Basel Ibrahim, Sales Manager

Basel Ibrahim

Sales Manager

EF Education First

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Letters, English Translation Department
Experience
18 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 3 Months

Sales Manager at EF Education First
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since September 2013

Promoted to manage sales operations in East region and supervising administrative work in the office.
Running offline marketing activities and setting strategies to maximize incoming leads .
Brought back multi products into the market and promoted newly released products (courses abroad).
Fostered a robust, sustainable network of buyers: Schools & individuals including the biggest and most important Private Schools in the east province by leveraging strong listening, presentation and closing skills to optimize sales results despite previously dominant competitor advantage.
Increased region sales by 40%.
Ranked as #1 sales manager in 2015.

Sales Coordinator at EF Education First
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2012 to September 2013

Provided product consultations to clients intending to study abroad and proposing the proper programs: language and academic courses at EF International Language Schools and arranging other relevant services for housing, transportation, travel insurance etc.
Results:
Week Best Seller on two occasions out of thousands of the company’s sellers worldwide.
Recognized for superior performance, nominated for familiarization trips to many EF schools around the world for product/programs training: EF Cape Town, EF Malta and United States where visited five EF schools on the west coast: EF Seattle, EF San Francisco, EF Santa Barbara, EF Los Angeles and EF San Diego.
Demonstrated an unwavering commitment to customer service, adding new customers while maintaining premium service levels with existing accounts

Sales Supervisor at 4Sham
  • Syria - Damascus
  • January 2009 to April 2011

Company Highlight: A Syrian company provides online advertising services for Real Estate, Companies, Hotels and Restaurants.
Sales Supervisor, part time

Expanded the business to other Syrian cities by recruiting local real-estate agencies.
Trained staff members to maintain high quality service to clients.
Increased sales by closing valuable deals with local real-estate advertising newspapers.

Admin Officer at Syria Shell Petroleum Developement
  • Syria - Damascus
  • April 2005 to September 2009

Followed up expatriates’ residencies and other relevant papers.
Safety Task: responding to emergency cases to the company’s expatriates and their families and taking proper actions. Contacting employees/expatriates while on trip to the oil fields to take a action if any emergency in line with the company’s safety principles.
Issued monthly reports of company’s staff working hours. Issued inventory records of materials moved out/into company’s warehouse.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Faculty of Letters, English Translation Department
  • at Damascus University
  • February 2011

Specialties & Skills

Purchasing Processes
Training
Receptionist
Materials
MS Offfice
Commercial Correspondence
Presentations
Improving business techniques

Languages

English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Sports
    fitness/Gym and Soccer
  • Reading
    Global novels - Daily newspaper
  • Moveis
    Drama & true-stories based movies