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Wasim Shehadah

Eastvale,CA

Summary

Diligent Showroom Manager known for exceeding store sales goals and coaching employees. A pleasant personality coupled with terrific marketing skills. Pursuing a new role where hard work and an understanding of merchandising displays will be highly valued with proven ability to identify business opportunities

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Showroom Manager

Al Khomasia Sanitary Ware Trading Est.
abu Dhabi
09.2012 - 07.2023

A family-owned business, established back in 1975, to provide individuals and organizations with the necessary, well‑known and branded products, such as Grohe water mixers, RAK Porcelain, Marbles, Granite, Quartz, Solid Acrylic Surfaces and custom designs for countertops, Granite stairs.

  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Responsibilities included: Ensuring deep knowledge about the business operations, products, and clients across the establishment
  • Developing plans that cover increasing sales, purchases, revenues and maintaining efficiency in operations
  • Emphasize consistent and high-quality standards of business
  • Maintaining up‑to‑date market knowledge and anticipating growth opportunities
  • Ensuring client satisfaction and fostering truly collaborative and consultative partnerships
  • Monitoring cashflows and accounts payable, whilst liaising with the Accounts team
  • Forecasting product demand and supply, as well as monitoring inventory
  • Leading and managing employees across the establishment and support them to reach targets
  • Interviewing potential employees and evaluating their performance.
  • Oversaw daily operations of the showroom, ensuring a clean, organized, and welcoming environment for customers.
  • Collaborated with company leadership on strategic planning initiatives to optimize profitability and long-term success of the showroom.
  • Increased showroom sales by implementing effective visual merchandising strategies and product displays.
  • Generated personal sales to meet or exceed established sales goals.
  • Trained and mentored sales staff to improve their product knowledge and enhance customer service skills.
  • Drove business growth by actively seeking new opportunities for partnerships and collaborations within the industry.
  • Set goals for showroom employees and provided support and motivation to help each achieve true potential.
  • Analyzed sales data to identify trends, adjust inventory levels accordingly, and capitalize on emerging market opportunities.
  • Worked on increase product knowledge and understanding customer needs to provide best product with the best addons to reduce returns.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.

Sales Manager

Marvel Trading and Importing Est.
07.2005 - 08.2012
  • Main responsibilities included: Developing a business plan that covers sales, revenues and expenses
  • Setting Individual sales for the sales team
  • Training the sales team to achieve targets and deliver excellent and desired results
  • Responsible for motivating the sales team and providing support
  • Maintaining and improving relationships with clients.

Area Supervisor

Axiom Telecom
12.2002 - 06.2005
  • Main responsibilities included: Forecasting sales targets, revenue and expenses
  • Coordinating and supervising the activities of the sales team
  • Motivating the team and ensuring they are well-informed on sales targets
  • Confirming the availability of stock, coordinating deliveries, and recording missing items
  • Ensuring customer experience and satisfaction.

Sales Executive

Axiom Telecom
09.2001 - 11.2002
  • Main responsibilities included: Undergoing necessary trainings to develop better understanding of customers, products and requirements of the role
  • Understanding customers' needs and handling their requirements
  • Ensuring high quality of service, as per company standards
  • Proactively working towards accomplishing the sales target set by management
  • Collaborating with the wider team and supporting each other as necessary.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration -

Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU)
Willimantic, Connecticut
03.2000

Skills

  • Microsoft Office: (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Decision-Making
  • Employee Coaching and Mentoring
  • Business Development
  • Time Management

Resumeobjective

An innovative, dynamic and highly energetic business professional, with proven ability to identify and capitalize on business opportunities. A motivated individual, very comfortable in handling business responsibilities and key accounts whilst exceeding expectations. Looking for an appropriate opportunity within the business field in which I can excel and put my well-rounded experience into practice, as well as be an asset to the firm.

Hobbies and Interests

Outdoor Activities: Hiking, Camping, Dune Bashing, Swimming, Pickleball and Squash.

Timeline

Showroom Manager

Al Khomasia Sanitary Ware Trading Est.
09.2012 - 07.2023

Sales Manager

Marvel Trading and Importing Est.
07.2005 - 08.2012

Area Supervisor

Axiom Telecom
12.2002 - 06.2005

Sales Executive

Axiom Telecom
09.2001 - 11.2002

Bachelor of Business Administration -

Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU)

Work Availability

monday
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sunday
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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Important To Me

Company CulturePersonal development programsTeam Building / Company RetreatsHealthcare benefits

Accomplishments

  • Resolved many product issues in quick period and found solutions for the problems which sometimes it is there in the new models through analyzing the issue and convince the customer with the solutions and handle the objections in the negotiations and compensate if it is required instead of returning products and loose the sales and customer.
  • Opened a new business unit in the organization in counter top fabrication to avoid loosing unsatisfied consumers due to delay in deliveries from our suppliers in and was able to make the operation hassel free due to perfect leading, organizing and differentiated.
  • The good productive employees are an asset for the organization and i was able to lead and maintain the team, and help them to reach their targets and have them understand the organization objective and love to give more to the company.

Languages

English
Professional Working
Arabic
Native or Bilingual

Software

Softest

Wasim Shehadah