Sherif  Kamar , Gulf Business Development Expertise

Sherif Kamar

Gulf Business Development Expertise

Misr Pyramids Group

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
30 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :30 years, 2 Months

Gulf Business Development Expertise at Misr Pyramids Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since August 2022

• Successfully identified, executed, and expanded GCC market opportunities, increasing sales by 17% and distributors by 30%.
• Developed and implemented efective market strategies, generating 11% revenue in the GCC launch year.
• Secured multi-million-dollar deals in GCC through strong stakeholder relationships.
• Launching in the GCC generated 15% in revenue in the first year.
• Design and implement a value chain to boost spending and activities across countries.
• Developed and managed a team of sales & marketing in the GCC who achieved the required results.

Category Manager Head at Sary (KSA)
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • September 2020 to July 2022

• Working with multiple billions of dollars through diferent categories (Food, Non-Food & Beverage).
• Increasing online sales with 16.5% total (Food 25%, Non-Food 15%, and beverage 5%).
• Expanding the online assortments with 11.3% resulting in 8% in average order value.
• Launching a new marketing campaign which resulted in a 14.5% increase in trafic.
• 7.5% increase in online customer experience with a new search engine.
• Develop and manage a team of highly performing online category achievers.
• Worked with a cross-functional team to launch a new product line to generate multi-million dollars in revenue.
• Reduce online costs by 8.3% by negotiating better deals to optimize the marketing campaign.

Trade Marketing Manager Head at Glaxo Smith Kline KSA
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2019 to August 2020

• Increasing sales by 11.5% by developing and implementing new trade channel plans.
• 9% sales distribution expansion through new trade channel relationships.
• Launching a new trade marketing campaign that increased our customer awareness by 20%.
• Develop and manage a team of high-performance trade marketing managers who achieve very high results.
• Collaborate on new trade marketing campaigns to generate millions in sales.
• Trade partnerships with key customers led to 15% incremental promotional activity.
• Reduce the cost by implementing a new activity with 5%.
• 7% oral care sales increase through new project rollout across 500 stores.
• 1000 OTC stores rollout across pharmacies boosted sales by 11%.

Trade Marketing Manager at Glaxo Smith Kline KSA
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • March 2017 to December 2018

• 11% sales increase through key outlet trade marketing plans across channels.
• 5% market share for new products through POSM development and execution.
• Negotiate and close key deals with key customers for a 15% sales increase.
• Track and analyze data to increase the eficiency of any identified opportunity by 9%.
• Increase visibility by implementing a new planogram, resulting in a 5% market share.
• Following up with the MSL sales and marketing teams to ensure our products availability in store.

National Channel Manager at Glaxo Smith Kline KSA
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2016 to March 2017

• 7% sales increase across pharmacies and key retailers through relationship-building company strategies.
• Launched new products for both channels, resulting in 4.8% sales and 11.3% market shares.
• Reducing costs through negotiating all the deals of both channels with 3.5% to ensure eficiency.
• Using POSM resulted in 2.5% incremental through the best execution.
• Reducing overdue dates to 140 days to maintain sales progress for both channels.
• Increase the coverage by 3% through an eficient MSL with a perfect stores program.
• Manage and develop a sales team with 2% to increase sales and coverage across the channels.

Marketing and Strategic Manager at Al Naghi (P&G) KSA
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • January 2013 to September 2016

• $81M business line with 4 sub-business lines, 27 families, and 256 items grew 8% YoY.
• Manage 13 sales branches (240 staf) nationwide.
• 26-member team, 108 LY Value index, 111 LY MT index, 106 LY PH index, 107 LY TT index.
• Work closely with AP & GNE teams to improve cost eficiency through planning and co-creation.
• Optimize spending on G2N (17.4%) through eficient management of Key Accounts and widening distribution.
• Support Finance to drive eficiency in Overheads by $0.40M vs LY.
• Reaching expiries to be less than 0.8%.
• P&L for top 3 accounts (Al-Nahdi, Al-Dawa & Panda), Robust DN process, by following the TTs SOPs.
• Increase shopper awareness with CATMAN (Braun) in 500 outlets (100% focus on top 200 with T&L LED screens).
• Developing 3.5K outlets across the kingdom to reach the perfect store program by applying company criteria.
• FMOT, reaching 95% execution for all initiatives across the kingdom vs Plan.

National Key Account Manager at Al Naghi (P&G) KSA
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • September 2010 to December 2012

• Managed a $33.6 MM national business line with 5 Brands, 24 sub-brands, 37 families, and 378 items.
• Led a team of 9 direct reports, 4 team leaders, and 68 sales branch members.
• Negotiated, implemented, and established JBP (SOS, 4Ps, 5Cs, OTIF) with 100% relationship achievement.
• Planned and executed channel KPIs to meet the agreed P&L with 100% extension.
• Restructured MSL for MT in collaboration with TM and Marketing departments.
• Planned channel activities with TM for 100% execution.
• Analyzed account risks and developed alternative plans by 3%.

Regional Sales Manager at Al Naghi (P&G) KSA
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • September 2010 to December 2012

• 6% sales growth to $9.5M, through hard work, dedication, and innovation.
• SOS strategy implemented across channels, achieving W1-75%/W2-85%/W3-86% shelf share.
• Planogram and MSL distributed region-wide, 2 waves, consistent merchandising.
• 25% second display visibility increase for GE, FSU, CT, and Shelf Trays this quarter.
• 100% launch success this year reflects dedication and excellence.
• Reaching 100% of all Key accounts in all channels across the region with a full execution for NP.

Area Sales Manager at AFS (RB) (KSA)
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • January 2002 to January 2009

• Increased productivity by 25% and growth index by 35% through a commitment to excellence and innovation.
• Expanded salesforce by 5% to cover more regions and customers.
• Developed route plans to optimize travel time and costs, resulting in a 25% productivity gain.
• Introduced new products that meet market demand and preferences, resulting in incremental sales of 8.4%.
• Listed the company on a reputable stock exchange to increase visibility and credibility.
• Led a team of sales supervisors, credit salesmen, van salesmen, and merchandisers to achieve 100% sales targets and maintain customer satisfaction.

Unit Sales Manager at Henkle
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • April 1995 to December 2002

• 11% YoY sales increase by developing and executing key customer relationship strategies.
• Increasing the market share by 15% in replenishing the sales coverage and visibility.
• Develop and implement sales promotions campaigns that result in 15% incremental sales.
• Launch and deploy new products in the market using POSM in high-trafic stores ending up with 6.3% sales.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at AIN SHAMS University
  • May 1995
High school or equivalent, High School
  • at English School
  • May 1990

Diploma, SCIENCE
  • at GCE
  • May 1990

Specialties & Skills

Leadership
Business Development
Management
Marketing
Marketing
Key Account Management
Digital Marketing
REGISTRATION EVALUATION AUTHORISATION AND RESTRICTION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) REGULATIONS
MARKET SHARE
SALESFORCE.COM
BOOST (C++ LIBRARIES)
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
COLLABORATION
PLANNING
VALUE CHAIN
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
AUTOMATION
BUDGETING
COACHING
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
COMPETITIVE
CONFERENCES
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
merchandising
e-commerce
Operation
Marketing Management
Market Research
Marketing Strategy
Negotiation
Problem Solving
Marketing Mix
Operations Management

Social Profiles

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Soccer
    I was playing in the national team & with one of the biggest clubs
  • Squash
    I was national Player