Hisham Abdullah, Product Manager

Hisham Abdullah

Product Manager

Samsung Electronics

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
23 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 10 Months

Product Manager at Samsung Electronics
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since March 2013

- Manage current dist's and hire new dist's

- Responsible for Sell In and monitoring sell thru and & sell out

- Analyze Dist'y PSI and tracking WOS (week on stock)

- Manage SCM through inputting for Ap1 & Ap2 and make consensus with HQ, attending weekly SCM meeting with top management.  

- Execute ATL and BTL activities to support sell thru and sell out

- Follow up for outstanding payments with Dist'y

- Develop relation with wholesalers and power retailers

- Apply incentive scheme for channels and retailers

- Manage product portfolio and select SKUs to be launched locally

- Conduct product training and perform required presentation

- Prepare product annual strategy and detailed action items to implement it

- Achieve annual G/R and A/R and manage profitability

- Improve C/R, MIF and increase Samsung M/S

- Design pricing strategy and product positioning

- Analyze reports from sensing agencies and monitor market / competitors trend

- Prevent parallel import and gray products

- Manage product PLC and implement proper strategy against non-genuine supplies

Sales Manager at ETCO Canon
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2009 to February 2013

- Manage sales team of 4 account managers to drive profitable business growth for assigned territory.

- Provide accurate forecasts/pipeline to management

- Manage internal resources and external contacts (dealers, strategic partners and others) to drive new business

- Develop strategies, budgets to execute business plans and deliver on commitments

- Understand and communicate Canon's product portfolio, as well as competitors' products and provide feedback to customers on competitive offerings

- Invest sufficient time to analyze and develop a deep understanding of the prospects business strategy and critical business issues

- Develop and deliver sales solutions and customer presentations that result in increased sales

- Optimize the team to ensure complete customer satisfaction

Sales Manager at Docucom Xerox
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2007 to October 2009

- Intensive field coaching of sales team

- Propose and articulate Xerox products, services and solutions value proposition and offering

- Develop customer contacts network to generate confidence in Xerox's solutions and ensure ease of business

- Ensure effective team collaboration through high quality communication, clarity of goals and a unity of purpose

- Aggressively scanning for prospects in pursuit of new or expanded business opportunities, understanding economic and customer value drivers.

- Define and position well-targeted solutions to generate customer acceptance, and drive deals to close

- Identify up-sell & cross-sell opportunities and implement required initiatives

- Represent Xerox knowledgeably, based on a solid understanding of Xerox's business direction, offers and capabilities  

- Negotiate and close profitable deals

- Provide specific sales forecast data to contribute to order intake forecast

Key Account Manager at Nahil Computers Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Eastern Province
  • August 2003 to October 2007

- Define and implement sales strategies and plans that will outperform quota and deliver net profit.

- Account planning and Development through applying sales negotiation techniques

- Driving Nahil portfolio within the assigned customer list

- Manage and coordinate technical & presale meetings and activities

- Cross- and up-selling strategy to expand the expected revenue from each client

- Build, monitor, and manage sales pipeline to ensure continuous population and movement of near- and long-term opportunities

Account Manager at Docucom Xerox
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2000 to July 2003

- Manage list of 40 accounts provide them with guidelines to help through the buying cycle in reaching the appropriate solution

- Coordinate with necessary departments to ensure total satisfaction & gratification for the customers.

- Ensure timely & accurate forecast

- Oversee for customer satisfaction, including problem resolution

- Perform daily selling activities and interface with presale analyst, support and service

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Commerce bachelor
  • June 1996

Bachelor of commerce

Specialties & Skills

Leadership
Driving
Forecasting
Analytical
Problem solving
Internet
MS Office
Leadership
Communication Skills
Presentation Skills

Languages

English
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Arabic
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