PERSONAL SUMMARY:
Strong managerial background with senior level local / international experience, dependable, results orientated, self-motivated, general manager with over 25 years experience of managing two large companies, one of them from the inception phase. Ability to nurture and grow a business, evaluate opportunities and risks and also deliver innovative new solutions to challenges. Having a professional attitude and an ability to be flexible and handle change in a positive manner.
Possessing excellent communication skills and able to establish sustainable and profitable relationships with customers, suppliers and companies across the world.
KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:
– Evaluating and decision-making, with strong vision and strategic capability.
– Problem solving skills.
– Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
– Able to motivate and lead others in a team environment.
– Proven ability to identify new business opportunities.
– Track record of delivering results with deadlines.
– Ability to work on and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
– Willing to go the extra mile and work outside normal hours when necessary.
– Can maintain close relationships with external bodies, suppliers and clients.
– Able to cope with pressure and work in a fast paced environment.
– Willing and capable of learning and adapting quickly.
– High level of personal organization and time management skills.
– Remaining calm under high pressure, and able to meet tight deadlines.
Education
- 1983/1991
B.Sc. Engineering (Civil) at University of Damascus
- March 2021-July 2021
General Management Program course at ESA BUSINESS SCHOOL, Beirut, Lebanon
Experience
- November 1993/present
General Manager/Partner at Safir advertising AND Alsham travel & tourism
Duties for the Company in general:
• Manage staff daily work; closely monitor their performance, and recruitment of the new employees.
• Involved in purchasing all hardware and any special necessary software for the company.
• Monitor expenditures and income with the staff and accountants to ensure achieving the planned profitability of the company.Safir advertising:
My main goal was to keep the name of the company, which was established in the year 1955, in the list of the top advertising agencies in Syria. I kept old clients and attracted new ones, local and international.
In the past 25 years, we became affiliated with big international companies for their advertising work in
Syria. We have big accounts of various categories.Duties:
• Develop and maintain relationships with potential clients and service providers (Media, Printing Houses, Production Houses…)
• Develop contracts with foreign advertising agencies for affiliation for the campaigns of international products.
• Follow up with the Accounts Managers on contracts to be signed with clients.
• Approve the planning and the execution of the advertising campaigns.
• Approve the designs to be presented to main clients.
• Check the data reports of the market and the competitorsAlsham travel & tourism:
In those 25 years at my company, I managed to attract some of the biggest tourism companies in the Middle East, Europe, United States and Australia to send tourists to Syria; I even managed to take the business for most of them for combined tourism to the area including Jordan and Lebanon.
I also handled contracts on behalf of our company to become the sole agent in Syria for some of the biggest companies in the Middle East and Europe. We also became the affiliate of one of the biggest worldwide chauffeured services company in nine countries in the Middle East. I started working on a project of handling educational trips for students that intend to travel abroad for language courses and/or universities all around the world.Duties:
• Maintain good relationships with clients and service providers (Hotels, Rent-A-Car companies…)
• Develop contracts with companies and service providers.
• Set the yearly goals, and organize participation and / or attendance of international tourism fairs.
• Follow-up all marketing and advertising projects to promote the company
• Monitor tariffs and special promotional rates.- July 1992/October 1993
Project Manager at International Company for Engineering & Decoration
The project was an office building and a residential development located in Damascus commissioned for a private owner.
Duties:
• Control of all design approvals, materials, and specification
• Pre-qualifying and recommending subcontractors.
• Reviewing and approving projects suppliers and more particularly ensuring that the above is in line with quality standards and design requirements approved by the owner.- June 1991/June 1992
Resident Engineer at International Company for Engineering & Decoration
The project was a seven storey residential building in Damascus. It was completed on time and on budget to the satisfaction of the developer.
Duties:
• On site supervision of Structural, Architectural and Landscaping works.
• Reviewing plans and documents and controlling the site supervision activities of the works including regular inspections, materials approval, and coordination of the interior finishes and MEP works of the building structure.
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