
Walid Abdellatif
Sr. Management & Business Growth Director - Strategy & Innovation Consultant
Mokattam, Cairo, EgyptWork Experience
Sr. Strategy & Innovation Consultant
Levenbert Management Consulting
Feb 2019 - Present -6 yrs, 4 months
- Job Details:February 2019 - Present (2 years) , Sultanate of Oman & United Arab Emirates , Role Profile (Strategy Consulting, Leadership Coaching, and Business , Growth) , Participating in government, nonprofit, and private sectors consulting projects. , Levenbert Consulting provides 360-degree strategy and innovation consulting , services; from conducting gap analysis, future foresight studies, strategic , scenarios, benchmarking studies, strategy formulation, strategy execution, and , project management. , Our government projects covered, creating strategy maps, adapting the , balanced scorecard approach to suit local culture and government sector, , implementing risk-based performance management systems, establishing Page 1 of 5 , strategy management offices (SMOs), capacity building and change , management programs. , Our private sector projects covered, devising organizations to grow profitability, , build innovation capabilities, and create better products and reinvent their , services, my areas of expertise include , • Strategy Innovation - Blue Ocean Strategy Framework , • Venture Design – Business Model Innovation & Value Proposition Design , • Strategy Implementation - Strategy Maps & Balance Scorecard , • Enterprise Risk Based Performance Management (RBPM) , • Product Innovation – Design Thinking and Creativity Workshops , • Entrepreneurship Consulting - Lean Start-up, Agile Development and Lean , Scale-up , • Leadership Assessment, Development & Coaching , • Open Innovation and Innovation Catalyst Centers , In addition to my consulting role, I was assigned the responsibility of leading , the Business Development efforts due to my experience and background. , Accordingly, my role includes (but not limited to); penetrating new segments, , "approaching new major accounts, managing tenders processes, preparing" , the required technical, financial proposals and concept notes, in addition to , costing, pricing, and negotiating with decision-makers to successfully conclude , new contracts and projects.
Almoosa Group
Apr 2018 - Feb 2019 -10 months
- Job Details:April 2018 - February 2019 (11 months) , Dubai, United Arab Emirates , Role Profile (Competitive Intelligence, Strategy Development, and Innovation , Management) , Analyzes and distributes intelligence on projects, products, market conditions, , competitors and customers for business decision-making. Develops innovative , insights, and solutions for complex problems and provides actionable , recommendations to the Board of Directors. , My role also includes Scanning for and support best practices, developing , "employees innovative skills, supporting business units’ new initiatives, identify" Page 2 of 5 , new market spaces, and helping managers innovate, validate, and execute , their creative ideas, using the right innovation tools and methodologies.
Strategy & Marketing Consultant
The Strategy Catalyst
- Job Details:March 2015 - March 2015 (1 month) , Dubai, United Arab Emirates , Role Profile (Competitive Strategy, Value Proposition Design, Content and , Digital Marketing) , Helping business-to-business marketers, and business-to-consumers , organizations with long sales cycles, generate sustainable demand by , providing; strategic marketing consulting, sales leadership coaching, digital , marketing training, inbound sales, search engine marketing, social media, , content marketing, and marketing automation project management. , My role also included Guiding clients to; create new points of differentiation, , reach new markets, attract fresh audience, achieve healthy growth, and , increase customer retention and deploying CRM systems.
Director of Sales and Marketing
Emkaan Group
Mar 2013 - Feb 2015 -1 yr, 11 months
- Job Details:March 2013 - February 2015 (2 years) , Dubai, United Arab Emirates , Role Profile (Import & Export, Trading, and Supply Chain Management) , Emkaan distributes a wide range of building material and electrical supplies. , My scope of work focused on; Revising the company product portfolio, , "eliminating non-profitable products, adding new lines. Improving suppliers" , relationships and streamlining the logistics system. , My role also included; Searching for new market opportunities and introducing , new concepts, successfully getting into joint ventures in the energy-saving , field to serve our existing clients, hiring new salespeople and training all the , team members, and starting the re-exporting operations to some of the African , markets.
Achievements
MBA qualified senior management professional equipped with a commanding track record of conceiving and turning strategic initiatives into actuality to drive businesses forward. Holding more than 20 years of total experience in the areas of Strategy, Innovation, Marketing, Sales Management, Business Development, Research, Training, and Business Consulting. Throughout my career, I worked with and advised several multinational and Pan-Arab organizations such as; Xerox, Oracle, Unilever, France Telecom, J. Al Ghurair Group, The Red Crescent, Doha Bank, Dubai Land Department, King Faisal Saudi Royal Hospital, Omniyat Properties, The Future Foresight Foundation, Dorman Smith Switchgear, Economic Group, San Giovanni Group, and Almoosa Group.
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Languages
English
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