ASHRAF SYED H., BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

ASHRAF SYED H.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

ROSTOCK AUTO PARTS

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MARKETING MANAGEMENT
Experience
25 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 7 Months

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER at ROSTOCK AUTO PARTS
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since July 2015

Heading the business of Truck Parts Division of the auto parts trading company.

Parts Business Development Dy. Manager - Volvo & Renault Truck Dealership at IHE (Zubair Automotive Group) Volvo & Renault Truck Dealership
  • Oman - Muscat
  • February 2013 to September 2014

 Identified and recommended new business development opportunities, including analysis and interpretation of market segments, business trends and identification of customers' specific needs.
 Perform effectively towards enhancing the company’s image, maintaining business volume and gradually accelerating growth in terms of turnover, brand name, client base and personnel.
 Define, set and impose market and distribution strategies as well as enterprise growth opportunities in line with strategy and within correct levels of authority.
 Generate new business; explore potential markets and develop business relationships.
 Direct business development initiatives to achieve financial results according to strategy and plans.
 Initiated BD activities such as industry research, market and competitive analysis including customer needs evaluation.
 Generate new business; explore potential markets and develop business relationships.
 Establish long-term and profitable partnerships based on trust with major clients in the industry.

Manager - Spare Parts Business Development at ETA & Al Kadi Group (Spare Parts Trading)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2005 to January 2013

Parts Business Development Manager @ Parts Trading Group 2005-2013

\Responsible & played a key role in setting up the spare parts division in the company
Starting from recruitment, budget, Warehouse set-up, SAP implementation to Training & almost done everything for setting up the business.
Also played a major role in setting up branch offices in India, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf countries.
Developed a business strategy & helped in the implementation of business policies.
Have taken complete responsibility for participating in the Exhibitions like Automechanika.
Visited Automechanika, Frankfurt - a couple of times hence made excellent business contacts.
Marketing and sales operations of Heavy Equipment & commercial vehicle spare parts mainly for CATERPILLER, KOMATSU, VOLVO and MERCEDES.
Responsible for handling the whole division of spare parts.
 Responsible for obtaining authorised dealerships for O.E brands like Berco, Mahle, Hengst, Sachs, Wabco, Telma, Euroricambi & many more.
Obtained the dealership for the export sales for the genuine spare parts of Toyota, Volvo, Mercedes, Scania, and Komatsu.
 Experience in launching new products and implementing dealer promotion schemes to promote sales.
 Formed the teams for handling different segments & products.
 Within the time span of 4 ½ years, made it as a big division contributing to the major turnover of the company.

Executive - Volvo Truck & Volvo CE Parts sales - Dealership at AL FUTTAIM AUTO & MACHINERY COMPANY
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 1998 to April 2005

SENIOR EXECUTIVE - SALES @ Al Futtaim Auto & Machinery Co. DUBAI
1998-2005

 Fore fronting sales and marketing operations for promoting Volvo Construction, Truck and Bus spare parts.
 Instrumental in achieving sales targets through existing dealers & direct customers, and enhancing the customer base in Dubai and Northern Emirates.
 Account-ably liaising with fleet owners to ensure timely supply of spare parts and to achieve maximum parts availability to our customers.
 Account-ably liaising with all government departments who owned the big fleet of Volvo to ensure timely supply of spare parts and to achieve maximum parts availability to our customers.
 Efficiently enlarging sales from the existing customers by providing them recommended maintenance parts list for stocking with them, thereby ensuring proper maintenance of vehicles.
 Deftly generating periodic reports on market information for parts movement, pricing, and competitor activities to the management.

Education

Master's degree, MARKETING MANAGEMENT
  • at MANIPAL UNIVERSITY
  • July 2005

AWARDED MBA IN MARKETING MANAGEMENT. SCORED 74% FOR WHICH THE HIGHEST GRADE "A" HAS BEEN AWARDED.

Bachelor's degree, ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
  • at VMKV ENGINEERING COLLEGE
  • April 1992

PASSED IN THE FIRST CLASS.

Specialties & Skills

Procurement
Spare Parts
Marketing Management
Team Management
Business Development
SAP R/3
MS OFFICE
INTERNET

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

Participation & Completion (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2004
Valid Until:
January 2004
Contribution, effort and dedication (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2003
Valid Until:
May 2003
Quality System Auditor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 1993
Valid Until:
March 1993
Sales & Distribution (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 1999
Valid Until:
November 1999
Intermediate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2002
Valid Until:
October 2002
Successful Completion (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2004
Valid Until:
February 2004
Quality Systems (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 1993
Valid Until:
September 1993
Successful Completion of Intensive Training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2002
Valid Until:
June 2002
Successful Completion (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 1999
Valid Until:
July 1999