Ali Qazi, Sales Director

Ali Qazi

Sales Director

Alvi Real Estate LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates
Experience
30 years, 8 Months

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Total years of experience :30 years, 8 Months

Sales Director at Alvi Real Estate LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2014

• Main responsibility is to set up a residential sales office in Dubai
• Managing a team to deliver set sales targets within the time frame
• Motivating and training the sales team to meet and exceed set targets. Personal development mentoring to encourage self-belief and focus on key deliverables
• Building effective business relationships with other industry professions including bankers, solicitors, accountants, property developers, brokers
• Vendor management and public relations. Set in systems / structure
• Manage regular market research to identify local market trends and implementing process changes as required
• Manage SWOT and PEST analysis to identify trends, potential opportunities, threats etc
• Identifying business, its source, how to maintain and develop it
• Promotions and local community public relations campaigns
• Strengthening the company database with ‘high value’ customers

Executed 47 residential transactions worth US $515, 068 in less than 1 year. Training and coaching the existing sales team

Senior Branch Manager at Streets Ahead
  • United Kingdom - London
  • March 2012 to February 2014

• Increased market share from 25th position to market leader
• Main responsibility includes managing a team to deliver set sales targets within the time frame.
• Motivating and training the sales team to meet and exceed set targets. Personal development mentoring to encourage self belief and focus on key deliverables
• Building branch value within the team
• Building effective business relationships with other industry professions including solicitors, accountants, property developers
• Vendor management and public relations
• Manage regular market research to identify local market trends and implementing process changes as required

Awarded Gold for Best Estate Agent from “The Sunday Times & The Times” London Awards in 2013 and 2014

Director / Consultant at Heritage Lettings
  • United Kingdom - London
  • April 2011 to March 2012

• Main responsibility is to set up a residential sales office in South London
• Responsibilities encapsulating recruiting, training and motivating sales staff
• Identifying business, its source, how to maintain and develop it
• Establishing advertising budgets and determining the most effective streams of marketing
• Managing market research and analysis
• Promotions and local community public relations campaigns
• Strengthening the company database with ‘high value’ customers
• Introducing other forms of revenue e.g. Solicitors, Financial Consultants and EPC providers.

Successfully converted a private family office into a full-fledge estate agency within 1 year. Trained and nurtured a dynamic sales force

Senior Branch Manager at Townends Estate Agents
  • United Kingdom - London
  • April 2005 to April 2011

• Increased and maintained market share as the leaders in the area
• Main responsibility includes managing a team to deliver set sales targets within the time frame
• Motivating sales team to meet and exceed set targets. Personal development mentoring to encourage self belief and focus on key deliverables
• Building branch value within the team
• Building effective business relationships with other industry professions including Solicitors, Accountants, Property Developers
• Vendor Management and public relations
• Manage regular market research to identify local market trends and implementing process changes as required

2nd most profitable branch out of a network of 52 UK wide branches in 2007 and 1st in 2009

Area Sales Manager at Kingswood Estate Agents
  • United Kingdom - London
  • February 2003 to March 2005

• Successfully gained market share and was in the top 3 agents in the area
• Main responsibility includes setting up the residential sales arm for an established Property development firm
• Competing with big-brand estate agents that have access to bigger advertising and operational budgets
• Cementing relationships with the legal financial and consultative side of the business.
• Responsibilities encapsulating recruiting, training and motivating sales staff
• Identifying business, its source, how to maintain and develop it
• Establishing budgets and determining the most effective streams of marketing
• Managing market research and analysis
• Promotions and local community public relations campaigns
• Strengthening the company database with ‘high value’ customers
• Introducing other forms of revenue e.g. Solicitors, Financial Consultants and EPC Providers

Successfully set up an estate agency on behalf of venture capitalists sold within 2 years of inception. Coached and trained the sales team

Senior Sales Negotiator at Haart Estate Agency
  • United Kingdom - London
  • March 2000 to February 2003

• Main responsibility as a Senior Sales Negotiator, played a pivotal role in the branch sales activity
• Leading a team, setting high standard of operation to achieve challenging individual and collective targets
• Involved in vendor management and targeted public relations

Top negotiator in South London region; total billings of 350, 000 pounds sterling

Sales Director at Cladstone Ltd
  • United Kingdom - Birmingham
  • May 1995 to March 2000

• Main responsibility is to oversee the sales team and manage the marketing strategies across the team.
• Matters of routine include issues related to staff motivation, sales targets, communication, adeptness, professional persistency and in-house training
• Delivered presentations to high profile corporate and private clients
• Establishing excellent working relationships with supply base including Contractors, Conveyancers, Architects, and Planning Managers.

Successful agreements in place with 97 construction and architectural companies using our products exclusively.

Financial Advisor at Crown Financial Management
  • United Kingdom - London
  • August 1993 to February 1995

• Main responsibility included providing advice on pensions, mortgages and life insurance products
• General administration and office management
• Understanding various forms of sales strategies

Developed planning, fact finding and solution selling.

Specialties & Skills

Management
Financials
Recruitment
Real Estate
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
MICROSOFT OFFICE 98
NETWORKING
PRESENTATION SKILLS
REAL ESTATE
SALES MANAGEMENT

Languages

English
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • TV Presenter
    Enjoy playing Tennis. Appeared on BBC "Homes Under The Hammer Programme" providing expert advice on property prices and valuations. Hosted a live interactive show "Mortgages & Properties" on Sky Television regarding properties and mortgages. I would invite professional guests and take live calls to answer any queries that the general public had regarding set topics.