Samer Haidar, Project Manager / Senior Business Analyst

Samer Haidar

Project Manager / Senior Business Analyst

Intertech Group

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, MBA
Experience
16 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 11 Months

Project Manager / Senior Business Analyst at Intertech Group
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since January 2016

Responsibilities
1. Initiate requirement gathering, analysis and elicitation and consultancy sessions with stakeholders
2. Create project plan, FRD, FDD, risk register, project charter and others, resource and task allocation
3. Capture As is processes and transform them into To be procedures
4. Work closely with QA & Training teams to ensure successful testing and implementation of projects and training of end users
5. Plan, manage and maximize utilization of project resources.
6. Write technical proposals for software, ICT, capacity building and technical assistance Tenders supplied by various Contracting Authorities.

Key Achievements:
1. Implement Dynamics ERP system at LAF to enhance warehousing and logistics procedures and performed a full scale ICT study
2. Supervise the development of SIMS at the Ministry of Education allowing to consolidate data from 1300 schools, teachers and students in a single application
3. Implement a teacher monitoring application for 1200 Syrian schools through a web and mobile sync
4. Perform an analytical study for a security entity to automate their case management procedure.
5. Implement an internal Dynamics CRM system to automate company business process.
6. Perform multiple automation and business process re-engineering consultancy services for clients

Project Manager/ Senior Business Analyst at ISS
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • May 2012 to December 2015

Responsibilities:
1. Initiated requirement gathering and consultancy sessions with stakeholders
2. Prepared documentation (FRD, FDD, project charter, risk register, scope of work)
3. Participated in Presales activities (identify clients, assess current situation, identify needs)
4. Provided Demo sessions, POC, UAT and End user training
5. Business Modeling and Process Re-engineering using MS Visio
6. Prepared project plan, resource allocation and task allocation using MS Project and manage client expectations and ensure implementation is within the agreed scope and time frame.
7. Prepare business cases by determining the problem, the scope and clear business objectives of the project and the critical success factors of implementation projects among others.

Key Achievements:
1. Implemented Dynamics CRM 2013 @ Chronora, reduced manual work by 80%
2. Implemented Dynamics AX 2012 @ ROP, increased number of vendors in Q1 of operations, in turn increasing bids
3. Implemented Dynamics CRM 2011 @ Saccal, improved preventive maintenance scheduling and estimation to 85%
4. Implemented Dynamics CRM2 2013 @ Karl Storz, unified BPF for 4 divisions and more than 25 users, making CRM their central application to govern different business needs
5. Implemented a solution comprising of AX 2012 and SharePoint 2013 @ SEZAD in Oman which enhanced the sales and revenues processes by 15% in Q1
6. Implemented Dynamics CRM 2011 @ Saccal, improved preventive maintenance scheduling and estimation by 50% in first year
7. Implemented Dynamics CRM 2011 @ Samco, improved time to prepare huge quotations with average time of 5 - 7 minutes, tripling the quotation output.

Business Consultant at AWRostomani
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2011 to December 2011

Responsibilities:
1. Initiated requirement gathering and consultancy sessions
2. Provided documentation for “As is” and “To be” processes
3. Designed the new workflows on IBM System Architect

Key Achievements:
1. Provide consultancy for the Ministry of Education in UAE to implement best practices in schools governing safety, special needs and transportation

Techincal Consultant/ Implementor at OmniSoft
  • Lebanon
  • November 2008 to April 2011

Responsibilities:
1. Customization and configuration of WebSphere application server and TSRM
2. Technical documentation such as user manuals, configuration and customization
3. Provide POC, Training, UAT

Key Achievements:
1. Tivoli TSRM @ Korek, boosting Customer service performance by 30% in Q1 of implementation

Quality Control / Business Analyst at CME
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • February 2007 to October 2008

Responsibilities:
1. Test application, report bugs, write test case scenario

Key Achievements:
1. Implemented Senturion, an advanced forecasting

Education

Master's degree, MBA
  • at Lebanese American University
  • June 2008
Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems
  • at Lebanese American University
  • June 2006

Specialties & Skills

Testing
IT Project Management
Program Implementation
Analysis
MS Office
Business Analysis
Project Management
Dynamics CRM / ERP

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Beginner
German
Expert

Training and Certifications

Business Analysis Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
PMI
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2012
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 & 2013 Application (Certificate)
Managing Dynamics Implementations (Certificate)
Microsoft Dynamics 2011 & 2013 Customization and Configuration (Certificate)