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Cathy Nadim Basheer

PROFILE: I have an extensive FMCG experience with a strong interpersonal skills and entrepreneurial talent, with 11 years of exceptional track record.

Rehab City, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Export ManagerFull Time

    FLO water

    Aug 2018 - Present -6 yrs, 11 months

    • Job Details: Explore potential markets and penetrate these markets within the agreed time frame  Develop the business procedure to increase the sales of the current markets and to shift these markets from export to strategic markets  Drive improvement in the export process to ensure effectiveness of the sales  Involve in through the marketing strategies to ensure the right presence in the market  Meets the financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditure.
  • Regional Trade Marketing ManagerFull Time

    Eva Cosmetics

    Jan 2017 - Jul 2018 -1 yr, 6 months

    • Job Details: Plan and execute quarterly and annual marketing & media plans for the export region  Take lead role in creating and executing regional market programs focused on brand awareness, program awareness/trial, lead generation  Analyze the retail audit to ensure the healthy growth of the market shares  Analyze Eurominotor studies for new markets to Enter/invest in potential markets  Lead key projects of new product launch, uplift, formulation changes...etc.  Social Media: implement and grow different social media platforms and hire brand ambassadors and bloggers across the region
  • Gulf Business development managerFull Time

    Hero

    Feb 2014 - Dec 2016 -2 yrs, 10 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: Turnaround market profitability by ensuring a positive P&L  Manage financial and currency processes and transactions in accordance with policy and law, and to optimize cost center-effectiveness of activities  Record in the primary sales since the induction of the products to the markets $10,200,000  Record in the Commercial Effectiveness program (CEP) and KPI implementation across the target markets  Develop the Modern and Traditional trade strategies  Negotiate, implement and evaluate BDA with the Modern trade  Open new distribution channels to expand the business  Direct contact with the key customers for retails, B2B, airlines and out of home  Identify opportunities for campaigns, services and new launches that will lead to an increase in sales.  Analyze the monthly performance through monitoring the secondary sales and the sellout data per store.  Involve in through the marketing strategies to ensure the right presence in the market  Prepare consumer and trade activities’ calendar across the responsible markets and tracking the implementation and the incremental sales on Monthly basis  Track the product behavior in the strategic markets to ensure a healthy market shares  Manage with stock control, warehousing and distribution activities influenced by export activities  Prepare and implement the launch plan for the new product launch or for the product uplift.  Prepare the on-ground activities including ATL and BTL in the concerned markets  Participate in the quantitative and qualitative consumer researches to understand more about consumer behaviors and triggers.  Travel to the responsible markets on monthly basis to track the development of the business.
  • UAE and Qatar Market manager Full Time

    Hero

    Feb 2012 - Feb 2014 -2 yrs

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details: Undertook negotiations with distributors and major customers to maximize sales  Expand into the B2B segment and supply to the airlines catering companies  Prepare the Budget files and the marketing plan and monitor the actual achievement of the P&L target (Sales & Profitability).  Make a direct deal with the key customers like: Emirates airlines.  Plan and implement the yearly consumer and trade promotions.  Monitor primary and secondary sales on monthly basis.  Manage allocation of resources for setting plans according to market dynamics and stock.  Track and analyze market share per brand per area.  Prepare and implement consumer promotion and trade activities’ calendar across the responsible markets.  Prepare and implement the launch plan for the new product launch and the product uplift.
  • Education

    • BA in Pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical chemistry

      Alexandria University (ALEXU)

      Jan 2003 - Jan 2008 - 5 yr

    Skills

    • Export
    • FMCG Sales
    • Microsoft Office
    • Microsoft Word
    • Microsoft Powerpoint
    • Microsoft Excel
    • Communication
    • Presentation Skills
    • Trade marketing
    • Internet
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    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
    • French

      Fluent
    • Arabic

      Fluent

    Training & Certifications

    • Export academy training

      expofront global thinking·2014
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