Bechara G. Maalouf- MSCE, ITIL®

Business Development Executive

Lebanon18 yrs 11 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 20 years of IT industry experience
  • Expert in driving corporate sales and operational growth
  • Fluent in English, Arabic, and Spanish
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Business Development Expert in the IT and Software Services industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business DevelopmentCustomer Relationship ManagementSolution SellingSales Management

Other Skills

Account ManagementBusiness AnalysisPresalesBid ManagementNiche Talent AcquisitionBusiness Requirements GatheringProposal authoringGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)Sales ProcessProduct ManagementChannel PartnersProfessional ServicesRequirements AnalysisITILE-commerce

About

With over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, I am a seasoned Business Development Expert and Software Technology Advocate working with global leaders in the digital transformation and software services realm. My core competencies include account management, business analysis, presales, bid management, IT sales, IT recruitment operations, customer relationship management, and software consultancy services. I have a strong expertise in data-driven, long-term strategic planning and executing multi-million dollar deals for IT projects with corporate clients in Lebanon, MEA, and Europe regions. As a Business Development Manager, I lead corporate sales and business development operations for a diverse portfolio of software products and services, covering various sectors such as finance, healthcare, education, and public administration. I also recruit, establish, coach, and train consultants for presales and sales teams within Lebanon, Europe, MEA, and the GCC region, ensuring high operational performance and customer satisfaction. My mission is to leverage my technical and business skills, as well as my extensive network of contacts, to create value for my clients and my company. I am passionate about delivering innovative and customized solutions that meet the needs and the expectations of my clients and help them achieve their goals. I am fluent and able to conduct business in English, Arabic, and Spanish languages.

Experience

18 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
9 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Sword group

Business Development Manager

Mar 2017Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · Beirut District, Lebanon

  • Multinational Business Development Manager and Software Technology Expert at Sword Group, a global leader in digital transformation and software solutions.
  • My core competencies include business analysis, presales, bid management, sales, recruitment operations, customer relationship management, and customer success. I have a strong expertise in data-driven, long-term strategic planning and executing multi-million dollar deals for IT projects with corporate clients in Lebanon, MEA, and Europe regions.
  • As a Business Development Manager at Sword Group, I lead corporate sales and business development operations for a diverse portfolio of software products and services, covering various sectors such as finance, healthcare, education, and public administration. I also recruit, establish, coach, and train consultants for presales and sales teams within Lebanon, Europe, MEA, and the GCC region, ensuring high performance and customer satisfaction.
  • My mission is to leverage my technical and business skills, as well as my extensive network of contacts, to create value for my clients and my company. I am passionate about delivering innovative and customized solutions that meet the needs and expectations of my clients and help them achieve their goals. I am fluent and able to conduct business in English, Arabic, and Spanish languages.
Account ManagementBusiness DevelopmentBusiness AnalysisPresalesBid ManagementCustomer Relationship Management

Neumann

Business Development Consultant- (Contract-Basis)

Aug 2016Dec 2016 · 4 mos · Beirut

  • Neumann (Implify Software Solutions) was a startup company at that time, owned by a group of Lebanese Entrepreneurs, and my consultancy role was to help them mainly in boosting the marketing and sales activities and to train their existing team to promote and sell their software solution within the Financial industry of Lebanon, and other selected countries.
  • Responsibility:
  • Based out of Beirut, and responsible of establishing the marketing and sales operations in Lebanon
  • Business Development, Partner and Channel sales development to other countries in GCC, Europe, and North America
  • Target small, medium, and large corporate organizations to market and sell software solutions
  • Business Requirements Gathering
  • Solution Presentation
  • Introduce Neumann to key financial sector accounts such as Credit Libanais Bank.
  • Manage existing enterprise accounts
  • Travel to other countries whenever needed
  • Proposal authoring
  • Deliver responses to RFPs
  • Develop new partnerships and alliances with local and international companies
  • Plan, design, and establish a new CRM system inside the company to monitor, maintain, and ensure that all sales-related data is entered and captured appropriately.
  • Training and mentoring the existing sales representatives and handover the sales operations and the CRM system to them
Niche Talent AcquisitionSolution SellingBusiness Requirements GatheringProposal authoringBusiness Development

Gannage holding

Equipment Line Manager

Jan 2014Jan 2016 · 2 yrs · Beirut, Lebanon

  • Gannage is a leading provider of Hardware and Software for the medical domain, including hospitals, aesthetic centers, physiotherapy clinics, and sports/rehab centers.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Prepare business plan for each of the product lines on a regular basis
  • Product Lines comprise of Medical equipment and specialized software that are used by medical clinics, Aesthetic centers, Physiotherapy centers, and Hospitals.
  • Effect visits to the market in order to achieve the 4 sales pillars: Interviewing, presenting, closing and follow up.
  • Plan department’s sales activities towards achieving agreed business plan and sales targets.
  • Manage the complete follow up of the Department’s clientele and solve all related issues in coordination with the other related departments.
  • Drive sales team of the Department for optimum sales results. Department consists of 5 different divisions, each division having its own portfolio of equipment, with a total of 12 people reporting to my role.
  • Coordinate and strategize with the supervisors of each division in order to achieve assigned sales targets.
  • Suggest to management after coordinating with the Marketing Department, local and international congresses, as well as events attendance related to the Products.
  • Coordinate local congresses, events and promotional activities with the Marketing and Scientific Departments.
  • Plan products and territory distribution inside the department among all the parties in the sales team for best sales performance, and submit it to General Manager for approval.
  • Manage and maintain the company’s relation with the international equipment suppliers.
  • Develop and expand the business portfolio of each division by bringing new niche equipment into the market.
Niche Talent AcquisitionSolution SellingSales ManagementBusiness Development

Metlife

Sales Manager

Jan 2013Jan 2014 · 1 yr · Beirut, Lebanon

  • MetLife is a leading Financial and Insurance services company.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Recruit and manage a team of sales consultants through strong leadership and training, to build a positive work environment, and develop and promote a productive sales atmosphere.
  • Coach and develop sales consultants to exceed sales objectives.
  • Target both individuals and corporate organizations.
  • Provide input about the sales objectives and goals.
  • Monitor weekly sales activity and provide appropriate training and motivation
  • Deploy process improvement or strategic initiatives focused at driving increased customer satisfaction, efficiency, sales productivity, and expense management.
  • Achieve Numbers for Both Policy Sales and Agent Recruitment targets
  • Full people management responsibility: including recruitment, termination, promotion, performance management, quality and monitoring, coaching, along with training and development.
Niche Talent AcquisitionSolution SellingSales ManagementBusiness Development

Netways

3 roles

Regional Sales Manager

Jan 2009Dec 2012 · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Netways delivers consultancy and high-quality business technology IT solutions to governments and organizations in all industries.
  • Netways has been a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for more than 15 years of proven expertise in implementing turn-key solutions, based on Microsoft’s latest technologies. Serving more than 2,500 customers through worldwide locations in the MEA (Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt), KSA (Riyadh, Jeddah and Khobar), Gulf (UAE, Bahrain and Qatar) and North America (Canada) Regions.
  • Responsibilities:
  • Based out of Beirut, and responsible of a team of channel account managers in the countries of Lebanon, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman.
  • Study, plan, build, and propose a suitable business plan for the assigned market/territory
  • Commit and Achieve a sales department quota target set per quarter
  • Lead and follow up with the sales team to ensure proper sales activities are carried out on a daily basis
  • Manage and deliver small, medium, and large responses to tender bids
  • Recruit and train new sales executives whenever required
  • Optimize the sales cycle at all levels
  • Ensure quality of work is achieved at all levels of the sales cycle
  • Maintain continuous follow up with the sales executives to ensure customer fulfillment
  • Ensure a higher retention rate of existing accounts through customer rapport and satisfaction
  • Organize go-to-market campaigns by realizing creative thoughts
  • Travel to other countries whenever needed.
  • Training other team members
  • Develop new partnerships and alliances with local and international companies
  • Monitor, maintain, and ensure that all sales-related data is entered and captured in the internal CRM system
  • Excellent knowledge of the market in the above-mentioned countries
Niche Talent AcquisitionSolution SellingSales ManagementBusiness Development

Enterprise Solutions Consultant / Account Manager

Promoted

Nov 2006Dec 2008 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Responsibilities:
  • Sales activities (cold calls, meetings, requirements gathering, proposal
  • writing, go-to-market campaigns, collaborate in team work, etc..)
  • Achieve a sales quota target set per each quarter
  • Travel to other countries whenever needed.
  • Sales activities and go-to-market campaigns in the following countries: UAE, Qatar, Oman,
  • Bahrain, Kuwait (Based out of Beirut)
  • Deliver small, medium, and large responses to tender bids
  • Proposal authoring
  • Software Solution Consultancy
Solution SellingPre-salesSales ManagementBusiness Development

Presales Engineer

Jan 2006Oct 2006 · 9 mos

  • Responsibilities:
  • Review and edit requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations
  • related to proposed solution
  • Develop functional specifications and system design specifications for awarded projects
  • Present and demonstrate Microsoft Software products and technology applications when necessary
  • Implement Proof of Concepts and Provide technical training
  • Conduct R&D in related technology and tools
  • Effectively collaborate with other team members, by helping the Sales team achieve
  • their targets.
  • Deliver small, medium, and large responses to tender bids and proposals
  • Business Requirements Gathering, Analyzing, and Documenting, using the MSF standard
Solution SellingPre-salesSales ManagementBusiness Development

Education

University of Balamand

Bachelor of Science - BS — Computer Engineering

Sep 1998Jul 2001

University of Balamand

Masters of Science in Computer Engineering — Information Systems and Networks

Jan 1998Jan 2003

EXIN

ITIL Foundation Certificate — ITIL Service Management

Jan 2008Jan 2008

Formatech

Certificate of Completion — ITIL Foundations

Jan 2007Jan 2007

Formatech

Account Management- Consultative Selling Skills — Selling Skills and Sales Operations

Jan 2007Feb 2007

LOMA

Principles of Insurance Services — Insurance

Jan 2014Jun 2014

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