Ali Abdelghani, Sales and Marketing Manager

Ali Abdelghani

Sales and Marketing Manager

Assets Experts Real Estate Brokers

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
Experience
8 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :8 years, 4 Months

Sales and Marketing Manager at Assets Experts Real Estate Brokers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2016 to April 2018

• Locating potential business deals by contacting potential Real Estate investors
• Locating new business opportunities with ongoing and off-plan projects
• Closing business deals by coordinating requirements through an extensive Real Estate portfolio
• Developing and negotiating contracts; integrating contract requirements with business operations
• Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining professional networks
• Defining and follow up of yearly targets and objectives
• Determine new opportunities by analyzing business needs
• Developing and delivering the business plans through carrying out research, formulate market analysis and deliver accurate business reports
• Serve as a lead facilitator both internally and externally for projects
• Developing and help manage client communication tools such as the corporate website and all online and offline publications
• Identifying and attending trade shows and other business functions to keep abreast of developments in the marketplace, and to find potential new business opportunities
• Working closely with the Marketing department to design and execute pre-agreed strategies built around developing new business growth
• Interface with existing strategic customers to solidify mutual expectations of performance and growth

Advertising Account Executive at Face to Face
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2014 to October 2015

Responsibilities

• Meeting and liaising with clients to discuss and identify their marketing and advertising requirements
• Working with agency colleagues to devise an advertising campaign that meets the client's brief and budget
• Presenting, alongside agency colleagues (particularly the account manager), the campaign ideas and budget to the client
• Working with the account manager to brief media, creative and research staff, and assisting with the formulation of marketing strategies
• Liaising with, and acting as the link between, the client and advertising agency by maintaining regular contact with both, ensuring that communication flows effectively
• Negotiating with clients and agency staff about the details of campaigns
• Presenting creative work to clients for approval or modification
• Handling budgets, managing campaign costs and invoicing clients
• Writing client reports
• Monitoring the effectiveness of campaigns
• Undertaking administration and accounting tasks
• Arranging and attending meetings
• Arranging 'pitches', along with other agency staff, to try to win new business for the agency.

Active Clients' List:

• Aldar Properties (Yas Mall, World Trade Center Abu Dhabi, Aldar Communities)


Key Achievements

• Launch of Yas Mall (360 degrees campaign for the Launch of Abu Dhabi’s largest premium shopping mall)
• Launch of World Trade Center Abu Dhabi entities and Burj Mohammed Bin Rashid

Business Class Cabin Crew at Emirates Airlines
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2010 to March 2014

Manage the safety and security onboard completing checks before and after take off
Administration of first aid if necessary
Attending to customers
Issue resolution
Relationship Management
Manage over 100 flights per year across 120 countries and 6 continents

Key Achievements
Promoted to Business Class Management within 2 years
Received over 30 customer commendations for service
Commended to management for the mentoring of junior staff
Conducted public opinion and perception campaigns on service for benchmarking
Achieved all duty sales targets
Saved two lives by conducting CPR
Management of a disruptive and violent passenger and stopped the issue from escalating

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OFFICER at Western Australian Government Trade Office
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2009 to February 2010

This chamber of commerce was founded to facilitate and initiate business ties between Western Australia, Middle East and North Africa.

Responsibilities
• Identified Australian companies and formulated strategies for the development of their business within the region
• Researched, sourced and contacted Middle Eastern and North African companies who would be interested in the products from Western Australia.
• Organized and facilitated meetings between the two operations
• Provided advice on regulations and compliance of product required in the GCC and North Africa
• Created business plans for interested parties and enacted through implementation planning
• Managed and organized all travel arrangements including flights, hotel bookings and transportation
• Called up to 50 clients per day and conduct 15 visits per week to clients as well as database entry of key clients
Key Achievements
• Secured a contract for an Australian feed provider to deal with an Al Ain manufacturing plant, managed all samples, assisted with compliance and regulatory issues and was responsible for getting the contract awarded for 5 Million AED per annum within the 2 month period with the company

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at American University of Sharjah
  • January 2010

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Bachelor's degree, Finance And Marketing
  • at American University Of Sharjah
  • January 2010

Specialties & Skills

Marketing
Advertising
Client Relations
Team Supervision
Business Development
Consumer Behavior
Customer Service
Aviation Safety and Emergency Procedures
Brand Development
Account Management
ADVERTISING
BUSINESS PLANS
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
GOVERNMENT
MARKETING
MEETING FACILITATION
MICROSOFT ACCESS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Safety and Emergency Procedures (Training)
Training Institute:
Emirates Airlines Training College
Date Attended:
March 2010
Duration:
80 hours

Hobbies

  • Basket Ball