Muhammad Farooq, Director Sales Business Development

Muhammad Farooq

Director Sales Business Development

Nouvelle Solutions FZE

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Management
Experience
19 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :19 years, 1 Months

Director Sales Business Development at Nouvelle Solutions FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2022

• Acquiring, cultivating and managing institutional client base offering an array of solutions including off-the-shelve and custom products tailored to the requirements.

• Developing new business in existing markets and opened new avenues to bring in the revenue.

• Designed and implemented processes to enhance sales productivity through pipelines, CRM Tools and targeted education, increased viable lead generation by 25% in the first 6 months.

• Established strong relationships with C-levels based on knowledge of customer requirements and commitment to value.

• Compiled the data and constructed the proposals which included collaboration with COO and CEO on deal terms.

• Launched a new product category of selling SaaS products and solutions to C-levels within the existing client base and successfully reached a goal of over $100K in sales within the first 3 months.

• Implemented sales plan to increase to increase inbound leads to support initiative of increasing new business by over 20%. New sales have increased 27%, exceeding goals.

Business Development Manager at VitalSource Technologies
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2018 to December 2021

• Managing all aspects of New Business Development for clients, generating revenue by growing existing customer base, while prospecting, developing, and introducing new platforms to clients.

• Identified key products, services and customers and used data to devise innovative sales and marketing plans enabling dramatic growth, resulting in exceeding yearly target of $13.5M.
• Successfully negotiated and signed new contracts with resellers in the MEA region, resulting in an increased YOY revenue of $10M Top Line.
• Launched first of its kind, White Label Apps in the international market for VitalSource Technologies.
• Represented company and promoted products at various conferences around MEA.
• Researched and identified opportunities for account growth, account penetration and market expansion.
• Generated new business with marketing initiatives and strategic plans.
• Developed new business by networking with prospects and valuable customers at educational events.
• Temporary secondment to Creative Technology Solutions, a reseller for VitalSource products.
• Responsible to build Sales and Operations team for Higher Education sector for CTS.
• Developed and implemented favourable pricing structures balancing firm objectives against customer targets.
• Developed Sales and Operations structure at Creative Technology Solution, from Business Development to implementation.

Regional Sales & Learning Solutions Manager at McGraw-Hill Education
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2012 to June 2018
Branch Manager at Scientechnic– E.S.A.G
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2011 to August 2012
Key Account Manager at GrowHow U.K.
  • United Kingdom
  • July 2008 to May 2011
Customer Services Manager at SembCorp U.K.
  • United Kingdom
  • November 2006 to July 2008
Customer Services Executive at Virgin Media U.K.
  • United Kingdom
  • April 2005 to November 2006

Education

Master's degree, Management
  • at University of Teesside
  • July 2011

Specialties & Skills

Team Development
Customer Service
Sales Management
Key Account Management
Business Development
MS Office
Sales Force

Languages

English
Expert

Hobbies

  • F1 racing
  • reading
  • Football
  • travelling