Who’s Who: Abdullah Saad Al-Yemni, GM of human resources at the National Center for Waste Management

Abdullah Saad Al-Yemni. (Supplied)
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Abdullah Saad Al-Yemni has been the general manager of human resources at the National Center for Waste Management since March.
Al-Yemni leads all the center’s human capital planning activities to ensure compliance with policies, laws, and regulatory bodies. He also assesses and standardizes future policies and procedures that meet the center’s strategic goals.
From August 2009 to March 2021, Al-Yemni served as the director of the recruitment department at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences at the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center.
There, he worked along with the general director of administrative affairs to ensure all HR activities were carried out according to the highest possible standards.
For nearly 20 months, beginning in January 2006, he headed the employment department at the Human Resource and Development Fund, where, in addition to managing the department, he advised management on the administration of HR policies and procedures. He was also responsible for ensuring HR programs and services were following established policies, procedures and labor laws.
Preparing and maintaining reports related to specific HR projects and assisting with the development and coordination of recommended changes regarding workflow were also among his job tasks. Before that, he worked from 2003 to 2006 as the chief of client services at the fund.
Al-Yemni received a bachelor’s degree in business administration management systems. He also attended a leadership program at Harvard University. In 2009, he attended Global Knowledge for a course on project management, receiving certificates as a change management and strategic planning professional.
Al-Yemni has volunteered as a human resource consultant at the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority. He is also a board member of Al-Diriyah Club.