Darrel D'Souza, Senior AV Area Manager

Darrel D'Souza

Senior AV Area Manager

SAMSUNG Gulf Electronics

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
Experience
17 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 7 Months

Senior AV Area Manager at SAMSUNG Gulf Electronics
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2009 to September 2022

• Liaising and networking with a range of stakeholders, e.g. customers, colleagues, suppliers and partner organizations;
• Communicating with target audiences and managing customer relationships;
• Sourcing branding opportunities;
• Managing the implementation of point of sales materials (P.O.S.M.) including leaflets, posters, fliers, newsletters and demo content;
• Arranging for the effective distribution of marketing materials;
• Conducting market research such as customer questionnaires and focus groups;
• Store auditing, branding and data collection;
• Monitoring competitor activity;
• Executing ad-hoc tasks;
• Supporting the marketing manager and other colleagues;
• Managing a marketing team of product specialists.

Application Solution Executive at Agility Logistics
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2007 to May 2009

• Data entry and invoicing - Oracle;
• E-forms - Processing Local/Payment Request Forms;
• Billing application support;
• Suggesting improvements in user interface and liaising with developers;
• Reporting, data analysis and trending;
• Understand and implementation the components of running a fiscally successful project;
• Training & system audits;
• Coordinate the updates and day-to-day functions related to maintaining the billing software.

Marketing and Business Development Executive at Prestige Beverages Company L.L.C.
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2005 to January 2007

• Researching markets to identify opportunities;
• Liaising with regional team to ascertain their precise event requirements;
• Building client base;
• Evaluating marketing campaigns;
• Development of designs for product packaging;
• Writing and proofreading copy;
• Liaising with designers and printers;
• Formulating marketing strategies using S.W.O.T. analysis;
• Organizing exhibitions - Dubai Soft 2006;
• Handling administration duties;
• Organizing meetings between MD and potential suppliers;
• Organizing resources for the production departments needs;
• Customer Relations and PR - Handling customer grievances;
• Representative for the company to the Dubai Municipality (H.A.C.C.P. implementation).

Marketing and Real Estate Executive at Grand Home Real Estate
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2004 to March 2005

• Surveying the freehold market to build database of freehold property available for lease.
• Matching clients’ needs with database.
• Converting leads to sales.
• Liaising between landlord and tenants.
• Designing and developing the company logo, literature, advertising material and sales presentations.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at Southern New Hampshire University
  • May 2009

Online Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration.

Specialties & Skills

Creative Concept Development
Development of Training Materials
Managing Creative Teams
Ad Hoc Reporting
Marketing Materials
Training
MSOffice
Visual merchandising

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Hobbies

  • Camping, MIxing music, Football