Alawi Aljifri

Experience

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  AlZaizafon Ltd. fot Sewing Tools

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Sales Associate

  I worked as a part time sales associate during school days and full time in summer vacations.Responsibilities:- Greet customers and offer them assistance.- Recommend merchandise based on customers' wants and needs.- Explain the use and benefit of merchandise to customers.- Answer customers' questions.- Show how merchandise works, if applicable.- Add up customers' total purchases and accept payment.- Inform customers about current sales, promotions, and policies about payments and exchanges. Show less

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  Alraqi Ltd for clothing

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Sales Associate

  I worked as a Sales Associate for Alraqi Ltd during my high-school years.My responsibilities were:-Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.-Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires. -Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payment.-Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.-Help customers try on or fit merchandise.-Place special orders or call other stores to find desired items. Show less

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  Marble Slab Ice Cream

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

  Team Leader

  Responsibilities:Forecasting the daily demand based on historical data, feeding into the marketing strategy of the company and training new employees. Moreover, due to high interaction with customers, I recommended to the management to consider a new production line, which led to a 10% increase in sales for its subsidiary unit.

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  Jeddah Cables Company

  Jul 2016 - Sept 2016

  Production Engineering Intern

  Responsibilities:- Material and process requirement planning.- Data analysis.- Report writing.I have also worked on a project to reduce the waste caused by improper storing of raw material. Additionally, I contributed in solving a crisis in production due to water disruption in labor housing.

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  Agile Ventures Ltd.

  Jan 2019 - Jan 2022

  - Minimized the digital transformation service time for the company by 25%- Co-developed projects proposals, strategy and roadmap with the company's senior executives- Successfully managed four cross-functional teams to create and implement new applications in logistics and construction - Led Scrum Teams in Saudi, India, Indonesia and Jordan to maximize resource utilization- Optimized the value of work done by the development teams throughout the engagements- Provided vision, prioritized and evaluated tasks and goals of multiple teams- Integrated user research and market analysis to ensure the delivery of user-centric products- Ran iterative experimentations on the products and business models, analyzed users' feedbacks, and prioritized user stories accordingly- Led Design Thinking sessions with customers to identify product features and functionality- Managed clients expectations in terms of goals, budgets and release milestones Show less

  • Product Owner

    May 2019 - Jan 2022

  • Business Analyst

    Jan 2019 - May 2019
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  Meela

  Dec 2019 - Feb 2020

  Communications Consultant

  - Helped in devising guest communications strategy and lead its implementation - Played a key role in hiring, assigning and supervising Guest Management Team members- Ensured full alignment with other functional teams- Advised on appropriate tier allocation of guests- Managed invitations, logistics and accommodations of more than 800 VVIP/VIP guests- Managed multiple issues and crises during the event- In rotation 24/7 with the project lead managing four cross-functional teams of 26 employees- Attended client meetings, prepared daily reports, and worked with multiple stakeholders- Prepared a detailed report on issues and lessons learned Show less

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  Lean Node

  Jan 2022 - now

  Senior Product Owner