An investment project focused on personal development through self-paced learning and reflection while being in a vibrant multicultural environment of Dubai.Focused on learning about Microsoft business applications stack including Dynamics, Power platform and Azure through resources like Microsoft events, Learn platform and documentation. So far i have passed following foundational certification exams,- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)- Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (ERP) (MB-920)- Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals (CRM) (MB-910)- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900)and preparing towards,- Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300)- Designing and Implementing Enterprise-Scale Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power BI (DP-500)

Eurocentra is part of the Wünsche Group, Germany which offers market-oriented services and a variety of products in the areas of food, fashion, electronics and hard goods.Reporting to the country general manager i lead country-wide operations for Spanish retailer El Corte Ingles for sourcing, production control, quality assurance, supplier and product management through a cross-functional team of 4 Business Managers, 14 merchandisers and 15 quality specialists.Main responsibilities:- Central coordination role with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure implementation of ECI SOPs regarding source market operations and controlling.- Responsible for managing, coordinating and implementing improvement projects covering areas like social compliance, Product management, team management, product/fashion scouting and service quality.- Ensuring timely reporting on department KPIs and business analysis to management.Achievements:- Managed a successful campaign for fintech trade finance initiative by ECI in partnership with TWINCO CAPITAL. This resulted in better supplier relations by significant reduction in transactional delays and costs, bureaucracy and ultimately improving the supplier's delivery KPIs by 30%.- Championed the "ROBOT PI" and "ROBOT SHIPDOC" projects for robotic process automation of performa invoices and shipping documents uploading and processing to ERP, reducing 80% of communication about onboarding, rectifications and facilitation for LC opening, labels data and errors in shipping documents.- Improved the supplier social compliance KPIs by 40% by setting out SMART performance targets on workplace conduciveness and subsequently spot-check audits.- Contributed towards various digitalisation projects comprising employees attendance system through Jibble.io, quality inspections' scheduling/reporting through Microsoft teams' channels and merchandising order status through Office 365 and Sharepoint site.

Reporting to the department manager, i lead a team of 4 merchandisers and 6 in-field quality specialists. Together we managed woven apparel products category for El Corte Ingles for sourcing, production control, quality assurance, supplier and product management.Main responsibilities:- Double Hatting with buyers of woven apparel division of El Corte Ingles for Pakistan market for product and vendor sourcing, range building, selection meetings, price negotiations and on-field production controlling.- Central role in supply chain troubleshooting by timely escalation and driving growth by innovative product scouting in factories, trade shows, web and retail stores research.Achievements:- Achieved business growth of 8% and 26% respectively in 2018 and 2019 by omitting 20% of non-performing suppliers. This provided team focus and better controlling on the order execution and communication flow.

Reporting to the department manager, I managed a team of 1 assistant manager and 2 data entry operators. Main responsibilities:- To manage logistics, supply chain management and International Commerce coordination role for El Corte Ingles in Pakistan.- Activities included 3PL and shippers coordination for resolving any bottlenecks and conflict management.- Onboarding and training of new and existing supplier partners about ECI and 3PL SOPs and expectations.- Data ingestion, validation and reporting regarding all placed orders and subsequent shipment documents entry to ERP.Achievements:- Championed shippers (50+) on-boarding project in 3 months for 3PL's e-booking portal replacing email attachments booking through personal onsite engagements.- Improved shipper confidence by 50% regarding costs by providing independent comparison of tariff available from a set comparable 3PL partners of Group El Corte Ingles.

Textile Marketing Corporation is an indenting agency focused on promoting high quality textile suppliers and offering product offering and quality inspection services to importers worldwide. Reporting to the proprietor, i worked part-time remotely across Europe.Main responsibilities:- Developing new leads while maintaining and nurturing relationship with importers in Europe region for sustained business.- Providing full service model from sourcing, RFQ, documentation, order management and after sales service. - Travelling across EU to attend major trade fairs and business networking events to develop business leads in terms of both prospective supplier and buyers.Achievements:- Developed 5 new customers generating a sustainable sales of over 3 million Euros per annum.

Tata Textile Mills Ltd is a publicly traded large scale manufacturer and exporter of spun yarns, having production spread across multiple cities in Pakistan. Reporting to the General manager International trade, i worked along side 2 assistant managers for Western markets.Main responsibilities:- Maintain relationship with key accounts by making periodic visits, exploring specific needs and anticipating new opportunities.- Develop sales presentations and provide reports based on information collected through research on market trends, competition and price analysis exercises.- Develop and direct sales efforts in assigned territory for all company products assigned to portfolio on agreed profitability and volume targets.- Leading internal trainings for MIS platform of ERP (Oracle) and CRM (Siebel).- Liaison role for product development, production planning, alignment, delivery and logistics arrangements.Achievements:- Successful implementation and adoption project of Cloud CRM i.e. Oracle Siebel on demand.- Developed new markets i.e. US and Turkey by leveraging market research through Export/Importer data and business analysis.

Technology Concepts (Pvt.) Ltd is an IT consulting firm offering EPICOR ERP solutions' implementation and maintenance. Reporting to Director consulting services, i worked on the front-line.Main responsibilities:- Conduct Business requirement analysis, preparing analysis documents and FIT/GAP analysis reports.- Liaison with company’s marketing department in the pre-implementation cycle for software demos.Achievements:- Completed training on Signature methodology of EPICOR's iScala ERP implementation and thus providing active support to implementation teams on ground.