Abdoulaye Diallo

Experience

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  Meridien Eko Hotels

  Aug 2001 - Aug 2001

  Intern

  Accounts Department:Cash Office (Guest bills posting, Guests check-out, Cash handling)Night Audit (Cash flow analysis, End-of-day closing)Accounts Receivable (Corporate bills preparation, Invoices processing)Credit Section (Outstanding accounts follow-up)Accounts Payable (Expenses Analysis, check writing and processing)Final Accounts (Financial statements preparation)Audit Department:F&B Revenue Control (Revenue Break-down, Guest bills controlling)Income Audit (Auditing of all the hotel revenues)Income Control (Banking of Daily Proceeds, Bank Accounts Reconciliation)F&B Cost Control (F&B inventory costing, Daily F&B cost analysis)General Control (Bulk store and maintenance store inventory and cost control) Show less

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  UNDP

  Jul 2002 - Aug 2002

  Intern

  as part of the project to review the UNDP Human Development Reports:Review the interim regional report on development in West and Central Africa.Member of the organizing committee of the adoption meeting of the provisional report. Assistance to the project coordinator in the daily project management tasks.

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  Hotel Mercure Grenoble Centre President

  Dec 2002 - Mar 2003

  Night Auditor

  Ensure reception and reception of guests during the night - Hotel Manager, after the departure of the day managers: to guarantee in particular the calm and the security of the customers - Undertake the closure of day accounting operations for the receptionThe night auditor ensures the permanence of the welcome-reception of the establishment during the night and ensures the quality of the services offered to the customers. - Ensuring the accounting of the reception: the validation of the invoices, the collection of the regulations, the establishment of the accounting report of the day for the direction. - Ensuring of the calm and security of the hotel during the night and all important decisions in case of emergency (fire procedure ...) - In the early morning, reporting of the night and transmition any requests from customers to the receptionist who takes over. Show less

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  Alize Conseils et Gestion

  May 2004 - Aug 2004

  Consultant

  Sectoral study of the luxury hotel industry in France with a view to repositioning the commercial offer of two 4-star hotel establishments in Lubéron in the south of France.Re-design of the tasks incumbent on all the managers of the two hotels.Advised and developed a new commercial offer. Collaborated with several lower and mid-range hotels, for the implementation and use of web planning systems to increase performance in terms of occupancy.

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  World Trade Organization

  Apr 2005 - Jul 2005

  Intern

  Delegate of Guinea to the Doha round negotiations (At the Permanent Mission of Guinea to the WTO.) Conducted several economic research upon request of Ambassador and his team over relevant trade related matters in which Guinea was involvedfollowed up African Group meetings on behalf of the EmbassyWrote several update notes to the attention of Ambassador and his team as well as relevant authorities in GuineaActively participated to the organisation of the African Union Trade Ministerial conference held in Cairo in june 2005. took part to the July general council that appointed Mr Lamy Pascal as Director General of the WTOWrote and accademic paper over the African Group of the WTO Show less

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  International Trade Centre

  Jun 2006 - Jul 2006

  Intern Office for Africa

  Provided assistance to the Chief office for Africa and his team of Project Managers on specific tasksUndertook a study of the Biofuels industry of Brazil

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  Agence Française de Développement

  Oct 2006 - Mar 2008

  Charge d'Etudes

  Followed up the macroeconomic situation of Guinea (analysis, quarterly briefing notes)Followed up negotiations between Guinea and the Breton Woods Institutions regarding the grand of a three years PRGF program and wrote several analysis/recommendation notes to the attention of the Director and the French Ambassador Participated in several thematic meetings on Governance and Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability program gathering many donors Managed the financial debts of AFD towards Guinea (sovereign and non sovereign) Managed projects funds disbursements Assessment of credit risk of Financial counterparts Managed the Garanty fund « Ariz »Sectoral follow up (mining, water, electricity)In charge of the PRCC II «Projet de Renforcement des Capacités Commerciales 2 » implemented by UNCTAD and ITCBuilt and chaired the economists’ network gathering economists from donor agencies in Guinea to share their views on a monthly basis. Show less

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  Rio Tinto

  Apr 2008 - Aug 2016

  Lead and develop a team of 7 people. Initiated and implemented with the support of the team, high value business improvement initiatives within the project such as wrench time implementation within our sites garages to improve their performance in vehicule maintenance.Provided, with the team, technical support to Simandou departments towards the attainment of their goals. We were at the heart of Simandou’ s efforts to optimise costs alongside management and frontline leaders. We contributed to save 15+ mUSD of in-country project budget.Fulfilled the role of Simandou Project Cost Reduction Committee Secretariat Role. Implement and sustain lean management culture within Simandou in Guinea. Designed and implemented the Simandou Collaboration Improvement initiative between departments to breakdown silo working cultureOrganised a workshop gathering CBG (Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée) Alcoa Business System experts and Simandou leaders in order to exchange on our respective experiences on the field of Business Improvement.Initiated the Cooperation Project between Simandou and CBG in the field of Business Improvement in order for Simfer to leverage from their operational experience in the area and provide Simfer BI officers with an operational environment exposure to develop themselves (go and see a fundamental principle of lean)Initiated the revival of the Simandou MD’s Information Centre;Regularly Influenced Simandou leaders to seek our assistance and support in using lean problem solving Tools; Organised the field visit of two BI Officers to Boron Mining (in California) in order to participate to their improvement planning activities and replicate the same process in Simandou. Initiated a visit to non mining production industries in Guinea, for the team to gain exposure over production line processes and be able to assess and apply their theoretical knowledge, as well as be inspired to achieve more and better. Show less (Professional Development assignment)Project managed the Internal and External leadership development programs guide for Rio Tinto Iron Ore Western Australia’s Senior Leaders;Exposed to training systems and processes in key Pilbara mining operations;Exposed to the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Australia’s integrated planning activitiesAdded value to the broader Rio Tinto Iron Ore Western Australia training and development team by contributing to some specific projects were requested: - fixed plan maintenance training scope of work writing; -“Better training Smarter Assessment” project for the Rail Division in the Pilbara Presented the Simandou Project, its engineering challenges, as well as economic opportunities to 200 Rio Tinto Australia’s Graduates during their induction week;Presented the Simandou Project, its engineering challenges, as well as economic opportunities to the Rio Tinto Iron Ore Australia’s integrated planning team, at the Perth Operations Centre Show less Supported the site and Conakry training team by demonstrating behaviour which supports and articulates the direction and values of Rio Tinto by consistently demonstrating safe leadership behaviours. Assigned tasks to the training coordinators as per company priorities.Reviewed and provided feedback to stakeholders when developing new packages Provided support and advice to the training manager with regard to training package development. Approved new training packages Recommended to the training manager improvements to training, assessment and record keepingInstigated and drove training system audits as prescribedOverlooked the implementation of training effectiveness strategiesCollaborated with other operations, sites and other training groups to assist with the widespread transfer of best practiceEnsured simandou training management system meets legislative, corporate and site requirementsHeld accountability on auditing the training system to assess the quality of the training delivered Supported the training manager with the provision of timely and accurate advice on training issues, trends and developmentsOversaw the establishment of systems, reports and measures, which aim at effectively monitoring performance against business requirementsManaged and supported the "intuition" system training requirement for sitesRecommended appointments of trainers and assessors Supported the development and maintenance of training plans for employeesAudited and reviewed training packages and record control system for employees and contractors. Facilitated training programs as requiredDeveloped and collated training need analysis Prepared and delivered monthly reports as requiredConducted regular training meetings with site training personnelManaged Corporate Compliance TrainingDesigned process and policy and Managed Project's Internships Recruitment. Show less Reporting to the Manager Government Relations and Public relations, my major contribution was to liaise with public administrations in terms of collecting social, economic and scientific data relevant for simandou study team (for the completion on the project pre-feasibility study). I also strongly and actively took part to the elaboration of the business crisis communication strategy and took part to its implementation. In this regard, I conducted many lobbying missions on behalf of my company towards key stakeholders to influence them positively and gain their support in the competition battle we were having with a competitor that led to the withdrawal of 50% of our concession. Show less

  • Business Improvement Manager

    Dec 2013 - Aug 2016

  • Superintendent Training

    Jun 2013 - Dec 2013

  • Superintendent Scholarships and Partnerships

    Jan 2013 - May 2013

  • Superintendent Scholarships and Partnerships

    Dec 2011 - Dec 2012

  • Training Superintendent

    May 2009 - Nov 2011

  • Data Collection and Policy Analysis Coordinator

    Apr 2008 - May 2009
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  AD Consulting

  Jan 2009 - now

  Founder and CEO

  Management Consulting- Formation- Coaching

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  Topaz Multi Industries Group

  Oct 2016 - May 2017

  Assistant to the Deputy Executive Director

  Carried out a study on the impact for Guinean industries of the increase of the cost of production factors in Guinea (prices of electricity and transport) to the attention of the Government.Designed a reporting procedure for agricultural plantations supplying the Topaz group's kitchens and improve the fruit and vegetable supply process.Represented Topaz Group in African Union Continental Free Trade Area Negotiations (Technical Working Groups) in Kigali and Nairobi Meetings.

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  IFC - International Finance Corporation

  May 2017 - Dec 2017

  SME Development Specialist

  Consultant-Specialist in SME Development. Collaborated within the "SME and Value Chains" unit of the “Cross-cutting Solutions and Advisory" department Managed to convince one 5 stars hotel, 1 international catering group and the largest supermarket of Guinea, to become anchor firms to the project of capacity building and development of business links for 40 local Agribusiness SMEs.Coordinated the delivery of the Training Needs Analysis for 40 local Agribusiness SMEs as well as their training and development plan design. Show less