Regional Commercial manager - GCC
Abu Issa Holding
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :18 years, 0 أشهر
• Setting up a 7 million dollar business, including local office and entity in Dubai named ANDA International that operates as the distributor of Farouk Systems USA hair products
• Project management and development of all commercial, strategic, financial and organizational aspects
• Contract negotiation
• Recruitment and management of sales managers, marketing- and procurement team
• Project coordination with Supply Chain, HR, Finance and the chairman of Abu Issa holding
• Business development in the GCC, Europe and USA
• Organizing events & exhibitons
• Setting up a new business local office and entity in Abu Dhabi named Skilledin-International.
• Project management and development of all commercial, strategic, financial and organizational aspects
• Business development in the GCC and Europe
• Intercultural consultancy, training and coaching
• Set-up and design in-country Oil & Gas training & simulation center for the UAE ministry of Education and ADNOC group.
• Contract, tender negotiation and lobbying
• Building relationships within the diplomatic field
• Business intelligence and risk management
• Consultancy in the fields of trade and commerce,
• Responsible for Holland promotion & branding, Public diplomacy, Media & Public relations, CSR, educational and cultural affairs
• Business development and representing the Embassy in supervising companies acquisition, joint ventures and introduction of numerous Dutch companies to UAE business networks
• Enlarge B2B and G2G connections on bilateral level
• Networking, sector analysis, reporting and lobbying
• Project management, organizing trade missions, seminars, events and exhibitions
• Managing a team of in-house employees and 800 free-lance interpreters and translators
• Management and development of all commercial, strategic, financial and organizational aspects, specializing in intercultural communication and ethno-marketing
• Maintaining communications and negotiations with the customers, and partners.
Managed several projects for Averto in Europe and North Africa, like the following:
October 2008 to January 2009
Public Relations Consultant, Radio Netherlands worldwide (BVN)
• Creation of communication strategies and PR Campaigns.
• Client management, media relations and event management in Europe and MENA
May 2005 to December 2006
Project Manager & Intermediary, Embassy of the kingdom of the Netherlands, SVB, Rabat, Morocco
• Supervising a team of investigators and interpreters
• Intercultural & political consultancy
• Lobbying on a problematic portfolio related to health insurances and negotiations with the Moroccan Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.
Interpreter, Sworn translator Arabic/French/Dutch for Dutch and Moroccan National television, Govermental instititions and ministeries, Courts...etc
• Advising companies on insurances
• Working with banking and Insurance companies IT systems
• Office management.
• Client relationship management
• Rapport and Interrogate asylum seekers.
• Managing relationships with Aliens Police, UNHCR, Royal Military Police, and Central Agency fothe Reception of Asylum Seekers.
• All related administrative tasks in police and ministry databases and systems.
•planning and implementing recruitment activities and campaigns for a specified portfolio of markets and partnerships
•managing a network of internal and external stakeholders.
•Screening of resumes; Setting up job interviews.
• Conducting reference checks and Preparation of Job descriptions
• Build a quality relationship with external clients
• Sets the social media communication strategy for different job profiles and functions
Post Graduated Diploma in Legal Court Interpreting and Juridical Translation, SIGV, Utrecht, Netherlands