karim Saafan, Key Account Manager, Enterprise Sales

karim Saafan

Key Account Manager, Enterprise Sales

STC Advance Solutions

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, IT, computing and communications
Experience
14 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months

Key Account Manager, Enterprise Sales at STC Advance Solutions
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since November 2013

Products:
IT consulting (Network Design, Network Security Assessment, Operational Quality Assessment, IT Environment Optimization, Manpower Capacity & Capability Planning, IT Remediation Services
Infrastructure (NOC, SOC Design & Development, Network Deployment, Configuration & Release Management, Operational Process / Model Design)
Managed solutions (Facility Management, Service Desk, Service Level Management & Monitoring, Network Security Management, IT Asset Management, Warranty Management)
Data Center Services ( AWAL Cloud, Dedicated Hosting, Co- location Hosting, AWAL Internet and connectivity)
AWAL Security Services.

Responsibilities:
· Following Major Account and opening new Business
· Controlling and communication between my customers and AWAL stuff
· Studying the weaknesses points in the account to make it stronger by our products
· Starting the projects with the customer and preparing the solution to cover his need
· Closing the opened deals.
· Distributing our products between the accounts.
· Preparing action plans for effective search for sales leads and prospects.
· Initiating and coordinating development of action plans to penetrate new markets.
· Maintaining accurate records of all pricings, sales, and activity reports submitted by Account

Key Account Manager at El Ajou Gruop holding company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2012 to November 2013

· Following Major Account and opening new Business
· Controlling and communication between my customers and El-Ajou
· Studying the weaknesses points in the account to make it stronger by our products
· Starting the projects with the customer and preparing the solution to cover his need
· Closing the opened deals.
· Distributing our products between the accounts.
· Preparing action plans for effective search for sales leads and prospects.
· Initiating and coordinating development of action plans to penetrate new markets.
· Maintaining accurate records of all pricings, sales, and activity reports submitted by Account
Executives.
· Creating and conducting proposal presentations and RFP responses.
· Preparation of proposals and presentations.
· submitted for pricing and approval, while striving to maintain maximum profit margin.
· Delegating authority and responsibility with accountability and follow-up.
· Maintaining contact with all clients in the market area to ensure high levels of client
satisfaction.

Sales Executive, at El-Ajou Group Holding Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2011 to January 2012

· Establishment of long lasting customer relations.
· Studying new investment in the market and new account to open new deals
· Building new customers..
· Collecting and assesses market data provided by team members.
· Help in preparation of sales and budget forecasts and market reports.
· Responsible for the performance and development of the Account Executives.
· Preparing action plans by individuals as well as by team for effective search of sales leads
and prospects.
· Initiates and coordinates development of action plans to penetrate new markets.
· Assisting in the development and implementation of marketing plans as needed.
· Providing the feedback to senior management regarding performance.
· Assisting Account Executives in preparation of proposals and presentations

Sales consultant at Optimal Technology solutions
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2010 to May 2011

· Lead a team to the target market and.
· .opening new business
· Managing relations with the major customers
· Controlling the lead until close it.
· Train the customer to use our solution.
· Creating new ideas in e-marketing.
· Following the investment in market to lead the new accounts.

Tele-marketing supervisour at optimal technology solutions
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2010 to March 2010

· Collecting data for target customer.
· Reach to more that 200 telephonic calls per day with the team.
· Analyze the customer need.
· Coordinating for meetings with the customer and preparing for a visit from the company.
· Following with target customer until reach to the contact person and the decision maker
· Closing the deal by telephone if possible.

Education

Bachelor's degree, IT, computing and communications
  • at Arab open University
  • October 2010
Bachelor's degree, Languages and translation
  • at Ain Shams University
  • June 2009

Bachelor's degree/ higher diploma in languages Graduated from German Department (second language Turkish – Arabic mother tongue), Faculty of Al- Alsun.

Specialties & Skills

Key Account Development
Key Account Management
Marketing
National Account Sales
New Business Development
Card Issuance system (EMV Projects)
web and SMS solutions
Programming Knowledge of HTML
Modern Teaching Methods
Documents Management Systems (Archiving, Work Flow, OCR).
Microsoft word, excel and power point
Printing Management Solution
E- Marketing Campaigns

Languages

English
Expert
German
Expert
Turkish
Beginner