Emirates appoints two female UAE national Sales Managers in the Middle East

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Published February 15th, 2011 - 03:50 GMT

Asma Al Rahma, Sales Manager Kuwait
Asma Al Rahma, Sales Manager Kuwait
Continuing its commitment to the training and development of UAE Nationals, Emirates has appointed two female UAE Nationals to the roles of Sales Manager within the Middle East.
 
Reema Al Marzooqi and Asma Al Rahma have both completed Emirates’ Commercial Manager Outstation Programme. Reema has now taken on the role of Sales Manager Jordan and West Bank and Asma has been appointed as Sales Manager Kuwait.
 
“Emirates is wholly committed to the training and development of UAE Nationals. Moving forward we are targeting an additional 500 UAE Nationals each year to become part of our expanding team,” said Masooma Hassan, Emirates Vice President, National Recruitment and Development.
 
“The appointment of Reema and Asma into the roles of Sales Managers within the Middle East is yet another significant step towards our Emiratisation goal. Reema and Asma have showed excellent dedication to these new roles and we look forward to appointing many more UAE Nationals in the coming year,” added Masooma.
 
Emirates’ Commercial Management Outstation Programme covers multiple areas within the Emirates Group including; Call Centres, Ticketing Counters, Pricing, Emirates SkyCargo, Airport Operations, Customer Affairs and Service Audit and International Affairs. In addition to this each trainee spends an extensive period of time working within Emirates’ UAE Sales office, followed by an outstation attachment to one of the airline’s 111 destinations, further enhancing their practical skills and market knowledge.
 
UAE Nationals are an integral part of Emirates’ workforce with over 26 percent holding senior management positions within the company. The company’s commitment to training UAE Nationals extends to every corner of the Emirates Group.
 
Emirates offers a range of dedicated development programmes for UAE Nationals that cover various aspects of the Emirates Group businesses. Programmes are available for school leavers as well as university graduates and cover areas including; Commercial Operations, Yield Management, Emirates Group IT, Flight Operations, Emirates SkyCargo, Skywards, Dnata Travel Center, Dnata Airport Operations, Dnata Cargo, Group Finance and Internal Audit.

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