Ahmed's CV
Profile summary
Strategic Head of Human Resources with 11 years shaping automotive and agricultural sector outcomes through talent strategy, workforce architecture, and industrial labor relations. Known for greenfield operations setup, organizational restructuring, and scaling workforce operations across multiple industrial environments. Committed to driving operational excellence and building foundational human capital infrastructure from inception.
Career highlights
Automotive HR Direction: Directs a workforce of 1,500 personnel through a team of 10 HR managers in the automotive sector while reporting to executive leadership at LEONI Agadir.
Greenfield Operations Setup: Designed the organizational structure for the greenfield project while establishing the foundational human resources department and recruiting 4,000 employees for manufacturing operations.
Regional Quality Certification: Secured the first IATF certification in the Souss and Massa region and established the apprenticeship training center as the second such facility locally.
Key skills
Professional experience
Reports directly to executive leadership and guides human resources operations across greenfield manufacturing facilities in the automotive sector. Directs a workforce of 1,500 personnel through a dedicated team of 10 HR managers, driving industrial labor relations and regional talent planning.
- Designs the organizational structure for the greenfield project while establishing the foundational human resources department.
- Recruits and trains 4,000 employees to staff the manufacturing operations.
- Secures the first IATF certification in the Souss and Massa region.
- Establishes the apprenticeship training center, operating as the second such facility in the region.
Directed an agricultural operation team of 5 managers and an organization of 1,000 personnel. Shaped the greenfield human resources function, establishing baseline human capital infrastructure from inception.
- Designed job functions, salary grids, performance evaluation systems, and employee benefits policies from the ground up for the newly formed operation.
- Implemented the human resource information system to support core administrative processes across the organization.
Directed human resources development for a workforce of 5,500 employees, leading a team of 5 HR development managers in the agriculture sector. Oversaw the strategic planning and execution of workforce capability initiatives across multiple business units.
- Established the HR Development Department and built a Training Academy from the ground up to support organizational growth.
- Designed the Jobs and Competency Framework alongside the HR policies and procedures manual.
- Implemented assessment centers in top business and engineering schools and launched the recruitment website.
Shaped the human resources organization under an HR Business Partner model within the agricultural sector, guiding 24 HR officers to support a total headcount of 2,500 personnel.
- Executed organizational transformation and change management initiatives.
- Aligned workforce planning with agricultural cycles and peak activity periods.
- Executed recruitment and training programs for the national Al Boraq project to support the High Speed Rail launch.
- Redesigned the career development framework and drove the digitalization of HR processes and documentation.
- Recruited 50 IT engineers to support internal engineering demands.
- Sourced technical talent and managed candidate pipelines for specialized roles.
Education
Human Resources Management
- With honors
Management Engineering
Finance, accounting & taxation
Certifications
Languages
French · Fluent
English · Fluent