Yasser Akef, Key Account Manager

Yasser Akef

Key Account Manager

Giza Systems

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
Experience
14 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 10 Months

Key Account Manager at Giza Systems
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since January 2019

Responsible for the Company’s Business Development Activities for Company's Lines of Business across several Industry Sectors in East & West Africa

Export Manager at Alumil
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2017 to June 2018

Established the Export Department and managed the sales and logistics for the exports.
Increased Sales volume for subsidiaries and improved the collections.
Added new customers in “Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia & Libya”
Succeeded in over achieving the sales Target YoY
Negotiated with Forwarders, Increased saving for the company, in addition to better payment terms.
Attended and Participated in several International Marketing activities in African Countries.

Sales Manager at Tasnim Technology
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2015 to December 2016

Responsible for selling, closing, servicing and expanding the current customer base within KSA.
Managing relationships with Suppliers, Vendors, and Partners.
Building deep and lasting relationships with Customers.
Identifying and monitoring the performance of the Competitors in the Market.

Export Sales Engineer at UNITECH for Building and Construction Materials
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2013 to June 2015

Travelled to African Countries (Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, and Namibia) to search for projects, Potential Customers and to do meetings with interested Customers.
Searched for distributors to the Company's Products in African Countries.
Calculated Customers quotations and decided the pricing strategy.
Negotiated and closed sales by agreeing on terms and conditions.
Followed up with other teams to make sure the products are delivered on time.
Conducted Market Research for my Company's products in the visited Countries.

Achievements:

Opened a new Market for my Company's products in Nigeria & Kenya.
Created new regular Customers in Nigeria and Kenya (Contractors & Traders)

Technical Sales Engineer at Saint-Gobain Glass Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2012 to December 2012

Visiting new Clients who might benefit from the company’s products.
Calculated Client’s quotations.
Solved Client’s problems.
Helping Clients with the technical specifications for Glass to reach the required performance.
Negotiated and closed sales by agreeing terms and conditions.
Prepared and presented weekly and monthly KPIs Report
- Achievements:
Added new clients & increased the sales of some of the old clients.

Sales Engineer at UNITECH Egypt For Building Materials
  • Egypt
  • December 2010 to December 2011

Searched for new clients who might benefit from company products or services and maximizing customer potential in designated regions.
Calculated client quotations.
Performed market research for new products.
Solved Clients problems.
Negotiated and closed sales by agreeing terms and conditions.
- Achievements:
Added new clients & increased profit with some of the old clients by 10% and achieved half of the annual sales target in 5 months.

Technical Office Engineer at The third army – Engineering Division
  • Egypt - Suez
  • August 2009 to August 2010

Calculated and prepared the BOQ for various kinds of buildings construction elements.
Drew and edited Civil & Architectural drawings for various kinds of buildings.

Civil Engineer at Dr. Mohamed Salah consulting office
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • November 2008 to July 2009

Permanent supervising on daily execution operations of Exxon Mobil Gas Stations renovation and construction (civil, mechanical, electrical and architectural works).
Prepared detailed daily & final reports for the Gas Stations construction.
Drew and edited Civil & Architectural drawings of the Gas Stations.
Edited Mechanical drawings of the terminals.
Tested the underground storage tanks.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
  • at Ain Shams University
  • November 2008

B.Sc in Civil Engineering

Specialties & Skills

Market Research
Gas Stations
MS-Office
Technical Sales
international Sales
Negotiation
Communication Skills
New Business Development

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Beginner

Memberships

Egyptian syndicate of Engineers
  • Member
  • December 2008

Training and Certifications

Effective communications and human relations (Training)
Training Institute:
Dale Carnegie
Date Attended:
August 2008
Duration:
18 hours
Professional program in project management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2009
Valid Until:
January 9999