Hesham Orabi — Odoo Techno-Functional Consultant / ERP Project Manager

IT Infrastructure & ERP Project Manager for a multi-industry holding group in Riyadh. Solo delivery of an Odoo 19 Enterprise rollout across four subsidiaries — construction consulting, manufacturing, contracting and fit-out, and information technology — for more than 50 users. The core system is live; rollout and optimization continue.

• Accounting & invoicing
• Sales & purchase
• Project & timesheets
• Manufacturing (MRP)
• Inventory & barcode
• Subscriptions
• Custom BOQ, tender, and cost-control modules

ERP Project Manager and Odoo Techno-Functional Consultant for a multi-branch Saudi retailer. A small team delivered first operational go-live four months after configuration started, covering 4–10 branches and 25–50 users. Production operations now run centrally in Odoo.

• Sales, purchase, inventory
• Point of sale
• Accounting
• CRM & HR
• Website / eCommerce

ERP Project Manager for a large Saudi contracting implementation — more than 50 users or more than five locations. Annual physical-count versus system-quantity comparison showed a 90% reduction in stock discrepancy after go-live.

• Scope, workshops, and stakeholder coordination
• Risk, change, migration, UAT, and training
• Cutover and post-go-live measurement
• Inventory, purchase, sales, accounting, MRP
• Multi-location and access controls

Infrastructure delivery management through a contractor for two Ministry of Tourism locations — one in Makkah and one in Madinah. Responsibilities covered field oversight, testing, acceptance, and handover.

• Structured cabling
• Switching and routing
• Wi-Fi
• Servers and storage
• Firewall and network security
• CCTV

Multi-industry holding group, Riyadh. Leading the live Odoo 19 Enterprise environment across four subsidiaries, with custom BOQ, tender, and cost-control modules alongside standard finance, supply chain, manufacturing, project, and subscription processes.

ROCKAL For Insulation Materials, Cairo. Administered Odoo and IT operations for 200+ users across four departments. Documented results: about 20% fewer order-processing errors, about 35% faster incident resolution, about 25% less downtime, and 15+ staff hours saved weekly.

More than ten years of professional experience before and alongside the roles above, across infrastructure, software, and business-systems delivery in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Earlier technical background includes C, C++, Java, MySQL, and MongoDB.

Process mapping and fit-gap through configuration, testing, data migration, training, and go-live. Confirmed delivery on Odoo 18 and 19 Enterprise, including custom modules where standard processes are not enough.

• Requirements & fit-gap
• Module configuration
• Custom modules
• Data migration
• UAT & key-user training

End-to-end implementation ownership from scope and planning through cutover and handover: stakeholder coordination, risk and change control, and visible project status for contracting, manufacturing, retail, and group structures.

• Scope & project planning
• Stakeholder coordination
• Risk & change control
• Cutover & handover

Supporting specialization: site scoping, BOQs, and tender documents for offices and buildings, including field oversight and handover of IT infrastructure at Saudi Ministry of Tourism locations in Makkah and Madinah.

• Site & infrastructure scoping
• BOQ development
• Tender documentation
• Vendor comparison

Workshops with the people who run the operation map the current process, surface the real pain points, and set measurable priorities.

Requirements are mapped against standard Odoo capabilities to shape the target process, with configuration, integration, and customization decisions made explicit.

Configuration, development, data migration, infrastructure, and testing move through controlled phases, with progress and risks tracked and visible throughout.

UAT sign-off, training, documentation, cutover, and support close out the engagement, so the operating team owns the system from go-live onward.

• Odoo 18 & 19 Enterprise
• Accounting, sales, purchase
• Inventory, barcode, MRP
• Project, POS, CRM, HR
• Subscriptions
• Custom BOQ / tender / cost control

• Python & Odoo ORM
• XML views, reports, security
• PostgreSQL
• REST / XML-RPC APIs
• Custom modules
• Migration & upgrades
• Odoo.sh
• Linux & Docker

• ZATCA Phase 1
• ZATCA Phase 2
• Saudi VAT
• HRSD
• GOSI
• Saudi payroll
• Wage Protection System (WPS)

• Server & network planning
• BOQ preparation
• Cost estimation
• Tender specifications
• RFP / RFQ
• Vendor evaluation