KANJ ABOU ALKANJ, Managing director

KANJ ABOU ALKANJ

Managing director

GLOBAL BUSINESS CENTER

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business administration
Experience
34 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :34 years, 2 Months

Managing director at GLOBAL BUSINESS CENTER
  • Syria - Aleppo
  • My current job since March 2006

Established an agency for textile machines, laser cutting machines and also introduced the interactive white boards in the Syrian market,
Where we were the sole agents in the Syrian market and we provide :
The selling.
And the after sales service (spare parts supply, and the technical support).

I was the HR manager, sales and marketing and technical teams supervisor
In addition to my prime job as Co. strategy planner and the main negotiator with the suppliers and the big and VIP clients.

General manager at Oubari-Syria
  • Syria - Aleppo
  • January 1998 to March 2006

I was the general manager of an agency for worldwide textile machines manufacturers
In the Syrian market, leading a team of about /100/ professional personnel in (technical,
Sales and administrative staff )
Was responsible for:
HR management (recruiting new employees and supervising their training )
Leading the team to achieve the co.’s target
Negotiate with suppliers the best deals for the co. and the market
And make sure we have satisfied customers base, a target was achieved very well
By raising the co. total sales volume from /5/ million dollars to reach over/25/million dollars

Regional Sales Manager (MENA region) at Oubari-group of companies
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 1996 to January 1998

Create and lead the sales teams of the group throughout the Middle East to achieve the suppliers target sales in each of the following countries:
Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan and The gulf countries.

COUNTRY SALES MANAGER at Oubari-Syria
  • Syria - Aleppo
  • January 1994 to January 1996

Lead the sales teams of Syria In order to achieve the ultimate goals of the co.’s
sales volume , and I was directly involved in every day’s activities of each of the salesmen
, coordinating the total efforts of the sales and doing the direct sales also by myself.

SALES MAN at Oubari-Syria
  • Syria - Aleppo
  • May 1992 to January 1994

I was the salesman for the industrial textile machineries imported from Germany
And japan, where I did the direct contact with the customers and did concluded the deals and also followed up with co. the delivery time and organized with the customer the contracts formalities and money collection -in case of credit sales -.

SALES MAN at Arabic Computer Center
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 1992 to May 1992

I was the salesman of Acer computers and Epson printers' agency in the Syrian market, where I used to do indoor and outdoor sales.

FRONT OFFICE SUPERVISOR at Amir Palace Hotel
  • Syria - Aleppo
  • March 1988 to December 1989

After three month of training I was the receptionist and then the head of front desk
Employees (receptionists, cashiers, and the information desk) at the Amir Palace Hotel In Aleppo (4 stars hotel).

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business administration
  • at Aleppo university
  • August 1991

Major: business administration and human behavior. Minor: accounting, statistics , mathematics ,,,,,i Communication

Bayt Tests

Management Skills Test
Score 60%

Specialties & Skills

Team Leadership
Rational Team Concert
Administration
Marketing Mix
Enterprise Management
ADMINISTRATION
ASSETS RECOVERY
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
LASER equipment handling
MARKETING
NEGOTIATION
Direct person to person sales
STRATEGIC planning
Trouble handling
Team building and leading
analyzing and finding solution for problems

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

Economical Sciences Association
  • Active member
  • January 1995
Aleppo chamber of commerce
  • Active member
  • August 2006

Hobbies

  • reading ,travel,and sports
    I have visited ; Turkey,lebanon, saudi Arabia,Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, and Spain. USA China, Japan, S.Korea, Taiwan, And Singapore All this travel for business had accumulated an international multicultural experience and approach in my business relationships.