Naveed Ahmed, Business Development Manager

About

Experienced Business Development Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry. Skilled in Microsoft Word, Public Speaking, Management, Leadership, and Account Management. Strong program and Account management professional who graduated from Preston University.

Experience

Go Beyond Creative

Jan 2021 – Present

Sunrise, Florida, USA

Business Development Manager

• Develop plans and strategies to grow existing channel partners. • Provide product promos and collateral to increase sales. • Monitored customer buying trends, market conditions, and competitor actions to adjust strategies and achieve sales goals. • Collaborated with internal teams and suppliers to evaluate costs against expected market price points and set structures to achieve profit targets. • Led a seasoned team of partner managers and account coordinators. • Redefined scope of engagement and target markets to increase business success rates.

QuickStart Inc.

Jul 2020 – Jan 2021

Texas, USA

Channel Account Manager

QuickStart is a Cognitive Learning Management company disrupting the way how IT training is converted into high impact, personalized, and customized learning experience through the subscription of its flagship platform CLIPP. QuickStart is an MS Gold Partner and provides IT training to Fortune 5000 customers in the areas of App Dev, Dev Ops, Information Security, Cloud computing, and Data Science. Responsibilities: • Understand the business model of channel learning partners and develop plans and strategies to grow existing channel partners. • Provide product promos and collateral to increase sales of our products through a learning partner. • Provide a private-label virtual university to partners so that they can sell online IT products and promote subscriptions vs individual courses. • Create an acquisition learner/channel partner strategy for MS, Cisco, and other technology learning providers.

Zones LLC

Jul 2018 – Jul 2020

Auburn, WA, USA

Inside Sales Account Manager

Identified key entry points to enhance market penetration and effectively analyzed data to optimize customer satisfaction and increase profitability by 150%. Established agreements for expansions of licenses and product replacements. Achieved 550% of monthly quota and grew sales to $50,015 in 30 days. Developed a highly profitable pipeline based on multiple sales penetration techniques. Motivated team members to meet and exceed sales targets. Increased sales by 150% with the execution of full sales cycle processing from initial lead processing through conversion and closing. Addressed problems with accounting, billing, and service delivery to maintain and enhance client satisfaction. Directed production of all advertising materials, including preparing copy, evaluating proofs, and enhancing layouts. Enhanced online presence to take advantage of dynamic conditions and unique platform opportunities. Secured high-value accounts through consultative selling, effective customer solutions, and promoting compelling business opportunities. Exceeded sales goals and market competitions through effective negotiation of product and material pricing, freight and delivery rates, and employee payment terms. Provided extensive support in sales, technical, and business areas to key accounts. Tracked sales data to assess trends and make proactive strategy changes. Adjusted prices via pre-set schedules, supply management department costs, and other factors on a regular basis. Researched and customized service proposals for clients to meet requirements and set profitable compensation scales.

Education

Preston University

Feb 2015 – Feb 2019

Bachelors of Sciences, Computer Science

Naveed Ahmed

Business Development Manager

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