Alaa Saafan, Country Manager

Alaa Saafan

Country Manager

Global Knowledge

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
31 years, 3 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :31 years, 3 months

Country Manager at Global Knowledge
  • Saudi Arabia
  • My current job since January 2010

Managing Global Knowledge - KSA business for 5 years moving the company from 1.4M$
Revenue to a 9.0M$ Achievement country, opening 1 extra branch in Dammam, increasing
working heads from 8 Employees to a 65 Employee company by 2015.
* Responsible for Country P&L, controlling cost, maximizing profit, developing market share,
expanding customer database, and achieving country targets.
* Managed & controlled Sales and Technical Engineers and assign present targets for each
Sales Engineer & follow-up daily & weekly on all sales and technical staff activities & sales
targets achievements.
* Satisfy all requirements of the organization’s strategies, goals and objectives in terms of
new business development in effective manner.
Career Progression
Proven Job Role
Business Management
* Manage a team of 65 employees and Engineers.
* Implement Company’s policies and strategies effectively as prime job responsibility.
* Taking care of Profit and delivering Quality.
* Ensure the customer satisfaction in all times.
* Coordinate with the region operations team and management to insure best performance.
* Budgeting & forecasting annual plans to top management.
* Supervise delivery training & development projects to customers.
* Manage systems integration, analyse leaders requirements, develop new programs, handle
group management.

Country Sales Manager at Global
  • Saudi Arabia
  • April 2008 to January 2010
Technical Services Manager at Synergy Global Professional Services
  • Egypt
  • May 2006 to April 2008
Executive Manager at Advanced Computer Systems (ProSys)
  • Egypt
  • July 2003 to October 2005
IT Manager at Freight Systems International
  • Egypt
  • April 1999 to June 2003
Design Officer at Egyptian Air force Headquarters (Information Systems Branch)
  • Egypt
  • July 1992 to March 1999
Sales & Marketing Manager at Advanced Computer Systems (ProSys)
  • Egypt
  • July 1992 to March 1999

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Military Technical College
  • January 1992

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Master's degree,
  • at Paramount California University

Specialties & Skills

Synergy
Management
Science
Military
ACADEMIC
AIR FORCE
ANÁLISIS DE SISTEMAS
BUDGETING
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
CABLEADO
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
MICROSOFT OUTLOOK

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert