Ali Tashkandi

- Participated in the development, planning, promotion, and management of entertainment and lifestyle experiences including music festivals,
underground DJ events, social gatherings, Latin dance nights, hiking hangouts, and community experiences.
- Supported stakeholder engagement, vendor coordination, audience growth, event operations, commercial planning, and brand positioning
for experience-led projects.
- Developed practical experience in project execution, partnership development, customer engagement, marketing coordination, and fast-
paced problem solving within the entertainment sector.

• Support business development and strategic partnership initiatives within the food and beverage sector, with a focus on commercial
opportunities, distributor relationships, and Saudi market entry.
• Coordinate engagement between manufacturers, distributors, importers, retailers, and executive stakeholders to maintain communication
flow and move opportunities forward.
• Facilitate market-entry discussions, commercial follow-ups, stakeholder alignment, and professional correspondence supporting expansion
into the Saudi market.
• Conduct market research and opportunity screening to identify potential commercial partners, product categories, and growth channels.
• Support negotiation preparation, meeting coordination, presentations, and commercial documentation with attention to accuracy,
confidentiality, and professionalism.

• Supported international business development initiatives across Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain for confectionery, snacks,
bubble tea products, vitamin gummies, and Turkish food brands.
• Contributed to commercial opportunity pipelines valued at approximately SAR 8M to SAR 12M monthly by supporting distributor
engagement, supplier discussions, and deal follow-up.
• Assisted Turkish food manufacturers and international brands with GCC market expansion through distributor development, commercial
introductions, and partnership-building activities.
• Worked with 25+ distributors, manufacturers, importers, and trading organizations across GCC, Europe, North America, and Asia to support
cross-border commercial opportunities.
• Facilitated communication between suppliers, distributors, and commercial decision-makers, helping maintain relationship continuity and
progress discussions from introduction to evaluation.
• Supported commercial negotiations, proposal preparation, product positioning, market intelligence, competitor review, and opportunity
evaluation activities.
• Built practical exposure to export development, FMCG commercialization, channel expansion, key account engagement, and regional trade
dynamics.

• Developed strong analytical thinking, structured decision-making, stakeholder communication, confidentiality management, and leadership
capabilities in high-pressure healthcare environments.
• Built trusted relationships with patients, families, multidisciplinary teams, and administrative stakeholders while managing sensitive
situations with professionalism and empathy.
• Collaborated with clinical and administrative teams to support workflow coordination, service quality, and operational effectiveness.

• Supported healthcare operations, administrative coordination, team communication, workflow optimization, and process improvement
activities.
• Contributed to operational efficiency by coordinating people, priorities, and communication across a busy healthcare environment.

• Completed internship training within a high-performance healthcare environment, strengthening discipline, teamwork, communication, and
operational awareness.