Samir El Ghazal, Head of Operations

Samir El Ghazal

Head of Operations

Ventures Middle East

Location
Lebanon
Education
Bachelor's degree, BA in Topography
Experience
15 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 1 Months

Head of Operations at Ventures Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2017

Responsible for day to day operations and practice using contemporary technology to providing superior customer service in all aspects of responding to market inquiries and demands

 Owning P&L for the business line and driving cost optimization
 Overall responsibility for the implementation and launches of the business line and the ongoing growth, profitability of the operations
 Providing strategic direction, leadership and transitioning the business line from the project mode to an ongoing steady state operations mode.
 Drive strategic direction on improvements to processes, people, and technology
 Translating the strategic business plans into well-defined operational plans to meet business objective
 Defining & implementing suitable performance management metrics & reporting structures to monitor performance against objectives
 Setting the budgets for the coming year and executing the annual, medium-term & long-term plans for the operations department.
 Responsibility for the operations of the business; setting & ensuring standards of excellence and driving 'client delight’
 Planning, building & nurturing the infrastructure, resources, leadership & processes for delivery of the annual plan
 Talent acquisition, nurturing, mentoring & retention of staff
 Overseeing the roll out of overall operations as well as optimizing the performance

Operations Director at Ipsos
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2009 to December 2016

Planning: Defining goals, establishing strategy, and develop sub plans to coordinate activities
Organizing: Determining what needs to be done, how it will be done, and who is to do it
Leading: Directing and motivating all involved parties and resolving conflicts
Controlling: Monitoring activities to ensure that they fully comply with the company standards and norms

Education

Bachelor's degree, BA in Topography
  • at ITI university
  • July 2001

Specialties & Skills

Project Plans
Team Leadership
Budgeting
Analytical Skills
Operations Management
MS office

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
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