أحمد أبو العلا, Sales Government Manager

أحمد أبو العلا

Sales Government Manager

Saudi Xerox

البلد
المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
التعليم
بكالوريوس, Engineering of Communications
الخبرات
17 years, 4 أشهر

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مجموع سنوات الخبرة :17 years, 4 أشهر

Sales Government Manager في Saudi Xerox
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ مارس 2018

Highlight:
• Successfully signed more than 25 contracts in 2019.
• Achieved significant revenue growth through strategic sales initiatives.
Responsibilities:
• Handle sales activities for Government sector with through a competent sales team, ensuring achievement of sales and overall business growth objectives.
• Developeffective strategies and programs to support achievement of company’s core objectives and meet targets.
• Design and execute quarterly, bi-annual and annual sales and marketing plans for P&L account, lead customer engagement programs and promotethe company products/services.
• Manage sales of smart solutions like electronic archive MPS (Mange Print System).
• Develop and implementeffective sales promotion plans and acquiremaximum number of key accounts in the government sector leveraging extensive market knowledge and excellent communication skills.
• Build and develop sustainable, long-term business relationships with clients at a senior level through sales meetings to ensure delivery of proposed opportunity/project.
• Understand customers’ needs and provide solutions that satisfy those requirements to minimize potential gaps between expectations and delivery.
• Conduct extensive market research & competitive analyses to stay on top of market trends and competitive offerings.
• Monitor competitor activities and marketing tactics to combat competition in high-growth, challenging markets, and accordingly revisethe sales and marketing strategy and actions plans.
• Developand submitreports on business development initiatives to the Business Development Director and senior management team.
• Assist in recruitment, train and motivatesales teams to post high sales figures; review sales reports and recommend performance improvement measures to enhance business results.

Business Development Manager في Track Saudi Holding
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
  • يناير 2015 إلى مارس 2018

• Developed and executed effective sales and business development strategy in line with the overall business plans and directed the team towards achieving sales and business objectives.
• Handled responsibility to drive the business forward within a highly competitive market through a large team of sales and business development professionals.
• Identified, developed, negotiated and closed various new contracts across the region; developed and diversified business to increase revenue, and the future growth of the company.
• Established and maintained healthy business relations with customers/key accounts to ensure sales growth; identified new markets and market opportunities to ensure business sustainability.
• Serviced and managed key accounts in the region, ensured customer requirements are met, secured additional business from key accounts and driven direct sales effectively.
• Collated and analyzed user requirements/feedback from the field marketing and sales team and ensured that products met the specified requirements.
• Constantly monitored latest trends in the market with focus on new competitive products/services, prices and revised sales and business plans accordingly.
• Conduct market research and competitive analyses through interviews and questionnaires to stay on top of market trends and competitive offerings.
• Networked with people at various levels in the marketplace aimed at developing long-term business relationships.
• Developed vendors and negotiated favorable terms and conditions with them for supply of material, ensuring sites are replenished in a timely manner with all required material/equipment.

Team Leader في Ericsson-Mobily Managed Service
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
  • يناير 2010 إلى يناير 2015

• Played a stellar role in operations and maintenance of Ericsson MNS while delivering active support for Hajj Season 1431, 1432, 1433, 1434 and 1435.
• Carried out the successful installation and commissioning for Ericsson Minilink PDH and SDH-High Capacity.
• Proactively undertook confirmation of line of sight using many facilities like GPS5, Altimeter and submitted complete report after confirming the link through Path loss software.
• Responsible for smooth operations and implemented the operations and maintenance process for Telecom and E&M, related equipment to maintain the highest network availability. Reported the data to customer.
 Executed the following tasks diligently with minimal supervision and maximum efficiency
 Configuration and commissioning: for RBS2206, 2216V2, 6000 and 2308
 Drive line of site sites sessions. Perform links budgets
 Ericsson Testing: for RBS 2206, 2308, Emerson Rectifies, etc
 Integration: integrate many Ericsson sites performing all required tests
 Commissioning and integration of MPH, TN, HC
 Integration of MMU 2B, MMU 2C, MMU 2D and MMU 2E
 Alarms trouble shooting on RBS. TN and Rectifier
• Involved in complete technical documentation for customers that includes network, PMR, SLA, SIR, daily alarm and OOS reports.
• Skillfully managed changes to the network, installed (Telecom, EM, Civil) and upgraded equipment, prepared HO5 documents and managed the inspection process up to on-air status.

Key Responsibilities:

• Led the entire project lifecycle, handled feasibility through requirement definition, design, development, testing, commissioning, installation implementation, integration and support.
• Investigated and diagnosed network problems, collected Network usage stats, made recommendations for improving the Network systems and carried out routine configuration and installation of Network solutions.
• Effectuated proper maintenance of all technical related network issues in order to enhance the value-return of those assets.
• Oversaw project processes from initial roll out to closure including service level management, issues management, configuration management, etc.
• Transitioned systems to upgraded versions to achieve efficiency in various operations; spearheaded process improvement initiatives.
• Steered processes for monitoring and controlling project performance through proper validation of activities carried out by the team, and reported the same to management for evaluation.
• Reviewed and analyzed the outages, carried out a root cause analysis and drew action plans with timelines to eliminate outages.
• Detected and analyzed the repeat failure cases and took immediate corrective and preventive actions to avoid any repeat failure. Ensured timely execution of replacement for expansion and improvement in uptime.
• Prepared Crisis Management tools like replacement and upgrade requirements for all sites, and standby equipment to reflect ZERO effect on network uptime.
• Managed teams to treat abnormal conditions or performance trends including network alarm management, response time and interpretation of alarms to determine impact and restoration.
• Ensured availability of enough tools, measuring instruments and equipment to carry out operations and maintenance activities effectively.
• Executed methodologies to analyze various processes, recommended modifications to minimize escalations, improved operational efficiencies and optimized customer satisfaction.
• Conducted internal process audits and process reviews for ensuring strict adherence to the process parameters/systems as per defined guidelines.
• Optimized resource utilization by effective time/ resources management encompassing activity sequencing, schedule development, material and equipment planning.

site engineer في Bayader Al-Aryaf TelecomSystem Company (BATCO)
  • المملكة العربية السعودية - الرياض
  • يناير 2009 إلى يناير 2010

• Successfully conducted end to end installation of broadband service in Zain Network using coverage predictions and measurements data in coordination with vendors.
• Planning, Configuration and implementation of Microwave network links between various sites and testing for success.
• Actively utilize all available tools and troubleshooting equipment and processes in identifying the root of all technical problems and generate effective solutions.
• Installed for IBS site and working on DAS System for “AbrajALbayt “in Makkah.
• Supervise and lead teams to the site and assign duties based on skills and technical competencies and additionally follow up request of materials and prepare technical reports.

Network Engineer في Engineers Computer Center
  • اليمن - صنعاء
  • يناير 2007 إلى يناير 2009

• Proactively involved in end to end management of data centers including building, moving, transferring, expanding and maintaining.
• Executed prompt installation and configuration of Windows server 2003/2000 and active directory, DNS and DHCP.
• Oversaw management of users, groups, and computers accounts, managed shared folders and assisted in troubleshooting any issues.
• Maintained network infrastructure including design, installation, configuration, administration and troubleshooting of network devices switches, routers, hubs, access points, modems and lots of wireless types (WiMAX, Wi- Fi).
• Spearheaded the installation, monitoring, maintenance, support and optimization of all network hardware and communication links including VLAN’s.

الخلفية التعليمية

بكالوريوس, Engineering of Communications
  • في University of Science & Technology
  • يناير 2009

Specialties & Skills

Market Research
Sales and Marketing
Channel Management
Strategic Planning
Project Management
Product Management
Market Research & Analysis
Vendor Management
Business Development
Stakeholder Relations
الاقناع

اللغات

العربية
متمرّس
الانجليزية
متمرّس

التدريب و الشهادات

Certified from Ericsson Internal training of RBS (الشهادة)
Certified from Ericsson Internal training of microwave (الشهادة)
Certified for How to Deliver Projects on Time (الشهادة)
Certified from Ericsson Internal Quality Auditor Training Course (الشهادة)
Certified from Ericsson Internal training of microwave (الشهادة)
Certified from Ericsson for the installation and commissioning of Mini-Link E, TN (الشهادة)
Certified from Ericsson for the installation of RBS3000 Series (الشهادة)
Certified from Yemeni Ministry of Communications of Optical Fiber (الشهادة)
Certified from 3M for 3M fiber and cabling solution (الشهادة)
Certified from Ericsson Good Work During Haj 1431, 1432, 1433, 1434, 1435 for Mobily (الشهادة)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) from Cisco Systems (الشهادة)