Ara Abadjian, Business Development

Ara Abadjian

Business Development

SADCO

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, Management
Experience
16 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 3 Months

Business Development at SADCO
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since January 2016

• Doing market research and segmenting the target.
• Selling the company’s products
• Executed Meetings & followed up with clients.
• Serving 250 pharmacies with 100% accuracy

Account Manager at United Parcel service
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • October 2014 to November 2015

• Followed up with the clearance officer about the imported shipments.
• Informed customers (individuals or institutions) of the different promotions.
• Gave presentations to customers when needed and answer their questions.
• Worked directly with the top management.
• Assisted in the development of the company's social media presence & digital marketing.
• Contributed to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Submitted orders by referring to price lists and product literature.
• Focused sales efforts by studying existing and potential volume of customers.

Senior sales officer at Siyaha Invest
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2013 to September 2014

• Gave 2 hour presentations to each client.
• Helped with the Ice breaking stage.
• Performed direct sales.

Sales & Financial analyst at Metlife Alico
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2013 to January 2014

• Developed the base for long-term sources of clients by using referrals.
• Approached potential clients by utilizing mailings and phone solicitation.
• Determined clients' particular needs and financial situations by scheduling fact-finding appointments.
• Developed a coordinated protection plan by calculating and quoting rates for immediate coverage action and long-term strategy implementation.
• Completed coverage by delivering policy; planning future follow-up visits and evaluating needs.
• Updated job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.

Direct Dialoguer at GreenPeace
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • February 2012 to January 2013

• Persuaded people to support us and provided them with enough facts to get acquainted with the environmental disasters that are happening around the world.

Purchasing & sales assistant at Abadjian Family business (Jewelry)
  • Syria - Damascus
  • January 2007 to January 2011

• Prospected new sales leads & made competitive deals with them.
• Created long term relationships with the suppliers as well as the customers.
• Collected the goods and delivered them to the concerned customers.

Education

Master's degree, Management
  • at American University of Science & Technology
  • January 2017
Bachelor's degree, Marketing
  • at Sidon University College
  • February 2014

Specialties & Skills

Leadership
Communications
Fundraising
Marketing
Persuasiveness
Perfect Listener
Microsoft Office
Communication
Team working

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Armenian
Expert
French
Beginner

Hobbies

  • Chess playing
    1st place in chess tournament (2013) among all the universities in Lebanon. 2nd place in chess tournament (2012) in Lebanon under the age of 20. 