AMMAR KURDI, Country Sales Manager - ISO 9001/22000

AMMAR KURDI

Country Sales Manager - ISO 9001/22000

Best Food Internationl. L.L.C.

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Diploma, Accounting
Experience
25 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 5 Months

Country Sales Manager - ISO 9001/22000 at Best Food Internationl. L.L.C.
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since January 2009

In-charge for DUBAI, ABU DHABI regions.

All ISO (9001 - 22000) implementations for Administration and/ or Food & Beverages.
1. Pro-actively manage brands to achieve existing and new business opportunities.
2. Achieve annual brand sales targets.
3. Develop and agree with management annual Brand Plans.
4. Complete Brand Plans activities on-time and to budget.
5. Ensure shelf life product write-offs are below company goals.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Develop 2 year Strategic Brand Development Plans each year.
2. Develop and implement annual Brand Plans on time.
3. Achieve IMS targets by brand.
4. Support all relevant sales teams
5. Complete new product feasibility studies and launch new products where relevant to the sales team and trade.
6. Complete marketing proposal briefs for approval in advance of all activity.
7. Track all trade and marketing activities results and effectiveness.
8. Control and monitor marketing budgets by brand.
9. Pro-actively propose means to develop the brand whether in design, support, new items, etc and reseach these ideas where necessary.
10. Ensure shelf life brand items write-offs, expiring goods, etc are below company targets and take action in advance to company guidelines.
11. Control pos materials and communicate materials to sales/merchandisers.
12. Gather competitor and market information.
13. Complete monthly brand reports.

Sales Manager at Int'l Creative Channels Est.
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • September 2001 to January 2009

Int'l Creative Channels Est. was established since more than Fifteen years in Dammam City in Saudi Arabia eastern province.Importing and exporting cars are the establishment main activities.The Est. has showrooms in Saudi Arabia and Jordan.

Major duties & Responsibilities: Title: Sales Manager
• Working as a Sales & Marketing Manager
• Responsible for all sales in the Saudi Arabia.
• Coordinating with the Gulf countries .
• Coordinating and corresponding and meeting with the Managerial levels of our customers and suppliers.
• Responsible for all meetings in the Gulf countries and over seas meetings and negotiations agreements.
• My special skills and strong personality (negotiations, agreements …etc), has proved my achievements always to my management, especially with the customers.

Sales Executive at SIGMA PAINTS SAUDI ARABIA LTD
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • July 2000 to June 2001

Worked for a Holland Institution as a Senior Sales Executive, Liaison with Managers & assistants on a weekly basis for the purpose of discussing & planning sales objectives. Involved with the company Gulf sales with several large International organizations.
I have established an excellent business working relationships with foreign & local clients. Involved with new ideas for our sales force for both short & long terms. These ideas proved to be extremely successful and our team passed our sales objectives resulting in a four year high

Key Accounts Specialist at Al-Halawani Group Ltd
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 1998 to June 2000

Dealing with large number of food and beverage items. Liaison with Managers & assistants on a weekly basis for the purpose of discussing & planning sales objectives. Enticed and closed sales with several large International organizations. Established excellent business working relationships with foreign & local clients.
Familiar with all kind of Markets (hot competitions, hot & dead seasons, able to know geographic locations easily, etc.). Complete cooperation with factories & stores of the company. Adding to this, I have a good working attitude and I love to take up challenges. I am dedicated and consider my self a hard worker. As a result, the following objectives were achieved: Increase in Sales of about 40% compared with colleagues. Increase in Collection of about 30% compared with colleagues.
During my work period, I had completed many training courses such as: Internal Quality Auditor Training Course. Sales Skills Course.
Sales & Marketing Skills Course

Education

Diploma, Accounting
  • at Aleppo University
  • July 1997

Diploma in accounting

Specialties & Skills

Planning
Marketing
Training
Attitude
M S Office ( Word, Exel, Sales Software )

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Institutions of Sales & Marketing
  • Professional Sales & Marketing Training
  • October 1998