
Kholoud Hashem
Marketing passionate with branding
Rehab City, Cairo, EgyptWork Experience
Customer Marketing Manager - Middle East & EgyptFull Time
Bayer
Jan 2019 - Mar 2023 -4 yrs, 2 months
- Job Details:• Responsible for a diverse product portfolio marketing strategy and activities calendarization in collaboration with 41 B2B direct customers across 16 countries in the Middle East securing an annual revenue of ~€30 million. • Managed annual $250K marketing budget that includes onground demand generation campaigns, brand exposure through print, seminars, exhibitions along with launching and managing online platforms. • Working cross functionally with Market Development and strategic segment leads for new products advancement. • Creation and Management of distributor Market Funding programs along with financial and non-financial collaboration KPI ladders for pricing groups and trade discount percentage effectiveness • Refreshing Market Intelligence data and competition shares to reflect segment trends • Obtain primary data through value chain partners to follow closely on customer insights, market trends and profitability across the value chain • Analysing portfolio gaps to capture opportunities and support in new product development • Leading product pricing with the commercial team and EMEA pricing manager • Managing relationships with creative agencies and working closely with partners to elevate customer and brand experience • Launched customized 12 country websites for Middle East region - www.vegetables.bayer.com considering SEO and ranking. • Facebook page launch in 2022 and content creation planning for Seminis Vegetable Seeds - Middle East community growth to 50K followers in year 1. • YouTube page launch and content feed for Seminis Vegetable Seeds - Middle East & Egypt with the first 2 live streaming events in the seeds agricultural field.
Marketing ExecutiveFull Time
- Job Details:• Brand management through Integrated Marketing Communication (production of: flyers, flags, light signs, gates, built the website content for www.amreyahcement.com • Corporate events to strengthen the brand and production of unique memorable giveaways • Concept design and release of 2 mobile Apps (Contractors App, Partners App) • Managing customer EGP 40M incentive loyalty program (policy, daily progress and quarter payments) • Commercial department Budget management and reporting • Monitoring the market price vs competition • Identifying the correlation between Sales and Price via time- series Regression Analysis • Working along with GFK - research company – to conduct market research for products positioning and pricing strategies.
Demand Planning Section HeadFull Time
Ghabbour Auto
Sep 2011 - Feb 2015 -3 yrs, 5 months
Egypt , Giza
- Job Details:- Analysing market trends and segments performance - Budgeting - Demand Forecasting - Monitoring day-to-day operations - Man power preparation - Analysing market trends and segments performance - Egypt Construction Equipment Market study - Egyptian Tractors Market study - Commercial Vehicles Egypt Market study - Rubber Price Trends - Passenger Cars Market Segmentation and monitoring the performance of each Hyundai Model within its segment - Passenger Cars Sales Analysis - Social media project initialization - Performance monitoring - Generate knowledge about customer expectations and experiences and recommend tactical measures to raise customer delight.
Business Development ManagerFull Time
Arab Business Machine Ltd
Jul 2009 - Aug 2011 -2 yrs, 1 month
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:- Follow up with & enhance sales of APRs (Apple Premium Resellers) in Egypt - Communicate APR guidelines and conduct store audits - Develop the APR channels in Egypt by bringing in new potential APR customers - Manage APR sales activities to coordinate and agree with them on strategies, ordering, allocation and sales target in-line with maximizing company sales. - Coordinate with Management on APR quarterly business plans and monthly sales targets based on market analysis and forecast. - Coordinate with potential APRs on a 3 year business plans alongst with a financial Profit and Loss statement based on market analysis by volume of each Apple product forecasts and of Apple accessories, beyond the box sales and third party sales forecasts. - Preparing monthly sales forecast for current stores in line with marketing campaign requirements and securing the availability of Macs/iPods at the Resellers’ stock in order to achieve sales target - Preparing quarterly Sales and Marketing Integrated plan to Marketing department covering up full campaign details and its ROI - Prepare quarterly Progress Report to top management showing full analysis and comparison of actual sales vs. target.
Education
MBA in Marketing
ARAB ACADEMY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESSJan 2008 - Jan 2010 - 2 yr
BSc. in Applied Business Computing
University of SunderlandJan 2003 - Jan 2007 - 4 yr
High School - IGCSE
ARAB ACADEMYJan 2003
Languages
English
FluentArabic
FluentFrench
AdvancedSpanish
Advanced
Training & Certifications
Foundations of Mobile App Development
ShawAcademy·2016Business Analysis 101
iversity·2015Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects
Coursera | University of California San Diego·2015Diagnosing the Financial Health of a Business
Macquarie Graduate School of Management·2015Online Advertising
Open2study·2015