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Samah Mohamed

Samah Mohamed

United Arab Emirates

Summary

Customer-oriented, strategic-thinking and meticulous sales professional with over 18 years of experience in building relationships, cultivating partnerships, retaining top accounts and growing profit channels. Multitasking and self-motivated leader with expertise on expanding network connections, introducing products, implementing pricing models, inventory control and projections, vendor relations and territory development. Effective at identifying customer needs to deliver solutions. Tactical team builder and energetic strategic planner seeking to leverage an effective background into business development manager role with dynamic organizations.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Business development manager

Aldes
Dubai, UAE
01.2021 - Current
  • Influenced key decision-making and established trust with stakeholders.
  • Maintained client records in bespoke CRM systems, ensuring streamlined data processes for maximum efficiency.
  • Contacted and converted potential customers via telephone, email and in-person enquiries.
  • Drew on understanding of key markets to push development of business strategies.
  • Designed strategy to win new business and maximize selling opportunities among existing clients, achieving lucrative results.
  • Designed strategies to contribute and enhance seamless workflows across different teams and departments.
  • Drafted fully-fledged proposals to recommend senior management on different courses of action.
  • Identified different areas to evaluate potential impact of new research findings for maximum ROI.
  • Closed complex, lucrative deals with new customers using strategic sales and negotiation tactics.
  • Oversaw record-keeping for company's long-term planning, ensuring accuracy, accessibility and security.
  • Formulated actionable plans to leverage insightful data on latest customer demographics.
  • Monitored and analysed market trends and competitive offerings to identify opportunities for segment expansion.
  • Analysed budgets and financial projections for accurate reporting of company performance.
  • Coached team to build client relationships and exceed sales targets.

Credit and Marketing Manager assistant

Orix Leasing
Cairo , Egypt
01.2017 - 12.2020
  • Built positive relationships with lenders to achieve optimal client deals.
  • Evaluated client credit check outcomes to provide complete financial advice.
  • Devised credit and repayment plans for secure finance management.
  • Issued official approval and rejection notices within allowable limits and in line with institutional risk profiles.
  • Detected and seized opportunities for generating sales pipelines.
  • Contacted new and existing clients to explore new avenues for income generation.
  • Scheduled meetings with customers to address credit card complaints and issues.
  • Cultivated relationships and brand loyalty with customers to guarantee repeat business.

Marketing head

Galala University
Cairo, Egypt
01.2014 - 12.2016

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  • Cost-effectively managed an annual marketing budget of £150,000+.
  • Recruited and onboarded 5 marketing team members over a 2-year period.
  • Secured 10 new contracts in 2022.
  • Developed insights into customers, competitors, and industry market dynamics to inform marketing strategy and objectives.
  • Recruited and onboarded 3 marketing team members over a 6-month period.
  • Prepared external communications and promotional materials, including brochures, flyers, and social media posts.
  • Trained and supervised 8+ direct reports from Marketing Coordinator to Marketing Manager.
  • Developed and implemented brand standards, style guides, digital assets, and print materials to achieve cohesive marketing outputs.
  • Motivated team members to consistently exceed KPIs, including lead generation and website traffic, by 15%.
  • Increased Return on Ad Spend (ROAS) through strategic planning.
  • Facilitated strategic decision-making by measuring and reporting campaign performance using HubSpot.
  • Launched a digital awareness campaign to increase follower count.

Export Sales Supervisor

Coats Plc
Cairo , Egypt
03.2005 - 12.2013
  • Organized and coordinated sales team schedules, helping staff meet company and client expectations.
  • Coached team members to reach and exceed weekly and monthly sales goals.
  • Analyzed sales data to define weekly quotas for multiple departments, assessing potential areas of growth.
  • Worked collaboratively with team members, championing proven techniques for closing sales, cross-selling and upselling.
  • Developed new ideas and thought creatively to grow business and enhance profitability and revenue.
  • Carried out sales visits to current and prospective customers.
  • Created and directed sales team training and development programmes.
  • Planned and developed strategies to increase sales territory positioning, exceeding company targets.
  • Achieved exceptional client satisfaction feedback and ratings.
  • Monitored sales team performance, providing effective training to help reach revenue and profit targets.

Education

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Business Management

Ain Shams University
Cairo - Egypt
09.2001 - 05.2004

Skills

  • Lead development
  • Service promotions
  • Territory management
  • Account management
  • Sales goal attainment
  • Marketing campaign management
  • Complex negotiations
  • Brand-building strategies
  • Demand generation marketing
  • Presentations and proposals
  • Relationship management
  • New account development
  • Business development
  • Market and competitive analysis
  • Training and mentoring
  • Consultative and relationship selling
  • Cost management
  • Networking ability
  • Salesforce
  • Revenue development

Languages

English
Fluent
Arabic
Native

Certification

  • CPSP - Certified Professional Sales Person
  • Technical courses in India , Hungry, Romania , Turkey,
  • Sales individual & business development (2016)
    Romania
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) (2019)
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) (2014)

Timeline

Business development manager

Aldes
01.2021 - Current

Credit and Marketing Manager assistant

Orix Leasing
01.2017 - 12.2020

Marketing head

Galala University
01.2014 - 12.2016

Export Sales Supervisor

Coats Plc
03.2005 - 12.2013

Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting and Business Management

Ain Shams University
09.2001 - 05.2004
Samah Mohamed