Hajar Rahali

Project and PMO professional with an M.Sc. in Engineering Management and 5 years across project delivery, planning and scheduling, PMO governance, and process improvement in 7 countries. Manages the project lifecycle end to end scope, budget, risk, procurement, and stakeholders, builds KPI and progress-reporting frameworks that drive executive decisions.

Combines

Primavera P6 and MS Project scheduling, cost and schedule baselines, and earned value management with Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC) process improvement.

Projects Lead — Systems and Process Design at EmpactUs Institute (2025-01 – 2026-06)

• Led 24 concurrent projects and cross-functional teams across 7 countries, raising programme effectiveness 38% against pre- and post-delivery KPI baselines.
• Coordinated 40 stakeholders across multiple time zones and built output, outcome, and impact KPI frameworks that fed executive reporting and data-driven decisions.
• Designed scalable operating systems, budgets, and workflows that standardised project delivery and governance across the portfolio.

Partnership Manager at Leaded Educational (2024-09 – 2026-01)

• Expanded the institutional partnership network 70%, closing 28 partnerships through CRM-tracked pipelines and structured stakeholder engagement.
• Owned the partnership lifecycle end to end pipeline, negotiation, and onboarding aligning agreements with organisational growth targets.

Process Improvement Consultant (Freelance) at Independent Consulting Engagements (2024-06 – 2026-02)

• Delivered process-optimisation and organisational-restructuring engagements for SME clients, defining scope, mapping workflows, and redesigning operating models.
• Advised leadership on change management and continuous improvement across multiple concurrent engagements.

Programme Coordinator — Operations and Planning at Core Business Hub (2023-05 – 2024-05)

• Planned, budgeted, and delivered multi-stream operational programmes across concurrent workstreams, earning over 90% positive stakeholder feedback.
• Owned the operations lifecycle, resource planning, vendor management, and KPI reporting and streamlined reporting cycles to accelerate executive decisions.

Operations Engineer / Coordinator at Brinchi Metal (2022-10 – 2023-10)

• Improved operations performance 30% through demand forecasting, production planning, and cross-functional workflow optimisation.
• Integrated sales, production scheduling, and supply chain in SAP ERP to secure on-time fulfilment across key B2B accounts.

Industrial Engineer (Internship) at Danone (2022-08 – 2022-10)

• Delivered up to 40% efficiency gains on critical production lines by applying Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC) in a multinational FMCG plant.
• Led Kaizen initiatives using statistical process control (SPC) and root-cause analysis to reduce waste and stabilise process output.

Logistics Officer at Livrex Logistics (2018-06 – 2021-08)

• Raised customer satisfaction 16% by optimising logistics workflows, delivery tracking, and documentation control in a high-volume operations environment.

M.Sc. in Engineering Management – Istanbul Kültür University (2023-09 – 2026-01)

B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering – Istanbul Kültür University (2019-09 – 2023-06)