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Ahmed Maher

Commercial Learning Manager - ME
Dubai,UAE

Summary

Serviced-focused Business Manager dedicated to delivering positive customer experiences to promote loyalty and repeat business. High understanding of how to orchestrate optimal resource utilization to handle expected operational needs. Sales leader with sound judgment, excellent planning abilities and interpersonal communication strengths.

Multitasking with a background developing recommendations that drive strategic growth. Offering exemplary collaboration, team oversight and decision-making skills.

Experienced commercial learning manager with over 20 years of experience in pharmaceuticals.

Attentive with strong business acumen and dynamic sales forecasting skills. Energetic professional offering executive presence coupled with outstanding methods for onboarding and coaching highly effective sales teams.

Certified as Scrum Master and Agile coach


Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Commercial Learning Manager

Bayer ME
Dubai
10.2018 - Current
  • Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement.
  • Developed strategic initiatives based upon company objectives aimed at accelerating growth.
  • Conduct company’ s functional curricula key for employees to do their assigned functions effectively & successfully.
  • The commercial curricula modules delivered are KAM; Strategic business management; Coaching ; Patient Focused Interactions & Closing Excellence.
  • Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
  • Collaborate with middle east leadership team to implement strong training program enabling employees to improve and build upon both professional and personal growth.
  • Champion collaborative projects like Boot Camps and KAM development center across middle east working with cross functions & Commercial Area Heads.


Senior District Sales Manager

Bayer ME
Dubai
01.2012 - 09.2018
  • Monitored customer behavior and how to influence it to bring highest level of win:win relationship plus following up market conditions and competitor actions to adjust strategies and achieve sales goals.
  • Worked diligently with customers and management teams to forge lasting relationships and assist in solving unique business problems.
  • Recruited and developed a number of candidates who became later managers either in Bayer or pursue another managerial positions in other companies
  • Solid consistent record of sales achievement


Area Field Supervisor

Bayer ME
Dubai
11.2007 - 12.2011

Product Specialist

Bayer ME
Dubai
01.2005 - 10.2007

Product Specialist

GSK
Cairo
01.2002 - 12.2004

Public Pharmacist

Hossam Pharmacy
Cairo
09.2000 - 12.2001

Education

Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty of Pharmacy
Cairo - Egypt
09.1995 - 06.2000

Skills

    Strategic planning & Forecasting

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Accomplishments

  • Design forums to monitor the adoption level of various skills by our customer facing colleagues; forums like Boot Camps and KAM development center.
  • Worked with external vendors to measure the adoption level progress of Patient Focused Interactions skills by third party in the skills benchmarking project
  • Significant contributions in the change from F2F to Remote e-detailing on the beginning of pandemic ; the training tackles change management and how to interact virtually with our HCPs in an impactful and influencing approach.
  • ME was enlisted in the 3 top finalists in EMEA's KAM contest 2021 in both contest's categories KAM value solutions and KAM planning
  • Fast response to change ; since the start of pandemic ; Commercial learning curricula modules were conducted virtually also 2021 Boot Camp was conducted virtually across the ME
  • Consistent achievement record in different sales and sales management roles.
  • Recruited and developed many candidates who are now possessing managerial positions either in Bayer or they had pursued managerial opportunities out of Bayer
  • During the course of my sales management experience I was handing distributors in ME like IDS in Dubai and Jaffar Pharmacy in Bahrain


Certification

Certified Agile Coach - ICA

Timeline

Certified Agile Coach - ICA

05-2022

Certified Professional Scrum Master

12-2020

Learn to Lead II

01-2019

Commercial Learning Manager

Bayer ME
10.2018 - Current

Learn to Lead I

05-2018

Senior District Sales Manager

Bayer ME
01.2012 - 09.2018

Area Field Supervisor

Bayer ME
11.2007 - 12.2011

Product Specialist

Bayer ME
01.2005 - 10.2007

Product Specialist

GSK
01.2002 - 12.2004

Public Pharmacist

Hossam Pharmacy
09.2000 - 12.2001

Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences - Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty of Pharmacy
09.1995 - 06.2000
Ahmed MaherCommercial Learning Manager - ME