Ammar Helal, Senior Sales Manager

Ammar Helal

Senior Sales Manager

Marriott International

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business
Experience
20 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 7 Months

Senior Sales Manager at Marriott International
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since November 2013

Handling 3 Marriott Hotels:

- Renaissance Hotel
- Courtyard by Marriot Hotel
- Marriott Executive Apartments

Sales Manager at IHG Intercontenintal Hotels Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2011 to November 2013

Crowne Plaza Hotel Abu Dhabi - Sept 2011 till Oct 2012
Crowne Plaza Hotel Dubai - Oct 2012 till Nov 2013

• Quickly became #1 producer in the Sales Department (room nights and room revenue)
• Managed to make major revenue contributions to conference & banqueting/Food & Beverage Departments
• Within 2 months period, I managed to sign and activate 11 new high producing accounts that were dealing mainly with our competition
• Champion for few leadership tasks such as Weekly planners, Weekly production reports, and Daily activities
• Competition shopping, board reading, test calls
• Locate new opportunities and make a plan to target and activate.
• Attended high profile weekly networking events on behalf of the Director of Sales & Marketing
• Managed to reactivate 4 major dormant accounts through brickwalling
• Increased the production of existing niche clients by 12% in 3 months
• Completed Solution Selling course in June 2012 at Crowne Plaza
• Active user of the Sales Radar as per IHG Way of Sales principles
• Trained on handling Signature Mystery Shopping Calls

Marketing & Public Relations Director at Green Valley Mall & Resort 5*
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • February 2010 to September 2011

Mall/Resort Marketing & PR Director
Brief:
* Managed and Supervised the Establishment of Green Valley Mall & Resort.
* Supervised product and space renting ideas.
* Created a Full Marketing & PR Plan from grand opening Marketing Campaign to Daily Operations.
* Sourcing and purchasing goods and services for the company according to its available budget for each department.
* Purchasing of raw materials on a tender basis.
* Close control of purchasing budgets, negotiating with suppliers, ensuring delivery schedules are met and preparing ongoing reports for company executives.

Marketing & Public Relations Director at Golden Corporate Heritage SHD, Kuala Lumpur
  • Malaysia
  • March 2008 to January 2010

* Studied the Malaysian Business and investment opportunities.
* Suggested and supervised the idea of the first Arab City in the world with the cooperation of the Malaysian government.
Please Check:
http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?sec=southneast&file=/2009/6/25/southneast/4171130
www.myarabcity.com \[HYPERLINK: http://www.myarabcity.com\]
* Attended meetings and negotiations with the minister of tourism and government officials to reach an agreement for the development.
* Attended meetings and negotiations with all Arab country ambassadors to sponsor the development.
* Created a full marketing and PR plan from grand opening to daily operations.

Marketing & Public Relations Director at Snas Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2005 to March 2008

* Managed the marketing and pr duties of 4 companies in the group ( SNAS General Trading, SNAS Tourism, SNAS Interior Designs, SNAS Jewelry)
* Created a full marketing and PR Plan for the companies listed above.

Asst Sales Manager at Ford Motors
  • United States
  • September 2003 to May 2005

* Sep 2003 - July 2004 Sales Associate
* July 2004 - May 2005 Assistant Sales Manager
As a Sales Associate achieved the highest sales in the region for 6 months in a row, and achieved the record of being the youngest sales associate to ever achieve those numbers in the history of the company, therefore I got promoted to be the assistant of sales manager in training to be a sales manager.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business
  • at University of Central Florida
  • September 2005

Specialties & Skills

Public Relations
Hospitality
Sales Management
Marketing Management
Marketing Solutions
management
real estate division
hospitality
events management
retail management
investments consultation
investment studies
Microsoft tools
Marketing
internet knowledge
hotels/resorts management
public relations
agency affairs

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Solution Selling (Training)
Training Institute:
IHG
Date Attended:
June 2012