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jithin devassy

Senior Business Development Executive at Inchcape Shipping Services

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Work Experience

  • Senior Business Development ExecutiveFull Time

    Inchcape Shipping Services

    Apr 2015 - Present -10 yrs, 3 months

    United Arab Emirates , Abu Dhabi

    • Job Details: Offering a first class service to both potential and existing customers.  Manage entire activities of the both inbound and outbound logistics.  Monitored cargo movements with all Import and Export documentation. Coordinated with operation staff to ensure smooth operations for loading /discharging and delivery of cargo.  Attending meetings with clients, identifying and assessing a client’s critical needs.  Identifying short and long term growth opportunities  Producing & analyzing sales figures, then reporting them to sales manager.  Being a point of contact to priority customers and resolving any issues that they have.  Managing & maintaining product and data information within company systems.
  • Key Account ExecutiveFull Time

    DSV Air & Sea

    Sep 2013 - Feb 2015 -1 yr, 5 months

    United Arab Emirates , Dubai

    • Job Details: Support the company in the implementation of its marketing campaigns.  Coordinated with operation departments and provided shipment status to clients.  Updating customers on each stage of shipments and maintaining accurate reference documentation for internal management.  Visiting key clients to build relationships and identify their key needs.  Maintain constant contact with key customers and proactively work to ensure continued development  Providing weekly metric reports to the management in line with KPIs.  Identifying / cultivating new prospects and managing a portfolio of over 20 clients.  Responsible for maintaining & updating the sales prospect and opportunities in Sales force website.
  • Sales ExecutiveFull Time

    Al Reyami

    Jun 2010 - Jul 2013 -3 yrs, 1 month

    United Arab Emirates

    • Job Details: Arranging Quotes with pricing and coordinating with customer to secure required approval.  Achieve sales goal through hands on market planning, personal and joint sales call execution and development of business relationship with key target customers.  Provide weekly sales updates to senior management by tracking sales performance against monthly, quarterly and annual sales target in aggregate and product category.  Follow ups for Import shipment documents and updating status of the shipment to respective customers  Maintained daily shipping activities and good relationships with partners, overseas agents, customers and shippers
  • Education

    • M.Com International Business in International Trade

      Bharathiyar University

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2009 - 2 yr

    • B.Sc Polymer Chemistry in Polymer Chemistry

      CALICUT UNIVERSITY

      Jan 2004 - Jan 2007 - 3 yr

    Achievements

     Highly productive and market oriented management professional with over 8 years in Planning/logistics, Client Management, Inventory management and Business development in Shipping & Logistics. Areas of Expertise: • Transportation / Materials Handling • Contract logistics • Vendor and Staff Relations • Negotiating • Inventory Control • Budget setting & forecasting • Organizing shipments • Project management Key Achievement:  Project handled: Borouge Boiler replacement job (Marghera, Italy to Ruwais, UAE Foundation). Mar 2018 – Present  Contract logistics: Inbound Air/Ocean shipments of Tyco International, Atlanta-USA to Dubai/Abu Dhabi port. Jan 2018 – Present

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