Afzal Shakir

Excellent management,marketing,selling,Customer Care,and organizational skills,with experience in dealing with customers and high level workloads within strict deadlines in telecom & banking sector.

Presently I am working as Manager Marketing in Askari Leasing Limited (A project of Army Welfare Trust) since 1st January 2008. I am working for its AsKar, AskLife, Other Corporate & CIO’s products / services.

Manager Marketing

•Recruited and organized a team of eight free lancer sales executives.
•Prepared a sales plan for short term as well as for long for enhancing both individual and commercial clientele seeking affordable leasing services on flexible terms.
•Generate maximum sales leads by stressing on personal visits / telephone calls and doing a proper follow-up.
•Responsible for collection of competitor’s activities and reporting it to the upper management.
•Identified, developed and implemented marketing strategies that resulted in approximately Rs. 40 million leases in 8 months.
•Responsible for field visits and meeting corporate clients and updating /educating them regarding leasing products and services.
•Analyzing risk potential and make sound lending judgments on mortgages.
•Assisting customers in determining their leasing needs and recommend appropriate solutions.
•Educate and convince the customers about investments in COI’s and their yields / benefits in the long term thus protecting their retirement and the family’s future.
•Build a strong base of referrals through effective outside marketing.
•Research and develop a survey instrument, subsequently used to obtain information from customers regarding their satisfaction with the services.
•Handle complaints and customer discrepancies, conferring with senior management in an effort to resolve problems promptly.
•Meeting targets given by the office.
•Coordinate with Operation Department for case processing.
•Liaises with supplier, customers and other agencies for changing market conditions and trends.

MBA (Marketing)