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Juan Ignacio RayesJI

Juan Ignacio Rayes

Senior Management Consultant

$1,300/day
Dubai, AE
3-7 years
Business analysis
Business model
Communication
Project Management
Strategic planning

Average response time: 1 hour

About Juan Ignacio

Experienced in leading cross-industry workstreams, with a strong focus on Oil & Gas, government, and industrial sectors. Skilled in strategic planning, operating model development, and workforce optimization, I have worked with major organizations across the GCC and MENA regions to drive efficiency, alignment, and long-term sustainability. My expertise includes mergers & acquisitions impact assessments, manpower forecasting, and strategic transformation initiatives, ensuring businesses are equipped to meet evolving industry demands.

  • Spanish

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Basic

Can work on-site
Dubai (up to 50km)

Experience

  • STRATEGY& (MIDDLE EAST)
    Senior Associate
    June 2022 - September 2025 (3 years and 3 months)
    Dubai - United Arab Emirates
    • Managed the implementation of the transformation of an Oil & Gas Group in the Middle East, leading client engagement and ad-hoc strategic pieces (e.g., finance restructuring, delegation of authorities updates, sustainability restructuring)
    • Led the people and financial implications assessment of the merger of a set of Oil & Gas subsidiaries in the Middle East, analyzing the financial solvency and HR benefits implications, and developing an excel model to match vacancies and redundancies
    • Created an excel tool for Fields Development and Planning of an upstream NOC to forecast manpower needs for 10 years
    • Assessed 20+ processes and the manpower need for 5 areas of an Oil & Gas company Strategic Planning function to prioritize their key processes and develop improvement initiatives regarding their alignment, effectiveness, and stability
    • Developed the operating model for a GCC Culture entity looking to enhance its regionalization efforts, benchmarking 30+ global and local institutions to redefine its mandate and organization structure
    • Designed the operating model for a telco government institution, defining its mandate, organizational structure, and business case
    • Conducted a strategy refresh for a public industrial institution in KSA, updating its financial profile and compiling a set of +100 initiatives for 10 sectors
  • SDG GROUP
    Business Analyst
    March 2019 - August 2019 (5 months)
    Barcelona, Spain
    Developed a dynamic dashboard in QlikSense (Business Intelligence) for an auto parts company (Rev. USD 83M), increasing visibility across Sales, Production & Stock Mgmt. which saved the general manager ~10 hs/week in reporting
  • PAN AMERICAN ENERGY COM.
    Field Reservoir Engineer
    February 2018 - February 2019 (1 year)
    Rivadavia, SJ, Argentina
    • Coordinated assessment on energy efficiency opportunity to determine potential operative expenses reduction of 20%
    • Trained within on-the-job oilfield operations, with further allocation as field reservoir engineer on project consisting of 30+ oil wells
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Education

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA
    IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL
    2023
    Master of Business Administration (MBA
  • Master of Science
    INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE BUENOS AIRES
    2017
    Master of Science

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