Fady Kedis, Business Development Manager GCC

Fady Kedis

Business Development Manager GCC

Methabook

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Tourism Management
Experience
6 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :6 years, 4 Months

Business Development Manager GCC at Methabook
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2024

● Negotiate new contracts and contract renewals for the assigned territories
● Develop and sustain relationships with key B2B Travel agencies and actively seek out new leads.
● Initiate and facilitate legal discussions regarding contract points and issues.
● Designing and implementing a strategic sales plan that expands the company’s customer base and
ensures a strong presence.
● Set the roadmap for product expansion

Business Development Manager Middle East and Africa at Asian Trails
  • Thailand - Bangkok
  • September 2022 to February 2024

● Developed products, strategy, and sales approach which resulted in 500% improvement.
● Conducted hundreds of hotel and excursion inspections to create unique products.
● Promote eConnect either API integration or utilization of the B2B portal.
● Initiate and maintain agreements with Thailand hotels that serve Middle East markets.
● Negotiating contracts and commercial terms with the key accounts.
● Manage budgeting, forecasting, and revenue recognition to achieve monthly and yearly goals.
● Bid on new projects and negotiate contract terms.
● Performing market research and conducting competitor analysis.
● Represent the company at FAM trips, Roadshows, and Sales calls in alignment with Tourism Authority

Product and Travel Packages Development Team Leader at Almatar
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2021 to September 2022

● Discover, Negotiate, and partner with trustworthy 3rd parties suppliers and vendors.
● Analyze data and create reports to identify areas of business growth.
● Designed and implemented a strategic business plan that overachieved company sales targets.
● Supervised product development and set operation workflow.
● Structured sales process and a route map that resulted in an increase in leads by 800%.
● Facilitating e-commerce development by coordinating with CX and web developers to enhance website
and app content, thus improving user experience.
● Coordinate with the marketers to set marketing plans and social media campaigns.
● Supervising the operation SLA and package creation procedures.
● Conduct interviews, set monthly KPIs, quality monitoring, and coaching for the sales team.

Senior Quotation Specialist at Almosafer
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2018 to August 2021

● Handling travel arrangements for VIP accounts, including Saudi MOH, MOC, PIF, royal families, MICE
● groups, and corporate clients.
● Supplier relationships, and rate negotiation with more than 50 offline DMCs worldwide.
● Make reservations via +20 online booking platforms.
● Utilizing our contracts, establish direct communication with the hotel's reservations and sales team.
● Daily and monthly reports and analyses to top management.
● Training, appraisals, audits, and creation of training materials

Travel Consultant at Kanoo Travel - Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2018 to June 2018

● Design holiday packages (accommodation, cruises, flight tickets, trains, tours, car rentals, and transfers)
● Responsible for visa and travel Insurance.
● Invoicing, payment link creation, and payment follow-up.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Tourism Management
  • at Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Helwan University
  • June 2016

Specialties & Skills

Commercial Sales
E commerce
Business Development Manager
Contracting
MANAGEMENT
APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API)
REVENUE RECOGNITION
APPRAISALS
BOOKING (RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE)
MARKET RESEARCH
QUALITY MONITORING
BUDGETING
EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE (XML)
Supplier relationship
Inbound Travel
Forecasting
Commercial
Outbound Travel
Contract negotiation
Key account managment

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Corporate contracts and Commercial law (Training)
Training Institute:
University of Illinois
Date Attended:
March 2024

Hobbies

  • Chess