Sikander Khalid Email & Phone Number

Glasgow

Took over as operations director for an online fashion company. The business grew to have major success nationally as well as internationally within the fashion industry. My job role included everything from the day to day management of the company to recruiting, training and managing over 60 staff. The business has established itself as a leading player in the celebrity fashion market having worked with many big names as well as massive success commercially. Having spent nearly 4 years within this job role key achievements for me have been securing television contracts to showcase our products on all MTV channels and most Sky television channels as well as working with the UK's leading televison stars in promoting our products and further enhancing the companies annual turnover to almost £3m year on year. This being a considerable achievement as i was brought in to the company when it was in its infancy and grew to become an international success. Honeyz.com now has a massive following online and on television as well as ongoing clothing collections which are almost sold out in their tens of thousands through consumers pre ordering products before they have officially been put on the market.

Manchester

I began my role with Steljes by looking after 5- 10 growth reseller accounts where I learnt & understood their business model & company objectives, built up the professional relationship with each member of the organization, outline the add value support & range of products that Steljes an supply & build up their account from doing £5k to over £100k with us per year. I am responsible for strategic planning with my accounts on a monthly/quarterly basis, training them on the range of 22 vendors that we offer & introducing them to the manufacturers themselves, business development & end user demonstration support in both the commercial, education & public sector markets. I wish for my accounts to buy from myself & Steljes because they want to, not because they feel they have to. They can see the add value & support that we offer them & that we want to build 'extraordinary' relationships with them moving forward.

Business Development Manager (Enterprise Servers, Storage & Networking)Hewlett-Packard Public Company; 10,001+ employees; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry With a strong sales and business development basis, I am experienced in driving sales and growth within Information Technology and Services, and have extensive acumen within the channel organisation.I have a proven track record in driving sales through channel partners from a vendor perspective to exceed targets; working with the sales team to drive these numbers, generate leads and exceed targets.Recruitment is an additional strength having been responsible for it in previous roles, and in developing a new business sales team in my current role. An individual with hands on experience of driving sales to achieve and exceed sales target, and a respected team player with well honed interpersonal and communication skills. • Working with Large public sector, SMB and blue chip organisations to establish bespoke IT solutions• Maintaining regular contact with channel partners and customers for accurate pipeline management. • Working closely with all areas of the business to ensure new business accounts and potential growth accounts are met with opportunities to up sell and add value to specific projects or solutions• Working to deadlines and targets set by the business to ensure customer expectations are always met.

Ba Business Law, Business Law, 2:1

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