Jamila Abdi, Business Development Manager

Jamila Abdi

Business Development Manager

The Yellow Boats

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Bachelor's degree, marketing
Experience
12 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 6 Months

Business Development Manager at The Yellow Boats
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2016 to April 2017

- Building relationships with existing clients in an
attempt to increase their current spend.
- Develop a comprehensive sales plan to include
strategy for attaining established monthly sales
quotas relative to profitability and volume.
- Introduce our services to Corporate and agents.
- Dealing with travel tours and agencies.
- Build strategies to develop Advertising on the boats

Business Development Manager at Point De Vue Consultancy
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2014 to September 2016

Key Responsibilities:

Manage all facets of assigned mystery customer program.
- Client management and facilitating business development
- Playing an integral role in new business pitches and hold responsibility for the effective on-boarding of new clients.
- Provide questionnaire guidance
- Recruit Shoppers
- Shopper training
- Put required shops on the job board
- Assign the shop to the apt shopper
- Liaise with quality check team & resolve disputed reports

Marketing and commercial manager at Franck Provost
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2011 to October 2013

Reporting directly to the owner
In charge of 5 branches in Dubai
Improved in sales number, costs and profits
Meeting and Dealing with vendors on monthly basis
Designed, developed and implemented marketing And sales campaigns
Promoted products and services
Coordinated, planned and contributed at fashion show and special events such as charity events
Established and improved clients communication
Implemented top customer service
Reached new clients
Hired, trained, supervised and evaluated staff members
Formulated employee policy manuals and job descriptions
Maintain and monitor stock levels.

Advertising Sales Representative at RG Internernational Publisher
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2010 to June 2011

- Locate and contact potential clients to offer advertising services.
-Explain to clients how specific types of advertising will help promote their products or services in the most effective way possible.
- Provide clients with estimates of the costs of advertising products or services.
- Prepare and deliver sales presentations to new and existing clients.
- Inform clients of available options for advertising art, formats, or features and provide samples.
- Recommend appropriate sizes and formats for advertising.
- Close the deals

Area manager at S and P
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2008 to January 2010

Manager in perfume industry
Reporting directly to the owner
In charge of 5 different brands of perfume in 5 different countries
Handling commercial side as well as marketing
Preparing price list
Monitored promotion in each country and retail prices
Organizing seminars
Ensured that products standard are followed In the market
Maintain and monitor stock
Hire staff members for retail stores.

Supervisor at Yves Saint Laurent/ Gucci
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2004 to September 2008

Provide exceptional customer service and ensure employee also provide the same level of customer service
Effectively manage employee turnover
Provide a positive working environment and handle employee issues in a timely manner
Management of all store operational issues, to include store housekeeping, store administrative duties, physical inventories, prices changes etc...
Execute and monitor loss prevention
Ensure interior and exterior of store is maintained to company standards

Education

Bachelor's degree, marketing
  • at University of Ottawa
  • June 2002

Specialties & Skills

Diplomacy
Creativity Coaching
Determination
Problem Solving
Customer Service
People management
Problem solving
Customer service
Verbal communication
Determination

Languages

French
Expert
English
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