Ra'ad Abwini, Managing Consultant

Ra'ad Abwini

Managing Consultant

Horvath & Partners

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering
Experience
16 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 0 Months

Managing Consultant at Horvath & Partners
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since March 2015

Implementation of strategic performance management concepts (e.g. Strategic Planning, Cascading, Balance Scorecards (BSCs), Setting KPIs, Developing Business Plans, Strategic Initiative Management, Management Reporting Tools and Dashboards), business transformation, project management, change management and employee performance management.
Key assignments:
 Development and improvement of the 2rd quarter performance report for National Transformation Program - KSA
 Establish Management by Objective (MbO) system for evaluating employees performance in a gov. entity - KSA
 Establishing Office of Strategy Management (OSM) and managing the Strategic Initiative Management stream for a leading ministry - KSA
 Development and improvement of the annual performance report for a governmental entity - UAE
 Performance Management Implementation and BSC for a leading private sector entity - UAE

Sr. Business Process Management Analyst / Supply Chain Functional Specialist at MarkaVIP
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2012 to March 2015

- Manage the full life cycle of design, analyzing, testing phases, producing solution design and leading business owners throughout the implementation and support phases of Oracle ERP implementation
- Integration between Oracle ERP system and Magento system as backend
- Provide the Implementation for Oracle Supply Chain Modules / Solutions: (Inventory, Purchasing, Advanced Pricing and Product Information Management)
- Develop techniques to improve forecasting for the sourcing processes, monitor the forecast accuracy and analyze all sales trends
- Develop techniques to improve customer satisfaction through monitoring the sold items and seasonality
- Analyze and solve complex issues involving both data and processes.

Business Consutlant at Palma Consulting
  • Jordan - Amman
  • April 2012 to August 2012

Projects Assigned to:

- E-services Development & Implementation at Public Sector Entity (Amman - Jordan)

Project Coordinator/ Managing all phases of business process management components, process modeling, gap analysis, KPIs identification, providing orientation sessions and training on the newly developed processes to the stakeholders, managing the conclusive part of the project which contains documenting the changes of the organizational structure, changes of laws and regulations and job description manual, developing a new reporting and controlling system to maintain the To-Be situation, by designing the Governance Model and the Performance Evaluation System, setting the Escalation rules and creating the Job Descriptions, applying change management plan through the phases of the project and overall control of the project.

- Developing Operations Toolkit for a Private Sector Organization (Amman - Jordan)

Project Manager/ Managing the Project Team during the organization-wide As Is business processes documentation and related policies, reviewing them and giving some recommendation regarding the gaps between the current and the best practice processes, and training the internal team on the required methods and tools to develop operations toolkit for the Organization.

- Strategy Design and Execution for Non-governmental Organization (Amman - Jordan)

Project Coordinator/ A Market research and analysis were conducted and hence the strategic direction and goals were defined. A strategy map was drawn to show the linkages between the goals and the organizations direction. Using the Balance Scorecard methodology, all goals were assigned specific key performance indicators and target values and hence initiatives were defined to support the achievement of the goals. A road map was developed as a guide for the execution of the newly defined strategy.

Business Analyst at Palma Consulting
  • Jordan - Amman
  • May 2010 to March 2012

Main responsibilities:

- Design, Model and Simulate business processes.
- Recommend process improvements to reduce waste and continuously improve performance.
- Develop business process architectures, cross-functional maps and work flow diagrams.
- Develop and maintain an enterprise view of business processes, identifying cross-functional relationships and inter-dependencies.
- Align processes with corporate strategy, business requirements and IT capabilities.
- Develop change management strategies.
­- Defined Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and Initiatives to all objectives within the balance scorecard to monitor the progress of achieving the goals.


Projects assigned to:

- E-services Development & Implementation for a Public Sector Entity (Amman - Jordan)

Implementing all phases of the business process management component, by modeling the As-Is business and customer service requirements from CSPD and the stakeholders involved, analyzing improvement potentials and process performance, designing the To-Be situation based on automation & e-service criteria.

- Development of Municipal Legislative Instruments for a Public Sector Entity (Abu Dhabi - UAE)

Identify the gaps in the current regulatory framework by understanding the current regulatory context of Abu Dhabi that, and then developing customized technically and legally structured regulations, designing regulatory compliance and an appropriate common enforcement framework (fines, enforcement mechanisms, processes and sustainable organizations) and finally designing an implementation plan for the regulations, considering the essential changes and impacts.

- Development of Policies and Procedures Manual for the Supporting Services Division for an NGO (Amman - Jordan)

Capturing, designing and documenting As Is business processes for Supporting Services Division, in order to develop the Standard Operations Procedures (SOP) for each process.

Quality Engineer at Universal Group Co. – Jotun
  • Jordan
  • February 2010 to May 2010

Make sure that the Group factory is strictly following the ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards and procedures.

Senior Front of House at Fitness First
  • Jordan - Amman
  • May 2008 to February 2010

Taking the responsibility of being a team leader, and to maintain the customer service we provide in its highest level.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering
  • at University of Jordan
  • January 2010

I took many courses: - Supply Chain Management - Logistics - Project Management - Cost Accounting - Statistics 1,2 - Six Sigma - Operation Research 1,2 - Marketing - Manufacturing 1,2, and others My Graduation Project: My graduation project title was {A system Dynamics Model for Improving the Market Share of a Telecommunication Company in Jordan (Orange)}. This was implemented through some important steps such as Collecting Field Data, Competitive Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Markov Chain Method, Optimization, Simulation, Risk Assessment and others in which led us to our conclusions and recommendations.

Specialties & Skills

Strategic Planning
Procurement
Business Process Improvement
Project Management
Communication Skills
MS office
ARIS BPM Platform
IBM Rational System Architect
IBM Rational Focal Point
MS Project
Supply Chain Management & Logistics
MS Visio
NetSuite ERP System
Oracle (Procurement, Inventory, Landed Cost, Order Management & PIM)

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Jordan Engineering Association
  • Member
  • April 2010

Training and Certifications

R12.x Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning Fundamentals Training (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle Consulting Services
Date Attended:
March 2014
Certified in Production and Inventory Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2012
Valid Until:
January 9999
Basics of Supply Chain Management (Training)
Training Institute:
APICS
Date Attended:
June 2012
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Training)
Training Institute:
Sanaya Academy
Date Attended:
February 2012
Feasibilty Studies (Training)
Training Institute:
Sanaya Academy
Date Attended:
February 2012