Abdullah Alqurashi

Responsibilities:
• Conduct market research to identify potential business prospects & assist sales team to acquire new customers and assess the supply chain and check for room for improvement.
• Generate and qualify leads as sales opportunities, contact potential clients through cold calls and emails and present company products to them.
• Manage Aramco Alliance affiliates (S-OIL and Motiva) in terms of trade/dispute and developing market for their products.
• Interact with clients, identify/understand their needs and suggest appropriate company products/services.
• Present sales pitches, product reports and other valuable data to potential prospects in a way that promotes the company brand and mission and helps the audience identify a need for the product.
• Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market; keep up to date on trends and news from the industry, competitors, and target market.
• Develop long-term trusting relationships with clients through consistent follow up, reliable communication and frequent updates on product developments, thereby increasing the potential business opportunities.
• Analyze market reports to determine where to seek out new business.

Responsibilities:
• Accountable to buy and sell products on behalf of Aramco Trading, ensuring margins and profitability.
• Developed pricing and negotiation strategy to enter the existing and new market for Saudi Aramco products.
• Managed trading operations in the export market
• Led complex negotiations to help drive business and margin growth.
• Conducted regular market analysis to understand strengths and identify areas for improvement.
• Managed availability of products through effective liaison with members of the supply team.
• Implemented effective trading strategies, tracked market developments and provided inputs to sales team for developing effective strategies.
• Identified and resolved issues in trading area; ensured necessary steps to mitigate risks.

Responsibilities:
• Answered customer inquiries, scheduled meetings & sales appointments, and followed up with customers with regards to their order status.
• Generated leads, compiled a list of sales leads, delegated leads to the sales department, and provided sales data and guides to the sales department.
• Negotiated prices with customers, concluded sales and closed contracts, ensuring best deals for the company.
• Developed and maintained healthy business relations with customers across GCC region and India.
• Collated and analyzed international sales data and base oil movement in the international market.
• Gathered information on competitors, and conducted analysis on their sales, prices and methods of distribution and marketing to thoroughly learn about the competition.
• Tracked and forecasted trends in sales and marketing, and analyzed in detail the data collected to provide management with thorough reports and results to assist in decision making on product pricing and positioning.
• Chartered ships, prepared and maintained ship documents and analyzed demurrage.
• Worked as team member for implementation and branding of Luberef’s new logo.

Responsibilities:
• Managed all aspects of bidding process including preparing bid tenders and creating specifications for proposals from vendors.
• Negotiated contracts with vendors/bidders, ensuring the best competitive price for the company.
• Managed drafting, review and vetting of contracts from service contracts to turnkey/ lump sum contracts, and handled claims of company to ensure that least cost and high quality services are provided to all business units.
• Led and managed the entire RFP process including contractor bidding slate recommendation, collating bidding information on requests, as well as preparing and issuing bid proposals/packages.
• Managed technical and commercial bid openings; prepared all correspondence to bidders during the bidding process / period with necessary inputs from end-user.
• Analyzed potential risks involved with specific contract terms; consistently ensured compliance with related laws, regulations, and corporate policies and procedures.
• Ensured all deadlines and conditions described on contracts are met (e.g. payments and shipping, etc.)