Syed Bilal Ahmad, Area Sales Manager

Syed Bilal Ahmad

Area Sales Manager

Neopharma LLC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MBA MARKETING & Sales
Experience
22 years, 0 Months

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Area Sales Manager at Neopharma LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since July 2017

July 17-Present Area Sales Manager
Key Result Areas
⚫ Supervising and developing sales teams to achieve market penetration objective and sales objective
⚫Driving growth strategies, fieldforceKPI’s,
new business penetration objectives.
⚫ Headhunting and recruiting best talents from the market to best fit for job requirement
⚫ Sustaining strong network and relationship with health care professionals, distributors and wholesalers
⚫ Conducting physician training programs and assisting in field execution of marketing programs through active presence
in the field
⚫ Exploring and assessing growth opportunities to develop new markets and enhance the business growth
⚫ Formulating sales plans & supervising the implementation into concrete actions by motivating sales team
⚫ Negotiating with Purchase Heads of key institutions to drive strategic partnerships.
⚫ Driving sales out targets for key drive brands along with overall company objectives to gain market share from main brands in the market.

Regional Sales Manager at sanofi
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2015 to May 2017

1.Regional Sales Manager -leading a sales teams to achieve market penetration objective and sales objective.

2.Budgeting and target setting for the territory and team to ensure market share objective of each territory is achieved.

3.Ensure marketing plans are implemented into concrete actions and in consultation with sales teams, develops and implements the proposed marketing actions, promotion market research, marketing information, communication and public relations.

4.Creates and manages physician training programs as well supports field execution of marketing programs through active presence in the field

5.Ensuring market plans and strategies are implemented effectively resulting in achievement of sales budget for assigned region.

6.Fostering ownership and accountability to achieve and exceed company goals.

7.Developing and maintaining strong network and relationship with health authorities MOH, DHA, HAAD, distributors, wholesalers.

8.Negotiating commercial conditions with purchase heads of key institutions like Aster, NMC, Mediclinic, Prime group, Zulekha, Alnoor, AlAhlia Medical, Medicine Shopee, Burjeel&chain pharmacies, Planet, Supercare, Ibnbatoota, and wholesalers while protecting gross margin.

9.Effectively coaching, developing, motivating and monitoring team performance including regular and timely feedback through coaching techniques.

10.Identifying and evaluating growth opportunities to develop new markets and maximize business growth.

11.Achieving salesout target for key drive brands and contributing to overall Sanofi sales turnover in UAE.

12.Define sales objective and implement them at local level, negotiate sales agreement with the local and regional major customers to ensure healthy growth of business.

13.Continuously monitors competitor activity and develops and executes appropriate strategies and tactics to protect and increase market share.

14.Act as a liaison with all the functions of the organization with respect to brand and product development.

15.Ensure awareness and compliance with applicable standard operating procedures to meet complies and champion all quality and regulatory commitments.

16.Develops operational product launch strategies and identifies product rollout strategies in collaboration with marketing, medical and regulatory managers.

Sr Medical Representative at Sanofi Gulf
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2010 to February 2015

Senior Medical Representative

Responsible to build strong relationship with high potential Consultants, GPS, ENT specialists, Dermatologists and Surgeons of key accounts to increase market share .

To Conduct Group Meetings in all major hospitals to make product Like Telfast Visible and top of mind recall to be prescribed in desired indication and to increase the market share of the product.
Declared top performer in the year 2011…successfully penetrated and increased the share of the product like Telfast in top Hospitals of the territory like Wellcare Hospital, City Hospital, Medcare hospital, GMC Hospital, Ajman Private hospital.Scatterred area of Sharjah Ajman Dubai and northern emirates RAK Eastern Emirates Fujairah..
Successful in increasing market share of Telfast from number 2 to number 1 in terms of number of prescription and boxes as per the recent IMS data in sharjah and Northern Emirates.

Key Accounts Manager at Baxter (India) Pvt Limited
  • India - Delhi
  • May 2005 to April 2010

•Expand territorial sales by up to 200% of existing levels.
•Develops and controls the strategy for sales development to meet agreed organizational performance plans within agreed budgets and timelines.
•Strategize to acquire up to 100% incremental Sales per Account per Product Portfolio.
•Head, monitor and develop a Team of Five Marketing Executives
•Suggest new products that increased share by approximately 25%.
•Formulating Sales Plan, Sales/Marketing Strategies on a monthly, quarterly,
and Annual basis to ensure achievement of upto120% on existing Budgets.
•Manage & supervise distribution partners (CFA’s, Wholesellers &Pharmacies)

Professional Service Officer at Pfizer Limited
  • India - Delhi
  • April 2002 to May 2005

•Expanded business opportunities in the assigned territory by establishing distribution network demand generation through product demonstrations.

•Marketing Life saving drugs like anti-infective like Dalacin, Magnex, , steroids like Solumedrol and medrol, Antidepressant like Zoloft and anti-fungal like Fumycin to Physicians, Surgeons, psychiatrists and Intensivists.

•Formulate strategies and methodology for Sales activities which resulted
in recording major successes and eventually the awards mentioned in the aforesaid achievements section of this document.

Education

Master's degree, MBA MARKETING & Sales
  • at U P TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY LUCKNOW
  • April 2002

Masters Degree of Business Administration-Marketing sales and Information Technology.

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Science
  • at UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR
  • March 2000

Bachelor's of Science ,Biology & chemistry

Specialties & Skills

Development Of People
People Management
Key Account Management
Strategic Planning
Marketing Business Development
marketing
Performance management
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Business development
MS OFFICE
Analytical skill
Team management
negotiation
key account management
operation
marketing management
planning
marketing mix
market research
national account sales
merchandising
wholesale
marketing strategy

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

ADVANCE NEGOTIATION SKILL (Training)
Training Institute:
TACK INTERNATIONAL DUBAI
Date Attended:
May 2014
Duration:
48 hours
PRO PAY BACK SELLING SKILL (Training)
Training Institute:
TACK INTERNATIONAL DUBAI
Date Attended:
February 2013
Duration:
36 hours
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (Training)
Training Institute:
TACK INTERNATIONAL DUBAI
Date Attended:
October 2016
Duration:
36 hours
ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING (Training)
Training Institute:
TACK INTERNATIONAL DUBAI
Date Attended:
September 2016
Duration:
48 hours

Hobbies

  • Swimming