Sherif Taha

National Sales Manager (Pharmacies - Egypt), Regional Sales Manager (B2B - Near East) at Procter & Gamble

Egypt

Current
  • National Sales Manager (Pharmacies - Egypt), Regional Sales Manager (B2B - Near East) at Procter & Gamble
Past
  • Unit Manager (Alex & Delta North) at Procter & Gamble
  • Unit Manager (Upper Egypt) at Procter & Gamble
  • Section Manager at Procter & Gamble
  • Senior Medical Representative at Novartis Co.
  • Product Specialist at Merck Sharp & Dohme
  • Sales Representative (Part time) at Merck Sharp & Dohme
Education
  • Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport
  • Cairo University
Connections
22 connections
Industry
Consumer Goods

Sherif Taha’s Summary

Managing distributor operations of Procter & Gamble Upper Egypt Unit
Responsible for delivering FY Sales Target
Responsible for development of P&G distributor sales force
Responsible for development of P&G distributor customer service level
Responsible for internal control implementation on the distributor operations
Responsible for standard implementation (Warehouses, distribution chain, coverage models...etc.

Sherif Taha’s Specialties:

Conducting business palns & breakeven studies
Setting & distributing sales targets
Sales analysis
Building distribution chains & networks
Building warehousing & inventory standards


Sherif Taha’s Experience

  • National Sales Manager (Pharmacies - Egypt), Regional Sales Manager (B2B - Near East)

    Procter & Gamble

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Consumer Goods industry)

    January 2008Present (9 months)

    •Responsible for management, training and development of MEC, P&G distributor for pharmacies business in Egypt
    •Responsible for growing distributor capabilities in terms of both financial and non – financial resources
    •Managing Sales and Distribution operations of Procter & Gamble for pharmacy business across Egypt and achieving sales, profit, distribution and market share targets
    •Negotiating with distributor for future investments and expansion plans for Procter & Gamble business in Egypt to take pharmacies channel one step forward
    •Turn around pharmacies team capabilities to match the other mature business channels in terms of people calibers & abilities
    •Decide for the current distributor strategy with P&G for the medium term future & grow its capabilities to be parity with other distributors within the next FY.
    •Reengineer the “Go to market” strategy and process for this business channel to match the future requirements for P&G after acquiring Gillette.

  • Unit Manager (Alex & Delta North)

    Procter & Gamble

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Goods industry)

    January 2007December 2007 (1 year)

    •Responsible for management, training and development of Alex, Delta and North Cost Procter & Gamble distributor
    •Responsible for growing distributor capabilities in terms of both financial and non – financial resources
    •Managing Sales and Distribution operations of Procter & Gamble in Alexandria, Delta and North Cost of Egypt and achieving sales, profit, distribution and market share targets
    •Negotiating with distributor for future investments and expansion plans for Procter & Gamble business in the region and constructing joint business plans for mutual growth
    •Forecasting, Setting and Achieving the FY sales volume for Procter & Gamble in North Egypt
    •Managing the “Summer Plan Project” during the summer quarter of the year in terms of: Sales volume target and growth, market share growth, budget control and resources allocation, development of customers and consumer offers and controlling the financial balance between Procter & Gamble and the distributor

  • Unit Manager (Upper Egypt)

    Procter & Gamble

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Consumer Goods industry)

    April 2005December 2006 (1 year 9 months)

    Managing distributor operations of Procter & Gamble Upper Egypt Unit
    Responsible for delivering FY Sales Target
    Responsible for development of P&G distributor sales force
    Responsible for development of P&G distributor customer service level
    Responsible for internal control implementation on the distributor operations
    Responsible for standard implementation (Warehouses, distribution chain, coverage models...etc.

  • Section Manager

    Procter & Gamble

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; P&G; Consumer Goods industry)

    November 2003March 2005 (1 year 5 months)

    Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales development for the wholesale section business at Egypt

  • Senior Medical Representative

    Novartis Co.

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    October 2001October 2003 (2 years 1 month)

  • Product Specialist

    Merck Sharp & Dohme

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    March 2000September 2001 (1 year 7 months)

    Selling Zocor 10, 20 & 40 mg to top 24 accounts in Egypt
    Responsible for delivering sales target
    Responsible for achieving 100% distribution of Zocor 20 & 40 mg & 80% distribution of Zocor 10 mg in outpatient & inpatient clinics
    Responsible for the hospital discharge program for prophylaxis of cardiac diseases in Egypt
    Assisting in setting the hospital marketing plan of Zocor 20 & 40 mg in Egypt

  • Sales Representative (Part time)

    Merck Sharp & Dohme

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    November 1999February 2000 (4 months)

    Responsible for delivering Zocor 10 & 20 mg sales targets
    Responsible for developing a sales summary of top 24 accounts in Egypt
    Responsible for 100% distribution of Zocor 20 mg & 80% distribution of Zocor 10 mg at inpatient clinics pharmacies of top hospitals in Egypt


Sherif Taha’s Education

  • Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport

    MBA, Business, Marketing, 20022004

  • Cairo University

    MBBCh, Medicine, 19921999


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