Walid Ibrahim, General Manager (GM)

Walid Ibrahim

General Manager (GM)

Global Pharma

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Global Marketing
Experience
21 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 9 Months

General Manager (GM) at Global Pharma
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • June 2018 to March 2019

Achievement:

• Established & launched the group of companies inside & outside UAE
o Global Pharma (Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices)
o Global Markets Trading (FMCG)
• Developed a strategic plan on commercial, financial & operational pillars
• Established the company’s distribution network across the Middle East & Africa.
• Developed & executed the company’s Sales & Marketing plans for all products portfolio.

Job Profile:

• Managing & directing group of companies in both Pharmaceutical / Medical Devices & FMCG Fields
• Establish and implement the Strategic business, Financial and Operational plans and reports.
• Responsible for the overall operations of the company, with particular focus on Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain and customer Services.
• Establish and coordinate services for Sales and Marketing, Logistics, Warehouse, Purchasing, HR, Finance and IT.
• Ultimate brand responsibility and Financial management accountability.
• Monitor the implementation of approved strategies to drive the performance of the company.
• Prepare annual company budgets and monitor performance against the approved budgets.
• Ensure organization is running smoothly and efficiently in accordance with the company business development & marketing plans & objectives.
• Conduct quarterly business reviews to ensure performance to the annual business plan targets
• Implement back office processes and procedures related to supply chain, after sales, etc.
• Manage customer relationships at national & international levels
• Lead a team to develop new products and expand existing products along with management of brands and P&L

Education Solutions Manager - Maghreb Iran & Sub Saharan Africa at Johnson & Johnson
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2017 to June 2018

Achievement:

• Increased total trained HCPs by 237% within 2018
• Developed a strategic educational plan on ‘Professional & Commercial’ Education
• Successfully shaped the procedural environment by launching new learning modules & technology into MISSA Prof Ed Calendar
• Successfully increased J&J MS in MISSA region through collaboration with marketing teams to develop focus marketing & education strategy across the region.
• Launched the Faculty Development Program in MISSA
• Improved the team quality by launching the FST role in MISSA region

Job Profile:

• Reporting to the Education Solutions Director EMEA Emerging Markets.
• Member of EMEA Emerging Markets Leadership Team.
• Strategic planning and execution of Professional Education and Commercial Education programs across Maghreb, Iran & Sub Saharan Africa for J&J One MD.
• Maximizing Education Solutions resources for the efficient and effective delivery for both Professional and Commercial Education programs throughout the Education Continuum.
• Collaborating and aligning priorities with Sales, Marketing, HR and MD Professional Education leaders, to develop detailed Professional and Commercial Education plans for execution including budgets, facility and faculty needs.
• Manage projects collaborating with sales, marketing and Global Education Solutions partners.
• Optimizing the educational spending through collaboration with Finance, Legal, Regulatory & Supply chain, HR departments to ensure proper projects management.
• Manage local teams to ensure the implementation & application of all Education Solutions SOPs to the optimum level.

Sales Manager Egypt, LEVANT & PTM at Johnson & Johnson Inc
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • May 2014 to December 2016

Achievement:

• Successfully re-launch Mentor business in Egypt.
• Successfully lead the market by duplicating the business of Mentor over 3 successive years.
• Increased MS to >50% in the therapeutic area by successfully negotiating the tender business in Egypt, Levant & Iraq.
• Highest Sales Manager achievement of 147% across the Middle East 2016

Job Profile:

• Managing, planning & controlling company business activities in the area of Egypt, Cyprus, LEVANT, Libya, Iraq, Yemen & Pakistan.
• Strategic planning of sales & marketing activities for Mentor business units in the region including marketing plans & strategies, sales plans, forecast, budget allocation, pricing & promotional programs.
• Lead the teams to achieve & exceed sales goals, growth plans & identify the development plans for each individual.
• Shaping Mentor business in the region through lobbying with KOLs & decision makers.
• Cooperate with company regulatory departments to facilitate market access.
• P&L analysis & decide the pricing process & tender requirements among the region.
• Set & implement the marketing strategies & launches plans for each market that lead to achieving the required sales growth.

Regional Sales Manager Middle East & CIS Regions at ConvaTec AME
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2009 to April 2014

Achievement:

• Sales Manager of the year 2013 across Iberia / MEA region.
• Led the first collaborative partnership ever between ConvaTec & MOH in Libya, Jordan, Iran & Iraq which added $6M to region revenue.
• Market access by building and negotiating the collaboration with Tajikistan MOH to introduce ConvaTec products into the Tajikistan market.
• Developed and implemented the first physician partnership program across the Middle East region in yearly educational programs.
• Successfully increases ConvaTec MS in the region by launching Aquacel Surgical, Aquacel Foam, Flexi Seal & Natura ranges across the LEVANT region.

Job Profile:

• Report to VP Iberia / AME
• Managing 3 business units of Wound care, Ostomy care & Critical care in the region of the region of Middle East & CIS region including Egypt, Libya, Gulf, Levant, Iran, Pakistan & All Stan region (CIS region).
• Drive sales & marketing activities for the 3 business units in the region in term of marketing strategies, sales plans, forecast, budget allocation, promotional programs & distributors’ development.
• Directing the distributors & their teams to achieve business plans, growth plans & setting the development plans for each individual.
• Stakeholder Management internal & external (KOLs & End users).
• Collaborate with company legal, finance, marketing, regulatory departments & distributors to facilitate market access, handling distribution agreements & defining incoterms.
• Coordinate between company finance department to handle pricing, bids & tender requests.
• Managing P&L for each country & set direction of marketing budget.
• Set & implement the marketing strategies & launches plans for each market.

Area Sales Manager at Sigma Pharmaceutical Industries
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2008 to June 2009
Regional Sales Manager at Synthes
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2007 to May 2008
District Sales Manager at Sanofi
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2005 to December 2007
Senior Medical Rep at Sanofi
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 1998 to December 2004
Medical Rep at Eli Lilly
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 1997 to November 1998

Medical rep for CNS line

Education

Master's degree, Global Marketing
  • at Paris ESLSCA Business School
  • October 2016

MBA in Global Marketing

Bachelor's degree, Vet Medicine
  • at Cairo University
  • June 1996

BSc of Vet Medicine

Specialties & Skills

Training
Board Leadership
Marketing Management
Strategic Planning
Sales Management
Education & training
Marketing Management
People Management
Sales Management
Microsoft Office
Coaching
Sales Force Efficiency
Strategic Planning
Communications
Project Management
Market Intelligence
ROI Accountability
Product Launch
Corporate Communications
Market Access
Distributor Management
Change Management
Cross Culture

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert
French
Intermediate