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Almaty, Kazakhstan

Dubai

1. Developing Entrepreneurial qualities among companies based in Kazakhstan, Europe, Dubai and Latin America2. Helping start-up to manage revenue and gross bottomline3. Shadow Manager for CEOWorking closely with Kcell, Tele2, UMS, Telenova, & Telesonera group

UAE, Khazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Krgyzstan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, & Latvia

- Smartphone - Distribution - Logistics - Dealer program

South Sudan

Mandate from HQ to drive1. Revenue through Acquisition2. Usage & Retention 3. New Product initiatives both in voice and non voice,4. Geo Marketing5. VAS, P&S and Customer Value Management (CVM)6. Looking after Brand and Marketing Communication (MARCOM)ULTIMATELY 1. Taking Vivacell as a Brand to iconic levels and making sure Vivacell are available & visible.

Tehran, Iran

Novo Management Consultants provides management advisory in Telecoms in high growth markets in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Mandate for MCI from Novo was to,1. Setup systems and processes for Marketing, Communication function2. Team training and development3. Marketing Communication Specific strategic initiatives4. Marketing Operational Management5..

Sudan

For Zain, its always breakthrough is normal and excellence is daily routine. Hence, delivering every task and action with utmost precision was the key responsibility.Successfully drafted and executed overall brand and marketing strategy across Sudan, that is keeping the brand at No. 1 Position1. Restructured market segmentation and product portfolio.

Kabul, Afghanistan

• Led all Marketing Communication activity including TV campaigns, print, radio & OOH; operating within the context of extremely challenging conditions in the country.
• Also in-charge of online brand management: search engine optimisation and Social Media Management.
• Additionally, led media buying & planning and brand management & budgetary planning.
• Managed the national ad agency and BTL agencies.
• Led market research and maintained the consumer confidence & brand index benchmarks for the “Roshan” brand.
• Handled CSR activities to support development of strong national growth in both infrastructure and education.

Asia

• Led marketing communications including TV campaigns, print, radio & OOH for DTH & Mobility business verticals.
• Managed media planning and buying including Social Media, blogging and display activity.
• Owned brand management & budgetary planning for all ATL and BTL activities (SAP-based budgetary control, centrally controlled activities for proper usage of resources and their allocation).
• Also managed external agencies: including briefing, company creative input and overall supervision.
• Successfully developed strategic brand & marketing business alliances which included meeting James Cameron (the Director of Avatar) to develop tie-ins with the film & building alliances with the Formula 1 organization.
• Managed PR activities & corporate communications for Reliance Big TV & IPTV businesses.

• Drove West-Indian expansion; established a new marketing team; recruiting, training and developing staff.
• Played a key role in conceptualizing and developing sales promotion schemes including Scratch Card Promotions, Mystery Shoppers Promotions, & Regional Festival Activation Campaigns.
• Redefined promotional activity including BTL and channel-specific marketing in hotels, airports, malls & colleges.
• Managed a “Brand Visibility Program’; improving visibility of the brand at various purchase points and devised & developed branded “Special Events” and “Customer Contact Programs” at various festivals and special.

Mumbai Area, India

• Managed complete brand categories including P&L & marketing investment for Cola, Clear Lime, Orange, Diet, Soda, and Water (Fanta, Thums UP, Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero,, Coke Lite, Vanila Coke, Limca and Sprite).
• Additionally responsible for complete go-to-market strategy and brand launch roll-outs across Western and Central India.
• Led on alliances, key account and sponsorship deal management with clear KPIs on ROI and marketing investment.
• Coordinated research and product testing working with AC Neilson Brand Track and consumer surveys.
• Also responsible for brand endorsement, celebrity management and various through-the-line campaigns.

Nagpur Area, India

• Exceeded sales targets for two consecutive years.
• Successfully managed 200 outlets handling MIS, merchandising, recovery, billing, and sales reporting.