Blesselda Benjamin Gabat, General Manager

Blesselda Benjamin Gabat

General Manager

Bright Ideas W.L.L./ MIDAS Construction/ Nature's Touch W.L.L.

Location
Bahrain - Manama
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting & Marketing
Experience
19 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 8 Months

General Manager at Bright Ideas W.L.L./ MIDAS Construction/ Nature's Touch W.L.L.
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • March 2003 to July 2014

- Solidified company reputation for high quality construction, marketing and professional manpower
services.
- Quickly rose to executive level, expanding company success with focus on elite Manpower recruitment,
and other high- potential opportunities that drove steady profit gains.
- Achieved market sales gain of up to 150% rate as GM and 110% as BDM.
- Major Clients - GSIS (Bahrain Industrial Port), BATELCO (Bah.Telecommunications), GPIC (Gulf
Petroleum), BAPCO (Bahrain Petrolium), ALBA ( Bahrain Aluminum), Ministry of Health, Ministry of
Municipalities, Ministry of Urban Planning, Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, Amwaj Islands, & Naval
Support Authority (NSA Base)
- Successfully hired a total of 1, 110 multi- cultural new employees for clients, and trained them
- Events Management of the 1st GCC Gulf Heart Association Conference in Bahrain

Oversees the entire company operations in the offices as well as the project sites. Work emphasis on General Management, Business Development, & Sales/Marketing. Onboard new key employees involved especially in government projects. Personally trained new recruits on issues about Problem solving, Personality Development. Motivating, mentoring & leading talented professionals. Achieved 90% rate of positive client feed backs and service satisfaction. Consistent record of delivering results in growth, revenue, operational performance, and Profitability. Successful management of a total work force of 55 - 170 employees.
- Developing and directing the implementation of goals, bjectives, policies, procedures and work standards.
- Organize seminars / traders meet for promoting company products and strengthening customer relationship
- Responsible for the performance, profit and loss, compliance,
Prioritizing and allocating available resources, reviewing and evaluating strategy on service delivery, making recommendation.
- improvement and ensuring maximum effective service provision. people management and communication of the business.

Sales Manager at Bahrain Confidential/ Insider Magazine
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • February 2002 to February 2003

Dynamic management of a multi-national team of 8 sales executives. Ensures weekly targets are achieved, and consistent sales team mentoring. Always liaise with Design department on client advertisement art work and magazine positioning. Personally solicited paid advertisement and sales of our services in Bahrain and the GCC market.

Sales Executive at Al WASEET Newspaper
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • January 2000 to September 2001

Personally solicited paid advertisement in Bahrain market. Always liaise with Design department on client art work and newspaper positioning. Successfully achieves weekly sales target on time

Flight Supervisor at Gulf Airlines
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • May 1988 to September 1993

- Frequent recipient of In-flight Duty Free Sales Awards for 6 years
- Special Mentioned for exemplary job performance, being one of
the 22 Cabin Crew who worked In-flight during the evacuation
process Gulf War 2000

Management of the Cabin crew team. Initiates required briefing checks on in-flight services and SEP standards, after signing in for work. Motivation and performance evaluation of the entire cabin crew from check-in at base, down route, and back. Ensures that the highest standard of personalized in-flight service is being implemented during the flight.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting & Marketing
  • at College of the Holy Spirit, Mendiola
  • April 1987

Specialties & Skills

Commercial Management
Project Management
Business Development
Customer Service
Recruitment Operations
problem solving, customer service, behavior analysis, team leading, typing

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

Bahrain Women's Club
  • member
  • January 2004

Training and Certifications

Certificate on ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) Microsoft XP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 1987
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • designing, network marketing, inet browsing, Photography, reading