Shehzad Ahmed, Assistant Manager - Technical  Sales, Support and Business Operations

Shehzad Ahmed

Assistant Manager - Technical Sales, Support and Business Operations

TECH Automation

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics And Technology
Experience
14 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :14 years, 1 Months

Assistant Manager - Technical Sales, Support and Business Operations at TECH Automation
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since April 2018

 Responsible for Sales and business operations in UAE and middle east
 Leading sales engineers and operations teams
 Developing SOPs for Identifying, qualifying and pursuing potential clients
 Prospecting, lead generation, meetings and follow ups to increase customers
 Utilizing sales tools, CRM and ERP to monitor performance
 Preparing quotations, proposals, Sales orders and invoices
 Managing purchase orders, procurements, logistics for deliveries
 Ensuring timely response of queries for client satisfaction
 Coordination with European manufacturers for products promotions
 Vigilant Project monitoring and control for timely closing
 Streamlining business development operations and activities
 Improvement of business processes for optimum results
 Foreign visits to meet international manufacturers to strengthen relationship
 Enabling business growth by developing network of key partners
 Coordinating email marketing and social media campaigns

Product Specialties:

- PR Electronics, Denmark (Signal Conditioning interfaces / Converters)
- FISCHER Mess-Teknik, Germany (Pressure, Level, flow, temperature and humidity Measurement Solutions)
- SIMEX, Poland (Measurement & Automation Products: Analog/digital measurements for Flow, Ratemeters / tachometers, Timers, PID controllers, indicators, serial transmitters etc.)
- Hilscher, Germany (Protocol Converters & Gateways)
- Termoaparatura Wrocklaw, Poland (Temperature Sensors: standard, IS, Exd, Exi for safe and hazardous areas)
- West Group, PMA of UK & Germany (Special Controllers and Instruments)
- Lascar Electronics, United Kingdom (Data logging Systems
- Agate: Vibration Calibrators

Products Handled:
Instrumentation Signal Converters, Signal Splitters, Isolators, I.S. Barriers, Temperature sensors, Temperature Transmitters, pressure & differential pressure transmitters, flow & level instruments, indicators, controllers, multifunctional controllers and data recorders, and many other products.

Technical Sales Engineer at TECH Automation
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2016 to March 2018

 Successfully achieved yearly sales figures and high number of customers
 Doubled sales figures every year by captivating sales techniques
 Generated market of assigned instrumentation/automation products & solutions
 Represented PR Electronics of Denmark as dedicated sales engineer for UAE
 Implemented ERP and CRM as per business processes
 Ensured customer trust through meetings, site visits, demonstrations and trainings
 Close cooperation with national and international manufacturers/principals.
 Ensured impressive service from quotation to invoice and aligning internal processes

Lead Engineer at Raaziq International Group - TS & TS
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 2013 to February 2016

 Managed distribution of Lascar Electronics products in Pakistan
 Effective Projects Monitoring and control over multiple sites as project engineer
 Successful execution of sensitive projects of popular clients
 Developed cold chain project management systems and processes
 Project management & consultancy services to clients
 Managed technical and operations teams and supported them to achieve targets
 Cost effective procurement, logistics and inventory handling
 Supervised programming and troubleshooting of controllers, logging devices and PLCs
 Analyzed RFQs, quotations and processed purchase orders to minimize purchasing cost
 Prepared technical documentation, reports, and inspection standards
 Coordination of supply Chain projects of Unilever, Igloo, Merck, GSK, Engro and others

Engineer – Technical Support & Operations at Raaziq International
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • August 2011 to June 2013

 Programming and installations of data logging instruments and temperature control systems
 Maintenance management of refrigeration systems, generators and vehicles
 Inspection and audit of transport refrigeration systems and their automation
 Technical support and technical services for cold chain transport
 Follow up vendors for designing and fabrication of equipment for Cold Chain Logistics
 Visit stations and workshops to evaluate performance and quality of services

Automation Engineer at Space Links Tech (Pvt) LTD
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • June 2010 to July 2011

 Programming of PLCs (Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, Siemens, Delta)
 Developed process flow charts of industrial automation processes
 Developed User Requirement Specifications
 Recording and updating progress of projects
 Training of operators on control systems
 Developing program and hardware design
 Configuration, integration and implementation of process control solutions
 Design, write, implement, test and document PLC, HMI and SCADA system

Internee at National Development Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Pakistan
  • July 2010 to September 2010

Internship Project: Data Acquisition Card for PC based Oscilloscope
Worked on different instruments, hydraulic valves, electronic training boards, PLCs and microcontroller programming.

Internee at Climax engineering
  • Pakistan
  • June 2008 to July 2008

Monitoring of manufacturing processes of Motor, fans, transformers and pumps..

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics And Technology
  • at University Of Engineering And Technology
  • September 2011

Mechatronics and Control Engineering industrial automation instrumentation Cold chain - refrigeration

Bachelor's degree, Mechatronics and control Engineering
  • at University of engineering and technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • June 2011

B.Sc. Mechatronics and Control Engineering 2007-2011 University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan (Industrial Automation, Mechatronics System Design, Robotics, Power Electronics, Embedded Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Communication Systems, Advanced Control Systems, Computer & PLC Programming, Principles of Management)

High school or equivalent, F.Sc. Pre-Engineering
  • at Government Degree College, Sheikhupura, Pakistan
  • June 2007

Got Second position in class and first in academy.

Specialties & Skills

Business Process Analysis and Design
Process Automation
Technical Sales
Instrumentation
Business Operations Management
Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Cold Chain Management)
International Sales
Business Operations Management
Proposals
Adobe Dreamweaver, Flash and Photoshop
AutoCad, SolidEdge, Proteus
RS Logix 500/5000 (Allen Bradley PLC)
PCB Wizard
Fleetminder Tracking Application
Cold Chain Application
CRM - Customer Relationship Management
ERP - Enterprise Resource Management
ERP-Enterprise Resource Planning
MS Office 2007 & Visio
Instrumentation & Automation
Business Process Reengineering
Technical Sales
sales coordination
Industrial Automation
logistics
operation
Technical Support
International Business Development

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Native Speaker
Arabic
Beginner
Hindi
Expert

Memberships

Mechatronics Club
  • Chief Coordinator Recruitment and General Secretary
  • June 2009
Environmental and Horticultural Society
  • General Secretary
  • September 2008

Training and Certifications

Business Analysis Foundations: Business Process Modeling (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
Project Management: International Projects (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
Business Process Improvement (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2019
Linkedin Learining - Online (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2019
Signal Conditioning Systems Training – Level 2 (Training)
Training Institute:
PR Electronics, Headquarters, Denmark
Date Attended:
June 2018
Conflict Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2014
Signal Conditioning Systems Training – Level 1 (Training)
Training Institute:
PR Electronics A/S, Denmark
Date Attended:
May 2016
Integrated Motors Products Trainings (Training)
Training Institute:
JVL Elektronika, Denmark
Date Attended:
March 2019
Advance PLC, HMI and SCADA (Training)
Training Institute:
Skill Development Council, Punjab, Pakistan
Date Attended:
October 2015
Duration:
270 hours
Supply Chain Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2015
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • Scientific and Historical documentaries, welfare, cricket, badminton, technology and automation
    • Engineering Solution design • Temperature sensitive shipments • 3rd position in FYP Exhibition. • Chief Coordinator Recruitment and General Secretary EHS and Mechatronics Club • All Pakistan Painting, Sketching & Photography Exhibitions • Project leader: Multinationals: Unilever, GSK, PTC and Engro. • Managed seminars and workshops. • Quiz winner [2005] • Developed TS & TS (Pvt) Ltd website.