Selim El Khal, Sales And Marketing Director

Selim El Khal

Sales And Marketing Director

Eaton

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering - Power section - Electromechanical
Experience
22 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 7 Months

Sales And Marketing Director at Eaton
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2016 to April 2020

Sales & Marketing Director LV/MV/Services - Middle East
 Managing 85 M $ sales operations - Leader of 45 sales & marketing managers / engineers team
 Achieved growth of 10%, doubled market share to 10-15% and improved profitability by 2%
 Over-achieved target budget by managing closely P&L, SG&A and slashing expenses by 20%
 Enlarged B2B channel map with 20+ new distributors / OEMs, doubling project business to 40 M $ in 2 years - Expanded industrial control business by doubling sales to 10 M $ in 2 years
 Developed EPC solution systems business in O&G, Utility and Infrastructure from 3 to 10 M $ in 2019 - Expanded services business (predictive, preventive, corrective) from 0 to 3 M $ in 2 years
 Restructured and empowered team with 25+ new talents with trainings & development plans
 Implemented performance management with team reviews, CRM Pipeline & success rate monitoring
 Obtained major client approvals: Emaar, Dewa, WSP, WME, ADNOC, and expanded geographical coverage to Egypt and Oman, increasing business by 6 M $
 Designed & implemented 5 years strategy with double-digit growth business diversification
 Successfully developed and launched full LV enclosure systems range achieving 20 M $ additional sales and implemented marketing plan with 100+ customer events and seminars
 Key wins: FIFA 2022 3 stadiums (5 M $), Musherieb 4 (4 M $), Blue Water (1.5 M $), Marsa Al Seef (3 M $), ICD Brookfield (1 M $), Jahra Hospital (6 M $), EPCO and Dubai Petroleum (3 M $), Naval Base (6 M $), Kuwait airport (5 M $), QG servicing (1.5 M $), PDO (1 M $)

Sales Director at Eaton
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • May 2011 to December 2015

Sales Director - East Med (LB/IQ/EG/JO/SY)
 Managing of 20 M $ sales operations (MV/LV/UPS/Fire) - Leader of 12 sales engineers team
 Developed business from 3 M $ to 15 M $ in 3rd year, and 20 M $ in 5th year and growth of market share from 2% to 15%
 Established 4 legal entities with full P&L management - Over-achieved target profit plan & budget - Recruited and developed full team
 Implemented extensive go to market strategy and brand awareness and obtained approval of major clients, with an expansion of direct channel B2B map by 15+ distributors, OEMs, panel builders
 Key wins: Waterfront (2 M $), Credit Libanais (1.5 M $), CMC (700 K $), South Gas Company (500 K $)

Sales And Marketing Director at Gedac Electric - Bin Ladin Group - KSA
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2008 to April 2011

Sales, Marketing & Estimation Director KSA
 Managing of 60 M $ sales operations - Leading team of 15 sales & estimation engineers
 Achieved growth of 20% YOY in MV and LV systems sales through EPC channel
 Signed partner program with GE on IEC systems - Achieved growth strategy and plan for 3 years
 Obtained approvals from main clients: Sabic, Aramco, Ministries of Interior, Education, Health, and tripled pipeline of Oil & Gas projects by engaging international EPCs JGC, Samsung, Saipem, SK
 Introduced new product sourcing, negotiated suppliers’ contracts, reduced costs by 15%, with introduction of automated ERP system for pricing and procurement - localized enclosures & slashed cost by 25%
 Key wins: Utility PP10 (20 M $), Qurayyah (10 M $) - Commercial Construction: KSU and Princess Noora Univ (15 M $) - O&G Manifa refinery (5 M $)

Sales manager LV and Atuomation product division at Abb - Qatar
  • Qatar - Doha
  • January 2008 to October 2008

Sales &Marketing Manager LV/ Drives/Motors/Automation
 Managing of 30 M $ sales operations - Leader of 6 sales engineers team
 Developed B2B channel partner strategy & map with 2 new distributors / 1 panel builder - growth 5 M $
 Achieved new approvals with end users and consultants through technical prescription
 Developed local team by adding 3 new sales engineers - enlarge coverage to industrial and O&G
 Key wins: Salwa Resort (4 M $), Barwa Village (5 M $), Qatar Gas Ras Laffan (1 M $)

Product Manager Marketing at Schneider Electric - East Mediterranean
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2005 to December 2007

Product Manager EMED (IQ/SY/JO/LB/CY)
 Managing of 20 M $ portfolio of LV/MV product operations - Leader of 2 product managers team
 Doubled project business to 10 M $ by implementing panel builder program & launch new enclosure
 Implemented B2B channel growth strategy with commercial policies, marketing plans and events
 Achieved profitability growth of LV portfolio by 3% through strong pricing management

Project Sales Engineer at Schneider Electric - Lebanon
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • February 2002 to December 2004

Project Sales engineer - LV & MV
 Achieved record sales of 6 M $ with 50% growth YOY, including customer service operations
 Doubled project pipeline and generated incremental revenue for clients
 Successfully prescribed and obtained approvals with major consultants (Dar, K&A, Erga, PDP)
 Developed new B2B channel Distributors, Panel builders, OEMs, Industries, contractors.
 Wins: Hilton 2 M $ - City Mall 1.5 M $ - Four Seasons 1 M $ - Port 1.5 M $ - Holcim Cement 1 M $

Project Enginner at United Engineering Company
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2000 to December 2001

Project engineer - Elevators division
 Team leader of 4 technicians - Installation/commissioning/service of Kone elevators
 Successfully designed & installed Bank Med towers Kantari & Verdun, Aresco palace

Project Maintenance Engineer at Power Services & Management - Ansaldo
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 1999 to January 2000

Project maintenance engineer
 Team leader of 20 technicians - HVAC systems, Fire, water pumps, lighting
 Executed Operation & Maintenance contract 220 kV/450 MW Combined cycle PP Zahrani, Der Amar

Teating and commissioning engineer at Matelec
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • September 1997 to December 1998

Testing & Commissioning engineer
 Team leader of 5 technicians - Factory & site T&C HV/MV/LV /Protection & Control
 Successfully commissioned and energized Aramoun, Beirut and Ksara 220KV GIS S/S

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering - Power section - Electromechanical
  • at St Joseph University
  • May 1997

classified 1st over Electro mechanical section

High school or equivalent, Mathematics & Physics French Baccalaureate
  • at Mont la salle high school - Grenoble high school
  • May 1992

French Baccaulaureate from Grenoble France

Specialties & Skills

Marketing
Operations Management
Team Leadership
Management
Word, Excel, Powerpoint,Access
social media
Digital marketing
Business Development
Team management
Product management
CRM Customer relationship managememt
Communication
Brand management
negotiation
operations management
marketing
operation
team leadership
key account management
marketing strategy
materials
marketing management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Expert

Memberships

- Member of the Lebanese Engineers & Architects Order
  • Electrical engineer
  • January 1998

Training and Certifications

Advanced Leadership Zone (Training)
Training Institute:
Eaton
Date Attended:
March 2017
Duration:
200 hours
Advanced Leadership Zone (Training)
Training Institute:
Eaton
Date Attended:
March 2017
Duration:
200 hours
Six Sigma (Training)
Training Institute:
Green Belt
Date Attended:
January 2009
Duration:
60 hours