shady khalil, Business Development Director

shady khalil

Business Development Director

RDK International LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Architecture
Experience
17 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months

Business Development Director at RDK International LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2017

Key responsibilities and activities:
* Responsible for the overall management of all strategic and operational sales and business development activities in the MENA region .
* Heading the Sales and Business Development departments.
* Preparing business plans while planning and coordinating its implementation.
* Establishing new policies and aligning them to maintain the overall company goals.
* Developing company’s tools and resources.
* Conducting Internal training's.
* Responsible for achieving the company’s sales targets along with GP.
* Projects Pipeline over view and increasing hit rates.
* Supporting all team members on technical inquires and sales visits .

Sales & Projects Manager at RDK International LLC.
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2013 to September 2017

Key responsibilities and activities:

* Handling the Middle East and North Africa market.
* Heading a team of professional lighting project and sales engineers.
* Track project milestones and deliverables.
* Specifying with consultants.
* Negotiating and closing deals with clients.
* Marketing and customer satisfaction activities.
* Business development.
* Expanding company’s business network and market.
* Developing company’s tools.
* Market analysis and survey.
* Developing business strategic approach techniques.

Private Sector Sales Manager at Schreder lighting
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2012 to December 2013

Key responsibilities and activities:
* Growing the private sector market.
* Preparing business plans.
* Setting up marketing events.
* Conducting technical presentations and seminars.
* Value engineering.
* Convincing and persuading designers and consultants from the design perspective.
* Cooperating and engaging with design team for best results.
* Negotiating quotations and closing deals with contractors.
* Handling orders till delivery stage.

Sales Engineer at PHILIPS lighting
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2010 to August 2012

Key responsibilities and activities:
*Preparing and conducting product presentations and general training seminars.
*Studying and specifying projects with consultants.
*Directly bidding and preparing quotations.
*Closing deals with contractors and developers.
*Handling orders till delivery stage.
*Aiming and supervising on installation if needed.

Sales Engineer at Siraj lighting
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2008 to June 2010

Key responsibilities and activities:
* Preparing and conducting product presentations.
* Studying and specifying projects with consultants and lighting designers.
* Targeting new sectors and potential clients.
* Following up with regular clients and refreshing old contacts.
* Handling projects from inquiry stage to final order stage.

Consultant Site Engineer at Concept Consulting Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2006 to May 2008

Key responsibilities and activities:
* Supervising on different construction sites.
* Linking between office design team and site requirements.
* Overlooking and co-operating with sub-consultants and contractors.
* Following up on projects progress making sure that it’s on schedule.
* Completing missing workshop drawings and details.
* Preparing as built designs on site for approvals.
* Dealing with daily site problems and situations.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Architecture
  • at Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University , Architecture Department
  • November 2006

Specialties & Skills

Lighting
Lighting Design
Customer Presentations
Strategic Planning
Business Development
Autocad
Microsoft Office
Photoshop
calculux
Sketch up

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Lighting orientation (Training)
Training Institute:
LUG (Germany - Poland)
Date Attended:
March 2015
Lighting Orientation and presentation skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Delta light (Belgium)
Date Attended:
August 2009
Business case simulation (Training)
Training Institute:
By Philips Egypt
Date Attended:
November 2011
Negotiation skills (Training)
Training Institute:
EMC
Date Attended:
September 2010
Consultative sales (Training)
Training Institute:
BY Philips Egypt
Date Attended:
February 2010
How to be a brilliant presenter (Training)
Training Institute:
IMI
Date Attended:
October 2010
Lighting training and sales skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Reggiani (Italy)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Autocad (Training)
Training Institute:
Cairo University
Date Attended:
January 2006
Presentation skills (Training)
Training Institute:
ATI
Date Attended:
June 2008
Outdoor and indoor lighting training (Training)
Training Institute:
Philips lighting (Dubai)
Date Attended:
March 2011
Project management fundamentals (Training)
Training Institute:
IMI
Date Attended:
October 2010
Lighting knowledge and orientation (Training)
Training Institute:
Simes Lighting (Italy)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Techinical Lighting Training and Sales skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Zumtobel Lighting (Austria)
Date Attended:
August 2009
Lighting Orientation (Training)
Training Institute:
Ghidini Lighting (Italy)
Date Attended:
July 2009
Business Development (Training)
Training Institute:
Bright Minds International
Date Attended:
May 2012
Lighting Orientation and sales skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Flos (Italy)
Date Attended:
August 2009

Hobbies

  • Shooting
  • camping
  • Traveling
  • Photography