Subhan Siddiqui, Business development manager

Subhan Siddiqui

Business development manager

Khudair International Contracting & Trading

Location
Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business and Management (Marketing)
Experience
10 years, 9 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :10 years, 9 months

Business development manager at Khudair International Contracting & Trading
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since November 2015

Industry: Construction (as contractor)

Developed business plan; researched on business trends & market conditions with an objective of identifying new services & sales channels.
Led the establishment of design+build division on turnkey basis and overlooked the implementation of finishes.
Built key customer relationships & identified new opportunities in terms of clients, suppliers, subcontractors & potential services/products.
Managed all the marketing activities like registering with consultants, main contractors, facility owners & developers; also involved in preparing documents for pre qualification, revamping company profile & keeping it updated.
Consulted LuLu group’s project division for refurbishing their chairman’s office & also prepared a preliminary design for his Al Rai & Egaila office in 2018.
Increased the yearly turnover target by 21% for the year 2021.

Market Research Analyst at Euromonitor
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since October 2020

Diversified industries

Sales Consultant at Alshaya Enterprises
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • December 2016 to January 2018

Industry: Construction (Building materials supplier)
• Institutional sales through architects, property developers & contractors.
• Achieved a project (in KSA) with a value of over kwd 250, 000.
• Worked on a large-scale project (The mall & Hypermarket) solely from designing phase to the approval of all the materials covering the flooring area of 41, 000 sqm.
• Coordinated with property owner & consultant and worked overtime to get all the materials specified before the deadline.
• Researched & identified new market opportunities for products & services that grow share and improve profitability based on the sales analysis (e.g. raised floors).
• Prepared presentable sample boards for approval from the client.

Marketing Executive at Resettlement Solution
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 2014 to October 2015

• Design, build and maintain social media presence
• Arranging meetings with the potential leads and explaining them the service.
• Following up with the leads through emails/calls/text messages.
• Following up with the payment due.
• Resolving client’s complaint.
• Managing customer database. •
Assist in public relations/marketing/advertising materials and ensure that all content
meets accuracy.
Providing promotional guidance and resources for marketing campaigns and events.
Ensure submission of Daily/Weekly/Monthly Sales and Marketing action plan
Responsible for lead generation, lead qualification. Communication, brand building
and conversion
Researching new online media opportunities that may benefit the business including
mobile, development of blogs and forums

Marketing Executive at Expit
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2013 to September 2014

Work mostly independently on ensuring brand reach, lead generation and marketing mix that is optimal by testing new approaches and method in the organization’s marketing plan. Target markets for services are in the Middle East and for software products are global distribution
Duties:
• Developing and executing marketing strategies for software products and services to establish marketing targets and analysis needs.
• Conducting market research about competition, customers, target geographies and product features.

• Develop approach to targeting and profiling for direct customer communications.
• Event planning for annual conferences.
• Developing relationships with publishers, industry analysts and event
planners.

• Ensure that relevant customer insights are used to direct future marketing activity.
Develop and implement online marketing strategies with focus on ROI in
marketing costs.
Design, manage & enhance high quality marketing campaigns including
newsletters, promotions, product updates.
Develop an understanding of the markets in which partners operate and a
close understanding of partners/vendors business.
Develop and maintain web, press releases and brand presence.
Deploy complete social media strategy to increase visibility, conversions and
traffic.
Provide an understanding of the market in particular competitor-marketing
activity.
• Attend training sessions to achieve greater understanding of markets that are key to partners/vendors.
• Providing regular marketing performance reports and campaign analysis to support the evaluation of campaigns and to support decision-making.
Insuring all jobs and deliverables meet their dead line through internal &
external communications.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business and Management (Marketing)
  • at Brunel University
  • May 2012

Brunel University, Uxbridge 09/2010 to 05/2012 Modules covered: • Marketing Research • Marketing Communications • Marketing Channels and Logistics • Critical Perspectives in Management • Consumer Behaviour • Database and Customer Relationship Marketing • Entrepreneurship and small business ventures • International Marketing • Management of Retailing • Strategic Marketing

Diploma, Business and Management
  • at LIBT (London Institute of Business and Technology)
  • May 2010

London International College of Business and Technology (LIBT), Uxbridge (Brunel University) 09/2009 to 05/2010 Modules covered: • Introduction to Management Enquiry • Managing Information with Technology • Introduction to Accounting • Organizational Theory & Practice • International Business Environment • Principles and Practices of Marketing • Interactive Learning Skills and Communication.

Specialties & Skills

Client Communication
Marketing
Business Development
Marketing Research
BUSINESS PLANS
E-BUSINESS
MARKETING
MICROSOFT WORD
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
PROBLEM SOLVING
PUNCTUAL
marketing mix
digital marketing
marketing strategy
key account management
marketing management
operations management
negotiation
procurement
materials
market research
marketing communications
marketing research

Languages

Hindi
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