Ahmed Iqbal, Research Expert & Customer Support Executive

Ahmed Iqbal

Research Expert & Customer Support Executive

AGE Contracting

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Comm & IT(Part1)
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

Research Expert & Customer Support Executive at AGE Contracting
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since March 2016
Project Coordinator & Reserch Expert at Ideal Homes (Building Interior Products/Contracts Firm)
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • February 2010 to August 2015

• Office Administration / Document Controller / HR Support / Customer Support
• Official Correspondence / Letter Drafting / MOM’s/ Employee Management
• Maintaining Database / Filing System/ Data Encoding / Research & Analysis
Obtaining information, documenting or recording information, interacting with computers, analyzing data, processing information, communicating with supervisors and co-workers and organizing work assignments.
• Responding to client queries & scope of works
Responding to incoming queries of Clients and taking client requirements and scope of works
• Correspondence with client throughout the Project Life Cycle
Correspondence/Communication with client throughout the project life cycle (start to handover). Dealing with Clients (Correspondence /Professional Communication through email/phone/meetings), including Customer Service (In-bound & Out-bound).
• Business Development / Prospecting / Identifying Target Market / Telemarketer
• Assisting in Increasing and Attracting New and Potential Customer Base
(through Marketing/Internet Marketing/Meetings/active participation in upcoming projects/Building relations through referrals of existing clients)
Identifying new potential customers, generating leads, planning and organizing sales schedule, meeting and all pre-sales activities (Presentation, demonstration, etc.)
• Marketing & Sales (B2B & B2C), Business Development, Tele Marketing & Creating a centralized online (Cloud) based Document Control System
Assisting sales team in creating Database for prospects/clients for cold calling and business opportunities.
B2B or B2C Networking with Potential Customers/Suppliers/Other.
Assisting in generating new business by developing relations with Key Stake holders / Decision Makers in related business areas such as Architects, Consultants, Potential Customers / Clients
• Facilities Management of Office Building
• Assisting in Site survey/measurement and taking client requirements:
Taking relevant / related technical staff / field contractors / vendors (in- house and outsource) & going to client site location for site survey and measurements.
• Assisting in recruiting teams/individuals, contractors and manpower
(as per project/site requirement).
• Assisting in Material Purchase from Vendors, locally and internationally.
(China/Germany/Malaysia/Turkey)
• Making Complete Cost Estimation (material/labor/other) (as per site visit & Layout Plan)
(Interior Fit-Out /Renovation/Decoration Works/ Ceiling Systems/Flooring/Raised Flooring/Glass & Aluminum Works, Wood Works & Partitions (low height/full height)/Sound Resistant Partitions(Acoustic Walls and Partitions)/Furniture/Window Blinds/Electric & Data Works/Paint Works/Safety & Security Works/ including all other jobs in Turn-key Projects).
• Drafting & Evaluation of Bill of Quantities (BOQ) / Preparing Quotations / Billing & Invoicing / Purchase Orders
(Quotations against Tenders). Drafting terms/conditions and agreements /payment modes for Quotations. Making Quotations (BOQ) > Sending Quotations to Client > Corresponding with client inquiries> Negotiating and making Final Proposal> Billing & Invoicing.
• Drafting 2D simple Layout Plans (AutoCad).
• Market Research, Competitor Analysis & Competitive edge from Market Competition
(through Market Research/ Smart Pricing Strategy / Product Monopoly/Building relations and partnerships with Key stake holders/Importers/Wholesalers & Building Continuous and long term business relations).
• Project Assistant for Carrying out Jobs as per BOQ and Layout Plan (drawing).
• Working in coordination with G.M, Architects, Engineers, Contractors & Supervisors.
Assisting and all related aspects on project basis.

Customer Support/Relations Representative at Ideal Homes
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • August 2009 to January 2010

Building New Customer Relations
(using all modes of communication, i.e through site visits/meetings/email/phone)
Providing Customer Support to new and old customers
Handling Customer queries and responding accordingly.
Maintaining and enhancing long term business relations with clients.

Real Estate Broker/ Agent at LLRE
  • Pakistan - Rawalpindi
  • June 2008 to June 2009

Real Estate Agent
Sale/Purchase of Residential & Commercial Property.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Comm & IT(Part1)
  • at University of Punjab
  • January 2004
High school or equivalent, FSC (Pre Engineering)
  • at PAF College
  • June 2000

FSc in Pre Engineering (Maths/Physics)

High school or equivalent, Science (Maths/Physics/Chemistry)
  • at BeaconHouse
  • April 1998

Matriculation (Science (Maths/Physics/Chemistry)

Specialties & Skills

Telemarketing
Customer Support
Cost Estimating
Corporate Interiors
Site Survey, Cost Estimation & Measurement at site
SEO ( Marketing of Products on website)
SuperVision of Complete Interior Fit-Out /Renovation Works (Project Life Cycle)
Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint/Outlook
Professional Correspondence with Client (inperson/email/phone)
Website Development (Standard HTML)
Contract Drafting (BOQ/Tender Bidding/Other)

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Intermediate
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Draftsman AutoCad Civil (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2010