Hi, I’m
YAHAYA ABDULKADIR
Isle of Wight,UK
Summary
An accomplished and goal-driven individual offering more than 9years extensive experience with management and tactical business leadership. Achieving optimal results with competent planning, organization, and solution-oriented approach while driving business growth, profitability and strategic alliances. Diplomatic leader and analytical thinker able to inspire and cultivate productive working relationships with employees and partners.
Overview
14
years of professional experience
Work History
BARLOW & BARROW INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Chief Operating Officer
11.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Monitors employee productivity and optimizes procedures to reduce costs by about 22.5 percent
- Identifies inefficiencies and makes recommendations for process improvement
- Work closely with chief executive officer to provide high quality strategic leadership, implementing plans and policies
- Motivated staff to drive delivery and exceed targets.
- Engage high-level negotiations, generating lucrative contracts, and build beneficial partnerships with clients via regular, productive communications
- Stakeholders' engagement and timely coordination of activities to ensure project deliverables are met and resources allocations, expenditures are managed efficiently.
- Administered management tracking systems to effectively monitor, evaluate and report operational progress against strategic objectives.
SEMLARK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Senior Business Analyst
05.2015 - 10.2021
Job overview
- Initiate and deployed electronic document management system (EDMS) for various clients which lead to the reduction of budgetary allocation for stationaries by 45.72 percent which ensures easy file tracking and general process improvements in administrative works
- Fostered agile planning methodologies to efficiently and effectively manage various projects to deadline.
- Liaised with stakeholders to verify technology alignment, recommending solutions against project specifications.
- Troubleshot and debugged IT systems for error-free functionality and end-user satisfaction.
- Collaborated throughout systems development lifecycles, from requirements gathering to production releases.
- Documented process flows and implemented requirements for functional improvements.
- Led cross-functional teams in analysing technological changes to understand operational impact.
- Assessed and mitigated potential risk of novel solutions through cost-benefit analysis.
BELTEK GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
IT Business Analyst
05.2012 - 01.2015
Job overview
- Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on processes and user requirements.
- Documented process flows and implemented requirements for functional improvements.
- Reviewed files, records and historic data to obtain required business information for development requests.
- Oversaw processes and plans to evaluate impact of potential changes, aiding management to prepare for range of scenarios.
- Automated operational processes using IT resources for improved efficiency and accuracy.
- Delivered end-to-end IT systems and business change projects in line with project specifications.
- Performed research to understand departmental and organisational needs, using findings to create tailored solutions.
MINISTRY OF MINES AND STEEL DEVELOPMENT
Research Assistant
11.2010 - 10.2011
Job overview
- Assist in the verification process of staffs for enrolment into the integrated personnel and payroll information system IPPIS program of federal government which proved to curb ghost workers by over 40%
- Maintained quality standards to preserve integrity of data findings.
- Prepared graphs and spreadsheets to present findings.
BIOMEDICAL NIGERIA LIMITED
Scientific Analyst
05.2009 - 10.2009
Job overview
- Performed laboratory testing in controlled conditions for reliable outcomes.
- Operated complex scientific equipment with care and precision.
- Set up and tested laboratory equipment ahead of experiments.
- Catalogued samples and specimens in orderly systems.
- Calibrated laboratory tool and equipment for accurate research outcomes.
Education
NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY Abuja
Postgraduate Diploma from Information Technology
2022
UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN Nigeria
Bachelor of Science
CERTIFICATIONS
Health hazard and safety certification (Level 1, 2 and 3)
Oracle certified associate Training (OCA)
Project Management certification
Skills
- TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Proficiency in
- Microsoft 365
- Proficient in different project management tools such as JIRA,VISIO,MSP etc
- Process improvement
- Good team player
- Risk management
- Contract review and recommendation
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Requirement gathering
- Agile methodologies
Timeline
Chief Operating Officer
BARLOW & BARROW INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
11.2021 - Current
Senior Business Analyst
SEMLARK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
05.2015 - 10.2021
IT Business Analyst
BELTEK GLOBAL SOLUTIONS
05.2012 - 01.2015
Research Assistant
MINISTRY OF MINES AND STEEL DEVELOPMENT
11.2010 - 10.2011
Scientific Analyst
BIOMEDICAL NIGERIA LIMITED
05.2009 - 10.2009
NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY Abuja
Postgraduate Diploma from Information Technology
UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN
Bachelor of Science
CERTIFICATIONS
Health hazard and safety certification (Level 1, 2 and 3)
Oracle certified associate Training (OCA)
Project Management certification
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