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Verified Expert in Project Management
Project Manager
Singapore, Singapore
Toptal member since January 24, 2025
Bio
Hadi is a highly accomplished independent consultant with extensive global experience in digital and business transformation (BPR/BPM) and enterprise data management, including master data management, governance, and architecture. He drives changes through data-driven process improvement and strategic leadership. Hadi has led large-scale initiatives for multinational corporations, delivering measurable improvements in process optimization, cost reduction, and operational efficiency.
Project Highlights
Process Standardization & Efficiency Improvements
Established a global matrix of business process officers to standardize and improve business processes across all functions in APAC.
Duplication and Redundancy Removal in Master Data
Reduced cross-departmental errors to zero within two months.
Robust System Migration & Process Standardization
Reduced production cycle time from 15 to 8 days and enhanced productivity by 10% through data analytics.
Expertise
- BPMN 2.0
- Business Process Management (BPM)
- Business Process Mapping
- Business Process Re-engineering
- Business Transformation
- Data Mapping
- Data Strategy
- Facilitation
Work Experience
Regional Business Process Management (BPM) Senior Manager
2022 - 2024
UCT
- Mapped end-to-end business processes for newly acquired projects across departments using BPMN 2.0 and Signavio, improving process efficiency.
- Facilitated SAP implementation from business processes, eliminating non-value-added operations and embedding automation.
- Developed and implemented a global training framework for operations, focusing on process excellence and SAP modules, using SAP Litmos as the corporate training tool.
Global Data Architect
2021 - 2022
Thome
- Created a comprehensive data business case by engaging business and IT stakeholders.
- Built a data model by reverse-engineering the data models from existing systems like Shipnet for finance, Eyeshare for invoicing, AMOS for purchasing and plant maintenance, Compas for crewing, and AgencyHub.
- Developed the marine HR data warehouse and business intelligence (BI) project using Azure.
Regional Data Strategy Manager
2020 - 2021
MSD
- Created a business case for the data requirement within distribution transportation. Handled the business requirements, business glossary, data governance, data source, metadata, and data model and strategized and prioritized projects.
- Developed a data quality dashboard for management business review for all the global freight forwarders.
- Built a consolidated dashboard for freight forwarders' performance management business review. Drilled down into the freight forwarder company, mode of transport, region, route, and service level.
- Produced root cause analysis reports for all shipments, including corrective and preventive actions and technical excursions. Analyzed customer order patterns and performed optimization for major markets through data mining and analysis.
- Leveraged SAP, JDA transport management system, Excel, Power BI, and Qlik.
Regional Master Data & Data Governance Manager
2019 - 2020
Delfi Food
- Developed a data governance strategy, framework, and approach, prioritizing key projects.
- Created policies for data quality, metadata, data sources, and data lineage.
- Performed capability assessments for data journeys, business processes, and pipelines.
- Strategized and governed master data for 26,000 materials, 350,000 customers and distributors, and 12,000 vendors, including pricing, supply chain, and finance data.
- Eliminated inconsistencies, standardized definitions, and harmonized workflows across the region, reducing communication errors to zero in two months.
- Unified data definitions and established a business glossary for product, customer, pricing, and supply chain hierarchies.
- Conducted extensive data cleansing and restructuring of master data, including 26,000 material master records in six months and 350,000 customer master records in five months.
Business Process Lead
2018 - 2018
IHIS
- Focused on business process re-engineering and transformation for the NEHR project.
- Conducted an end-to-end evaluation of business processes, people, and technology to support NEHR onboarding.
- Guided EMR vendors to align client data with the National Health Data Dictionary (NHDD) for patient demographics, the Singapore Drug Dictionary (SDD) for prescriptions, SNOMED for diagnoses, and LOINC for lab measurements.
Global Information Data Architect | BI & Data Analytics Lead
2017 - 2018
ASM
- Designed the information architecture strategy and roadmap.
- Promoted a single data truth by standardizing data definitions, assigning data owners, and aligning data sources.
- Conducted capability assessments and mapped business processes and data flows.
- Built a metadata repository or data dictionary and developed data lineage for the global organization by extracting data from SAP and CRM using SE16N, SQVI, ST04, and SQL.
- Audited and analyzed a global material master data of 550,000 records, identifying root causes of inconsistencies due to lack of standard definitions.
- Facilitated stakeholder discussions to govern material master data definitions, workflows, and approval processes.
- Created material data analytics to reduce data inconsistencies and analyzed trends in the bill of materials, materials, and routings, with annual increments of 26,000, 26,000, and 10,000, respectively.
- Developed a finance obsolescence dashboard, uncovering €30 million (30%) in obsolescence.
Business Process Improvement Consultant
2016 - 2016
Johnson & Johnson
- Improved market research processes, reducing cycle time from four months to two months through Lean Six Sigma.
- Drove discussions across countries within the Asia Pacific.
- Developed and optimized as-is and to-be business processes.
Head of Information Data Management
2007 - 2015
Siltronic Samsung Wafer
- Led SAP implementation for modules including SD, DP, SNP, PP, APO, MM, FICO, and QM. Managed a $10 million budget and directed a team of 10 subject matter experts in Munich, Germany.
- Directed the $9 million project to migrate SAP systems from Munich to Singapore.
- Mapped end-to-end as-is business processes and workflows to identify opportunities for enhancement in process flow and data models through process intelligence, process mining, and data mining techniques.
- Standardized critical business processes and defined a single source of truth for data within the data warehouse and BI framework.
- Chaired cross-functional initiatives to achieve consensus on unified business KPI definitions, such as production output metrics across Supply Chain, Production, and Finance.
- Oversaw process mining, data mining, and advanced data analytics to enable accurate and consistent performance tracking.
- Reduced production cycle time from 15 to 8 days within six months by performing data analytics techniques such as box plot, dot plot, and regression analysis.
- Optimized and eliminated non-value-added activities and processes in the wafer cleaning process, reducing cleaning time by 50%, from 4.4 to 2.5 hours, through motion analysis.
- Improved productivity by 10% within eight months using data analytics methods such as Pareto and time-series analyses.
IT & Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) Director
2000 - 2003
Avon Products
- Developed the BPR strategy and roadmap, prioritizing key projects and establishing a dedicated organizational structure.
- Launched BPR initiatives, organizing workshops in collaboration with external experts like the Stephen Covey Institute and GE Six Sigma.
- Designed and implemented a comprehensive change management strategy, including a business impact analysis, culture assessment, and communication plan within eight months.
- Gained $400,000 in 1st-year savings through key initiatives: re-implemented the ERIC ERP in six months, enhanced POS and CRM systems—achieving 95% inventory accuracy—streamlined processes, and harmonized SKUs from 300 to 150.
- Implemented Manugistics for distribution, achieving 2-3 day delivery times and 95% customer satisfaction.
Project History
Process Standardization & Efficiency Improvements
Established a global matrix of business process officers to standardize and improve business processes across all functions in APAC.
A leading global semiconductor contract manufacturing company required process standardization and efficiency improvements across its commercial, supply chain, manufacturing, production, and quality functions in the Asia Pacific region.
I led end-to-end business process mapping using Signavio, aligning processes with global standards.
I led end-to-end business process mapping using Signavio, aligning processes with global standards.
Duplication and Redundancy Removal in Master Data
Reduced cross-departmental errors to zero within two months.
A global food FMCG, manufacturing, and distribution company faced duplication and redundancy issues in master data, impacting commercial analysis and supply chain efficiency.
CHALLENGES
• High error rates in cross-department communication.
• Inconsistent and duplicate master data records.
I cleansed 26,000 material and product master records and 350,000 customer master records, including pricing master records. I also delivered BI dashboards, optimizing sales and marketing decisions.
CHALLENGES
• High error rates in cross-department communication.
• Inconsistent and duplicate master data records.
I cleansed 26,000 material and product master records and 350,000 customer master records, including pricing master records. I also delivered BI dashboards, optimizing sales and marketing decisions.
Robust System Migration & Process Standardization
Reduced production cycle time from 15 to 8 days and enhanced productivity by 10% through data analytics.
A joint venture global semiconductor wafer manufacturer required robust ERP, manufacturing execution, and BI systems during its startup phase.
CHALLENGES
• Lack of standardized processes and integrated data systems.
• Inefficiencies in production cycles and data reporting.
I successfully migrated BI reports and databases during the global integration.
CHALLENGES
• Lack of standardized processes and integrated data systems.
• Inefficiencies in production cycles and data reporting.
I successfully migrated BI reports and databases during the global integration.
Education
1997 - 1999
Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA)
University of Leicester - Leicester, UK
1984 - 1989
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Petra Christian University - Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Skills
Tools
Trello, Jira, Zoom, Signavio
Paradigms
Change Management, Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
Platforms
Azure
Industry Expertise
FMCG, Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Other
Business Process Re-engineering, Business Process Management (BPM), Business Transformation, Facilitation, Data Strategy, Data Mapping, BPMN 2.0, Data Transformation, Data Governance, Master Data Management (MDM), Metadata, Data Modeling, Manufacturing, Retail Management, Distribution, Continuous Improvement, Lean SIx Sigma BLackbelt, Project Management, Business Processes, SAP, Supply Chain Process, Manufacturing Business Process, Distribution Logistics Business Process, Data Architecture, Data Warehouse Design, Microsoft SQL Server, Supply Chain, Distribution Management, International Logistics, Commercials, Data Analytics, Data Analysis, Data Mining, Information Architecture (IA), Reverse Engineering, Information Logistics, Business Intelligence (BI), Six Sigma Black Belt Certified, Business Process Mapping, Business Analysis, Electrical Engineering, Programming
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