Analyst Management

Alaa Kaafarani

Email: *********@********.***

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City: Garland

State: TX

Zip: 75044

Country: USA

Phone: 214-***-****

Skill Level: Entry

Salary Range: $55,000

Willing to Relocate

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AL KAAFARANI, MBA

214-***-**** *********@********.***

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

MBA graduate with four years of analyst skills in conceptualizing, developing, and implementing strategic business models that deliver bottom-line results. I am an energetic self-starter who maintains a strong customer-satisfaction oriented approach exceeding the expectations of leadership and team members. I am proficient in Crystal Reports, Xcelisus, Monarch, and Excel.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration: 2011

University of Houston-C.T. Bauer College of Business Houston, TX

Bachelor of Science in Biology: 2007

Baylor University Waco, TX

CORE COMPETENCIES

Manage complex projects and teams

Process Improvement

Database Management

Performance Evaluation and Development

Analytical/Documentation Skills

Strategic Planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Korn/Ferry, Dallas, TX

Service Management Consultant - Operations Analyst, March 2011- October 2012

Developed, designed, and implemented new reporting tools for leadership and managers that analyze data to aid in recognizing recruiting objectives as well as in developing future strategy. Lead and worked with teams to examine and solve business problems by analyzing the needs of clients and improving value. Manage and prioritize as well as enforce operational goals to a team of seven, ensuring performance is within high degree of standard.

Career Highlights:

* Developed and documented detailed operational process flows and quality metric standards and reports through the use of pivot tables, v-lookups, and an array of different formulas.

* Recommended and implemented dynamic dashboards by gathering and piloting requirements from business users that reduced execution time by properly mapping and data mining business functions and processes.

* Conducted monthly and quarterly service reviews with internal clients to measure our progress throughout a project

* Identified workflow improvements to clients and recommended to operations team to enact change.

ParrishShaw, Houston, TX

Process Analyst/Data Analyst, October 2009-March 2011

Provided keen oversight to database inventory through the development and execution of 20 monthly reports. Functioned as subject matter expert for analytical reporting through use of advanced Crystal Reports and advanced Excel knowledge which includes pivot tables, v-look ups, and setting up Marco tables.

Career Highlights:

* Conceptualized and executed an internal reporting of database using Crystal Reports, which increased productivity by 15% by data mining business functions.

* Pioneered and implemented a new reporting system (Xcelisus), which improved customer relationship management.

* Improved existing processes by incorporating advanced system knowledge through usage of macro tables and pivot tables which minimized bill to payment cycle by 30%

Frito-Lay, Dallas, TX

Research Assistant, November 2007-August 2009

Designed and implemented three new product ideas, resulting from research through focus group sessions. Produced and conducted testing on four dip products that were part of Frito-Lay`s current product offerings.

Career Highlights:

Boosted the overall product sales by 6% by enhancing the quality of products through a customer database.

Effectively maintained inventory of chemicals and laboratory equipment, resulting to an elevated efficiency of 5%.

TRAINING

DISCOVER LEADERSHIP MASTER GRADUATE, 2010

BAUER MBA SOCIETY, MEMBER, 2009-PRESENT

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