Farooq Abbas, Country Manager/Head of Operations Sales & Business Development

Farooq Abbas

Country Manager/Head of Operations Sales & Business Development

Worldcall Telecommunications Lanka (PVT) Ltd

Location
Sri Lanka
Education
Diploma, Sales,Management,Personality Development,CBC
Experience
25 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 5 Months

Country Manager/Head of Operations Sales & Business Development at Worldcall Telecommunications Lanka (PVT) Ltd
  • Sri Lanka
  • My current job since October 2005

Major Responsibilities

•Departments working under are Sales, Technical, Finance/Accounts, Admin&HR
•To liaise with all above departments for the smooth continuity of operation’s and to get maximum productivity and to provide better sales & service solutions to our clients
•To Organize, Execute and monitor company policies and to work accordingly and responsible of new business development in Sri Lanka
•To Deal & Negotiation with vendors & suppliers (Huawei-Chaina, Digicontrol-India)
•Dealings with Service operators like (Lanka Bell-CDMA), (Suntel-CDMA), (Dialog-GSM) and (Sri Lanka Telecom- CDMA& Fixed line operator)
•To write, read and respond on business proposals
•Sales management, Team building and Trainings
•To deal with the BOI (Board of Investment) and TRC (Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka)
•To deal with advertising companies for Marketing & Merchandising campaigns
•To assist where necessary in legal matters

Manager Operations at Worldcall Telecommunications Lanka (PVT) Ltd
  • Sri Lanka
  • May 2005 to September 2005

Responsibilities:
•Manager Operations
•Other responsibilities were almost same as mentioned above.
•Reported to the “Executive Director” in WorldCALL Telecommunication Group in Pakistan.

Commercial Manager /Sales & Marketing at Worldcall Telecommunications Lanka (PVT) Ltd
  • Sri Lanka
  • April 2003 to April 2005

Major Responsibilities

•Responsible of Sales targets, Sales planning and Projection Island wide
•Team management, building/Trainings and maintain the high spirits
•Commercial dealings with other service operators (Lanka Bell, Suntel, SLT-Sri Lanka Telecom) and to build strong business relationship with business partners
•To deal with advertising companies for the Marketing & Merchandising campaigns and to collaborate in launching events and new product campaigns

Manager Sales at Worldcall Communication Group (An Omantel Company)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • March 2002 to April 2003

Major Responsibilities

•To facilitate Regional Sales Head in territory and to achieve retail & corporate sales targets and to built and maintain strong relations with corporate clients (CRM) and to assist in managing sales projections & forecast and in Team building trainings & maintaining the high spirit within the team and to assist in area planning & expansion and allocation according to the business plan.
•To deal with customers regarding product related problems and to liaise with technical department for the technical customer support and better service solutions and the goal is to Minimizing customer’s complaints
•To make (SWOT) analysis based on market competition.
•New market search and new outlet development.
•To assist in launching events and product campaigns for sale promotions
•During the tenure (under my supervision) the Lahore sales team achieved the highest sales targets.

Asst.Manager Sales at Worldcall Communication Group (An Omantel Company)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2000 to February 2002

Major Responsibilities

•To assist and facilitate the sales manager in achieving above mentioned tasks for the sales development

Executive Sales at AGFA-GEVAERT PAKISTAN (PRIVATE) Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • July 1996 to June 1998

Major Responsibilities

•To achieve monthly and quarterly sales targets and to built and maintain strong corporate customer relationship and to provide first hand market feedback
•To liaise with DC-Pagers (Service Provider) for the solution of customers problems

Education

Diploma, Sales,Management,Personality Development,CBC
  • at Training Institutions
  • December 2008

ON-JOB SALES MANAGEMENT & PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT TRAININGS • “Selling Skills” by (Management Excellence Development Institute) Islamabad - Pak • “Men In Management” by (Mcquire Rens & Jones) Colombo - Sri Lanka • “Building a committed Team” by (Mcquire Rens & Jones) Colombo – Sri Lanka • “Powerful Negotiator” by (Mcquire Rens & Jones) Colombo - Sri Lanka • “Business Excellence Breakthrough” by (Nishuda Global Trainings) Colombo - Sri Lanka • “The Changing Consumer Landscape in Asia: A Market Challenge” by (CIM) Colombo – Sri Lanka • “How to Create Devoted Customers” by (Mcquire Rens & Jones) Colombo - Sri Lanka • “Leadership & Assertiveness” by (SLIM) Colombo - Sri Lanka • “Time & Stress Management” by (Mcquire Rens & Jones) Colombo - Sri Lanka • “Sales & Service Excellence” by (Worldcall Telecom) Lahore-Pak • “Personality Development” by Institute of Human Resource Management India - Colombo • CBC(Confidence Booster Camp Graduate) by Dr.Kuma, Colombo - Sri Lanka

Diploma, Diploma In Business Personality
  • at Institute of Management and Business Studies
  • December 2008
Diploma, Diploma In Sales Management
  • at Institute of Management and Business Studies
  • December 2007
Diploma, Diploma In Marketing
  • at LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL
  • August 2006
Diploma, Diploma In English
  • at LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL
  • August 2006
Diploma, Diploma In Business Management
  • at Institute of Management and Business Studies
  • December 2005
Master's degree, In Economics
  • at Govt.Islamia University Bahawalpur
  • July 1993
Bachelor's degree, Economics,Statistics,Englisg
  • at Govt.Islamia College Civil Lines-(University of Punjab)
  • July 1989

"2nd Division"

High school or equivalent, Statistics,Mathmatics,Economics
  • at Govt.Islamia College of Civil Lines Lahore
  • August 1987

"High 2nd Division"

High school or equivalent, Science (Chem,Bio,Phys,Maths)
  • at Govt.Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education
  • June 1985

"1st Division"

Specialties & Skills

Operations Management
Business Development
Sales Management
Team building & management
Leadership Capabilities
Trainer
Sales Management
Business Development
Operational Management
Computer

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing
  • (AMSLIM) Associate Member
  • September 2008
CIM (Chartered Institute of Marketing-UK)
  • (AMCIM) Affiliated Member
  • September 2008