Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Volunteer Experience
Hobbies and Interests
Languages
Certification
Timeline
BusinessDevelopmentManager
Masoumeh Faraghat

Masoumeh Faraghat

Ottawa,ON

Summary

Business Development Manager skilled in growing sales and improving stakeholder relations. Strategically-minded in capturing new business and leveraging dynamic market opportunities. Accomplished in exceeding targets with results-driven approach.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification

Work History

Business Development Manager

BPS-Pharma+Bram Cor Pharmaceutical&Parteco S.R.L
05.2020 - Current
  • Collaborated with marketing team to develop successful marketing strategies receiving 100% positive feedback from the CEO.
  • Reached out to potential customers via telephone, email, and in-person inquiries.
  • Established relationships with key decision-makers within customer's organization to promote growth and retention from 10 % to 50 %.
  • Generated new business with marketing initiatives and strategic plans.
  • Negotiated and closed long-term agreements with new clients in assigned territory.
  • Developed new proposals, contracts and procedures to draw in more clients and streamline work operations.
  • Built relationships with customers and community to establish long-term business growth.
  • Collaborated with upper management to implement continuous improvements and exceed team goals.


Business Development Manager

Confocal NL
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Responsible for the realization of defined profitability and sales targets for EMEA in order to support of the KOLs
  • Generated new business with marketing initiatives and strategic plans.
  • Developed and implemented a 5 year strategic plan
  • Reached out to potential customers via telephone, email, and in-person inquiries.
  • Established relationships with key decision-makers within customer's organization to promote growth and retention.
  • Performed client research and identified opportunities for account growth, account penetration and market expansion.



Market Development Manager

Zeiss AG
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Renegotiated with previous customers and increased distributorship networks in Iran
  • Implementation of the agreed 'Go-to-Market and 'Service-Strategy' for Iran, based on customer needs and taking account of the experience and the input of the business group from 20% to 80%
  • Directed profitability and sales targets for Iranian markets through Refractive laser product launch by at more than 20 KOLs
  • Established, initiated and optimized business development strategies based on company targets, product specifications, market data, and budget factors.
  • Launched successful digital marketing campaigns that achieved goals for increased website traffic.
  • Analyzed and reported on KPIs to validate and demonstrate success of marketing campaigns.
  • Managed budget allocation and resource utilization to maximize marketing ROI.
  • Conducted market research to identify new opportunities and target markets.
  • Created and managed social media campaigns to increase brand engagement.


Business Development Expert

Jalal Ara Co.
01.2012 - 01.2016
  • Increased long-term relationship with clients across a variety of sectors
  • Liaised between the principal company and the regulatory affairs within the company for registration and documentation issues
  • Initiated negotiations with regards to the product price, prepared periodic purchase forecasts based on the result obtained from Market Research Team
  • Tools utilized: Microsoft CRM
  • Expanded business through effective network development, identifying new, and prospective clients.
  • Brought in new accounts through successful networking strategies and promotional approaches.
  • Used SalesForce to handle current portfolio and prospective leads.
  • Communicated with leadership teams by spearheading regular meetings to discuss objectives
  • Maintained extensive knowledge of company products and services to provide top-notch expertise to customers.
  • Developed business pipeline using cold and warm techniques.

Customer Consultant

The Body Shop International PLC + L'Oréal
01.2009 - 01.2011
  • Generated detailed reports to track customer service metrics over 100 daily customers satisfaction.
  • Managed Pre-Sales support and increased territory sales from 20% to 30% monthly
  • Provided exceptional customer service to high-volume customer base, resolving issues, answering inquiries and providing product information.
  • Developed and maintained strong customer relationships by promptly addressing and resolving customer concerns.
  • Handled difficult customer situations with grace and professionalism, consistently meeting first-call resolution metrics.


University Ambassador

Swansea University
01.2007 - 01.2009
  • Leading and supporting Swansea educational market for International students
  • Managed a team of customer service advisors in their daily tasks
  • Started operations in particular team selection and building.
  • Collaborated with student and faculty teams to develop strategies for student outreach.
  • Facilitated student group discussions to stimulate insights and gather resources to help facilitate program success.
  • Promoted mission, vision and culture of school to prospective students to increase enrollment.
  • Supported campus events to increase student engagement and promote campus-wide initiatives.


Education

Master of Science - International Management in Business

Swansea University
Swansea , Wales
12.2009

Associate of Arts - English Literature

Azad University
Tehran , Iran
12.2002

Skills

  • Prospecting & Strategy Planning
  • Lead Generation ,Relationship Building
  • Digital Marketing
  • Decision-Making
  • Negotiation & Cross-cultural Communication
  • CRM : Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamic 360, nTask, SalesPro,HupSpot

Volunteer Experience

  • Baby's Breath Canada, Runner, The National Foundation, 01/01/22, Present
  • IPMA Iran, Mentor, Women Association in Project Management in Iran, 01/01/18, Present
  • JVF Nepal, Rural Development Consultant, Jhumlawang Village Foundation, 01/01/18, Present

Hobbies and Interests

  • Camping
  • Swimming
  • Flying
  • Running
  • Reading

Languages

Persian
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
French
Limited Working
Arabic
Limited Working

Certification


  • PMI - ACP (Agile Certifies Practitioner )
  • Digital Marketing
  • SDR( Sales Development Training)
  • PPL ( Private Pilot License )

Timeline

Business Development Manager

BPS-Pharma+Bram Cor Pharmaceutical&Parteco S.R.L
05.2020 - Current

Business Development Manager

Confocal NL
01.2020 - 01.2022

Market Development Manager

Zeiss AG
01.2016 - 01.2018

Business Development Expert

Jalal Ara Co.
01.2012 - 01.2016

Customer Consultant

The Body Shop International PLC + L'Oréal
01.2009 - 01.2011

University Ambassador

Swansea University
01.2007 - 01.2009

Master of Science - International Management in Business

Swansea University

Associate of Arts - English Literature

Azad University
Masoumeh Faraghat