osama arfin, IT Director

osama arfin

IT Director

Foam Industries

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Higher diploma, Commerce
Experience
33 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :33 years, 3 Months

IT Director at Foam Industries
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since October 2020

Foam Industries Company is a leading of foam industry in Egypt and Middle East, it has the latest automated technology of the foam industries (G4 industry)
I’m the Responsible for an IT project management, IT Restructure, Oracle NetSuite ERP implementation project, (cloud solution).
Responsible for the digital transformation project, Software licenses, Hardware and infrastructure, IT Budget, IT Vendors, Purchasing of HW & SW, IT contracts and negotiation, IT staff recruiting and project stakeholder training.

IT Director at Acrow Misr
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2012 to March 2020

Acrow Misr is a holding company that has 14 companies, 3 of them in Egypt and the rest are overseas (Middle East, Africa, and Europe), specialist in Steel Formwork Technology manufacturing.
I was Responsible for the IT Management, IT Restructure, Oracle e Business Suite ERP implementation project, Digital transformation project, Software licenses, Hardware and infrastructure, IT Budget (6 million EGP / year), IT Vendors, Purchasing of HW & SW, IT contracts, IT staff recruiting and Training.
An Oracle ERP project of Acrow Misr was failing to implement during the period from 2007 till 2013. when I came in December, 2013 the implementation had been successful by the end of 2014 year, and the board members meeting had approved the first automated financial statement, delivered by Oracle ERP and assured with KPMG auditing stamp.
I was also the responsible for Hardware upgrade & data migration project with the latest technology of IBM power, 8 data centers support with Flash storage technology, to ensure the holding consolidation of the14 companies through Oracle e Business Suite ERP.
In 2019 I managed an Oracle CX successful implementation project (Oracle fusion CRM - cloud solution) for the sales and marketing departments that implemented in the 14 companies having a go life phase.

IT Director at TAKI
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 1999 to February 2020

TAKI Factories Company, has been leading the furniture industry in Egypt and Middle East Specialist in furniture of Hotels, Kitchens, Home, and office furniture. It was supplying the hotel furniture for the biggest hotel names (Marriot, Helton, Sheraton, Jollyville, etc. and the most of Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Marsa Alam resorts).

I was a Board member and IT Director responsible for Management's Decisions, Revenues, Expenses, Budget, Develop the business, process, Quality assurance, Internal audit, Financials and cost control, that was beside my first priority as an IT director.

In 2007 I was responsible for the QA implementation project (ISO 9001 - 14001 - 18001) with a successful implementation project in one year.
In 2006 I was the responsible for Oracle e Business Suite ERP successful implementation and data migration project having the go life phase in only 9 months,
and the responsible for Hardware upgrade project with IBM power, 6 data centers, PC’s, Printing centers and Cisco network.
Responsible for the Software licenses, Hardware and IT infrastructure, IT Budget, IT Vendors, IT devices Purchase, IT contracts, negotiation, IT staff recruiting, Training.

In 2000 year that was I started work at TAKI as a responsible for the digital transformation project by IBM MAPICS-XA ERP based on AS400 Server, DB2 Database and OS-400 Operating System, I got a success story in a very short time implementation, just one year to go life phase having a full digital transformation project.

IT Director at EL RASHIDY EL MIZAN
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 1994 to December 1999

EL Rashidy ElMIZAN is the biggest company providing the Confectionery business in the middle east.
I was responsible for the digital transformation project that managed a very difficult business process (Process Manufacturing Industry), having an IBM MAPICS-XA ERP system successful implementation project.
Responsible for IT management, Software licenses, Hardware and infrastructure, IT Budget, IT Vendors, devices Purchase, IT contracts negotiation, IT staff recruiting and Training.

IT Systems Administrator at P&G
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 1993 to March 1994

AS-400 System administrator

IT Systems Administrator at Air Defense Force
  • Egypt - Ismailia
  • July 1990 to December 1992

IT System Operator through automation project of the air Defense force.
Responsible for ODC Administration and operation.

Education

Higher diploma, Commerce
  • at Ain Shams University
  • May 2016

courses: Summary •IT Director for 24 years •ERP Expert, Oracle eBusiness Suite - Oracle Fusion - Oracle NetSuite – MAPICS •H/W and infrastructure (Power – AS400 – Sisco – Firewall – License) •Project Management

Specialties & Skills

Managerial Experience
Oracle E Business Suite
Finance
Budgeting
Cost Control
AUTOMATION
BUDGETING
BUSINESS ENGLISH
COMPUTER HARDWARE
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
COST CONTROL

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

DISC analysis (Behavior Style) -2020 (Training)
Training Institute:
TTI Succus insight
Date Attended:
February 2020
Duration:
36 hours