Michel KEHDY
Grand Junction, Colorado
Mobile: 970-***-****
Email: ******.*****@*****.***
Profile
Efficient team, Marketing and Business leader. Well versed in the fields of Healthcare, Medical Equipment and Water treatment. Major Strengths include Analytical skills, Coordination and Liaison functions, Management, verbal and written Communication skills, Sales, Building and scaling the business. Great attention to details and team play. Professional Experience
Team Lead
DaBella, Grand Junction, USA Jan 23 to date
Achieving record Sales for Grand Junction Branch
Finishing 3rd in the June Top 5 Sales Reps as NIS (1100 Sales Reps in 18 States)
Managing a team of 8 Sales Rep as of July
Regional Director (Middle East & Africa)
S.I.M.E.O.N Medical GmbH and Co.KG, Germany Jan 17 to Nov 22 Responsibilities:
Creating the showroom and service center to serve the MEA region
Organizing product and Service trainings for the Region
Focusing on Penetrating new Markets in Africa
Assigning new Distributors in Africa
Organizing workshops and hands-on trainings with different partners in the showroom
Supervising and Management of the projects with Turnkey Packagers in Africa
Preparing the yearly Forecast for the region (in coordination with the Headquarters) and assign the yearly budget for each dealer and each country in order to achieve the yearly target
Conducting monthly Sales reviews with partners and aligning it with their yearly sales budget
Reporting Monthly to the headquarters. Submitting the Project list and the chance to win the quoted projects and tenders.
Attending the annual Sales meeting in Germany in June of every year and presenting the business plan to overachieve the target
Working as liaison for French speaking countries (France, Belgium, Luxembourg) in order to facilitate business
Coordinating with the Product Management department by feeding them Market needs and competition’s strategies
Area Sales Manager (Middle East & North Africa)
S.I.M.E.O.N Medical GmbH and Co.KG, Germany Jan 13 – Dec 16 Responsibilities:
Company’s Introduction and Development throughout the region
Distributors Assignment in all the areas
Organizing Seminars and symposiums all over the countries
Exhibitions set up and products showing (Arab Health, Africa Health)
Setting overall targets for the region and following up on achieving them
Presenting Demos to end users and Bio-Med Engineers
Helping distributors to Market and sell the products by assisting them with the end users
Setting the price discount structure for each distributor and Market
Influencing tenders specifications and locking them
Working very closely, with distributors, on all big projects and tenders
Incentivising Dealers to achieving targets
Assessing competition’s weaknesses and working to win against them
Planning in advance to insert specs in most of upcoming projects
Identifying and Cooperating with the main Packagers in the area
Brainstorming with Dealers and KOL to bring new ideas and products to the market
Creating short and Middle term strategies to overachieve the budget
Coordinating and reporting to Headquarters
Middle East Sales Manager
Mar Cor Purification & Medivators, USA Oct 09 – Dec 12 Responsibilities:
Company’s Introduction in the Middle East
Distributors Assignment in the Middle East
Seminars and Exhibitions Organisation
Design, Supply and Installation’s supervision of medical Water treatment systems (Dialysis, CSSD, Labs, etc...) in the region
Introduction and sale of Endoscope reprocessing Systems
After sales follow-ups
Coordination with Headquarters
Annual Forecast for the region
Education
Masters in Marketing and Corporation Strategies February 2003 Institut Superieur de Beauvais (I.S.A.B)
Bio-Medical Engineer Diploma June 2001
Saint Joseph University (U.S.J.)
Languages and Skills
Fluent in English, French and Arabic
Dynamic, Self-Motivated, Creative and dedicated
Business development, Strategic Sales and Marketing Management
Problem solving
Communication, Leadership and interpersonal Skills
Polyvalence and Adaptability