Walid Wanis

Experience

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  Alexandria Port Authority

  Mar 2004 - May 2005

  IT Applications Engineer

  Re-engineering and automation of port operations.

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  Business Systems House

  May 2005 - Oct 2008

  Senior Applications Consultant

  Senior Applications Consultant in BSH for HRBase, HREasy, and FinBase products.Achievements and duties:1- Participate in design, and development phases of FinBase application for a government entity in UAE. The application includes the following financial and trading modules: General ledger, Account Receivable, Account Payable, Stock Control, Purchasing, Sales, Custody, Cash Management, Budget, Assets. The application is now live in the site.2- Successful Implementation of HRMS in Midmac contracting company (Doha - Qatar). The implemented modules were: Personnel (Hr Core), leave management, air ticket management, performance evaluation, learning management, self service, recruitment, payroll (detailed module), Time Attendance, and more..).3- Outsourced from BSH to DAPECO (Daleed Petroleum Company) in Muscat – Oman. To accomplish: end users training on HRMS, study gap analysis between DAPECO business and the HRMS.4- Successful implementation of HRMS in Thuraya Telecommunications in (Abu Dhabi-UAE). The application is now live in Thuraya.All developments and implementations were accomplished using Oracle technology and BSH development tools (J Base and J Report). Show less

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  Thuraya

  Oct 2008 - Jun 2012

  Senior ERP Specialist / Project Manager

  Achievements and duties:1- Successful implementation cycle of Human resources management system.2- Managing the operations of:• Human Resources Management System.• Change Management application.• Internal Correspondences application.• Expenses Management application.3- Check, study, evaluate, and compare new systems and applications.4- Managing the following successful integration projects:•Integration between HRMS and Microsoft Great Plains financial system.•Integration between the HRMS and Finger Print attendance system.•Integration between the HRMS and the new wages system of UAE central bank.•Integration between the HRMS and external Performance Management system. Show less

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  Government of Abu Dhabi

  Oct 2012 - Apr 2015

  ERP Project Manager

  Manage multiple implementations of HCM, financial, and Hyperion Planning in DOF (Department of Finance) and 64 Government departments as part of ADERP program, including all needed integrations with banking systems.The implementation includes Financial (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, and Fixed Assets), SCM (Purchasing, I-Supply, I-Source, and I-Expense), HCM (HR, Payroll, Self Service, Performance Management, and Learning Management), and Hyperion.Shared achievements and duties:• Prepare, maintain, and follow up through project managers the project plan, as per DOF strategies.• Validate Stakeholders, and Organization Change Management Strategy• Define roles and responsibilities for different stakeholders.• Update daily and weekly project records.• Advice with the best practice in different areas in HR business.• Solve all project problems and conflicts.• Promotes good and effective working relationships.• Ensure the quality level of service is as per the agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA).• Manage the scope of the project, and clearly identify which requirements are in scope and which are not.• Assure the agreed deliverables are delivered as per the planned time, and quality.• Assure periodic reports are prepared and shared as per the communication plan.• Evaluate team members project wise and functional wise periodically. Show less

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  Mawarid Technology

  May 2016 - Dec 2018

  Senior Project Manager

  Manage delivery of electronic and smart solutions, transformations, and integrations using waterfall and agile approaches depending on the project / program nature. Examples of Projects:- Back end applications.- Web applications.- Mobile applications.- Integration with several other systems like ERP, CRM, bank systems and backend services.Shared achievements and duties:• Prepare, maintain, and follow up the projects’ schedules directly or through a project manager.• Manage Stakeholders (internal and external), that includes vendors, partners, and clients.• Enforce change management regulations are followed as planned.• Define roles and responsibilities for different stakeholders.• Assure projects’ records are updated by project managers.• Solve all projects’ problems and conflicts.• Promotes good and effective working relationships.• Ensure the quality level of service is as per the agreed Service Level Agreement (SLA).• Manage the scope of all projects, and assure project managers are able to identify what to be in scope, and what need to go through a change cycle.• Assure the agreed deliverables are delivered as per the planned time, and quality.• Assure periodic reports are prepared and shared as per the communication plan.• Evaluate team members project wise and functional wise periodically. Show less

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  TECOM Group Dubai

  Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

  Inhouse Project Manager

  • Oversee the business and technical analysis of projects and enhancements requests.• Prepare project initiation form, plan, charter and validated business case.• Oversee QA and implementation planning.• Select and mobilize project team members based on the needed skill set.• Analyze and monitor risks and create contingency and mitigation plans.• Understand business objectives, functional structure, critical success factors (CSF), and Key performance indictors (KPI).• Manage projects in terms of scope, Intent, financials, delivery, acceptance, Sourcing, pre-requisites, risks, and communication.• Improve PMO function within the organization.• Define, document, and periodically report the status of all phases of the projects.• Enable effective and efficient working relation with related teams and ALL concerned stakeholders.• Develop standard templates, for defining new processes needs, validation of existing processes, and changing workflow.• Conduct presentations, workshops, seminars, periodical reports for top management / Senior stakeholders.• Coordinate work activities by scheduling staff assignments, setting work priorities, directing the work of onshore and offshore team members. Show less

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  IBM

  Jul 2019 - now

  • Oversee projects/programs delivering in Gulf & Levant territory including enforcing delivery excellence and compliances.• Manage financial forecast in alignment with budget, limits, and targets.• Manage and Mentor project and program managers & conduct monthly PMO review.• Review and approve cost overrun and investment requests.• Build and maintain relations with territory sales and support principles in building pipeline.• Responsibilities of people management for team members in the Geo (Career/Utilization/Skills/Growth). Show less • leading a projects’ teams in delivering solutions to clients using the appropriate business measurements and terms and conditions for the project according to the project charter, project agreement or contract.• Overall performance responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables for all projects, which includes applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management.• Overall responsibility for managing all projects’ resources, including subcontractors, and for establishing an effective communication plan with the project team and the client.• Provide day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the client.• Assure the highest value is delivered to client giving users’ experience the highest priority. Show less

  • Service Delivery Manager of Gulf&Levant

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Senior Project Manager Gulf&Levant

    Jul 2019 - now