Aylin Simonian, Business Development Manager

Aylin Simonian

Business Development Manager

Miki Travel

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
High school or equivalent, All
Experience
16 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months

Business Development Manager at Miki Travel
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2017

-Handling key sales accounts in U.A.E., Qatar, Bahrain Turkey and Iran markets.
- Build and promote strong and long lasting customer relationships by understanding their needs.
- Perform monthly sales forecasting and competitive analyses to determine product performance levels.
- Promotional activities.
- Written communications and negotiations with
various suppliers for big value bookings, group
bookings and for VIP customers
- Devising strategies and techniques necessary for
achieving the sales target.
- Design and implement a strategic business plan
that expands company’s customer base and
ensure its strong presence.
- Cold calling potential clients via telephone or
personal visit
- Responsible for on boarding new clients and completion of their XML connections.
- Optimization of clients performance to achieve better results.

Sales Manager at World Travel Services
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2015 to April 2017

 Handling key sales accounts in U.A.E. market.
 Build and promote strong and long lasting
customer relationships by understanding their
needs.
 Maintaining weekly and monthly reports.
 Perform monthly sales forecasting and competitive
analyses to determine product performance
levels.
 Promotional activities.
 Written communications and negotiations with
various suppliers for big value bookings, group
bookings and for VIP customers
 Devising strategies and techniques necessary for
achieving the sales target.
 Design and implement a strategic business plan
that expands company’s customer base and
ensure its strong presence.
 Cold calling potential clients via telephone or
personal visit

Operaions Manager at World Travel Services
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2013 to April 2015

 Ensure thorough and complete coverage of Operations team for a comprehensive client servicing, and maximum productivity
 Consolidating month end sales report with applicable information
 Managing a team of 03 members by efficiently planning, organizing and implementing weekly & monthly updates on suppliers and procedures.
 Reviewing individual and team goals on a weekly basis
 Responsible for training of new staff and assisting staff in different offices.

Operations Executive at Gullivers Travel Associates
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2011 to July 2013

 Member of Operations team of 15.
 Executing daily bookings, answer to all clients calls
and assisting with their needs.
 Making calls to agents with big value bookings to
extend further help.
 Meeting agents accompanied with Business
Development Managers on monthly basis to meet
agents and discuss how we can help them further.
 Built strong customer and client focus.

Groups Agent at Gullivers Travel Associates
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2008 to February 2011

Responsible for the Sales, Reservations, Operations, co-ordination and accounting of each group
 Visiting agents to develop and increase the groups business.
 Responsible for training of new colleagues.
 Accompanying groups while on road.
 Responsible for arranging all FAM trips for GTA -
Dubai office.

Education

High school or equivalent, All
  • at Al Nahda National Schools
  • June 2001

Specialties & Skills

ADVERTISING DESIGN
DELIVERY
MARKETING
MICROSOFT WINDOWS
SUPERVISORY SKILLS
TECHNICIAN