John Samuel, Division Head of Business and Brands

John Samuel

Division Head of Business and Brands

Al Mana Group Of Companies

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting And Economics
Experience
12 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 5 Months

Division Head of Business and Brands at Al Mana Group Of Companies
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since September 2021

Managing Performance & Growth for a Multi Brand Dealership (Polaris, Indian Motorcycles, Slingshot & Kawasaki) As Divisions Head of Business and responsible for dealerships businesses & brands improvement with financial control & budget planning strategy.

Responsible for- Sales & After sales & restructuring a company with a 5-year growth plan
Responsible to achieve profitability & sustainability
Currently preparing business plans & signing up new product verticals to the business as a part of 5-year growth plan
Responsible to ensure dealers performance managing KPI’s Sales, market share, customer satisfaction, training, lead management, facilities, stock turns and brands standard
Delivered Sales & profit margins up by 7% in first year
Defining monthly commercial and marketing strategy considering stock, product availability, sales forecast, commercial partners & competition
Digital Marketing performance overall up by 65 %


Building a solid team of target-oriented salespeople & technical team with strong technical know-how & achievements
Analyze financial impacts of strategic decisions & suggesting improvement path & plan
Monitoring business performance
Ensure plans are developed and implemented parallel with relevant cross functional teams and aligned with Global brand strategy, identify, and address local business sales & marketing meeting criteria
Preparing the company for ISO certifications, setting up policies & procedures

BRAND MANAGER at Liberty Automobiles
  • United Arab Emirates
  • April 2018 to March 2020

Dramatically improved business health by setting up strategies by establishing a top record in reduction of YOY losses by 76%
Achieved targeted Profit YOY increase, YOY by 25% (Achieved since 2018-19-20)
Tapped Opportunities and built strong relationships with partners and created Brand engagement partnerships to improve growth in Sales- which recorded an increase in
demand for tough models by 50% growth in sales in 12 months
Improved dealer strength & performance by being the first in the region to involve brand into various marketing activities covering top channels like MBC 4 & CNN, which
got great appreciation from principal company & regional dealers
First time involving brand into various racing activities which brought great winning titles for the brand in 2018-2019-2020

BRAND MANAGER at BMW
  • United Arab Emirates
  • September 2017 to April 2018

Responsible for BMW sales & operations to improve
market share & build customer experience
Responsible for Volume planning & forecasting
Responsible for marketing & social media activities to
achieve top records for being top social media influencers
in Middle east
Responsible to monitor websites & social media platforms
to manage & control content
Responsible to partner with training teams worldwide

Assistant Sales Manager at Trading Enterprises - Al Futtaim Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2012 to August 2017

To achieve monthly sales target and improving as per budget target
Top sales performer for all the years with 100% achievement with a proven track record
Assist General Manager with sales plans and monitor gross profit margin on sales
Successful to achieve & organize the 1st biggest HONDA BORN TO RIDE EVENT and created it to be the benchmark of all events for customer engagement & improve brand visibility
Created various loyalty events for customers which improved fun bike sales by 30% in 2017
To support marketing team to maintain brand performance & also suggest new platforms to target
Maintain & control customer data of the department

Reporting business trends & market performance to the General Manager Sales
Suggest pricing strategy for the operations departments based on market research & new developments
Inventory Managing & forecasting orders
Identifying the right models suitable for the current market structure to ensure the right product mix
Preparing Provisions for budget planning

ACCOUNT MANAGER • at BMIS LLC
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 2010 to March 2012

Responsible for B2B business and sales and forming up of a
new private company in UAE

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting And Economics
  • at INDRA GANDHI UNIVERSITY
  • January 2006

Specialties & Skills

Customer Driven
Branding
Marketing
E Marketing
BUDGET PLANNING
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
STRATEGIC
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
ATTENTION TO DETAIL

Languages

Arabic
Intermediate
English
Native Speaker
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Intermediate
Tamil
Intermediate

Hobbies

  • Motorcycle restorations
    Gained Thorough technical Knowledge through my hobby and interests, which makes me the person i became today profitable for my organization.