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Lebanon

Lebanon

United Arab Emirates

Highlights:> Established this start-up by acquiring the franchise of a French company "Sharingbox", dealing with rental and sale of fully customized Photo booth for all types of events. >Participated in development of business plans, policies & procedures, business development strategy and provided direction to business; also participated in major decisions of the company>Proven abilities in impacting business growth & maximizing profits through cost reductions, internal control & productivity improvements

United Arab Emirates

Joint Venture between Fincantieri, Al Fattan and Melara Middle east, ESB is specialized in the production, sale, maintenance and servicing of military ships.  Having the authority of the General Manager whenever he is unavailable. Organizing the company structure. Handling the administration part. Setting up cost cutting plans and applying innovative solutions to reduce cost while maintaining same level of service. Setting up policies and regulations. Close follow up with Project Managers on existing contracts with the military. Close follow up on procurement orders and suppliers. Representing the company in events and meetings Liaising with GHQ officials and following up on their requests.

United Arab Emirates

CMA CGM Abu Dhabi is an independent entity/agency within CMA CGM group dedicated solely for Abu Dhabi activities:-Manage all aspects of CMA CGM Abu Dhabi agency.-Lead the agency to the number 1 position in Abu Dhabi in terms of volumes operated in Khalifa port for 2013.-Recorded a company's all-time best achieved Import volumes within one month in 2013.-Recorded a company's all-time best achieved Export volumes within one month in 2015.-Recorded a company's all-time best increase in volumes in export YTY with +96% in 2015.-Recorded a company's all-time best volume performance in a single year in 2013.-Lead the agency operation by following head office policies, guidelines and preset goals and objectives.-Manage P&L and balance sheet performance of the agency.-Develop and operationalize strategies, long-term plans, annual operating plans, annual budgets, while measuring progress on an ongoing basis.-Take active part in Business Development and commercial efforts; build customer relationships with existing and new clients.-Hold and Manage board of director meetings with local partners and head office representatives on quarterly basis.-Coordinate continuously with line managers-Coordinate with terminal top management on a regular basis.-Negotiate and coordinate with local vendors.-Represent the company in any related event in Abu Dhabi.-Close follow up on local big tenders and VIP clients.-Primary contact and major decision maker in closing the biggest export contract ever for the agency with Local VIP customer Borouge over 2 years (2015-2016).-Set up cost cutting plans and apply innovative solutions to reduce cost while maintaining same level of service.-Monitor the agency KPIs and take immediate actions to rectify any irregularity.-Set up shared service center for the agency.-Prepare and communicate monthly reports and new opportunities to Regional and head offices.-Manage HR reports and agency recruitment and layoffs.

Ghana

Delmas Shipping Ghana is a fully owned agency by CMA CGM group and represents both Delmas and CMA CGM Brands in Ghana:-Managed all export and import trades on CMA CGM lines-Reported commercial activity to the line managers and agency general manager.-Market strategy and constantly searching for ways to increase market share of the company in Ghana.-Increased agency portfolio-Held meetings for the commercial team and set weekly/monthly/yearly targets.-Followed up with Accounting team to recover the lost payments and lost containers.-Visited VIP clients -Customer service and constant problem solving

Beirut

CMA Liban and Merit Shipping are the representatives of CMA CGM group in Lebanon.Agents of CMA CGM , Delmas , ANL brands in Lebanon.During my 9+ years in CMA CGM Lebanon, I had the opportunity to efficiently work in almost all departments of the agency.Started on the counter, delivering D/O and preparing cargo manifest to the port authorities , then handled the internal cost control department of the agency after which I joined the import commercial team for 2 years before taking over the Export department for the last 4+ years where I had the following responsibilities and achievements:-Managed a team of 10 employees.-Managed all exports from Beirut to all destinations.-Managed the documentation and the sales activity of the department.-Managed all brands of the group in export. -Exported an average company record of 1500 TEUs (twenty equivalent units) per month.-Lead CMA CGM to become number 1 in export throughout my stay since 2007 in Lebanon.-Lead the export department to a 35 % increase in sales compared to previous year.-Continuous daily marketing research and strategy.-Visited very important clients occasionally.-Set monthly and yearly targets.-Customer service and constant problem solving.

Bachelor Of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business/Commerce, General

Activities and Societies: Member of Basketball varsity teamBusiness Marketing

Education record

Activities and Societies: football and basketball varsity teams