Syed Owais Athar, Sales Consultant

Syed Owais Athar

Sales Consultant

JTC International

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, ICT
Experience
19 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 1 Months

Sales Consultant at JTC International
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since August 2021

Finding potential clients through cold calling, lead research, and networking to drive sales.

Presenting a company’s products or services to potential buyers.

Recommending customers specific products based on their specific needs and wishes.

Educating prospects about the products, explaining their features and benefits, and showing how to use them when necessary.

Communicating with potential buyers via email, phone, or during a face-to-face meeting.

Establishing positive relationships with existing and potential clients and ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction.

Division Sales Manager at BMC Gulf Trading & Contracting
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2014 to July 2021

Techno commercial professional with 16 years success in regional B2B/B2C sales, business
development experience in Middle East, Turkey & Africa. Strategic and fast track achiever with
exceptional record of exploring new business opportunities, developing marketing strategies,
handling large client portfolio, streamlining operations and implementing of sound business
practices immensely contributing to company’s revenue growth. Goal-driven leader with excellent
communication, analytical, planning, monitoring, organizing, coordination, negotiation, problem
solving, decision making & time management skills.

Business Development Manager at HiTi Digital Inc
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2005 to April 2014

Job Responsibilities
• Identify & developing new re-export markets & distributors.
• Nurturing existing distributor & dealer base.
• Developing relations with key decision makers in target organizations for business development in pre-sales negotiation
• Develop sales strategy to achieve monthly, quarterly & annual targets
• Monitor monthly sales & stock figures for responsible accounts.
• Determine, implement & monitor price scheme based on import duty, sales tax, delivery charges & relevant export charges
• Lead the selling process & drive the various stages of the overall selling cycle, including planning, ordering, payment, delivery & customer support.
• Provide support to complete sales channel, distributor, dealer & end users.
• Identify dealers to assist distributors in achieving sales targets & increasing installation base.
• Conduct Beta site test for new models. Evaluate & provide feedback.
• Regular field trip to evaluate efficiency of distribution channel.
• Propose & follow up on marketing activities (i.e. Road Shows, Exhibitions) to reach the target.
• Participate in international & regional exhibitions (e.g. Photokina-Germany, GITEX & PhotoWorld-Dubai, Photo & Film and Securex - South Africa, International Electoral Affairs Symposium - Mauritius, Comex-Oman, Photo Mela -Pakistan, ) to launch & promote new products & solutions
• Recruit & train sales engineers.
• Headed the market survey for HiTi operational branch site in South Africa.
• Accounts handled: UAE, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkey, South Africa, Mauritius, Angola, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana & Nigeria.
• Projects
- Working In a consortium with international partners to provide a Voter ID registration solution to Various Election Commission in African countries.
- Previous Project: Voter ID solution for Malawi (US$1.5 million), Ghana (US$ 1.2 million), Angola (US$ 100, 000)
- Current Project: Tanzania voter registration (US$ 10 million).
• Reporting direct to Managing Director.
• Annual Sales Figures:
2013 Q1 - US$ 3.27 million
2012 - US $ 6.8 million
2011 - US $ 10.68 million
2010 - US $8.8 million
2009 - US $7.4 million
2008 - US $4 million
2007 -US $2.326 million
2006 - US $1.93 million

Education

Master's degree, ICT
  • at Coventry University
  • November 2003
Bachelor's degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering
  • at Eastern Mediterranean University
  • February 2001

Bayt Tests

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Score 131%

Specialties & Skills

MS Office tools
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Excel
Printer Support
Windows 7
Android OS
MS Word
MS Power Point
MS Excel
Windows OS
MS Outlook
Logistics
New Business Development
Forecasting
Customer Service
Team Player
Result Oriented
Professional Appearance & Attitude
Microsoft Dynamics Navision
CRM Hubspot
key account management
market research
operation
negotiation
materials
purchasing
CRM Sage
Hubspot
operations management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Turkish
Beginner
Punjabi
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
  • Member
  • April 2001

Training and Certifications

Plastic Welding Technology (Training)
Training Institute:
Leister Switzerland
Date Attended:
June 2014
Duration:
40 hours
Installation & Welding of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Pipes for Gas and Water appl (Training)
Training Institute:
SKZ Germany
Date Attended:
April 2014
Duration:
40 hours
Certified Geomembrane Welder DVS® 2212-3 (HDPE) (Training)
Training Institute:
SKZ Germany
Date Attended:
December 2016
Duration:
40 hours

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