Waldner Middle EastGeneral Manager - Middle East Branch
Jul. 2016 - Jun. 2021Dubai, UAE• Oversee the Middle East operations in a challenging, fast paced environment, engaging in frequent travel to support sales staff and to jointly present to customers.
• Establish strategic partnerships with key top tier customers and resellers.
• Determine regional targets in close collaboration with responsible area sales managers, partners and market surveys. • Recruit, orient, coach, and motivate staff, including developing incentives for top performers.
• Analyze and optimize current business processes and develop various strategic plans in line with the company’s vision.
• Engage in various procurement fields including negotiation with suppliers, selection of such suppliers (for products and components used in our projects).
• Administer budgets and review annual figures for the business unit as well as coordinate activities and reporting to headquarters in Germany on a quarterly basis.
• Direct and maintain highly productive and motivated teams by setting ambitious but realistic targets with corresponding rewards, close and continuous communication with all team members, mentoring, and team events.
• Formulate various highly profitable and desirable aftersales proposals.
• Initialize training for leading strategic partners in the region as part of a training team. Coaching encompasses in-depth product info, sales techniques and sales scenarios, procedures, etc.
• Surpassed revenue and profitability expectations for the region consistently.
• Attained and preserved branch status as one of the company's most profitable and largest revenue generating branch offices in a challenging business environment.