Athula Gerard Weerasinghe, Sales Manager

Athula Gerard Weerasinghe

Sales Manager

FreightWorks

Location
Sri Lanka
Education
High school or equivalent, Secondry College
Experience
31 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :31 years, 1 Months

Sales Manager at FreightWorks
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2016

• Meets or exceed annual revenue targets
• Develop plans to achieve revenue growth in verticals (to be defined) by building on current business relationships as well as identifying and creating new opportunities
• Determines customer needs, volume potential and develops appropriate sales strategies
• Prepare sales reports showing successes, potential and prospecting activity
• Makes presentations to clients and prospects Identifying potential new business opportunities, increasing share of market, and obtaining a competitive position in the industry.
Liaises with department staff to review client activity and new opportunity

Airfreight Manager at RAK Logistics LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Ras Al Khaimah
  • February 2013 to December 2015
Branch Manager at M/s Cargoplan International India Pvt Ltd.
  • India - Delhi
  • January 2009 to December 2009

Manage and lead staff.Improve processes and drive operational efficiency.
Increase revenue stream through the acquisition of new business and the maximization of current clientele.
Harness spending and implement budgetary discipline such that the division is maximally profitable.

Country Manager. at M/s Polo Executive Spain.
  • Sri Lanka
  • January 2001 to December 2008

With responsibilities of placing orders with factories and storing the finished goods and shipping out on a pick and pack basis.

Manager – Airfreight (Sales & Operations) at M/s Kuehne & Nagel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Sri Lanka
  • April 1992 to December 2000

Negotiating, planning, coordinating, organization, analyzing and evaluating. Workload analysis and maintaining follow up system.
Responding to and resolving client challenges and disputes within the assigned territory.
Follow up on all customers to ensure Customer Satisfaction exceeds expectations.
Develop long term partnerships with client contacts
developing and maintaining a comprehensive knowledge of the clients company's business priorities. Help the client better recognize their needs.

Executive at M/s Ace Cargo (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Sri Lanka
  • August 1991 to April 1992

Selling Air & sea freight

Executive at Forward Air (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Sri Lanka
  • March 1990 to August 1991

Sales Executive.(After 03 months of training in Sea freight and Airfreight operations) Doing sales for Air & sea freight

Education

High school or equivalent, Secondry College
  • at St Anthony's Collage
  • December 1981

Specialties & Skills

Challenges
Business Development
operations
Operation
Shipping
MS Office

Languages

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