Resat Ilgaz Demirel, Sr. Sales Mnager

Resat Ilgaz Demirel

Sr. Sales Mnager

Brightstar FZE

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Executive MBA
Experience
24 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 3 Months

Sr. Sales Mnager at Brightstar FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2015

Business development of Brightstar services, mostly for Telco (Etisalat, DU, Viva, STC, Zain, Ooredoo) and partially for Enterprise (DEWA), retail (Al Haddad) and OEMs (Samsung & Apple).
These services are
- Smartphone Residual services
- Smartphone Trade in services
- Smartphone Leasing services
- Smartphone Insurance services
- Supply chain services (Cloud based platform called summiT™)
- MDS Cloud Solutions (Guvera, Busuu, PogoPlug, Kii, InMobi, Playphone)
Major Achievements:
 Launch of region’s first Anytime Upgrade program with Etisalat
 Contract signing and execution for Residual Services with Viva Bahrain, Zain KSA, STC Channels KSA, and Al Haddad
 Contract signing of leasing solution with Ooredoo Qatar
 Launching of Etisalat Enterprise smartphone redemption portal
 Launching of VIVA Bahrain smartphone redemption portal
 Establishing trade in process with DEWA
 Launching of Fulfilled by Souq store
 Launching of General Mobile brand first time in UAE

Sr. Accessory Category Manager (Istanbul Office) at Brightstar
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • January 2014 to August 2015

Responsible for executing determined strategy to increase sales and profitability for the newly established accessories department.
Major Achievements:
Launching of Samsung and Leaf accessories.
Diluting 1M USD aged stock with profitability

Head of Reporting (Istanbul Office) at Brightstar
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • January 2013 to December 2013

Responsible for managing two-man team for adhoc reporting and data analysis.
Major Achievement:
Project management of establishment of the separate reporting department

Product Manager at Brightstar
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • January 2009 to December 2012

Responsible for managing device the device life cycle of different vendors (Apple, Samsung, HTC, LG, Alcatel, Huawei etc.) and managing Vodafone.
Major Achievement:
Project management of 60+ Vodafone device campaigns for consumer and enterprise

Product Manager at Turkcell
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • January 2005 to December 2008

Responsible for managing the device life cycle of smartphones and USB dongles.
Major Achievement:
Project management of 7 different Turkcell branded Smartphone launches

Product Specialist at Medtek
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • January 2004 to December 2004

Responsible for the sleep disorder diagnostic devices Managed projects to build sleep labs to various clinics and hospitals. Setting up the network system, installing the equipment and giving technical support.

Digital Design Engineer and Product Specialist at Beko
  • Türkiye - Istanbul
  • January 2000 to December 2003

• Designed remote control boards for TV Receivers
• Product specialist for all Network Products, Servers, and Government Open Bids
• Coordinated the products between the purchasing and sales department
• Responsible for the product range and target prices
• Responsible for the production of Servers, marketing of servers and other products.

Education

Master's degree, Executive MBA
  • at Istanbul Technical University
  • August 2001
Bachelor's degree, Elctrical & Electronical Engineering
  • at University College of London
  • September 1999

Bayt Tests

IQ Test
IQ Test
Score 122%

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Business Development
Key Account Management
Telecommunications
Powerpoint

Languages

Arabic
Beginner
English
Expert
Turkish
Native Speaker

Memberships

Rotary Club of Jumeirah
  • Member
  • May 2016

Training and Certifications

Scrum Master (Certificate)
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2015
Valid Until:
December 2022

Hobbies

  • Rotary
    Helped with many charity projects within Rotary,