General Manager
Hamburg General Trading LLC
Total years of experience :37 years, 0 Months
Heading both Trading and as well as manufacturing unit for the consumer products. Responsible for overall operations of the Company.
Worked with M/s Sallan Industrial Investment, Sohar, Oman from April 2010 till Jan 2016 as General Manager. - Product range includes Fabric Care, Home-care and Personal care products catering to the different markets in the Premium, Standard and Economy segments under SANA in Premium Range, IDEAL in mid-segment and WADI in popular segments of the markets. Heading Profit Centre Responsibilities with workforce of 60 employees for the Manufacturing and Marketing Operations of the Company. Reporting to the Board of Directors and reported by All Functional Heads. Handled the Formation of the Company till operational. I am currently independently handling Export operations.
In addition, I am also responsible for the management and operations of Al Naseem Distribution & Marketing LLC (a group company) and Liquid Sodium Silicate Plant (a JV with an Indian Manufacturer). Al Naseem Distribution and Marketing LLC are distributors for marketing and distribution for M/s Sallan Industrial Investment LLC. In addition, Al Naseem is also exclusive Distributor for Vasmol range of Health Care Products from India and Charm, Dylon, Frosch range of cleaning products from UK / Europe.
Branded Sales: • Achieved consistent growth of Export sales of our Premium brand SANA in GCC since 1997. Achieved 10-15% Consistent Volume growth in each of the markets since 1998.
• Build the brand of SANA range or products in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar thru Distributors and thru Direct Distribution in Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia.
Private Labeling: • Successfully handled Private brand - DAC (owned by Henkel) from about 900 MT in 1997 to about 6800 MT (Valued $ 5.2 million) in 2004 (till Henkel put up their own plant in Riyadh)
Work experience
(Previous)
Worked with M/s National Advanced Systems Company (NASCO), Riyadh Saudi Arabia as Senior Sales Executive from May 1995 to June 1997. (Non-FMCG Products)
WORK EXPERIENCE IN INDIA
(A) Worked with M/s Geep Industrial Syndicate Ltd, Allahabad (India) as "Area Manager" for the state of Andhra Pradesh from Aug 1989 to Dec1994 - makers of GEEP (Torch-lights and Batteries) - FMCG Products
(B) Worked with M/s Atari Foods Pvt. manufacturers and marketers of quality milk chocolates (FMCG Products) in the capacity of "Senior Sales Executive" from Jan 1987 to Aug 1989.
1. Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) with Marketing Management as major 1984 - 1986 University of Poona Pune - India
2. Bachelor of Science (B. Sc) with Botany, Zoology and Chemistry as majors 1980 - 1983 Osmania University Hyderabad - India