Samira Asfour
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LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samira-asfour/
Salesforce Administrator
Professional Summary
I am dynamic skilled with experience in managing, coaching, project management, analysis, custom design, development and testing of CRM platforms. I am able to identify and solve complex analytical problems as well as professional experience in building custom Salesforce applications. I have technical ability to work with Microsoft Office. More than eight years working and teaching Microsoft Office applications to more than 500 students accumulative such as, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Team Player, committed to getting the job done on deadlines, excellent troubleshooting and communication skills. Work well under pressure and have the ability to multitask. Ability to work unsupervised and can work proactively; possess attention to details and a ‘can do’ attitude.
Education
Multidisciplinary Studies, Master of Science (M.S.) Degree
International Graduate Programs for Educators
The Buffalo State, The State University of New York May 2017
Management Information Systems (MIS), Bachelor Degree, GPA 3.2 June 2006
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)
Skills
Project Management / Execution
Supervision and Management Experience
Tracking / Reporting / Analysis
Coaching/ Staffing
Lightning Experience
Technical Trainer
Change Management and Planning
Problem Solving
Business Planning
Microsoft Office
Fluent in English and Arabic
Technical Skills
Experience in translating the customer’s requirements using SFDC best practices and crafting a solution that support their process and functional requirements.
Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, accustomed to working in both large and small team environments.
Ability to work with business analyst team to become familiar with the application requirement to analyze and recommend efficient solution within Sales force configuration changes in support of enhancement requests.
Highly dedicated, quick starter, solution driven pattern programmer, Strong in Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Excellent at solving complex problems under strict deadlines.
10+ years of total IT experience in requirement gathering, estimating, designing, executing training curriculum and developing training platform.
5+ Years of hands on experience in Salesforce Administration with experience in training.
Experience in creating, maintaining and enhancing visual flows, workflows, approval processes, formula fields, validation rules, field dependencies, automated alerts, and field updates according to application requirements.
Worked extensively on various Salesforce.com standard objects like Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities, Products, Cases, Leads and Campaigns.
Worked on building Salesforce standard/custom report types, Reports and Dashboards across various objects for different business groups.
Ability to quickly adapt and learn, work in-groups as well as independently with minimum supervision.
Experience in Salesforce Securities – Roles, Profiles, Permission Sets, Sharing Rules, User Management
Created Custom Objects and fields for transactional and contractual information.
Hands on experience in creating and implementation of Role Hierarchies for system security design.
Excellent understanding of Roles, Profiles, Permission sets and sharing rules in Salesforce.
Experienced with Lightning UI development and working on Lightning Process Builder.
Trailhead up to 43 Badges and many more coming
Professional Experience
Salesforce Administrator June 2019 – Present
Trailheads/group study Dallas, TX
Created users, roles, public groups and implemented role hierarchies, sharing rules and record level permissions to manage sharing access among different users.
Defined lookup and master-detail relationships on the objects and created junction objects to establish connectivity among objects.
Developed Custom Objects, Custom Reports .
Created workflow rules and defined related tasks, time triggered tasks, email alerts, field updates to implement business logic.
Customized Dashboards to track usage for productivity and performance of business centers and their sales teams.
Salesforce Administrator Jan. 2015 – May 2019
Pitman Training & Consulting Center Kuwait
Trained more than one thousand students in different classes at different sights on topics of Business Management, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and Outlook.
Created users, roles, public groups and implemented role hierarchies, sharing rules and record level permissions to manage sharing access among different users.
Defined lookup and master-detail relationships on the objects and created junction objects to establish connectivity among objects.
Developed Custom Objects, Custom Reports and configured analytical snapshots to dump the data on a regular basis for sales performance and lead generation statics.
Created workflow rules and defined related tasks, time triggered tasks, email alerts, field updates to implement business logic.
Customized Dashboards to track usage for productivity and performance of business centers and their sales teams.
IT Trainer April 2012 – May 2015 United Arab Institute for Private Training (UAC) Kuwait
Trained more than one thousand students in different classes at different sights on topics of Business Management, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Outlook.
Business Analysis/Quality Assurance Supervisor September 2009–Jan 2012
The Public Service Company Kuwait
Gathered and analyzed performance data and prepared reports for management regarding Call Center activities, trends, problem areas, and training needs
Monitored status of all active requests, revised priority status as needed; followed-up on all service requests to ensure customer satisfaction; coordinated and conferred with assigned staff on progress and changes in schedule/status
Coached and provided guidance and direction to Call Center/Help Desk staff regarding the scheduling, training, and Call Center Operations
Provided guidance and assistance to the Call Centre/Help Desk staff in problem resolution; served as back up for the Help Desk
Assisted in developing and administering Call Centre/Help Desk policies and written standard operating procedures; prepared training manuals and other materials
Ability to manage the day to day administration and coordination of the Call Centre/Help Desk Office
Human Resource Coordinator/Assistant June 2006 – September 2008
HR & Admin Division, Borouge, Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd. Abu Dhabi, UAE
Provided employee services on general human resource inquiries
Involved in recruitment process: preparing and conducting interviews, preparing contracts, updating vacancy lists and posting job profiles, screening candidates
Management of onboarding process: execution of contracts, reference verification, personnel file set up, induction planning and delivery, data entry, probationary period tracking and carrying out post-join interviews
Maintenance of staff personnel files using SAP and custom Access application
Process contractor invoices
Prepare monthly reports for employment attrition
Training Project manager January 2001 – May 2006
Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) Abu Dhabi, UAE
Coordinate classes between Zayed University and Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT)
Communicate with ADWEA’s 9 companies with the schedule of the classes and the improvement of students’ achievement.
Supervised Students on plans to achieve their targets.
Updated the director of IT with the updated reports
Coached and monitored the exams
Tracked the list of passing and failing students from different companies through their representatives