Business Development Quality Assurance

Ahmad Ahmad

***********@*****.*** 902-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmadalhakawaty

Bedford, NS, Canada

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Administration & Coordination Qualifications:

Coordinated merchandising strategy and Requests for Proposals for Business Development team, including crafting media plans and writing proposals, leading to a 12% increase in sold campaigns in 2015

Instituted Key Performance Indicators reporting techniques and managed the resulting data to construct monthly and quarterly business development reports for management team and key investors

Generated over $150,000 in new revenue from Junior Account Management work by prospecting new clients and creating custom media and events programs to fulfill these advertisers’ needs

Orchestrated overhaul of advertising inventory tracking system, yielding a more streamlined campaign execution

Established and enforced sourcing policies that improved compliance to 95% and enhanced enterprise governance over vendor selection and procurement standards.

Coordinated communication between General Managers, Quality Assurance Managers, vendors and corporate personnel to insure customer satisfaction.

Creation and assembly of proposals, RFI, RFPs, brochures, promotional material, tracked proposal activity, monthly sales revenue and budgets.

Collected and reviewed ISO change forms from General Mangers to insure correct information and billing amounts for client accounts before submitting to accounting department for billing.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Insurance Advisor/Agent

TD INSURANCE – Halifax, NS Mar. 2021 – Present

Complete Personal Lines applications and endorsements for home & automobile, fire, liability, property, and other insurance

Ensure accurate and full completion of application forms, endorsements, and renewal policies to determine insurance risks, insurance premiums, extent of insurance coverage and other conditions of the insurance contract using rate tables and other appropriate documents and reference materials for both home and auto

Communicate with policyholders to deliver and explain policy coverages and limitations, to analyze their insurance needs and suggest additions or changes

Conduct oneself as a General Insurance Agent in compliance with government regulations

Establish client insurance coverage, calculate premiums, and establish method of payment

Order property inspections for new business

Participate in webinars and seminars for continuing education hours

Work in conjunction with other departments, underwriting, accounting, claims, IT, Loss control

Other duties as assigned

Sales & Service Associate

Get In The Loop (Application) – Halifax, NS Sept. 2019 – Jan. 2020

Worked with local business owners to promote the benefits of using Get In The Loop marketing platform

Provided complementary content for digital ads in Social Media and running contests

Serviced the client’s advertisements in the platform by making posts/live ads and contents on their behalf

Business Development & Marketing Consultant. Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2019 RAVPOWER (www.ravpower.com) / GCC Region

Increased sales performance in the region by exceeding targets with an average of 35% increase each year

Negotiated prices, credits, contracts and offers with Agent by bringing best deals to them

Outsourced logistics support and coordinating with freight forwarders, ensuring quotes are highly competitive for the agent

Performed marketing support and activities through social media, events, influencers, exhibitions and online digital channels expanding brand exposure and popularity

Ahmad Ahmad

***********@*****.*** 902-***-**** https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmadalhakawaty

Bedford, NS, Canada

Business Development and International Sales. Apr. 2008 – Jul. 2016 AmCan International Group – TORONTO, ON

Sold and promoted sport supplements in the Middle East & North Africa region

Expanded brand list bringing/acquiring new brands to the company

Developed and executed sales strategies within assigned account

Territory planning and management; opportunity and pipeline forecast

Business Development Manager / Strategic Sourcing Apr. 2013 – Oct. 2015 WB Technologies (www.blink.com.kw) – KUWAIT

Developed and improved e-commerce business in all website categories

On target online tasks with faster time to performance

International branding and demand planning procurement

Strategic alliance with 25 local and 10 foreign suppliers

B2B Manager (Corporate and Government Sales) Mar. 2011 – Nov. 2013 Supplying Store Co. (SONY) – KUWAIT

Revenue generation from commercial and government tenders; sales revenues over $15 M

Brand acquisition and market analyses in consumer electronics

Trained and built a team of 30 people

Tied public relations with companies and governmental decision makers

Developed strategy, tactics, sales plans and profit targets

Business Development Manager Feb. 2005 – Aug. 2011

Agility (PWC Logistics) – KUWAIT

Led the business unit’s SOP (sales/operations planning) process that drove manufacturing plans (production, capacity and inventory plans), sales plans (forecasting, bookings and shipments), sourcing plans (raw materials), financial plans (budgeting and financial outlooks) and impact/contingency analysis

Developed and implemented logistics/planning processes in support of business unit’s initiative to transition to a “make-to-demand” environment away from a “make-to-inventory” environment

Developed sales process with strong analytical and presentation skills as a key member of the group responsible to develop, assemble and present the business unit’s quarterly and annual status/progress updates to divisional and corporate management

Negotiated new contracts to further strengthen position and market share in the shrinking, but critical local market (Kuwait)

Set the sales price list of all the services

Helped in gaining many new dealers at the sales level and succeeded in signing new commercial contracts (Sales and supply chain solutions) with a net worth value over $ 20 M

Opened business liaison for the company with the US through my strong contacts with the US military

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science 2003

Dalhousie University – Halifax NS

ADDITIONAL TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

Miller Heiman Certificate (Business Diploma Certificate) / Negotiation Skills 2006

Miller Heiman Group

Social Media

Running social media Instagram page – Business Model

Advertising for brands and sponsor ads

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