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Ziyad Almishrafi

Riyadh

Summary

Strategic Workforce Planning Specialist experienced in workforce planning, workforce analytics, and workforce alignment. Passionate about continuous learning and understanding the root causes of organizational challenges to develop practical, data-driven solutions. Known for strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and turning complex workforce data into actionable business insights.

Overview

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years of post-secondary education
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years of professional experience

Work history

Workforce Planning Specialist

Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority
2024.02 - Current

Key Projects

Enterprise Workforce Alignment Initiative

  • Contributed to an enterprise-wide workforce alignment exercise by reviewing and aligning workforce positions with the approved organizational structure and workforce plan.
  • Supported the identification of workforce gaps and vacant positions, improving visibility for workforce movement, promotion planning, and future staffing decisions.

Strategic Workforce Planning Project

  • Served as a key technical contributor to the development of the Authority’s strategic workforce plan through workforce demand, supply, and gap analyses.
  • Prepared workforce insights, forecasts, and recommendations to support leadership decisions and long-term workforce requirements.

Core Responsibilities

  • Conduct enterprise-wide workforce planning analyses to assess workforce demand, supply, capacity, and organizational gaps.
  • * Prepare executive reports, dashboards, and workforce insights for senior leadership and governance committees.
  • Collaborate with business units and organizational design teams to align workforce requirements with approved structures and strategic priorities.
  • Review workforce data and organizational inputs to identify staffing needs, vacancies, surpluses, and potential workforce risks.
  • Support the development and continuous improvement of workforce planning methodologies, tools, and governance practices.
  • Develop workforce forecasts, scenarios, and analytical models to support medium- and long-term workforce planning.

HR consultant

KPMG Professional Services Saudi Arabia - Global Strategy Group
Riyadh
2022.01 - 2024.02
  • Workforce Planning experience
  • Demonstrating experience modelling workforce planning trends and analytics
  • Communicating equally effectively in business and technical terms with the client and delivering the products with high quality
  • Demonstrating analytical curiosity; proactively seeking to solutions and presents recommendations on driving operational efficiency Perform detailed data exploration and validation from a variety of sources as needed for development of new models
  • Led redundancy processes with utmost sensitivity and professionalism.
  • Analysed HR metrics for strategic workforce planning decisions.

Intern

National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP) - Planning Sector
Riyadh
2021.05 - 2021.12
  • Reviewing internal fund requests for NIDLP initiatives.
  • Evaluating other initiatives and monitor spending on the initiatives overall.
  • Conducted several market research.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance

King Saud University
Riyadh
2017.01 - 2021.01

Skills

Core Competencies

  • Strategic Workforce Planning
  • Workforce Analytics
  • Workforce Forecasting
  • Workforce Alignment
  • Workforce Demand & Supply Planning
  • Workforce Gap Analysis
  • Headcount Planning
  • Organizational Design
  • Workforce Modeling
  • People Analytics
  • Executive Reporting
  • Data-Driven Decision Making
  • Workforce Governance

Technical Skills

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Power BI
  • HR Analytics
  • Scenario Planning
  • Data Visualization

Areas of Expertise

  • Strategic Workforce Planning
  • Workforce Alignment
  • Workforce Analytics
  • Headcount Planning
  • Executive Workforce Reporting

Certification

The General Securities Qualification Certificate (CME-1) – 2022. Distinguished and Talented Students in KSU (2019) - Certificate of Excellence in Human Resource Management (CEHRM) – SHRM

CERTIFICATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS, SKILLS & LANGUAGES

Languages: Arabic (Native), English (Bilingual).

Timeline

Workforce Planning Specialist

Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority
2024.02 - Current

HR consultant

KPMG Professional Services Saudi Arabia - Global Strategy Group
2022.01 - 2024.02

Intern

National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP) - Planning Sector
2021.05 - 2021.12

Bachelor of Business Administration - Finance

King Saud University
2017.01 - 2021.01
Ziyad Almishrafi