
Maged Adeeb Abdel Aziz Youssef
Cement commercial strategy expert MBA
Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptWork Experience
Group Commercial Strategy Manager Full Time
ASEC CEMENT COMPANY
May 2009 - Present -16 yrs, 2 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details: Developing & implementing commercial strategies at the corporate level & subsidiaries including the following : - Distribution strategies including Customer’s segmentation, market definition, assessments of opportunity cost of different market clusters & segment , developing strategies of customer segments targeting to enhance ASEC cement presence within market clusters. - Commercial organization strategies including definition of needed service levels & the required commercial force headcount & level of skills needed to achieve the overall commercial department key performance indicators. - New product launching strategies including opportunities, testing comparative market acceptance product concepts & relevant product launching techniques including branding, advertising, promotion & pricing, retention & reward program. - Collection strategies that aims to minimize credit risk & definition of criteria of customer to grant credit. - Decision of pricing strategies to maximize profitability & reduce credit sales volume & period, activities include definition of price structure depending on new distribution set up ( targeted segments ), assessment of comparative delivered cost, assessment of demand elasticity depending price changes & developing customer retention plans & programs. - Logistics strategies including definition of market to serve, the target share of delivered volume vs. pick up, risk pooling & optimizing the delivered cost through the choice of warehouses networks & utilization of distributers fleet to serve commercial distribution. - Brand positioning strategies within different stakeholders segments including brand building activities, advertising, promotions, corporate social responsibility, and activities also include brand health tracking through market research. Assessment of demand evolution in the ASEC’s relivent Markets in Sudan & Algeria through monitoring & studing the macro level & micro level demand dricvers. Assessment of validity of investment opportunities in local markets & MENA region markets in terms of prospected demand & economies of market demand fulfillment. Define the needed market research studies that support market decision making process including Product concepts testing,Customer satisfaction survey, Demand elasticity to price, Brand health tracking & Customer behavior study (purchasing decision process). Recruiting , monitoring the suppliers of marketing departments including:Advertising agencies, Public relation agencies & Marketing research agencies. Developing yearly marketing plan including designing processes & budgeting of all activities & programs related, monitoring, evaluating & reporting application & related expenditure against budget
Marketing manager Full Time
EMIRATES CEMENT LLC.-Lafarge
Nov 2007 - Apr 2009 -1 yr, 5 months
United Arab Emirates , Dubai
- Job Details:Technical Support manager Developing & articulating the technical massage of product range. • Establish relation ship with consultancy organization & regulatory boudies • Provide technical assistance to all customers • Managing relationship with regulatori bodies. • Establishing new, and maintaining existing, long-term relationships with customers. • managing and interpreting customer requirements - listening to clients and using astute questioning to understand, anticipate and exceed their needs; • supporting marketing activities by attending trade shows, conferences and other marketing events; • making technical presentations and demonstrating how a product will meet client needs; • providing pre-sales technical assistance and product education; • liaising with other members of the sales team and other technical experts; • Solving client technical problems. • Responsible for quality monitoring of product and sales support. Marketing manager Jan.2008 till May 2009 • Preparing the marketing plan including : Studing & assessments of the general environment & market forceses . Diceission of the assesmenet of product need , priceing policies , distribution channels & advertising & promotion activities including customer retention incentives programs • Define the needed for market research studies that support market dicession making process. • Recruiting , monitoring the suppliers of marketing departments including: Adavrtising agencies , Public relation agencies Marketing research agencies. • Validate the compliance of our communication to the guidelines of marketing & branding strategies
Marketing technical communications manager Full Time
CEMEX – Assiut Cement Company
Aug 2002 - Nov 2007 -5 yrs, 3 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details: Supporting the efforts of marketing department in offering the different attributes of each product of CEMEX to increase recommendation & specifying level By : - Individualize the scientific background of each of CEMEX products; standardize the technical massage of marketing POPs (brochures & data sheets) that target different segments of influencers. - Insure the proper inclusion of technical attributes of the products in the Ads). & participate in the production phases. Developing relations with influencers & indirect buyers that recommend & specify the usage of Assiut cement to end-users through : - Events like engineering conferences & seminars for consultants& large contractors. - Training programs of channel to improve their capabilities in selling premium brands. - Advanced courses of construction for newly graduated engineers(Candidate influencers ) - Road shows & School Of laborers courses for small contractors & technicians. Promoting the relationships with end users & influencers segment through building professional communities of influencers & creating means of recognition for their best practices , researches & Projects through The following : - CEMEX Building Award, targeting to give recognition to medium large contractors & their mega-projects constructed with CEMEX products. Managing the award includes all preparation like brandings & POP materials also the procedure of the call for entries, Projects documentation & organization the jury deliberation & ceremonials. - CEMEX Contractor Award, targeting to give recognition to medium & small contractors of Upper Egypt & local projects constructed with CEMEX products. Managing the award includes all preparation like brandings & POP materials also the procedure of the call for entries, Projects documentation & organization the jury deliberation & ceremonials. - CEMEX Construction Research Award, sponsored by CEMEX & co organized with the academy of scientific research & technology , the awards is targeting to honor the effort of researchers & consultants’ communities for their distinguished researches & experimental projects Creating & conducting training program for channels : - To establish a win- win relationship with our costumer I was assigned to plan for & conduct the Retailers business school training programs. - The program aims to professionalize the channels & increase their knowledge in the fields of business management. (Sales skills, Basics accounting, Book keeping & Taxation). Handling the relationship with the governmental quality regulation bodies : Representing CEMEX in the committees of the Egyptian Organization of Standardization, Housing & Building Research Center for discussion of New Cement standards ES 4756/2005. - Experiences I have earned through my work in marketing Department: Sharing the responsibilities in the preparation of the following programs & activities: Loyalty programs and rewarding incentives Market research studies ( qualitative & quantitative ) Mystery shopper & collect & win programs. TV. Ads' Production.
and technical support engineerFull Time
SIKA EGYPT
Jun 1987 - Aug 2000 -13 yrs, 2 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details: Following up and promoting sales of Sika products Concrete admixtures (trails and testing), Mortar admixtures, Isolation, Polymer modified cement based mortar, Epoxy adhesives, Protective coating and impregnation for both steel and concrete, Flooring treatment, Sealants and joint fillings and Repair mortars and grouting Studying tenders’ documents and making price quotations.
Education
MBA in Marketing management
Maastricht School of Management (MSM)Jan 2006 - Jan 2010 - 4 yr
BSc. of Architecture in architecture
Faculty of Fine ArtsJan 1987 - Jan 1992 - 5 yr
High School - Thanaweya Amma
Orman Secondary SchoolJan 1986
Achievements
In September 30th 2003, The Academy of Scientific Research & Technology granted me The award of ‘Eng. Othman Ahmed Othman in the Field of Development of Contracting Industry' for the year 2002 for my efforts in initiating the school of laborers project as the jury committee considered it a pioneer training program in the field of developing the human factor of construction industry.
Skills
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Marketing
- Business Planning
- Public Relations (PR)
- Technical Support
- Internet
- Marketing Management
- commercial strategy
Languages
Arabic
FluentEnglish
FluentFrench
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