Samer ALKAHWAJI, Business project Development Manager

Samer ALKAHWAJI

Business project Development Manager

BinOmeir Group

Location
Oman - Muscat
Education
Master's degree, Marketing and Financial strategies
Experience
19 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 5 Months

Business project Development Manager at BinOmeir Group
  • Oman - Muscat
  • My current job since October 2015

Head of Department in charge of new projects; prospection, appraisal, and integrated development of business opportunities and potential JVs

For BinOmeir Group, which is: a holding corporate investing in several domains, in form of full ownership, partnership, and share holding.

Sales and Marketing Manager at Oman Porcelain
  • Oman - Muscat
  • May 2015 to August 2015

- Reform of Commercial operation
- Marketing and sales strategies, planning, and recruitment
- Re-branding A to Z plan.
- Pricing
- Agents and authorized dealers agreements.
- Supervising Sales force
- establishment of Market data bank

Business Development and operation Manager at First Choice House
  • Oman - Muscat
  • January 2014 to November 2014

- Operation process development
- Establishment of loyalty program, costumer care aproach management.
- Merchandizing and display supervising,
- Procurement and purchase direct management.
- Product development.
- Promotional events: companies.
- Market studies, Development & Launching; product/ project
- Business opportunity; primary appraisal, to project setup
- Budgeting and Planning
- Recruitment.

General Manager at The OLD BAZAR
  • France
  • December 2005 to January 2012

(Two Antiques showrooms & 8 Artisanat workshops):
- Introducing customized production of traditional furniture and decorations
- Managing up to 6 hand crafts workshops
- Starting a creation modern furniture line with traditional details and touches
- Inventing time share system for artisans
- 1st decoration turn key project outside Syria
- Involved in major traditional cultural projects
- Establishment of the first cultural specialized tourism in Syria

General Manager & Establishing Partner at Advantage Marketing communication & PR. Agency
  • Syria - Aleppo
  • February 2003 to November 2005

- Establishment
- Business plan (Reaching break even in 18 months)
- Recruitment
- Training
- Business development (last phase of affiliation contract with the giant international group Memac Ogilvy and Mather)
- Pre-Event & onsite international conferences & partial exhibition management

Marketing Manager at Nokia, Mabco Mobile phones Company
  • Syria - Damascus
  • July 2002 to May 2003

- Preparing sales plans
- Handling publicity and promotional activities
- Product creation and development (increasing sales 200%)
- Creating and managing the Clients files and marketing data
- Recruitment

Education

Master's degree, Marketing and Financial strategies
  • at HEC School of Management / ESA
  • September 2002

Courses delivered by ESA - Lebanon ESA - the superior academy for business - directed by CCIP (The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris)

Higher diploma, High studies in management and Administration Ps&Ps
  • at ESCP-EAP group
  • June 2001

ESCP-EAP group (High ranked Business academic group in Europe), courses delivered by ESA in Beyrouth, Lebanon

Bachelor's degree, Economic sciences and business administration
  • at Damascus university
  • June 1999

Specialties & Skills

Planing
Project Management
Purchasing Negotiations
Pricing Negotiations
Negotiations
Leadership
analytical and organisational skills
Customer relationship

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert
Arabic
Expert
Italian
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Courses in Professional Business French deep practices (Training)
Training Institute:
Chamber of commerce and industry of Paris , represented by french cultural Center
Date Attended:
September 1998
French for secretarial (Training)
Training Institute:
French Cultural center
Date Attended:
September 1996
Time management (Training)
Training Institute:
Menagerial Development center
Date Attended:
July 2004
Commercial practices in French (Training)
Training Institute:
French Cultural Center
Date Attended:
September 1997