Kashif Sulman, National Manager Rental

Kashif Sulman

National Manager Rental

General Contracting Company

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Master's degree, MBA (Strategic Management)
Experience
19 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 11 Months

National Manager Rental at General Contracting Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since October 2018

Responsible for obtaining profitable results on divisional PnL.
-Strategically creating need based customized OL offers to support sales.
-Ensuring at par utilization of rental and OL vehicles and equipment.
-Identify training and development needs in conjunction with the HR.
-Develop team to deliver highest levels of 360-degree customer satisfaction.
-Monitor vehicle residual values and disposals as used.
-Set clear expectations for performance and evaluate KPIs.
-Define and supervise operational workflow procedures.
-Focus on customer retention methods.
-Showcase Emotional Intelligence, Effective leadership & organizational skills.

Product Manager at Al-Futtaim Auto & Machinery Co LLC
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • September 2014 to March 2017

-Lead & control the sales operations and ensure the achievement of budgeted sales, gross margins, and net contribution for Units.
-Build market intelligence, develop & implement marketing plans to exploit every opportunity to gain market share, increase revenues and profitability through daily field visits to customers and projects sites.
-Monitor/evaluate the sales team performance to ensure that the specific portfolios of business performances are met by taking corrective actions.
-Identify, review and follow up lost clientele and achieve brand loyalty.
-Responsible for the clear and effective cascade and implementation of Marketing Campaigns and strategies to Sales Team.
-Initiate dialogue with Sales team and branch management to discuss and address sales target issues, improvement opportunities.
-Act as radar for Marketing department and provide customer and market feedback on products and competitive activity.
-Implementation of unique sales campaigns.

Customer Support Representative at Al-Futtaim Auto & Machinery Co LLC
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • October 2012 to September 2014

-Sales and marketing for parts (Volvo CE, CompAir, Himoinsa).
-Implementation of unique sales campaigns.
-Visiting project sites to explore the untapped business potential of used VCE users to broaden the spare parts revenue segments.
-Keeping follow-up with major clients, constructions co. to ensure repeat parts sales and timely payment. Support sales.
-Parts Sales Planning, Budget forecasting.
-Carryout case studies for end user benefits by using genuine parts.

Manager Customer Satisfaction at United Refrigeration Industries Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2009 to October 2012

-Supervise compliance of company’s service policy on national Level.
-Auditing though customer satisfaction index for Field repair complaints including Refrigerator, Deep Freezer, A/C, Washing Machine etc.
-Supervising customer/dealer Satisfaction through measuring by monthly bulk SMS activity.
-Making plan of soft and hard skills training in liaison with training department based upon SMS audits.
-Strategically plan and implement the service products like Extended warranty, Annual Service Contract to enhance customer satisfaction.
-Ensuring Service Center esthetic standards are meeting.

Branch Manager Customer Services at United Refrigeration Industries Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2008 to September 2009

-Supervising inspections for fault rectification under warranty claims of DAWLANCE home appliances.
-Authorizing the repair estimates on the basis of inspections.
-Handling approval process and repairing of Home appliances.
-Ensure the timely delivery of repaired products and developing plans so to meet quality standards are above benchmarks.
-Manage service team and supervision of inventory forecasting.

Key Account Manager at Trakker Pvt. Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2007 to January 2008

-Inspection / providing solution / proposals to customer for periodic / brake-down maintenance to keep the equipment availability at max.
-Involved with customer from scratch of generating purchase queries by helping them understanding parts cataloger (If having)
-Ensuring sales, securing orders using sales techniques by realizing customer the benefits of genuine parts from Authorized distributors.
-Act like KEY ACCOUNT MANGER to all major clients, look-after Sales / Supply / Receivables within credit limits through building professional / friendly relationship with customers.
-Carryout surveys to keep eye on market moves, customer feed back and taking corrective actions to keep cutting edge.
-Keep eye on clients expansion programs to provide timely leads to sales departments.

Executive Sales (Parts) at Volvo Pakistan Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2002 to September 2004

-Spare parts sales and marketing (Volvo, Dynapac and Atlas Copco).
-New Business Development (Dealer networking).
-Plan and explore the untapped business potential of used Compressor importers broaden the spare parts revenue segments.
-Keeping follow-up with major clients to ensure repeat parts sales.
-Sales Planning, Budget forecasting.
-Carryout case studies for end user benefits while using genuine parts.

Service Engineer at The Imperial Electric Company Pvt Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2001 to May 2002

-Head of services (South region).
-Maintain a balanced inventory, with Just In Time inventory levels.
-Establishing of a vast customer base to generate sufficient gross profit.
-Implement recommended operational, marketing and financial programs to ensure corporate vitality and safe working environment.
-Ensure the adherence to Customer Relations management for accurate prospecting and net sales maximization.
-Implementation of new systems and ideas for faster & quality service.
-Ensure active staff and employee engagement.
-Execution & supervision of DG-Set installation.
-Supervision of troubleshooting, service jobs, engine overhauls.
-Sales & marketing of annual service contract.

Customer Support Engineer at The Imperial Electric Company Pvt Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2000 to January 2001

-Marketing of service products.
-Marketing of Annual Maintenance Contracts.
-Supervising troubleshooting, Engine Re-built Jobs.

Education

Master's degree, MBA (Strategic Management)
  • at University of Applied Sciences Stralsund
  • September 2006

-Business Ethics -Psychology -Cross-Cultural Management -Corporate Governance -Business Strategy -Managerial Finance -Economics -Finance & Managerial Accounting -Creating Ideas and Communicating them Human Resource Management -Marketing Strategy -Service Marketing -Mergers & Acquisitions -Data Mining -Managerial Experience -Leisure & Tourism Trends -International Strategic Investment -International Consulting

Bachelor's degree, B-Tech (Mechanical)
  • at Preston University
  • September 2000

-Mathematics -Thermodynamics -Electrical Technology -Strength of Materials -English -Computer Application -Industrial Metallurgy -Manufacturing Process -Dies & Moulds -Pakistan Studies -Production Operations Management -Automatic Control Systems -Mechanical Measuring & Quality Control -Business Communication -Islamic Studies

Diploma, Diploma of Associate Engineer (Mechnaical)
  • at Swedish Pakistani Institute of Technology
  • September 1997
High school or equivalent, Technical School Certificate Electrical
  • at Lawrance Techincal School
  • April 1994

Bayt Tests

Business Plans Test
Score 92%

Specialties & Skills

Team Building
Strategy Development
Marketing Mix
Microsoft Office
Marketing Strategy
Branch Management
Aftersales
Foreign Languages
Oracle CRM
MS office (Expert)

Languages

English
Expert
German
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate
Arabic
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

VOLVO Drain Systems (VDS Oils) (Training)
Training Institute:
ExxonMobil
Date Attended:
September 2014
Duration:
8 hours
Computer Fundamentals (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 1993
VOLVO More Care Inspection (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
GPS and VPN Network (Training)
Training Institute:
TPL Pvt Ltd
Date Attended:
June 2008
Duration:
16 hours
Operation, Oracle ERP and CRM (Training)
Training Institute:
A. F. FERGUSON & CO.
Date Attended:
June 2009
Duration:
60 hours
Undercarriage inspection (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2013

Hobbies

  • Snooker