Magdy Essmat, MBA, National Sales Manager

Magdy Essmat, MBA

National Sales Manager

Misr Pyramids Group Nivea

Location
Egypt
Education
Master's degree, Supply Chain
Experience
25 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 9 Months

National Sales Manager at Misr Pyramids Group Nivea
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since April 2015

Reprting to General Manager
MPG‘obvious first choice’ for principle FMCG brand distribution & manufacturing in Egypt, established in 1986 with own label products.
Nivea is a worldwide leading company in personal care products.
- Collaborating with supported departments (Marketing, Trade Marketing), for developing and implementing sales strategy through effective and efficient method.
- Circulating and helping sales force in implementing all processes of sales strategies, operation plan, and credit terms for all trade channels.
- Managing Directing Channel Sales Managers and Branch Managers in management sales operations.
- Developing, Training, Motivating, and Evaluating sales force to generate a pool of high caliber employees.
- Optimizing sales spending (trade spending and distribution cost) through initiating annual grid activities with expected cost and outcomes.
- Managing trade inventory levels according to sales channel targets and objectives.
- Analyzing customer needs with cooperation with trade marketing to create suitable merchandising tools to secure the best outcome from the BDA.
- Managing key customer’s profitability with excellent deployment for BDA and maintain customer satisfaction according to the company policies.
- Collaborate with HR Department to setup annual training grid for sales team.
- Reviewing sales results monthly and initiate appropriate corrective actions and plans.
- Ensuring annual targets delivering according to 4P’s executing.
- Monitoring competitor’s activities including relevant KPI’s “Market share, Shelf Share”.
- Developing and setting sales forecast and appropriate performance goals.
- Maintaining a positive relationship with all key customers to deliver the agreed contracts and maintain our shelf- share continuously.

National Sales Manager at Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (Midcare)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 2015 to August 2015

SCA, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, is a leading global hygiene and forest products company, develops and produces sustainable personal care, tissue and forest products.
- Establishing business across Egypt through 28 sub-distributors.
- Work with the Demand planner to improve sales forecast accuracy.

Country Sales Manager Wholesale and Pharmacies at Misr Pyramids Group - Midcare Nivea
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2010 to March 2015

MPG ‘obvious first choice’ for principle FMCG brand distribution & manufacturing in Egypt, established in 1986 with own label products.
Nivea is a worldwide leading company in personal care products.
Reporting to the Sales Director
- Directed a sales force of 24 employees, with responsibility for 35% of total sales plan.
- Achieved 36% growth of sales volume and increased WS contribution to 34% instead of 30%.
- Gather and exploit market & competitor information and forward it to Commercial Manager.

Regional Sales Manager at Savola Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • December 2007 to April 2010

Savola is a Saudi Arabian industrial company. Al-Osra Brand is the flagship brand for United Sugar Company of Egypt; it was introduced into the Egyptian market in April 2008 as the first marketing endeavor to brand such a commodity based market.
Reporting to National Sales Manager and being part of a team of 5 RSM across Egypt
- Build, Developed, and Managed a sales team of 90 sales force to achieve region target.
- Developed Region’s forecasting and sales tracking.
- Delivered sales targets and achieved active customers about 18K (WS and Retail) through 9 distributors across Greater Cairo.
- Secure distributor’s ROI by controlled expenditure and spending in line within agreed parameters and KPI’s.
- Monitor, provide training, filed coaching and annual assessment for ASM’s and supervisors.
- Implement Effective Operating Management program
- Launching Al-Osra sugar, deliver about 93% Active Customers vs. Coverage plan.

• Provide annual assessment for all supervisors.
• Monitoring team's performance and motivating them to reach target.

Area Sales Manager at Unilever
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2002 to November 2007

Unilever is amongst the leading FMCG companies of the region and also the regions single largest TV advertiser
It is a market leader, holding the leading position, in most of the categories and brands including Lipton, Knorr, Dove, Axe, Signal, Sunsilk, Close-Up, and Clear.
Reporting to Regional Sales Manager and being part of a team of 9 ASM across Greater Cairo, managed several areas across Greater Cairo through traditional trade and pharmacies channels
- Managed sales team of 40 salesmen to achieve area target.
- Achieved 56% growth of sales volume. 2006 vs 2005.
- Won the highest growth percentage 2007.
- Monitored stock availability, orders and arrival on time.
- Implemented and executed sales policies to achieve area’s target.
- Conduct weekly team meeting to build/strengthen the team spirit & share best practices in the area

Key Retail Sales rep at Unilever
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 1998 to November 2002

Supervise Key Retail customers in the assigned areas

Education

Master's degree, Supply Chain
  • at Arab Academy for Since, Technology and Maritime Transport
  • November 2014

Master of Business Administration

Bachelor's degree, Hotel Management
  • at Helwan Univesity
  • June 1997

Grade : Good

Specialties & Skills

Management
Business Development
Microsoft Office
Importing and Exporting
team work
sales operations

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

All Cerificates and other detailes to be furnished upon request (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 1998
Valid Until:
September 2012