Thomas Tabet, Regional Business Manager

Thomas Tabet

Regional Business Manager

Vinelab

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business and Marketing
Experience
11 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :11 years, 9 Months

Regional Business Manager at Vinelab
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since January 2020

Developing the company’s Go-to-Market strategy and Unique Value Proposition

Developing the Channel Partner strategy, including identification and management of the
company’s key strategic partners

Leading Vinelab’s business development across the GCC countries and educating brands about
the company’s proprietary SAAS technology and best practices for effective influencer branded
programs and campaigns

Developing Vinelab’s client base and managing the relationship with key accounts and clients

Managing and coordinating between the various internal teams to ensure timely and high-quality
deliverables

Advertising Solutions Lead at ANGHAMI
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2016 to October 2019

Leading strategic planning initiatives (in close coordination with the content partnership and product teams) to develop and implement innovative marketing ideas for specific brand and agency clients

Developing and managing the relationship with Anghami’s key advertisers and sales representatives in the MENA region

Working closely with the sales and Ad operations teams to develop innovative campaigns that balance between revenue generation for Anghami while achieving the clients’ goals and objectives

Key achievements:
- Grew Anghami’s commercial Ad revenue by 25% from 2018 to 2019
- Led Anghami's advertising transformation and transition to new Ad systems and technologies
that achieve better efficiency

BRAND MANAGER at Obegi Consumer Products Holding
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2017 to December 2017

Managing STORCK brands across Lebanon (Werther’s Original, Merci, ...)

Translating brand strategies into brand plans, brand positioning and go-to-market strategies

Monitoring market trends and competitor activities to identify opportunities and threats

TRADE MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE at British American Tobacco
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2013 to December 2015

Managing the relationship with BAT’s distributor for the Abu Dhabi and Al Ain regions in the UAE

Planning and negotiating all marketing investments and contracts for existing and potential
customers in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain

Key achievements:

- Increased BAT’s market share by 22% vs. competition for Dunhill brand

- Increased overall product distribution in Abu Dhabi from 69% to 87% in less than 2 years

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE at TRANSMED OVERSEAS INC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2012 to August 2013

Managing the Non-Food portfolio of P&G, Clorox and Burnus

Developing action plans to grow sales, working closely with customers to achieve
targets

Planning and implementing shopper marketing and Category Management
initiatives to support sales growth plans and targets

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business and Marketing
  • at Lebanese American University
  • June 2012

High school or equivalent, Economics
  • at Saint Joseph School
  • June 2008

Specialties & Skills

Partnership Building
Negotiation
Client Relationship Building
ADVERTISING
PRESENTATION SKILLS
CONTENT MANAGEMENT
LANGUAGES
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
MANAGEMENT
MICROSOFT OFFICE
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
MARKETING

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert

Training and Certifications

Fundamentals of Digital Marketing - Google Digital Garage (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2020

Hobbies

  • Camping, Hiking, Biking, Skiing
  • Fitness