Back to previous job and resuming same tasks held before between 2006 and 2013

Back to previous job and resuming same tasks held before between 2006 and 2013

• Interior Design of the project, a snack / coffee shop, and Follow up of construction and decoration
• Concept design for new products
• Recruitment and training of staff and assessing food safety SOP’s.
• Set up of safety and security SOP’s.

• Interior Design of the project, a snack / coffee shop, and Follow up of construction and decoration
• Concept design for new products
• Recruitment and training of staff and assessing food safety SOP’s.
• Set up of safety and security SOP’s.

• Recruitment, performance evaluations, setting short and long-term objectives
• Submitting time projections to corporate management for approval.
• Communicating with the internal auditor.
• Paying close attention to daily operations
• Explaining policies and procedures to all employees
• Weekly financial reports
• Bank relations
• Creating cost-effective advertising plans and marketing strategies, and relation with PR and advertising agencies.
• Client Problem solving
• Establishment of Contracts
• Administrative and Governmental Relations
• Treasury Budgets and Feasibility Studies.
• Establishment of Company Legal File and the General Assembly’s Minutes of Meeting, as well as All Legal Procedures
• Sales strategy
• Relations with international suppliers
• Ordering and stock management
• National & international transportations & logistics and import banking transactions.
Achievements:
• Cutting cost of imports by almost 10% through tough negotiations with Suzuki Motor Corporation and Maruti Suzuki India Limited.
• Successful launch of new models.
• Convincing SMC to allocate new diesel models for the Moroccan market with unconditional warranty on vehicles, a premiere for Suzuki Maroc.
• Participate at regional Suzuki distributors’ conference on homologation for African markets.
• Successfully handle customers claims for technical and commercial issues.
• Realize fleet sales deals with renown car rental companies such as Hertz and Avis.
• Optimizing imports and stock levels
• Developing the national network of retailers for vehicles and motorcycles.

• Recruitment, performance evaluations, setting short and long-term objectives
• Submitting time projections to corporate management for approval.
• Communicating with the internal auditor.
• Paying close attention to daily operations
• Explaining policies and procedures to all employees
• Weekly financial reports
• Bank relations
• Creating cost-effective advertising plans and marketing strategies, and relation with PR and advertising agencies.
• Client Problem solving
• Establishment of Contracts
• Administrative and Governmental Relations
• Treasury Budgets and Feasibility Studies.
• Establishment of Company Legal File and the General Assembly’s Minutes of Meeting, as well as All Legal Procedures
• Sales strategy
• Relations with international suppliers
• Ordering and stock management
• National & international transportations & logistics and import banking transactions.
Achievements:
• Cutting cost of imports by almost 10% through tough negotiations with Suzuki Motor Corporation and Maruti Suzuki India Limited.
• Successful launch of new models.
• Convincing SMC to allocate new diesel models for the Moroccan market with unconditional warranty on vehicles, a premiere for Suzuki Maroc.
• Participate at regional Suzuki distributors’ conference on homologation for African markets.
• Successfully handle customers claims for technical and commercial issues.
• Realize fleet sales deals with renown car rental companies such as Hertz and Avis.
• Optimizing imports and stock levels
• Developing the national network of retailers for vehicles and motorcycles.

• Effectively address client satisfaction, renewal and escalation issues until resolved
• Develop a strong understanding of clients’ marketing and business objectives and drive high-level strategic plans and objectives, being responsible for several international clients including Suzuki Motor Corporation for the MENA market.
• Maximize revenue from each client and ensure clients are retained
• Identify cross-sell and up-sell opportunities across the current client base and bring new business opportunities to the company through extended external network
• Acquire, develop and retain talent; demonstrate a track record of developing services leadership
• Manage relations with suppliers such as, production houses, printing presses, event management companies, including, price negotiations, follow up, quality assurance, reception, and verification of invoices.
• Relationship building and networking with colleagues, clients and the media;
• Working as part of an account team to develop client proposals and implement the PR activity;
• Preparing regular client reports and attending client meetings;
• Event management, including press conferences and promotional events;
• Attending and promoting client events to the media;
• Undertaking research for new business proposals and presenting to potential new clients;

• Effectively address client satisfaction, renewal and escalation issues until resolved
• Develop a strong understanding of clients’ marketing and business objectives and drive high-level strategic plans and objectives, being responsible for several international clients including Suzuki Motor Corporation for the MENA market.
• Maximize revenue from each client and ensure clients are retained
• Identify cross-sell and up-sell opportunities across the current client base and bring new business opportunities to the company through extended external network
• Acquire, develop and retain talent; demonstrate a track record of developing services leadership
• Manage relations with suppliers such as, production houses, printing presses, event management companies, including, price negotiations, follow up, quality assurance, reception, and verification of invoices.
• Relationship building and networking with colleagues, clients and the media;
• Working as part of an account team to develop client proposals and implement the PR activity;
• Preparing regular client reports and attending client meetings;
• Event management, including press conferences and promotional events;
• Attending and promoting client events to the media;
• Undertaking research for new business proposals and presenting to potential new clients;

• Provide sound and timely financial reports. Overall responsibility for accounting (General Ledger) and financial management; overseeing the preparation of all financial reports including income statements, balance sheets, monthly key drivers and best estimates, consolidated statements.
• Monitor and analyze financial reports and records, properly communicate them to the Management and pro-actively identify issues and initiate corrective actions where needed. Coordinate the annual audit function and lead the inventory works.
• Develop accurate plans and projections of future financial results. Formulate company strategy, prepare annual budgets and revisions and cash flow forecasts, analyze business performance of actual results vs forecast. Measure financial impact of current and future business decisions.
• Lead, motivate, manage and develop the finance department. Ensure the adequate finance organization is in place with the most appropriate talents in each position.
• Develop, implement and maintain sound management controls to ensure compliance with overall Company control requirements.
• Ensure the company is fully compliant with current tax legislation including timely filing of tax returns, including VAT accounting.
• Work on special projects as assigned by the General Manager.

• Provide sound and timely financial reports. Overall responsibility for accounting (General Ledger) and financial management; overseeing the preparation of all financial reports including income statements, balance sheets, monthly key drivers and best estimates, consolidated statements.
• Monitor and analyze financial reports and records, properly communicate them to the Management and pro-actively identify issues and initiate corrective actions where needed. Coordinate the annual audit function and lead the inventory works.
• Develop accurate plans and projections of future financial results. Formulate company strategy, prepare annual budgets and revisions and cash flow forecasts, analyze business performance of actual results vs forecast. Measure financial impact of current and future business decisions.
• Lead, motivate, manage and develop the finance department. Ensure the adequate finance organization is in place with the most appropriate talents in each position.
• Develop, implement and maintain sound management controls to ensure compliance with overall Company control requirements.
• Ensure the company is fully compliant with current tax legislation including timely filing of tax returns, including VAT accounting.
• Work on special projects as assigned by the General Manager.

Establishment of all kinds of contracts, administrative relations, banking relations, treasury budgets, financial analysis, financial simulations, feasibility studies, inventories, establishment & control of internal procedures, control of all divisions, recommendations to the general management.

Establishment of all kinds of contracts, administrative relations, banking relations, treasury budgets, financial analysis, financial simulations, feasibility studies, inventories, establishment & control of internal procedures, control of all divisions, recommendations to the general management.

Performed as Deputy General Manager
The Operations’ Manager tasks listed below as well as:
• Financial strategy, Budgeting, staff appreciation & motivation. Establishment of procedures, internal memos, and circulars. Control of adherence to labor & finance laws. Training programs, treasury management, banking relations, budget control; achieved a 40% cost reduction, fiscal control, and internal audit, assets control, and inventories.
• Relations with international suppliers: price & discount negotiations, feasibility for new products and models, cost and price simulations. Orders and stock management, monthly & yearly reporting to owners in KSA and suppliers in Japan. Achievement of minimum stock policy and cheapest purchase price. Relations with clearing agents and port authorities. National & international transportations & logistics, and import banking transactions. Feasibility studies for new projects and products.
Special Missions: Follow up of construction of the new Head Office & Showroom in Casablanca, inaugurated in May 2002, and of the new branch in Rabat (inaugurated in January 2004).

Performed as Deputy General Manager
The Operations’ Manager tasks listed below as well as:
• Financial strategy, Budgeting, staff appreciation & motivation. Establishment of procedures, internal memos, and circulars. Control of adherence to labor & finance laws. Training programs, treasury management, banking relations, budget control; achieved a 40% cost reduction, fiscal control, and internal audit, assets control, and inventories.
• Relations with international suppliers: price & discount negotiations, feasibility for new products and models, cost and price simulations. Orders and stock management, monthly & yearly reporting to owners in KSA and suppliers in Japan. Achievement of minimum stock policy and cheapest purchase price. Relations with clearing agents and port authorities. National & international transportations & logistics, and import banking transactions. Feasibility studies for new projects and products.
Special Missions: Follow up of construction of the new Head Office & Showroom in Casablanca, inaugurated in May 2002, and of the new branch in Rabat (inaugurated in January 2004).

Relations with international suppliers, price negotiations, correspondence, purchase orders, and all procedures till reception of imported goods. Financial and feasibility studies for new products. Establishment of marketing plan and advertising campaigns.

Relations with international suppliers, price negotiations, correspondence, purchase orders, and all procedures till reception of imported goods. Financial and feasibility studies for new products. Establishment of marketing plan and advertising campaigns.

Correspondences with international suppliers. Office Manager. Financial reporting of all divisions: Automotive, Construction materials, Electrical materials, hotel supplies. Personal accounting to the GM. Evaluation of financial placement proposals for international investments. Translation from and to Arabic / English / & French. Feasibility studies for new projects, products, and partnership proposals. Competition analysis. Launching of the hotel supplies division & a group travel agency.
Special Mission: Coordination for the qualification to ISO 9001 in 1999.

Correspondences with international suppliers. Office Manager. Financial reporting of all divisions: Automotive, Construction materials, Electrical materials, hotel supplies. Personal accounting to the GM. Evaluation of financial placement proposals for international investments. Translation from and to Arabic / English / & French. Feasibility studies for new projects, products, and partnership proposals. Competition analysis. Launching of the hotel supplies division & a group travel agency.
Special Mission: Coordination for the qualification to ISO 9001 in 1999.

Customer Service: All transaction types: deposits, withdrawals, transfers, bank checks, savings & current accounts in local currency (LBP) and foreign currencies (mainly US dollars), exchange operations, and drafts and travelers’ checks drawn on international banks.
International relations forex dept: from Feb 1990 till end of June 1990, I became part of the team that handled all the head office responsibilities. My duty was the closing of all foreign exchange transactions between the bank’s branches, the head office, and the dealing room at the Central Bank of Lebanon, as well as preparing all the listing of the checks and travelers’ checks for collection and sending them to our correspondent banks abroad.
Credit facilities dept: evaluation of customers’ request for banking facilities, financial analysis, daily follow-up of accounts and overdrafts, daily accounts position, reporting and recommendations to the credit committee

Customer Service: All transaction types: deposits, withdrawals, transfers, bank checks, savings & current accounts in local currency (LBP) and foreign currencies (mainly US dollars), exchange operations, and drafts and travelers’ checks drawn on international banks.
International relations forex dept: from Feb 1990 till end of June 1990, I became part of the team that handled all the head office responsibilities. My duty was the closing of all foreign exchange transactions between the bank’s branches, the head office, and the dealing room at the Central Bank of Lebanon, as well as preparing all the listing of the checks and travelers’ checks for collection and sending them to our correspondent banks abroad.
Credit facilities dept: evaluation of customers’ request for banking facilities, financial analysis, daily follow-up of accounts and overdrafts, daily accounts position, reporting and recommendations to the credit committee

All accounting tasks from A to Z including the establishment of the year-end financial statements. Control of an agricultural project, and the exportation of fruits to Gulf Countries.
Special Mission: Follow-up of the construction of a housing complex of 5 buildings with entertainment facilities.

All accounting tasks from A to Z including the establishment of the year-end financial statements. Control of an agricultural project, and the exportation of fruits to Gulf Countries.
Special Mission: Follow-up of the construction of a housing complex of 5 buildings with entertainment facilities.

DIPLOME D'ETUDES SUPERIEURES SPECIALISEES - GESTION DES ENTREPRISES COMMERCIALES ET INDUSTRIELLES.

DIPLOME D'ETUDES SUPERIEURES SPECIALISEES - GESTION DES ENTREPRISES COMMERCIALES ET INDUSTRIELLES.

FINANCE AND BANKING

FINANCE AND BANKING