Wasaf A.

Wasaf A.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Channel Account Manager at Samsung Electronics

  • Education

    • Birla Institute of Technology, Bahrain

      2003 - 2006
      Bachelors in Business Administration Business Administration, Management and Operations

      Activities and Societies: • President: High school student body. • Vice Captain: Rahima Academy Cricket Team • Organizer and Head Choreographer: Golden Jubilee Dance Performances Awarded Bachelor of Business Administration with a GPA of 6.7 out of 10, equivalent to 72%.

    • International Schools Group, Rahima Academy

      1998 - 2001
      High School Diploma

      Activities and Societies: • President: High school student body. • Vice Captain: Rahima Academy Cricket Team • Organizer and Head Choreographer: Golden Jubilee Dance Performances

  • Experience

    • Bayt.com

      Sept 2006 - Dec 2009
      Relationship Manager

      Acquiring companies that have no significant revenue history with Bayt.com by selling Bayt.com's recruitment products & services.Initiate and develop a strong relationship with assigned verified leads.Creating, building and maintaining healthy business relations and customer satisfaction with top business executives. (Members of the royal family, CEO’s, MD’s, etc.)Effectively manage business in assigned database through a transactional and solution-oriented selling approach.

    • Mobily

      Jan 2010 - Aug 2013
      Business Sales Supervisor

      • Achieving monthly and quarterly targets and receiving recognition from upper management on a regular basis. • Within the first two months on the job, given the opportunity to be a part of the selected few in ‘Data Leaders’ group. Group was built in-house by the Regional Manager and every member of this group would manage, motivate and assist other sales personnel in selling data services like Dedicated Internet and IP VPN.• Undertook recruitment and interview process of Mobily voluntarily. • Reviewing own and team sales achievements, motivating, guiding and aiming to exceed targets. Show less

    • Axiom Telecom

      Sept 2013 - Nov 2018
      Senior Brand Manager/Buyer KSA & Bahrain

      • Managing a business of over $80 Million per quarter.• In depth experience working with brands like Huawei growing the quarterly business from $2 Mil in Q1 2015 to $80 Mil in Q3 2018.• Accountable for complete business management of my brands (Huawei, HTC, Alcatel) like Monthly and Quarterly Sell-In, managing relations, negotiations and alignments with brand partners, working closely with internal sales channel teams (Retail, IR, WS and Online sales), as well as management, marketing, finance, etc. to ensure continuous growth and profitability for the company.• Minimizing aging of inventory, new product launches, effective promotion and sales strategies by taking decisions related to product purchase, stock and price management to ensure improved efficiency and flow of business. Show less

    • Huawei

      Dec 2018 - Oct 2021
      KSA E-Commerce Channel Manager

      • Complete business management of main strategic partners of Huawei on E-Commerce Platform. Amazon, Noon, Fordeal, etc.• Growing the monthly business of all Huawei Consumer Business Goods categories for Huawei as well as partners of Huawei. • Accountable for Monthly and Quarterly Sell-In targets, Online brand image, market coverage, awareness, availability, sellout, stock balance and overall market share/penetration of the Huawei brand and products. • Negotiate marketing elements in Partner stores, online visibility, investments and overall brand building. • Maintaining excellent relationships, negotiations, discussions and alignments with partners (eg. Amazon & Noon) as well as internal stakeholders, management, GTM, marketing, supply chain and finance teams to achieve overall goals and smooth flow of business operations. Show less

    • Samsung Electronics

      Nov 2021 - now
      Channel Account Manager

      • Complete business management of main strategic partners of Samsung regarding the Audio, Wearables and Accessories division.• Exponentially growing category top line month on month as well as overall profitability.• Accountable for Monthly, Quarterly & Yearly Sell-In targets, Category image, market coverage, awareness, availability, sellout, stock balance and overall market share/penetration. • Negotiate marketing elements with major partners such as STC, improving visibility, investments and overall brand building.• Maintaining excellent relationships, negotiations, discussions and alignments with partners as well as internal stakeholders, management, marketing, supply chain and finance teams to achieve overall goals and smooth flow of business operations. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Awareness of ISO 9001:2015 & Risk Based Thinking

      Axiom Telecom
      Mar 2018
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Wasaf A.
      Best Performer Award 2015 for Exponentially growing Huawei business Axiom Telecom KSA Jun 2015 Excellence in growing Huawei business within Axiom Telecom