Afroz Khan
Managing / Sales / Technical professional with 20+ years of experience
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A versatile and skilled Managing / Sales / Technical professional with experience in developing and improving the company Performance. An assertive sales official with outstanding interpersonal, communications, negotiation and people management skills. Positive & Self-Motivator.
Sincere and Committed to the Work. Ready to accept challenges with new work Environment. To be associated with an organization that would give scope to serve 20+ years of Experience and Knowledge in the field of Sales/Technical and provides opportunity to continuously update oneself in tune with the latest trend and be a part of successful team.
Experience
General Manager - Sify Telecom Tanzania Limited - Tanzania (Branches: Rwanda, Burundi & India)
(2019-11 - 2022-10)
Internet Service Provider – 4g LTE & Fiber Solutions
- Oversee daily operations of the business unit or organization
- Ensure the creation and implementation of a strategy designed to grow the business
- Coordinate the development of key performance goals for functions and direct reports
- Provide direct management of key functional managers and executives in the business unit
- Ensure the development of tactical programs to pursue targeted goals and objectives
- Ensure overall delivery and quality of the unit's offerings to customers
- Engage in key or targeted customer activities
- Oversee key hiring and talent development programs
- Evaluate and decide upon key investments in equipment, infrastructure, and talent
- Communicate strategy and results to the unit's employees
- Report key results to CEO
- Engage with Regional Heads in broader organizational strategic planning
- All the ways to promote the New Company Social Media Promotion
- Set targets, performance plans, and rigorous, objective standards for sales representatives
- Meet with reps one-on-one weekly to review performance, progress, and targets
- Deliver deep performance reviews for each individual rep once or twice per year
- Coach individual sales representatives one-on-one through phone work and prospecting help sessions to help them improve sales performance
- Participate in spontaneous sales call rides and planned field days
- Counsel, support, discipline, and fire underperforming sales representatives
- Develop a scalable sales process and ensure representatives adhere to it correctly
- Ensure that reps use sales technologies, such as a CRM, correctly
- Plan and implement training programs. Hold regular skills training sessions with internal or external sales trainers
- Plan and preside over weekly sales team meetings
- Hold team building events onsite or offsite
- Recruit, select, onboard, and train new sales reps
- In some cases, oversee regional and local sales managers
- Motivate and engage the sales team with monetary and non-monetary (intrinsic) motivational tactics, such as sales contests, lucrative incentive packages, prizes, and public recognition
- Unite the team: Ensure reps work as a positive unit and share their best practices
- Set a good example for the team. Work according to company culture and values, prioritize ruthlessly, use good communication, and deliver results effectively
- Managing customer needs
- Maintain a deep understanding of customer needs and monitor their preferences
- Resolve escalated customer issues and customer complaints regarding sales and service
- Provide expertise when setting and adjusting pricing plans and discount rates
- Provide advanced negotiation expertise
- Connect company headquarters with customers and salespeople in the field
- Managing the business
- Determine and assign sales quotas, targets, and/or goals. Project and forecast annual and quarterly revenue and for one or more sales territories
- Develop sales strategies to acquire new customers or clients
- Track sales team metrics and share them with company leadership
- Analyze sales data on sales results and develop plans to address performance gaps
- Collaborate with marketing executives to develop lead generation plans
- Prepare budgets and approve expenditures
- Monitor competition, economic indicators, and industry trends
- Advance one's own professional and technical knowledge by attending workshops and other educational trainings, participating in professional societies and industry networks, and reading professional and industry publications
General & Senior Sales Manager - Mango Telecom Ltd - Kigali, Rwanda
(2017-10 - 2019-10)
Internet Service Provider - 4g LTE & Fiber Solutions
Senior Sales Manager - XSEED Education Private Limited - Hyderabad, India
(2016-01 - 2017-09)
Singapore Based Project
Sales Manager (B2B) - Nokia India Sales Pvt. Ltd. - Hyderabad, India
(2013-11 - 2015-12)
Sales Manager - AL-HUTHAILI Company - Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
(2012-12 - 2013-11)
IT Pre-Sales, Technical Manager & Head of Electronic Documents Management Projects - MFI Document Solutions Limited - Dar Es Salam, Tanzania
(2007-01 - 2012-07)
Worked in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya & South Sudan
Key Accounts Sales Executive - Global Tech - Hyderabad, India
(2005-02 - 2006-12)
Education
Graduation - Osmania University
Intermediate - Board of Intermediate Education
S.S.C - Board of Secondary Education
Asset International course - Technical - Aptech Computer Education, Hyderabad, India
PGDCA - Post graduate diploma in computer application