Omar Abualnaja, Sr. HR Manager

Omar Abualnaja

Sr. HR Manager

Gulf Business Network Center

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Management Information System
Experience
16 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 6 Months

Sr. HR Manager at Gulf Business Network Center
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since December 2021

Achievements
o Planned the corporate objectives, Departments KPIs and org structure L1&2, , Comp & Ben, and salary scale according to open source data.
o Establish the HR department Strategy aligned with Business Strategy, Implemented the Talent Acquisition Strategy
o Talent Acquisition strategy as per the new structure, workflow and processes
o Managing people of internship programs from universities, and Tamheer
o Designed the HR Policies & Procedures, & Processes review and revamp
o Formed the Performance Management system, inherited the Department KPIs into staff SMART Objectives, Developed the JDs for all positions
o Partnered with the CEO and assist on commercial proposals related to HR services provided by GBNTC
o Oversee all HR Operations and Government Relations including Gov Portals (Muqeem, TAQAT, Qiwa, GOSI, Mudad)

HR Manager at Ministry of Media
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2019 to April 2021

Achievements:
Identified the HR annual business plan and KPIs.
Hiring of key positions such CIA, CFO plus batch of fresh graduates under civil service contracts. Launched the first online recruitment portal for the Ministry.

Successful implementation of the Promotions process through the civil service online platform.
Activations of all ESS (employee’s self-services) through the ERP and mobile app.

Aligned skilled employees within the Ministry with convenient job aiming to meet recruitment needs and increase the overall performance

HR and Operations Manager at وزارة الخارجية
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2017 to June 2019

This job mainly focused on Media Strategy and Operations with miner HR Role with a special project related to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as requested by the Advisor of H.E the Minister Adel Al jubeir.

Achievements:
Created a new communications and media center with its own structure, designed manpower and resources that allowed us to achieve the strategic goals within 16 months, mainly being the leader in public \ digital diplomacy within Arab world (currently second worldwide).

Senior HR Officer at MBC Group Dubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2014 to June 2017

Achievements:

 Total revamp of the performance management system and employee engagements activities.
 Built an In-House training center for multiple jobs within the group (Media Project Management Professionals, TV Presenters, Script Writers)
 Created a new learning environment (online) allowing staff to take courses from anywhere any time.
 Leadership Development Program (6 months) for potential leaders.

HR - Officer at MBC Group Dubai
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2010 to February 2014

Achievements:

 Created and supervised L&D department within the Group
 Applied the Learning Evaluation approach following
 Kirkpatrick Model: Four Levels of Learning Evaluation.

E-Learning - Training & Development Coordinator at MBC Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2008 to February 2010

Achievements:

Developed and implemented processes & programs to support growth. Created and implemented the first formalized current operations training, development, and evaluation program

Trainee Program at MBC Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2007 to March 2008

(Graduate Training Program) 3 months (Nov 2007 - Feb 2008) intensive program at the business unit including departments such as HR, Operation, Transmission, Library, and Finance. After the completion of the program, i have been chosen by the Management Team to be part of MBC Group.

Achievements:
Passed the challenging program and got hired with other 3 colleagues out of 16 nominees in total.

COOP Trainee at National Commercial Bank
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2005 to August 2005

Main projects: Implementing the HRMS and providing several presentations for top managers regarding the HRMS project, Creating and Administrating Staff Relations Home Page on the Intranet, and designing several web pages.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Management Information System
  • at KFUPM
  • December 2005

Main project is the construction of an Information System.

Bayt Tests

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Score 119%

Specialties & Skills

Administration
Training
Performance Appraisal
Oracle HR
Microsoft Excel
Effective team player
Microsoft Office XP MS Word
Problem Solving / decision making
Effective communication skills
Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/7
MS Excel
MS Power Point
MS Access
Strategic thinking & planning
Oracle DBA
Translator (English to Arabic)
Training Needs Analysis
HR Operations
HR metrics
Organizational Development
Corporate Strategy and Structure
Talent Management

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

MBC Group
  • First Aid Team
  • June 2009
MBC Group
  • Fire Warden Team
  • January 2009
MBC Group
  • Emergency Response team
  • March 2010
MBC Group
  • CSR Team
  • April 2008

Training and Certifications

SHRM-SCP (incomplete exam) (Training)
Training Institute:
Mogan Int'l
Date Attended:
April 2016
Creating & Developing an effective Personnel Function (Training)
Training Institute:
GLOMACS
Date Attended:
June 2010
Kirkpatrick Four Levels Evaluation Certification Program – Bronze Level (Training)
Training Institute:
The one and only Kirkpatrick Partners - Learnactive
Date Attended:
September 2012
Communicating with Purpose (Training)
Training Institute:
Wilson Learning
Date Attended:
May 2013
Certified Training Administrator (Training)
Training Institute:
GLOMACS
Date Attended:
April 2008
Microsoft Excel 2007 Advanced (Training)
Training Institute:
ExecuTrain
Date Attended:
January 2009