Kenan Al Sawaf, Sales Manager

Kenan Al Sawaf

Sales Manager

Redington

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Economics, Accounting, Business, Marketing
Experience
20 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 3 Months

Sales Manager at Redington
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since May 2023

- Covering the sales of AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure solutions, HPE Green lake across commercial, education, financial, and healthcare sectors.
- Created and directed sales team training and development programs.
- Planned and developed strategies to increase sales territory positioning, exceeding company targets.
- Retained existing customers and substantially grew customer base, product line and sales volume.
- Direct engagement with other line of business on mixed products deals.

Territory Sales Manager at Al Falak
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • June 2013 to May 2023

- Retained existing customers and substantially grew customer base, product line and sales volume.
- Exceeded sales goals and improved profitability by developing sales strategies and business plans according to market trends.
- Direct responsibility on channel relation with vendors (Oracle, UiPath, Microfocus)
- Interfaced with customers, determined needs, provided recommendations and up-sold services.
- Produced regular reports with in-depth detail of sales performance.
- Maintained regular contact and strong relationships with existing customers by providing comprehensive support.
- Responsible for the management, marketing and sales of Alfalak - Oracle SaaS/IaaS cloud solution offering
- Developed new ideas and thought creatively to grow business and enhance profitability and revenue.
- Overachieved the revenue target across the five years, with year over year growth. Latest record was 148% of my target

Corporate account manger at Nour Communications -NourNet
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • December 2012 to May 2013

Using an existing network of industry contacts to generate new business. Articulate the value of the proposed Oracle solution in the context of the customer’s business problem, requirements and demonstrate competitive superiority through:
• Operating as the lead point of contact for all matters specific to my accounts.
• Overseeing customer account management, including negotiating contracts and agreements to maximize profit.
• Ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions according to customer needs and objectives.
• Build and maintain strong, long-lasting client relationships.
Products and solutions:
- Connectivity solutions
- Hosting and CO-Location
- Cyber security solutions
- Collaboration solutions (Audio/Video conferencing, IP Phone)

Sales Business Development Manager at AB Tech
  • Syria - Damascus
  • July 2009 to August 2012

• Lead and respond to customer projects, RFIs and RFPs by crafting accurate and compelling
answers.
• Build good relations with consulting companies
• Align with our vendors
Brands:(Cisco, IBM, 3M, Estap, Fluke networks, D-Link, Legrand, and Lenovo)

Project Manager at New Age Gate
  • Syria - Damascus
  • July 2006 to June 2009

 Supervise the technical and functional consultants
 Generate more business by offering more modules and services
 Ensure the timely invoicing as per the agreement
 Attend steering committee meetings
 Perform the kickoff meetings and present the project plan
 Present the solution to new customers “Mainly GSM operators and ISPs”

E-commerce website admin at New Age Gate
  • Syria - Damascus
  • October 2003 to June 2006

• Manage e-commerce website that offers online shopping services along with issuing new internet
master card that can be used over the internet “web surf MasterCard”
• Supervise the technical team and develop the website to meet the customers’ needs
• Open new selling outlets for recharging cards
• Align with our Mastercard service backbone provider “CSC Lebanon”.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Economics, Accounting, Business, Marketing
  • at Damascus University of Economics
  • February 2012

Cost Accounting, Business Administration, Financial analysis and management

Diploma, Engineering Drawing,Electrical Circuits
  • at Institute of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering - Damscus University
  • January 2005

Specialties & Skills

Cloud Computing
Oracle ERP
IT Solutions
Business Development
fiber and copper data cabling systems
preparing for IT/Telecommunications tenders and projects
MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, MS Project
E-Commerce and online security
studing network infrastructure (A~Z)
Wireless Networks
mysql database
servers hardware (especially IBM)
IT Network Infrastructure desing and implementation
Deliver Executive presentation
Negotiation
Key Account Management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

computer software and hardware (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 1998
Valid Until:
August 1998
Advanced Course in computer software and hardware (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 1999
Valid Until:
July 1999
Oracle Database 11g Introduction to SQL (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2005
Valid Until:
October 2005
Network+ (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2010
Valid Until:
June 2010
Oracle Black Belt III Cloud Sales (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Socializing