Roger Azar, Area Sales Manager

Roger Azar

Area Sales Manager

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Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, General Management
Experience
17 years, 11 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 11 months

Area Sales Manager at Regus
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since September 2014

Tasks to be discussed.

Country Manager at Servcorp
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • July 2012 to July 2014

• Sell (Increase sales throughout the year).
• Stabilize (Motivate and lead a team, Service - take care of our clients, Maximize & Make profit).
• Maintain the floor (Spectacular looking, 5 star level).
• Increase service revenue.
• Hire and Train the team enabling them to achieve 80% pass in the team annual assessment.
• Encompasses all aspects of management.
• Marketing and Advertising.
• Maintain a good Profit & Loss Statement sheet (P&L).
• Follow up clients problems, and maintain a high level of client satisfaction.
• Keep connection with legal and governmental contacts

Procurement Officer & Sales Support at IPT Powertech (IPI Group Holding)
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2008 to February 2012

• Search for and establish connection with new suppliers.
• Analyze suppliers’ products and acquire technical approval on products.
• Price and payment terms negotiation with new and existing suppliers.
• Prepare and maintain database for suppliers’ terms.
• Search for new products that could be complementary to the company’s existing portfolio.
• Follow up existing orders with suppliers (delivery time improvement).
• Support existing clients, follow up orders and quotations.
• Respond to and follow up sales inquiries and managing projects.
• Monitor and report on market and competitor activities.
• Manage offers and orders processing on SharePoint system, and approving invoices.

Account Manager/Communication Consultant at Cedarcom (MOBI)
  • Lebanon
  • December 2005 to December 2007

• Being a true consultant, offering solutions to client’s problems and needs.
• Updating the database CRM on a daily basis and in a clear and efficient way.
• Meeting sales quotas predefined and agreed upon with SM and closing deals on a monthly basis; and achieving monthly, quarterly and yearly targets.
• Maintaining all Cedarcom clients database completed, updated and accurate (CRM, file…) on a daily basis.
• Assist clients in resolving their problems and provide assistance and attention (technical, prices, services...)
• Coordinate between clients and TDS in problem resolution, installation, upgrade, downgrade, etc.
• Administering the leads and logging them on CRM properly.
• Regular meetings with all your clients assuring Cedarcom’s continuous support to each client.
• Maintain client satisfaction by regularly calling upon them and assuring client satisfaction by resolving issues if available.
• Daily check on client payment balances
• Daily review of client PRTG graph for pro-active control of customer BW requirement and identifying upgrade or virus trends.
• Regularly upgrading clients on a need basis.
• Maintaining account balance of all clients within 15 day’s value of total account receivable vs. monthly invoice.
• Negotiate and stress punctual payments of clients. Escalate the issues of non-paying clients to SM.
• Presenting a daily report on a need basis of problems to SM for resolution.
• Training new Communication Consultant (CC) on all company products, prices, policies, rules and regulations following the Training Guidelines Rules & Regulations.
• Getting feedback about Cedarcom from the market and especially from his/her customers and reporting it to SM, AGM and CEO.

Education

Master's degree, General Management
  • at American University of Science & Technology
  • July 2010

I have completed all the needed courses to get the Masters in Business Administration Degree oriented in General Management.

Bachelor's degree, Computer and Communications Engineering
  • at American University of Science & Technology
  • June 2005

• Grade Point Average (GPA) = 2.68 / 4.00 scale • An Engineering expo for thirty senior projects was held at AUST on June 22, 2005. A committee of 20 jurors was responsible to grade every project. I took the first prize for best project. (The jurors were doctors invited by AUST from all around the country)

Specialties & Skills

Punctuality
Communications Engineering
Science
Installation
Networking
Microsoft Windows
MS Office
Troubleshooting, Maintenance & Installation

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
French
Intermediate
English
Expert

Memberships

Rotary Club Baabda - Rotary International
  • Memeber
  • January 2013
National Orthodox Scout (SNO)
  • Board Member General Secretary/ International Scout Trainer
  • January 1987

Training and Certifications

Certified Training Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2015
Improving small business performance – Six Sigma. (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2007

Hobbies

  • Shooting sport
  • Scouting
  • Walking
  • Reading