Seasoned Marketing & Sales Personnel

I not only want to grow with the organization (which I serve), but I want the organization to nurture with myself as well. I would like to be member of a team that utilizes my skills in contribution towards the excellence and growth of business.

July 7 2008 till to date Corporate Consultant & Head of Marketing with freight forwarding and supply chain logistic company. (The TAQ Organization).

Responsibilities:
I am corporate consultant for Marketing, HR and re-engineering of the organization. I am as head of the marketing and advise the sales & marketing team about marketing strategies and tactics. Here again my role is more of a consultant and trainer type.

Oct 1, 2007 till June 2008 General Manager Operations with a Medium size Manufacturing Unit (Ashraf Enterprises)

Responsibilities:
My contemporary responsibilities were to control the overall operations of the company in he departments of administration, marketing & sales, HR, quality assurance, finance & accounts, MIS and compliance. Besides this development of new business/markets is another vital ingredient of my job.

April 2005 to Sept 2007 Marketing Manager a vertical set up industrial unit. (Master Textile Mills Ltd)

Responsibilities: I was looking after the marketing and merchandising department. My responsibilities were from order taking till its delivery. This encompasses marketing strategy, correspondence/negotiation with the customers, costing of the planning and monitoring the order, co-ordination with production departments). To conduct the regular inspections of merchandise allow the shipment of goods. To develop new business and enhance the customer base was also an imperative part of my job. During the tenure at Master group, I managed to develop more than US $ 3 Million business.

Nov 2002 to March 2005 Marketing Executive with an eminent Home Furnishing conglomerate (Yunus Textile)

May 1999 to Nov. 2002 Assistant Marketing Manager with a distinguished vertical set up factory. (Master Textile Mills)

Sep 1997 to April 1999 Territory Sales Manager with Abbott Laboratories (PVT) Ltd

May 1995 to Aug 1997 Research Associate with LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences)

Sep 1988 to May 1995 Research Officer in ‘OPIC’ (Overseas Private Investment Cell), Ministry of Industries, Islamabad

YEAR DEGREE DIV MAJOR INSTITUTIONS

1997 MBA 1st Executive Punjab University

1995 MIS 1st Post Graduate Diploma -do-

1988 M.Sc 1st Economics Quaid-I-Azam University

1985 B.Sc 2nd Economics Punjab University (Govt. College)
Statistics
Mathematics

Attended a two-week course “Action Research in Management” from 27th April 1991 to 9th May 1991 at NIPA (National Institute of Public Administration, Karachi).

• One day seminar on CTPAT by SGS

Proficient in the use of various software packages and application software like Ms Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), Lotus 123, Word Perfect, Dos, Windows XP and various e-mail and internet software’s


• Merit Scholarship during 2nd and 3rd semester in Quaid-I-Azam University
• Honorarium for successful arrangement of Investment Promotion Seminar at Islamabad
• Honoraria for arranging workshop and seminar at LUMS


1) Visited Schengenr countries (Germany, Netherlands and Belgium) in order to visit few of the clients.

2) Visited Hong Kong in order to attend Annual Sales meeting or Karstadt Quelle and also to develop new business.