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Kareem Yasser Abd El-Khalik

Product Manager, Retail BU, NEA & Levant at Schneider Electric Egypt

Sheikh Zayed, Giza, Egypt

Work Experience

  • Product Manager, Retail BU, NEA & LevantFull Time

    Schneider Electric Egypt

    Jan 2016 - Present -9 yrs, 5 months

    • Senior Specialist Territory Sales EngineerFull Time

      Schneider Electric Egypt

      Aug 2014 - Jan 2016 -1 yr, 4 months

      Egypt , Cairo

      • Job Details:Set dynamic strategic business plan for New Cairo & New Capital as this job post was created for the first time in Schneider Egypt, to secure our business through indirect and direct channels to see if it’s worth to replicate this position in new regions like (6th of October Area Alexandria - ……). - Scan, detect & Penetrate all the Project opportunities types: Residential or commercial (like Palm Hills - Hyde Park- El Qatamiya Hospital – ABC HQ..) within defined guidelines & timescales. High or Medium or Small projects Size are the main company’s scope for the upcoming. - Build, manage & maintain a substantial pipeline of qualified opportunities & create sustainable accounts (as it’s virgin area and no accounts recorded in our system previously) by F2F meetings with all key players (Contractors, Consultants, End users, Architectures, Small Contractors, Electricians….) and this business model has been hidden to Schneider, since it was always handled and seen by business partners (Panel Builders, Distributers,..). - Cover & penetrate all Point of Sales (Retailer) geographically, then take a clear action plan of how to generate business with new clients and follow up the existing customers wisely to get most out of the products they are interested in. - Design and deploy the business sales and marketing strategies of the journey bet. Small Contractor & End User & Retailer and prepare full program to cover the market gap and the needs towards this Sales channel (Small Contractor Design thinking-2016) - Supporting Marketing activities by attending road shows in Cairo, Delta & participate in electrician club activities. - participate in developing Schneider Electrician House & Consumer Journey Design thinking. - Negotiating tender, contract terms and conditions. - Maintaining existing, long-term relationships with customers. - Maintain a high level of customer satisfaction through increased availability/accessibility, timely communication, placing accurate orders, tracking and expediting orders, and following up on accounts. - Record all quarterly visits, Sales opportunities & placed orders on Schneider system - Prepare and submit sales activity reports and sales forecasts as are requested required by your manager or Director of Sales.
    • Key Account Sales Engineer - ProjectsFull Time

      HILTI Egypt

      Jul 2012 - Jul 2014 -2 yrs

      Egypt , Cairo

      • Job Details:-Responsible for selling and demonstrating HILTI products to the key Accounts (Like Orascom in New Egyptian Museum, Grand Heights Projects, Siemens in Polygon Project (Sodic), Archridon Military West Airport, SIAC in Polygon Project (Sodic), New Juhina Factory, Hassan Allam For Contracting in Allegria Project & Forty West Project (Sodic), Dorra Group, Siemens Account & Arab Contractors), able to identify the required technical issues to them to assure complete customer satisfaction through all stages of the sales process, and also, must be able to establish and maintain strong relationships throughout the sales cycle. - Maintain and follow up accurate detailed database for each customer with clear indication of potentials. - Establish his daily and weekly action plan that includes five to six effective detailed sales visits & Develop personal action plan to achieve the approved objectives. - Regular visits to the key accounts at headquarters, sites and other establishments to follow up statuses, opportunities and needs to be fulfilled. - Developing and maintaining strong and growing long-term relationships with all key players (from warehouse Supervisor to project manager) in taking decision working for each customer. - Responsible for representing the product through demonstrations or by product shows. - Negotiating tenders and contracts terms to meet both client and company needs and reaching a complete sales transaction. - Regular follow up of the offers to reach complete sales transactions, Secure and arrange product delivery. - Prepare quarterly status report and quarterly sales plan to sales manager.
    • Electrical Sales & Technical Support EngineerFull Time

      El Sewedy Group

      Feb 2011 - Jul 2012 -1 yr, 5 months

      Egypt , Cairo

      • Job Details:- Monitor and report on market and competitor activities and provide relevant reports and information to the supervisor. - Respond to and follow up sales enquiries using appropriate methods, Respond to any technical information inquiry concerning on our products. - Makes ongoing field visits to the area in order to find opportunities for sales, gathering market and customer information, Contacts consultants / contractors (owners & site engineers) concerning sites under construction. - Make and participate of internal and external meetings with clients to identify needs and solve problems and to assist in business development. - In case of approval of the offer price, ensure collection of the amount by the department of finance before developing a memorandum of contract, sending copies to the production /customer service. - Follow-up orders process during the manufacturing stages to ensure the delivery on time. - Working on more than ten products (ABB – Socomec – 3M – Cables – Chint –Lamps GE & iGuzzini & MEGAMAN – fixtures …….) beside our factory products (Panels SEI & ABB – Local Fixtures ON & Troll – Local Lamps ON & Troll) by studying it well for helping our customers from what they need from any technical specification. - Revise the panel drawings specification and ensure from the customer if any modification will be added later or he wants keeping as it. - Record, analyze, report and administer according to requirements and system. - Refer the maintenance requests from customers to the sales manager and installation section. - Participate in the implementation / support marketing activities (like participation in ELECTRICX 2011 as an Exhibitor in Cairo International Convention Center), and the integration of sales efforts with other marketing activities, for example, the launch of new products, offers, advertisements, exhibitions and marketing over the phone.
    • Education

      • Bsc in Electrical Engineering

        Cairo University (CU)

        Jan 2005 - Jan 2010 - 5 yr

      • High School - Thanaweya Amma

        Om El-Abtal Language School

        Jan 2005 

      Skills

      • Microsoft Office
      • Sales Engineering
      • Offer Management
      • AutoCAD 2D
      • PLC software programs
      • Product Launching
      • Marketing Research
      • Technical Support
      • Mat lab
      • DIALux

      Languages

      • Arabic

        Fluent
      • English

        Fluent

      Training & Certifications

      • SPIN Technique Selling Course

        LOGIC·2016
      • Marketing Workshop

        Schneider·2015
      • Leadership

        Schneider·2014
      • Understanding the Business

        HILTI·2013
      • Territory Project Sales Engineer Journey

        HILTI·2013
      • Territory Time Management

        HILTI·2013
      • • SSS ( Successful Sales Strategy )

        HILTI·2012
      • • PLC Advanced Course Level 1.

        Jelecom·2010
      • • AutoCAD 2010 (2D).

        Cairo University·2010
      • Engineering

        • Trainee, Cairo Company for the production of Electricity at Power Station West of Cairo department·2009
      • Engineering

        • Trainee, Egyptian Maintenance Company (EMC) at Global Maintenance department·2007
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