IT Director
Arabtec
Total years of experience :40 years, 2 Months
Achievements
Major Business Challenges - build 1 million affordable homes in Egypt - build a property management company - integrate a newly acquired engineering company.
IT Challenges - short 6 months’ timeframe for the core modules - data cleansing/integrity from paper-based/excel to business Intelligence/analytics - major people re-training/culture change.
Restructured, consolidated and transformed the acquisition-based conglomerate’s business processes from paper-based legacy systems. Designed, delivered and run an integrated group-wide ERP Oracle R12 for Construction, Real Estate & Property Management, and Prefab-Housing manufacturing businesses.
The solution included hybrid-cloud/on-premises with Financials, Procurement, HRM (CSC Analytics & Talent Management), PM, Unifier- sub-contractor management integration to Causeway Estimation module, AutoDesk BIM, Hyperion / MS Office 365/ EPM ERP, Primavera, Microsoft 365 Cloud enterprise solution.
As a publically listed company there was a strong emphasis on Corporate Governance & Risk Management. The Project used Best Practices/Industry Standards - CoBiT5 - PMI -TOGAF - ITIL/ITSM - ISO 9001 ISO/IEC 27002 PMO Portfolio Management with CAGR & KPIs & a Zero-based Budget.
Results
35% reduction of CAPEX
+ 40 % reduction of OPEX/TCOs
+ 50% of IT Budget spent on new enabling technologies to maximize ESP investments;
+ 1.5%. IT cost/Revenue value investment through;
Technology consolidation
Standardization of development
Outsourcing of non-core platforms
Recruited, trained & retained key staff
Retail - dot com and wholesale channels, Automotive, Construction, Real Estate, Property Management, Leisure & Hospitality, Engineering, Insurance & Financial Services, IT Services
Achievements
Savings/Cost avoidance 45% CAPEX/OPEX, 10%. CAGR sales volume
o Implemented 5 year Business Transformation & Consolidation Plan Programme
o SAP agile, incremental Infrastructure upgrade & built DC & leased DR-DC external
o SAP Dealer Management Systems - Automotive Sales, Car Rental, Heavy Equipment Rental
o Synchron Global Inventory Management (GIMv8.4) for spare parts replenishment
o B2B Dealership online order parts tracking system
o Fastrack to cross sell Automotive Finance, Insurance, Warranty Service and Accessories
o CARPRO front-end Leasing Solution for Herz
o SAP CRM, HRM/BPC/SuccessFactors (Salaries, performance management, recruitment, manpower planning) iGrow Learning Academy
o SAP BCP Financial Consolidation & SAP Logistics
o SAP ARIBA Procure-to-Pay Management
o SAP ECC 6.0 Retail for M&S, Robinsons (Singapore), RSH (GCC, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia) with MPLS telecoms line Dubai to Singapore
o SAP ECC 6.0 Property Management Solution for Doha, Dubai & Cairo Festival Cities Projects
o e-commerce for M&S, Plugins, Toys R US, IKEA
Retail - dot com and wholesale channels, FMCG, Pharma, Automotive, and Technology/ Telecom
Management buyout Itellium Systems - Assessment/ DD, IT Carve out/Separation, Post Benefits
CIO Advisory: IT Strategy, Service Integration and Management, IT Governance, IT Performance
Digital Transformation: Cloud Computing, Analytics Capability Assessment and Deployment
Business & Technology Transformation: Program Delivery, PM Office, ITIL/SM, Agile Delivery
IT Operating Model Design (ITOM): Organization and Operating Model Design, Digital Impact on ITOM
Itellium Systems: Germany’s largest SAP Systems Integrator for Retail - dot com and wholesale channels, Logistics, IT Automotive, Digital, Financial Services, Technology/Telecoms with 700+ IT Professionals, a P&L of $420m and an external Revenue of $65m p.a.
KarstadtQuelle AG: Financial Services (Banking, Insurance) IT Services, Logistics Services, Karstadt - Department Stores, Restaurants, Online Shopping Malls, Quelle - Mail Order, Shops, Thomas Cook/Neckerman/Condor - Tourism/Airlines, HSE24 -dot com Home Shopping.
Achievements
Realized savings of €650m
o Innovation and Business Transformation - Outsourced Itellium to HP/EDS. Transitioned 700 staff to HP/EDS’s and implemented a Competence Centre of Retail Expertise (CORE).
o Implemented a world class eCommerce ATG technology platform for Karstadt.
o Implemented the Intershop Enfinity Solution for Quelle Germany’s top online catalogue retailer
o Implemented Disaster Recovery Foundation Tier 4 Data Center - Access Control & Security -WAN/Cloud/ NW topology - Virtualized DC Estate.
Retail - dot com and wholesale channels, Restaurants, Petrol Stations, Food Manufacturing, Real Estate Developer, Newspaper Publisher
Achievements
Group’s Sales increased by 15 percent & Profit +3% in 4 years and achieved the goal to be the largest in Europe.
o Implemented the group Digital IT Strategy Roadmap with the to take the Group from a regional player to the largest multi format Food Discounters, Food Manufacturers (HSE & CSV), Real Estate Investor and Newspaper distributor in Europe.
o Implemented Germany’s and SAP’s first large scale integrated SAP Retail / Food Manufacturing / Logistics/ Property Management/ Facility Management / e-commerce - 10 Customer Service Centers 14 FMCG Logistic Centers & 3 Food Plants
o Build Disaster Recovery Foundation Tier 4 Data Center - ISO27001 specification. Implemented Access Control & Security - Implemented WAN/Cloud/ NW topology - Virtualized DC Estate.
Core Business - “Media Markt revolutionized the market for consumer electronics in Europe “
The company expanded with its out-of-the-box format into 7 European countries in the space of 4 years taking it to the fastest growing, largest and most profitable consumer electronics megastore retailer in Europe.
Achievements
o Established a state of the art Development Factory Software Engineering Framework. Developed an in-house Java-based, out-of-the-box format, store and e-commerce online-store system which delivered an integrated shopping experience across Europe including 5 Customer Service Centers 10 FMCG Logistic Centers.
Pharmaceuticals R&D, Manufacturing & Logistics, Health Care
Achievements
o Implemented a Pharmaceutical Compliancy & Validation Program in EMEA for the validation of toxicology software, LIMS systems, Financial Accounting, Warehouse, Pick and Pack, Labeling, Distribution Systems.
o Transitioned JDEdwards /AS400 to SAP for all Pharmaceutical processes with a global team in preparation for Y2K
o Servicing the European Manufacturing & distribution Centre - labelling, pick-pack and distribution for EMEA.
Marketing, Procurement, Financial Services & IT Services for Shoe & Leather Fashion
Achievements
o Planned, budgeted, and managed the development and marketing of a multi-lingual, multi-currency retailing services platform for the associate for Banking, Centralized order systems & marketing services for 7000 independent retailers.
o Generated new business through an IT Services Company providing Integration Services to cooperatives in the Toy, Steel and Shoe manufacturing segments supplementing the IT budget by €10m pa.
Engineering, Manufacturing
Achievements
o Implemented a CIM Framework CAD -PPC & ERP for a world class engineering company building heat exchangers, air & flue systems for power plants and industrial filters.
o Transitioned Rothemühle IT & Administration into the new parent company Balke Dürr
o Executed the IT Strategy for the DACH (German speaking countries) as part of the European IT steering council using the HSE & Chemicals 6 Gases CSV framework in this highly regulated industry.
o Implemented telemetry customer sites to redesign the logistics and product sourcing and reduced the product transportation costs by $40m p.a. in EMEA
Diploma Macro Economics, Business/Managerial Economics, Finance, HR, Operations Research, IT
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