After Sales Services What type of job are you looking for? Regional/Area Manager in the Automotive After Sales Service Business What nationality are you? Indian What languages do you speak (and at what level)? I speak excellent English, Arabic, Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, What country or area are you looking to work in and why? Bqahrain, the reason is being the education of my daughters What countries have you worked in? India, Saudi Arabia, I was invited to worked in Malaysia as Instructor What countries do you have a visa to work in? Kingdom of Saudi Arabia What field do you currently work in? Automotive top Management What fields have you worked in before? Sales in India What qualifications do you hold? B E Mechanical Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why? Education, because education will be your foundation to master the skills Describe the benefits of working with others It helps to understand the mix culture, At times it invites a healthy competation,At times you learn from others, At times it help to do retrospection of ones self. It help to realize that one is only a part of the picture and not the whole of it. it's give and take process Describe the benefits of working alone Working alone brings and added responsibilities, it keeps you always on your toes, At times it gives you the freedom to work on things that you truly believe in, and when one taste the sucess it is the sweetest and give you the wordly pleasure. What was your worst working experience? An addedd responsibility was given to me to run the PDI center and to control the Stock yard, I could not find a vehicle in the stock so i reported it to the management,but I was misunderstood by the Regional Manager, He thought I wanted to bring him down, and the next two years were the worst for me. What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career? ONE WILL NEVER BE REWARDED FOR HAVING BRAIN, HE WILL BE REWARDED FOR USING IT. The show is not run by one person, it is always the team efforts,Suggestion can come even from a car washer which may save in thousands.Success will come but it requires hard work and sincerity. Be true to yourself, be friendly with your sub-ordinates but dont be friend. What unique skills do you have? Management Skills, Standard Service Operations, Standard Facility Planning, Standard Tools and Equipments, Human Resource, Budgetting, Forecasting, Decision making, controls, Policy Making, Studying different KPI, evaluating technicians, Recruiting high skilled productive staff from abroad (India, Indonesia, Phillipines) What would you consider as your 'dream job'? To be a General Manager for After Sales Services What are the most interesting aspects of your field? The technology is ever growing, The more you master yourself in the field the more you get interested,Technology is improving on daily basis, one should keep himself well informed, and the competation is ever growing, market share is fluctuating,Someone is always there to replace you in the market What are the least interesting aspects of your field? When the Sales people starts blaming the After Sales for poor Sales, instead of making SWOT analysis and trying to analyise the problem, blaming game starts, this is the least interesting. when can you meet us? Any time you wish with a day's notice. How can potential employers contact you? On my mail i.e zainmerchant@yahoo.com or contact me on cell 00966595413897 |