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Ahmed Sabri

@ahmedsabri

Country Director of Marketing at Bayut.com, who doubled monthly platform sessions and scaled Investors Hub to 20,000 leads.

United Arab Emirates

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At Bayut.com, I lead a 50-person marketing organization across four markets. I doubled monthly platform sessions from 3M to 6M and cut blended cost per lead to $8.

At Majid Al Futtaim, I owned sales and marketing strategy for businesses across the UAE and KSA, opened 15 VOX cinemas in Saudi Arabia, and built a 20+ person team. Earlier at Vodafone, I led the regional launch of M-Pesa and helped grow digital channels to 40% of sales.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Country Director of Marketing

Current

Bayut.com

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Leads 50 marketers across the UAE, KSA, Jordan, and Pakistan with a $17M budget. Doubled platform traffic from 3M to 6M monthly sessions and cut blended cost per lead to $8 against a $35 market average.

Marketing Strategy Team Leadership Budget Management Performance Marketing Organic Growth Lead Generation PR Events Classifieds Transaction Design TruBroker TruCheck Investors Hub Property Expo Vion

Director of Sales & Marketing

Majid Al Futtaim

Jun 2019 - Nov 2024 (5 years 5 months)

Reported to the CEO with full P&L, pricing, and budget accountability for sales, marketing, communications, and CX across UAE & KSA. Owned marketing and commercial strategy for a KSA business generating over SAR 1bn in annual revenue.

Sales Strategy Marketing Strategy P&L management Pricing Budget Management Communication Skills Customer Experience B2B Partnerships Team Building Cinema Operations Leisure F&B CRM Digital Marketing PR

Senior Marketing Communications Manager

Vodafone

Apr 2014 - May 2019 (5 years 1 month)

Reported to the Chief Commercial Officer with a $25M advertising and promotion budget across MENA. Shaped Vodafone's global marketing strategy and visual language with Group, and led its localization across MENA.

Marketing Communications Advertising Promotion Budget Management Global Strategy Localization M Pesa Digital Strategy Channel Sales

Marketing Communications Manager

Vodafone

Jun 2012 - Apr 2014 (1 year 10 months)

Launched postpaid and prepaid portfolios, capturing prepaid market leadership at 51% and 33% share in postpaid. Reversed three quarters of decline, delivering a 0.8% revenue market share gain and 16% YoY postpaid growth.

Marketing Communications Product Launch Market Share Growth Partnerships Netflix Spotify OSN Anghami