Syed Talal, Sales And Marketing Manager

Syed Talal

Sales And Marketing Manager

SPGPrints Pakistan

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, MBA Marketing
Experience
15 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months

Sales And Marketing Manager at SPGPrints Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2013 to November 2016

SPGPrints is a Netherlands based company and is a global leader in the field of Textile & Graphics Printing Technologies. I have been associated with the company since 2002 and currently leading sales and marketing department.

My key responsibilities are:
- Planning, forecasting and sales of textile consumables & machines in Pakistan.
- Sales team management and empowerment.
- Crafting strategies to increase profit & market share.
- Effective use of distribution channel and its management.
- New business development e.g. label printing business.
- Preparation of monthly reports and sales analysis for the management.
- Handling Marketing communications
- Planning and organizing of seminars and exhibitions.
- Planning of products marketing through print media e.g. TexTalks, Textile Times & Pakistan Textile Journal.

Manager Sales - Capital, Spares & Service at SPG Prints - Stork Prints Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2011 to June 2013

My key responsibilities were:
- Planning, forecasting and sales of machineries, spare parts and consumables.
- Perform market research on quarterly basis.
- Travelling extensively to meet customers.
- Customer development for existing and new products.
- Arrangement of training sessions for sales team, clients and distributors.
- Responsible for service department activities.

Assistant Manager Sales & Service at SPGPrints Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2008 to December 2011

My key responsibilities were:
- Responsible for sales of consumables through distribution channel.
- Preparing proposals for customers for machines.
- Keeping an eye on competition activities.
- Establish close and friendly relationship with customers.
- Informing management in advance on the changes in customer demands.
- Provide technical support to clients and distributors.

Service Engineer at SPGPrints Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • August 2002 to December 2008

My key responsibilities were:
- Provide technical support to clients in Pakistan.
- Installation & commissioning of machines.
- Supporting sales department in technical queries.

Electronics Engineer at Emsys Engineering
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2001 to August 2002

EMSYS is a private Karachi based company that provides Technical Solutions to clients who mostly belong to defense sector. I had worked there for one and a half years as an Electronics Engineer.

My key responsibilities were:
- Designing & troubleshooting of electronic circuits.
- Human Machine Interfacing.
- Programming of microcontroller.
- Programming of PLC.
- Programming of AC & DC drives.
- Execution of “PNS Moawin” project.

Education

Master's degree, MBA Marketing
  • at Institute of Business Management - CBM
  • June 2013

My Elective courses were: - Distribution Channel & Management - Industrial Marketing - Packaging and Printing - Brand Management - Strategic Management

Bachelor's degree, B.S. Electronics
  • at Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
  • December 2000

- Final Year project was Three Phase AC Motor Soft Starter. - Also took and completed short courses like VB programming and Man-Machine Interfacing.

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Saudi Arabian International School & College, Dhahran- KSA.
  • December 1996
High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Saudi Arabian International School & College, Dhahran- KSA.
  • December 1994

Specialties & Skills

Team Management
Strategic Thinking
People Management
Persuasive Communication
Customer Service
MS Office
Business development

Languages

English
Intermediate
German
Beginner
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

“Technical & Sales Training” (Training)
Training Institute:
SPGPrints B.V. the Netherlands.
Date Attended:
January 2009
“Value Added Selling” seminar (Training)
Training Institute:
SPGPrints B.V. the Netherlands.
Date Attended:
January 2007
“Technical & Sales Training” (Training)
Training Institute:
SPGPrints B.V. the Netherlands.
Date Attended:
January 2011
Training on “High Pressure Pumps” (Training)
Training Institute:
Böhler BmbH, Germany.
Date Attended:
January 2003
Graphics Products training (Training)
Training Institute:
SPGPrints Austria.
Date Attended:
January 2009
Simon-Kucher & Partners “Pricing Power Project” (Training)
Training Institute:
SPGPrints B.V. the Netherlands.
Date Attended:
January 2013
Sales training on Digital Textile (Training)
Training Institute:
La Meccanica, Italy, Milan.
Date Attended:
December 2012
Global Sales Event (Training)
Training Institute:
SPGPrints B.V. the Netherlands
Date Attended:
March 2016

Hobbies

  • Swimming
  • Book reading
  • Snooker