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Pakistan

• Played a crucial role in promotional planning for Surf brand resulting in volumetric growth. • Planned innovation volumes for Rin and Vim bars launches. • Built back volumetric growth on Sunlight brand by forecasting basis historical and projected price indices. • Completed Kinaxis and MS Excel trainings showcasing commitment to continuous learning and skill development.• Identified business-group wise volume gaps for sales growth target achievement while backing up for the Corporate Demand Planner. • Cleansed historical baselines and maintained activities calendar for 70+ SKUs. • Ran master data hygiene exercise on 5000+ SKU codes to improve adoption of machine learning algorithms. • Overachieved forecast accuracy of 75%+ in a highly volatile market.

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

• Surpassed the buying savings target for Skin Care raw materials by an impressive 106%, demonstrating my commitment to "Fuel for Growth/Better Buying than Competition." • Benchmarked import data showcasing superior purchasing prices compared to direct competitors for Niacinamide and Vitamin E. • Collaborated on innovations projects, including Glow & Lovely reformulation, Pond’s Super Light Gel and ST Ives, for sustainable sourcing. • Initiated Resilience Cockpit and Project Desi to digitally track 550+ material resulting in timely alternate approvals and availability. • Broadened the local supplier base by optimizing stockist models and evaluating local blending options.• Improved operational efficiency with digital initiatives like live container tracking reports.• Governed service level resulting in only 0.005% of service losses due to material unavailability. • Solidified a comprehensive procurement strategy for my portfolio using the Krajlic Matrix.

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

• Liaison between IBA’s Career Development Centre and Unilever’s HR• Execution of Unilever campus drives for flagship programs• Engaging IBA student body on Unilever Career’s social media handles

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

Because of the opportunity to work on a variety of projects, I had the chance to observe numerous aspects of claim processing and distributor management. I really appreciate that I was given a sneak peek into all functions of the company. I was able to attend the townhall, organize meetups, make impactful proposals, collaborate with IT, CD, HR & MIS team, and so much more. I have gained valuable insights and future-fit skills during my 9 weeks at Unilever.

Worked in the Data Analytics Department on multiple strategic initiatives pertaining to Business Intelligence and Customer Experience.-Business case preperation, vendor selection and MOU sign off for WhatsApp Banking-Development of use cases for secure and seamless integration between banking systems and WhatsApp bot-Liasion between Service Quality Department, Consumer Banking Department, data scientists and data engineers to fulfill reporting needs via IBM Cognos-Business case preperation and data collation for geo spatial analytics

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

• Pursuing my passion for talent development under the finance faculty members• Conducting tutorials to revisit the financial regulations in Pakistan and abroad• Assessing students’ performance by marking weekly assignments• Creating a challenging and fun learning environment for students by sharing relevant resources• Facilitating students to achieve both socially and academically by assigning them group projects• Contributing on the project outlines to keep the curriculum updated and relevant• Advising technological solutions to keep the virtual classroom experience as seamless as possible

Karachi, Pakistan

Authored •Website content and company policies •Product descriptions to boost sales •Retail blogs back linking other blogs •Corporate blogs and proposal to corporate clients •Social media posts to induce engagement

Karachi

• Transcribing recordings• Translating focus group discussions from Urdu to English• Note taking for record keeping purposes.

Institute Of Business Administration Karachi

• Conducting sessions for English language aptitude tests and mock interviews• Preparing individual reports and final results

Karachi, Pakistan

Master Of Science - Ms, Management

Bs Accounting And Finance, Accounting And Finance, 3.84

Activities and Societies: Directed a committee of 70 delegates at MUNIK IX (Flagship Model United Nations conference hosted by the Public.

A Levels, Business/Commerce, General