Barak Kaufman
Director of Business Operations at Rakuten Viber
Israel
Overview
Work Experience
Director of Business Operations
2024 - Current
Head of Sales Operations & Planning, Global Gaming
2022 - 2024
Head of Sales Operations & Planning, Israel and Central EU
2021 - 2022
Head of Sales Operations & Planning, Israel
2021 - 2021
Sales Operations & Planning Manager
2020 - 2021
Strategy, Operations & Research Specialist
2019 - 2020
* Ads sales operations: Leading IL ads planning process from the ads products perspective in order to drive IL’s growth, setting product targets and BFMs and track plans’ progress. Supporting IL management with constant analysis in order to identify key insights and business opportunities * Specialists team (XFN team, supporting IL sales team) strategy & operations: Leading team’s strategy process (setting team’s mission, goals and objectives, crafting team’s narrative and presenting it to IL management and sales teams), owning specialists team operations (lead and optimize team’s projects prioritization process, orchestrate team programs and initiatives, responsible for team’s internal sync and communication, implementing project management tools, etc.) * Research support: Full responsibility on IL market research plan, while promoting high impact studies aiming to drive IL clients’ growth * Country manager support: Leading CM external and internal speaking opportunities
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Manager, Organization & Operations Practice
2019 - 2019
Senior Organizational Consultant
2018 - 2019
Organizational Consultant
2017 - 2018
Strategy Implementation: Helping management teams with strategy implementation, from translating strategic plans into operational tasks and performance indicators (KPI's) to setting facilitating mechanisms and tracking the work plan progress Cultural Transformation: Supporting leadership teams to perform cultural transformations while focusing on measurable KPIs, reinforcing specific cultural changes and strengthening employee engagement to the process via behavioral incentives Organizational Analysis and Design: Conducting organizational analysis while using combined diagnostic methods (qualitative and quantitative), mapping and analyzing organizational processes in order do craft recommendations for new organizational design, role definitions and needed reskilling efforts Internal Communication: Developing organizational communication plans and supporting the organization leadership during change management
Organizational Consultant
2015 - 2017
Leadership Development: Developing leadership programs - identifying training needs, defining the program success indicators (KPI's) and development workshops in order to meet program goals, and delivering them Management Consulting: Mentoring and coaching managers regarding managerial skills (1:1 management, team building, strategic planning, etc.) and organizational issues Training: Training sales and service teams using combined methodologies (class training and OJT) in order to implement sales and service concepts
Information Systems Implementation Consultant, MS CRM Dynamics
2014 - 2015
IT System Implementation: Analyzing and designing organizational and business processes, training client teams using combined methodologies (class training and OJT) and maintaining ongoing communication to make sure client satisfaction throughout the project
Senior Trainer and Operations Coordinator
2012 - 2013
Training: Teaching and lecturing for a wide range of audiences: Business school students (BGU), Private Businesses, IDF, governmental offices, NGO's and High school students Training Operations: Leading the company’s training operations (60 trainers in 200 schools)
Trainer
2011 - 2012
Training: Teaching and lecturing for a wide range of audiences: Business school students (BGU), Private Businesses, IDF, governmental offices, NGO's and High school students