRM Dynamics);
Analysis of the customizations required on the selected “Microsoft CRM Dynamics - Help Desk” module; Implementation of this helpdesk in the corporate and local branches and training to the users.
 Analysis (preparation of detailed Business studies documents); Quality assurance of new business modules in the Retail Business field on the “JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ERP solution (JDE)”: Inventory, Logistics, Requisition, Procurement, Property Management and Financial modules
 Follow up, manage the tasks of the Business solution team and ensure technical compatibility, user satisfaction and deliveries within the set deadlines.
 Audit the role of the business solution team leaders and the local IT field support teams
 Oversee the implementation of new systems and modules across countries where Azadea operates

Product Manager and Development Team Leader at Software Design Consulting Group S.A.L
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • March 2005 to November 2006

Analyze the Business requirements, prepare solution architecture, monitor the development and the testing cycles of the Visual Dolphin Business Modules:
 Project Management (Job Costing) Module
 Manufacturing Module
 Procurement Module
(Client/Server applications developed using VB 6.0 and SQL server 2000)

Senior Programmer at Saudi FAL Lebanon Branch (Mecanique)
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • May 2003 to February 2005

 Solution architecture, development, testing, implementation, training and support.
Vehicle inspection application that interacts with the “MAHA” software developed in Germany.
(Client/Server Application using Visual Basic 6.0 and SQL 2000)
 Implement SQL Server replication

Analyst Programmer at Software Design Consulting Group S.A.L
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • February 2001 to April 2003

Solution architecture, development and testing of the Visual Dolphin Business Solution Modules:
 Inventory (Inventory, purchase, sales …)
 Advertising (Media and Production)
 Point of Sale (POS)
(Client/Server applications developed using VB 6.0 and SQL server 7.0)

Trainee at Software Design Consulting Group S.A.L
  • Lebanon
  • July 2000 to September 2000

Programming

Education

Master's degree, EMBA: Executive Master Business Administration in Enterprise Management
  • at Saint Joseph University (USJ - FGM) - Paris Dauphine & Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
  • June 2011

A Professional MBA Project in the Food & Beverage sector

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science in Business Computer (Baccalaureate + 4 )
  • at Saint Joseph University (USJ)
  • July 2002

 Business Courses: Accounting, Financial analysis, Marketing, Statistics, management…

Diploma, Diploma of Science in Business Computer
  • at Saint Joseph University (USJ)
  • June 2000
High school or equivalent, Experimental Science
  • at Soeurs des Saints Coeur
  • June 1998

Specialties & Skills

Business Analysis
Business Intelligence
SharePoint
Team Management
Business Planning
Visual Basic Vers. 6.0
Sql Server Database 7.0 & 2000, 2005
Seagate Crystal Report Vers. 7.0, 8.5, 9, XI
Business Intelligence using Microsoft SQL server 2005
Microsoft Sharepoint Portal Server 2007
Microsoft Visual Studio .Net (VB.net, ASP.net)
Microsoft CRM Dynamics 4.0
Strong Analytical, Organizational, Leadership and Interpersonal Skills
Exposure to several lines of businesses and several markets in the MENA region
QlikView Business Discovery/Business Intelligence

Languages

French
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English
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Arabic
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