Simon Sef - PMP

Cloud technology and digital transformation consultancy firm, established both in the UK and Qatar
• Align projects with strategic objectives
• Select and prioritize projects as per strategic business goals
• Categorize and manage stakeholders
• Capture and communicate project requests
• Allocate organization resources as per project goals
• Set and track project performance KPIs
• Streamline and automate processes and workflows: project requesting, selection and prioritization, resource requisition and allocation processes
• Collect, communicate and reuse learning and knowledge across different projects
• Facilitate team collaboration and communication: remote teams
• Identify, monitor, and manage project-related risks

Projects: business process management, process optimization & automation, digital transformation
Tools: MS project, PM dashboard, MS teams

The QM Authority is a government entity that overseas various museums, heritage sites and archaeological projects throughout Qatar.

Organizational Process Asset (OPA) Management:
• Arrange and run "need assessment" meetings with department managers
• Review and develop policies, procedures and flowcharts for planned list of departments
• Create and suggest a departmental level mandate including departmental risk management

Project Management:
• Support the program management office (PMO)
• Arrange meetings with department managers to collect required project information
• Create a program management (PM) dashboard as an input for the upcoming PM solution
• Align organizational strategies with identified and analyzed list of projects

Strategic Planning:
• Assess and analyze departmental strategic plans and business plans
• Collect, and suggested ideas on revenue generation and cost efficiency (initiated as projects)
• Research on Public Private Partnerships in the "art and culture" industry

Quality Assurance, KPI Management and Coordination with Partner Government Agencies:
• Coordinate with the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs
• Coordinate with the Planning and Statistics Authority

Chalhoub Group is one of the leading retail and distribution businesses in fashion, beauty & gift products in the GULF & Middle East regions - 14 countries, over 700 shops and 12000+ employees.

Reporting and Analysis:
• Generate reports with cross-analytical data based on market trends and marketing activities
• Analyze the performance (ERP) of the brands - breakdown by outlet, category, reference, etc.
• Communicate performance, demographics and finance based reports with brand division teams

Process Management:
• Advise senior management on optimal alternatives based on indicators from quantitative analysis
• Develop, implement and monitor standard operating procedures - SOPs
• Assess and improve the SOPs

Forecasting and Buying:
• Manage demand forecasting on a seasonal basis
• Coordinate with the buying teams to ensure the purchase of required products (pre-buy analysis)
• Manage the margin and retail price mark ups/ downs

Supply Chain Management:
• Follow delivery planning schedule, communicate and act upon any delays or deviations
• Assess suppliers on standard delivery KPIs (lead time, damage)
• Analyze monthly supply chain costs related to intra-stores and warehouse to store movements

Portfolio of Brands:
Marc Jacobs, Celine, Lanvin, Michael Kors, Hackett, Ralph Lauren, Lacoste, Geox and Berluti

• Process and risk management
• Compliance management
• Quality Management System (QMS) development
• KPI management
• Coordination with Ministry of Education

Key Clients:
Supreme Council of Health (Ministry), Qatar Cool (District Cooling), Qatar National Bank (Bank)

• Process and risk management
• Compliance management
• Quality Management System (QMS) development
• KPI management
• Coordination with Ministry of Education

Key Clients:
Supreme Council of Health (Ministry), Qatar Cool (District Cooling), Qatar National Bank (Bank)

• Compliance management
• Project coordination
• Quality management system development
• Strategic planning
• KPI management

Worked with clients in the healthcare, food and beverage, manufacturing, retail and hospitality
sectors

Key Clients:
Saltek (bakery machinery), HHUMC (hospital), SIDUL (flour mills), Moulin d’Or (bakery), Gerardo (market & restaurant), HTG (glass processing)

• Coordinating on donor funded projects/ tenders
• Monitoring and filtering target donor-funded projects
• Forming a project consortium
• Preparing expressions of interest and technical offer