Rawad Charbel, Branch Manager Operations

Rawad Charbel

Branch Manager Operations

DSV

Location
Saudi Arabia - Khobar
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
Experience
16 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 10 Months

Branch Manager Operations at DSV
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since June 2022

in charge of the whole branch portfolio.
P&L ownership of + 1.5M $ of monthly Ebit.
Budget ownership of a rev of more than 25M $ yearly.

Operations Manager at DSV
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • May 2021 to June 2022

reaponsible for the whole branch operations.
KPI monitoring to exceed the expectations.
P&L ownership.
in charge of 100+ FTEs.

Country Product Manager at Agility
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • December 2020 to December 2021

In charge of the daily procurement and quotations for Air & Sea freight.
holding weekly meetings with airlines and carriers for performance review.
negotiating rates and setting up rates baskets.

Country Manager at Ceva Logistics
  • Iraq - Baghdad
  • May 2019 to June 2020

In charge of the full company activities

Country Manager at AXELEROM International
  • Lebanon
  • January 2015 to January 2019

• handling all operations and finance aspects in the branch
• securing the best offering using a mix of transportations including Ocean, Air, Land, Warehousing.
• frequent follow-up with tier 1 clients
• Managing Branch P&L
• Preparing annual budget and sales targets with sales team
• Negotiating rates with carriers to secure target accounts
• Service providers' weekly meetings for reviewing the process and closing open points
• Employee hiring and training: Opened Beirut office
• Preparing Financial reports to discuss with CEO

Ocean Services Manager at Expeditors International of Washington
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2011 to January 2015

• follow-up on daily operations, shipment processing, billing
• Frequent client's meetings
• Solid business relationship with key carriers to secure competitive rates
• Meeting with co loaders and freight forwarders to discuss market updates
• Measuring the daily work vs. KPI set
• Preparing department targets and setting yearly provision
• Port Visits to monitor service delivery quality
• Conducting trainings for some key accounts

Supervisor Ocean Import at Expeditors International of Washington
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2007 to January 2011

• Follow-up on daily operations, shipment processing, billing
• Rates negotiations with carriers to provide the best rates for the business
• close collaboration with sales teams
• partnership with customers on normal business flow
• Monitoring the department & customer P&L

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at USEK
  • June 2004

Bachelor Degree in Business Adminiatration

Specialties & Skills

General Management
Warehouse Management
Global Logistics
Freight Forwarding
Distributions
OPERATIONS
BILLING
BROKERAGE
CLOSING (SALES)
COLLABORATION
CUSTOMER SERVICE
MANAGEMENT
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
SERVICE DELIVERY
Logistics
Negotiation

Languages

French
Expert
Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Sales Certificate Level 1 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2012

Hobbies

  • hunting, Basket Ball