Wafi Chaar, Director

Wafi Chaar

Director

HLOUL

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Doctorate, Computer Science
Experience
22 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 5 Months

Director at HLOUL
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since February 2013

• Create HLOUL startup services & manage its projects up to the customers’ satisfaction.
• Achieve 18% sales growth year over year
• Some of the projects achieved:
• Finance business intelligence & budget planning using IBM Cognos TM1 for a healthcare trading & production company.
• Consultancy project for a government entity on hospital & laboratory information system and patients electronic healthcare records (analysis of existing systems, ideal integrated system and implementation proposal).
• Create SMART-D app: Analytics mobile app with pre-compiled performance dashboards for the Pharma business to analyze market, sales and CRM data.

Director of Information Systems at Integrated Pharma Solutions (Holding)
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since February 2013

- Management board and startup founding member
- Ensure the implementation and maintenance of business applications :
- Microsoft AX 2012 ERP for finance, logistics, production, human resources & payroll (implemented in 12 months)
- IBM Cognos BI & IBM Cognos TM1 for business analytics and budget planning
(budget planning process in 6 weeks, full monthly reporting versus budget at D+5)
- CRM system to manage the relationship & electronic data exchange between
patients, logistics provider, international laboratories and prescribing physicians
(no patient specimen loss, 50 % reduction in logistics process duration)
- ETMS: electronic territory management system for planning & executing sales calls
with digital visual aids
(20 % increase in daily calls)
- Ensure the implementation and maintenance of IT infrastructure (Virtual servers,
cloud apps, VPN…)
- Ensure the availability, integrity and security of data
- Propose yearly information systems action plan and related budgets.

Near East Information Systems Manager at Sanofi Liban
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • June 2006 to January 2013

• Design & implementation of a business intelligence application for finance, HR, supply chain & sales departments using IBM Cognos BI (3 budget cycles per year)
• Implementation & maintenance of Epicor iScala ERP for finance & supply chain.
• Design of Digital Visual Aids application on tablets to measure & enhance sales force
effectiveness. (20% increase in call plan adherence and customers’ feedback)
• Digital transformation of manual processes, mapping business processes & workflows to enhance productivity. (no loss of documents, 30% reduction in processing times)
• IT budgeting and controlling (500 k$/year)
• Internal & outsourced IT staff management

IT Manager at Schneider Electric East Mediteranean
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • November 2003 to May 2006

• Implementation & maintenance of Epicor iScala ERP & related performance reports for: finance, projects and regional logistics center.
• Design & implementation of an electronic orders processing and tracking tool between the regional logistics center, the manufacturers & the customers. (Daily status reports)
• Participated in international project to re-design the business processes & implement a global ERP across many geographies for Schneider Electric (based on SAP)
• IT budgeting and controlling.
• Active participation in design and implementation of business processes.

IT Engineer at Schneider Electric East Mediterranean
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • December 2001 to October 2003

• Building LAN - WAN network in and between offices.

Education

Doctorate, Computer Science
  • at Université du Littoral (Côte d'Opale)
  • October 2007
Master's degree, Computer Science and Systems
  • at Lebanese University & Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie
  • October 2002
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering, Power & Control
  • at Lebanese University
  • July 2001

Bayt Tests

Business Strategy Test
Score 86%

Specialties & Skills

Business Analytics
Business Process
IT Management
BUDGETING
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
BUSINESS PROCESS
FINANCE
HUMAN RESOURCES
LOGISTICS

Languages

Arabic
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English
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French
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