Islam Sharara, commercial director

Islam Sharara

commercial director

Reliance Ready Mix

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
Experience
14 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 8 Months

commercial director at Reliance Ready Mix
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since September 2023

Develop & implement the commercial strategy including setting targets & pricing strategies. • Lead a team of sales professionals, providing guidance, coaching and support to maximize their performance and achieve sales goals. • Identify & pursue new business opportunities, proactively generating leads and building relationships with potential clients in the construction industry Presentation Communication Sales Force MS office • Analyze financial report, sales forecasting, market trends and competitor activities. • Collaborate with other departments within the organization, such as production, logistics & procurement, to ensure seamless operations and effective delivery of products to customers. • Prepare regular reports to senior management, summarizing sales activities, progress towards targets & recommendations for improvement.

Business Segment Manager - Performance Flooring at Master Builders Solutions - MBCC Group (Formerly BASF Construction Chemicals)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2020

• Fully responsible for the management of the Flooring business segments including technical performance, marketing & market development of products, offering solutions to customers.
• The execution of the sales process & the sales specific implementation of the strategic business unit strategy at the customer interface.
• Responsibility for financial performance regarding net sales, contribution margin and fixed costs.
• Development, implementation, and monitoring of agreed sales strategies (including pricing implementation).
• Development of market intelligence within the salesforce. • Support for sustainable relationships establishment.
• Responsibility for the overall sales process and contribution of interfaces to other departments.
• Contribution to the development of the business strategy. • Enabling of cross business collaboration & synergies to maximize values.

Flooring Area Sales Manager at BASF Construction Chemicals
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2015 to December 2019

• Responsible to generate flooring sales, exploring new flooring potential & increasing the project’s pipeline.
• Approach new blue ships companies to generate sales and sustain business with the existing customers.
• Giving the full technical support to customers & ensuring that application is according to technical recommendations. • Build long-term relationship with Key account customers in the flooring segment & explore new flooring applicators & distributor.
• Follow up all customer’s payments and be involved in all flooring sales orders till collection.
• Promote the new innovated products according to business strategy.

Technical Sales Engineer at TITAN Bêton & Aggregates
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2012 to February 2015

• Follow up with customers regarding concrete orders, credit terms and handling QC issues.
• Responsible for sales of Ready-Mix concrete through distributor network & direct Sales.
• Achieve the best profitability ensuring maximum daily productivity/margins with the operations manager.

Sales & Marketing Specialist at CIMPOR Ready-Mix
  • Egypt - Alexandria
  • August 2010 to August 2012

• Makes ongoing visits to find new opportunities for sales, gathering market and customer information.
• Contacts consultants /contractors (owners & site engineers) concerning sites under construction.
• Makes and participates in internal and external meetings with clients to identify needs and solve problems and to assist in business development.

Graduate Metallurgist at SUKARI Gold Mine
  • Egypt - Marsa Alam
  • September 2009 to August 2010

• Provide technical support to the production team to assist in achieving the best GOLD output productivity.
• Monitor and ensure that key plant operating parameters remain within target.
• Carry out metallurgical test work and plant trials that are aimed to improving efficiency, provide technical reports & recommendations under guidance of plant Metallurgist.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Chemical Engineering
  • at Alexandria University
  • July 2008
High school or equivalent, high school
  • at Collège Saint Marc
  • July 2003
Diploma, Diplôme de langue française
  • at Le Conseil d’administration de l’Alliance française
  • October 2001

Specialties & Skills

Teamwork
Accountability
Conflict Management
Time Management
Communication Strategies
NETWORKING
BUDGETING
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
DIRECT MARKETING
MARKETING
MEETING FACILITATION
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert

Training and Certifications

Advanced Selling Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Top Business
Date Attended:
December 2013
Communication Strategies (Training)
Training Institute:
GOLD MINES
Date Attended:
December 2014
Time Management (Training)
Training Institute:
GOLD MINES
Date Attended:
December 2014
Effective Business Communication (Training)
Training Institute:
The American University in Cairo
Date Attended:
December 2015
Technical report writing (Training)
Training Institute:
The American University in Cairo
Date Attended:
December 2017
Business Ethics & Business Etiquette (Training)
Training Institute:
The American University in Cairo
Date Attended:
December 2017

Hobbies

  • Football