Bassem Stephan, Export Sales Manager

Bassem Stephan

Export Sales Manager

Liban Cables a Nexans Company

Location
Lebanon
Education
Master's degree, Executive MBA
Experience
15 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 7 Months

Export Sales Manager at Liban Cables a Nexans Company
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since April 2019

 Successfully expanded business operation in Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Iraq, and Jordan contributing to market growth
 Proficient in negotiating pricing, managing sales quotations, and tailoring commercial proposals to align with customer profiles and requirements
 Applied market intelligence to adapt pricing strategies in response to industry trends and competitor dynamics
 Negotiating the sales terms and conditions (Liquidated damages for delay, liability cap, ..)
 Led efforts to boost profitability by optimizing margins and offering differentiated product offerings.
 Demonstrated financial acumen by managing account P&L statements and anticipating financial impacts of strategic sales decisions
 Developed a strong network within customer organizations, gathering critical information about future projects, tenders, and competitors
 Effectively utilized CRM systems to improve pipeline forecasting and strengthen customer relationships
 Managed interface with manufacturing plants, integrating operational constraints for enhanced efficiency and customer satisfaction.

First Line Production Manager , Nexans Excellence Way Champion at Liban Cables s.a.l
  • Lebanon
  • September 2012 to March 2019

 Increased Productivity by 25% without increasing fix costs.
 Defatting the over manning in stations, reduce the overtime esp. on weekends
 Applying the OEE system to measure the performance, and the Nexans Excellence Way as well
 Safety record in Building wires Section through JSA and awareness session
 Championed the flow manufacturing project in Building wires unit based on stock replenishment via KANBAN cards and not sales forecast

Production Section Head at National Paper Products Co. - NAPCO, Member of INDEVCO Group. Flexible Packaging Division
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • August 2010 to August 2012

Production
 Managing the operation process of production
 Increased productivity 20%, and reduced the Waste from 11.1%YTD 2010 to 7.3 % YTD 2011

Operational Excellence
 Results driven through people participation. Lead by example
 Traduce the Plant Budgeted plan into action plans that deliver results
 Preparing the feasibility study of new machines based on the loading capacity for 3 years and business plan in terms of output, savings, waste and manpower
 Success in 5S implementation and continuous improvement, NPPC position was ranked the highest in the INDEVCO Group Index of Excellence
 Certified Green Belt in Lean Sigma from RITCOM

Maintenance Engineer at National Paper Products Co. - NAPCO, Member of INDEVCO Group. Flexible Packaging Division
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • October 2009 to June 2010

 Training course: ISO 9001:2008, highlighting the basic requirements of quality management system & introducing the process mapping as well.
 Preventive Maintenance Program development & implementation.
 Establishing Work Flow procedures, KPI’s of the Department to monitor the performance.
 Performing the different maintenance activities on field.
 Study of the projects feasibility related to specific parts of the Company Business Plan.
 Plan daily maintenance and routine activities

Research and Development Engineer at ArcelorMittal
  • France
  • February 2009 to June 2010

 Graduation Project: Improvement of the Manufacturing Process of Stamping Steel
 Metallurgical study about the Influence of high heating ratio, small soaking times on an Aluminum Killed Steel in addition to the hardness measurement, grain size & mechanical properties
 The improvement was obtained by proposing a shorter annealing cycle with smaller soaking times

Research Engineer, Mechanical Modelling at Philips Applied Technologies
  • Netherlands
  • September 2008 to January 2009

Internship: Improve the Philips Rotary Shavers using a virtual shaving model
based on FEM simulation of the skin numerical model in shaving
process

Complete the skin numerical model by mechanically modeling the skull, and the realistic boundary condition of the Face.

Simulation of the skin deformation on Mentat MARC.

Validating the numerical model of the face by comparing the resulting stiffness to the experimental one.

Education

Master's degree, Executive MBA
  • at Escp-europe - Paris
  • September 2023

I am enrolled in an Executive MBA Program with ESCP Paris

Master's degree, Executive MBA
  • at Esa Business School - Lebanon
  • September 2023
Master's degree, Master of Mechanical Engineering Design
  • at INSA Lyon, University of Science and Technology
  • June 2009
Master's degree, Technical Commercial
  • at INSA Lyon, University of Science and Technology
  • June 2009

Supplementary Course covering the following main topics: Finance, Business Intelligence, Approach Market / Customer, Contract negotiation

Specialties & Skills

Leadership
Operational Excellence
Lean Manufacturing
Waste Management
Production Management
Microsoft Office

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Memberships

Order of Engineers and Architects - Lebanon
  • Member
  • March 2010
National Council of Engineers and Scientists of France CNISF
  • Member
  • April 2011