Bassem Iskander, Senior marketing manager IoT and smart solutions

Bassem Iskander

Senior marketing manager IoT and smart solutions

Orange - Egypt

Location
Egypt
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
25 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 8 Months

Senior marketing manager IoT and smart solutions at Orange - Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since June 2019
Manager M2M/IoT Marketing & Partnerships at Orange Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2012

In charge of M2M & IoT business line in Orange Egypt

M2M Partnerships Manager at Mobinil
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2010 to January 2012

 Set up M2M/IoT partnership business unit in the commercial department: o Develop and manage strategic partnerships in M2M/IoT and mobile applications business segments. o Define selection criteria for partners in each vertical. o Identify key partnerships required in targeted verticals such as utilities smart metering, telematics, retail devices, security, and fleet management to achieve sales, revenue and quality targets. o Develop joint go to market plans with key partners. o Design and implement commission scheme for M2M/IoT partners.

Relationship Officer at Damac Properties Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2008 to May 2010

o Generating new leads from individual data base & contacts. o Recruiting and managing a network of agents. o Checking IPMS for leads and available units & prices to tell. o Supervising meetings held with agents & customers. o Conducting market survey and providing detailed results and market analysis within the regions assigned to me. o Follow-up on pending procedures regarding closed deals. o Generating activity reports. o Assigning new leads to their appropriate destination among team members. o Follow-up on agents for new leads & providing them with project update(s). o Conveying new information among team members. o Follow-up on prospect customers. o Responsible of international accounts; Bahrain & Libya. o Generating forecast for next month expected sales. o Shadowing new comers and providing them with product knowledge.

Sales Account Manager at BTC Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2007 to February 2008

o Working with and developing existing contacts. Building own list of potential clients, prospects and referrals from historic contacts.
o Identifying and maintaining relationships with senior decision makers and influencers.
o Working with other functional groups within the company and introduce appropriate experts (Technical and/or presales engineers) to sales prospects.
o Becoming and remaining familiar with the company’s products and services.
o Executing marketing and sales strategies.
o Reporting to sales director.

Sales Account Manager at Alkan Telecom
  • Egypt
  • February 2000 to March 2007

o Searching for and developing new customers.
o Distribution of relevant parts of the client’s specifications to concerned departments of the company.
o Obtain offers form vendors with assistance of the supply management when required.
o Review and ensuring that the offered equipment is complying technically with the client’s requirements with the assistance of presales engineers and product managers.
o Prepare the quotation in the light of the relevant procedures, company policy and guidelines.
o Familiar with P&L sheets.
o Preparing the input for contract negotiations with client.
o Preparing & handling over the project documents to the project management department.
o Prepare the inputs required for use in the department, budget and reports.
o Cost collection and budget control of the running projects.
o Define the target plan for the future projects and resources requirements, tools needed…etc.
o Managing a team of 3 sales representatives.
o Executing marketing and sales strategies.
rojects.
o Define the target plan for the future projects and resources requirements, tools needed…etc.
o Managing a team of 3 sales representatives.
o Executing marketing and sales strategies.

After Sales Support Engineer at Canon Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 1998 to February 2000

Installation of all computer related (Canon) equipment.
o Contacting with client to meet his requirements
o Building a strong and a loyal client base by providing consistent support and product information.
o Cultivating excellent relationships with both clients and colleagues.
o Customer Training.
o Presentation of new equipment.
o Providing training courses for the new applicants.
o Addressing and resolving all customer grievances.
o Reporting to middle managent.
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Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at AAST
  • April 2008

Marketing

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at AAST
  • April 2008

Marketing

Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • at Arab Academy For Sience & Technology
  • September 1998

 Graduation Grade: Good.  Graduation Project: Error Correction Code for Data Transmission.  Project Grade: "A"

High school or equivalent, Mathematics
  • at VictoryCollege
  • May 1992

Primary and secondary

Specialties & Skills

Installation
Contract Negotiations
Management
Project Management
Microsoft Office (WinWord, Excel, Etc.)
Internet skills
Strategic Thinking
Marketing
Negotiations Skills
Planning

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Finance for non-financer (Certificate)
Situational leadership 1 (Certificate)
Motivate and engage your people (Training)
Training Institute:
Orange campus