Samir Abdul Razaq, Marketing & Communications Manager

Samir Abdul Razaq

Marketing & Communications Manager

TUV Rheinland Group

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, MBA - Marketing & Communications
Experience
16 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months

Marketing & Communications Manager at TUV Rheinland Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since April 2019

• Responsible for local & regional marketing execution of global marketing programs.
• Implement local & regional marketing strategy, processes, structures, tools & KPI's in the country & region in line with global governance.
• Implement & control defined marketing processes within the marketing force allocated.
• Execute local marketing campaigns in the country incl. local content/asset creation/adaptation.
• Decide on marketing assignments in the country & region.
• Managing marketing budget with global Marketing, manage local & regional marketing budgets.
• Develop, plan, manage, execute & control marketing communications (e.g. website, campaigns, fairs, events, brochures)
• Planning & implementing integrated demand generation & promotion marcoms campaigns which involve both digital, social media & offline channels.
• Collaborating with agencies & other vendor partners.
• Responsible for Internal & External communications.

Marketing Manager at Saudi Manpower Solutions Co. (SMASCO)
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2016 to March 2019

• Launched the new brand identity (Logo Redesigning) for SMASCO after 8 months of hiring - a career and personal best.
o Launched successful 360 degree campaigns, inclusive of 2 TV commercials - Raha & Business tailormade services & several service infographic videos, to support the new branding of SMASCO and its sub brands.

• Launched mobile App for shared services and tailormad solutions to mainly target the B2C customers
o Generating > 60% revenue via SMASCO mobile App Vs. other sales channels.
o Achieved a milestone of > 1M app downloads within 16 months of its launch.

• Created and implemented a comprehensive digital/social media road-map for the organization, resulting in a significant boost in B2C engagement and volumes
o Re-launched the new website and intranet within 5 months
o Oversaw 70% increase in earned media vs previous year

• Organized successfull events including Guinness World Records, Exhibitions, Mall activations & Roadshows) resulting in a significant boost in brand building and awarness.
o Plananned and excueted a succesfull event of participating & obtaining the Guinness World Record of “The largest house cleaning lesson consists of 2030 participents”
o Showcase this massive success story via social, digital & PR activities


Responsible for:

• Driving, implementing, monitoring and measuring results of marketing activities to advance the organization's mission, strategic plan and business objectives
• Creating marketing plans and business development strategies for the organization, inclusive of all the business streams and business fields.
• Gaining market intelligence through identification and analysis of internal and external data relevant to the market as well as a thorough assessment of the "competitive" environment associated with a project, synthesizing findings and developing strategies to appropriately position the organization to its best advantage in the market place
• Overseeing all branding, advertising, sponsorship and brand activation etc. for the organization.
• Leading public relations and external communications for the organization
• Supervising physician referral staff for business development
• Leading all outreach activities for the organization
• Managing a team of 5 for marketing and community outreachsee less

Marketing Research Manager at Packaging Products Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2015 to December 2016

• Leading, managing & executing primary research.
• Producing reports on statistics & present findings.
• Analyzing published internal data & statistics to evaluate past performance of sales & assess future product trends.
• Making recommendations to Directors based upon research findings.
• Managing opportunities, contacts, competition, & contract requirements.
• Tracking the current & upcoming opportunities.
• Monitoring the effectiveness of marketing communications.
• Working with design agencies and assisting in new product launches.
• Developing & coordinating multimedia packages including brochures, letters, purchase displays, videos for specific assignments.

Marketing Research & Development Supervisor at Global Beverage Company - Berain Water
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • December 2012 to January 2015

• Preparing & managing marketing plans & budgets on the basis of Ac Nielsen reports.
• Developing a PowerPoint presentation of Nielsen.
• Preparing reports.
• Forecasting & tracking marketing & sales trends.
• Seeking & providing information for the better performance of the company.
• Monitoring & analyzing market trends.
• Identifying target markets & developing communication strategies.
• Measuring the effectiveness of marketing, advertising, communications programs & strategies.
• Ensuring proper procedure.

Accounts Development Representative at Pepsi Cola
  • Pakistan - Gujranwala
  • October 2010 to March 2012

• Entertaining new market segment.
• Leading Sales Team in the territory to increase coverage & penetration.
• Customer Support Representative.
• Building & managing specific regional accounts.
• Supervising sales staff.
• Dealing with customer complaints.
• Expanding sales areas.
• Managing the advertising schedule.

Assistant Sales Executive at Time & Xcess Information System
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2008 to September 2010

• Managing follows up & daily sales.
• Implementing schedules & follow-ups.
• Maintaining customers’ records.
• Maintaining records of warehouse and shipments to & from the customers & market.
• Generating & managing invoices.
• Tracking the payments from the customers.

Sales Representative at Electromatics (Electrical mechanical Automation)
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • April 2007 to November 2008

• Dealing with customers.
• Creating brand awareness & building relationships in the market.
• Conducting clients’ meetings with the company’s technical department.
• Maintaining a record of customers, their feedback & follow-ups.

Education

Master's degree, MBA - Marketing & Communications
  • at The University Of Lahore
  • September 2010

MBA - Master of Business Administration Specialization in Marketing & Communications

Bachelor's degree, Business And Marketing
  • at University of the Punjab
  • March 2007

B.com - Bachelor of Commerce

Bayt Tests

English for Business Skills Test
Score 65%

Specialties & Skills

Market Research
Marketing
Trade Promotions
Management
marketing management
marketing strategy
marketing mix
marketing communications
market research
Brand Promotion
Digital Marketing
Social Media Marketing
Offline Marketing
Corporate Communications
Research & Data Analysis
Media Management
SEM & SEO
Google Analytics
Media Planning and Buying
Market Insights
Event Management
Growth Hacking
Email Marketing
Marketing Lead Generation

Social Profiles

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Expert
Hindi
Expert

Training and Certifications

Fundamentals of Digital Marketing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2021
Inbound Marketing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2021
Valid Until:
July 2023
Lead Generation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2021
Social Media Marketing Foundations (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2021
Marketing Communications (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2021
Social Success at Work (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2021
Basics of data protection (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
URL Training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
Outlook 2016 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2019
Information security (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2019
Health & Safety Environment (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
Future Work (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
E-Mail Security 2019 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2019
The legal framework of Data Protection (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
Social Engineering (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2019
GOOGLE Drive Digital, KSA Leadership Summit (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2018

Hobbies

  • Travelling
    SIngapore, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan