Aijaz Ali Abro

www.sydc.org

Sindh Youth Development Center (SYDC) is a Continuing Education and Career Counseling program in collaboration with Shah Abdul Latif University (SALU), Khairpur. It is set up at Shikarpur campus of SALU. I planned this youth development center to provide quality continuing education, Skills Training, a continuing education and career counseling program, and job search assistance.

Following are some of the areas I developed for SYDC:

• Developed Training Courses;
• Prepared PowerPoint Presentations;
• Conducted Training Workshops and Seminars;
• Used Social Media, the Internet, and MS Office;
• Computerized Accounting on Quick Books.

Gambat Institute of Medical Sciences is a newly established government degree awarding medical institute in the Sindh province in Pakistan. The construction of institute has just finished, and it is planning to start classes by mid 2015. My role as the Educational Consultant included the following:

Development of organizational Vision and Mission Statements, Strategic Planning, Correspondence, Report Writing, and Negotiation with government agencies; Advising the institute about the Policies and Procedures, Promotion of the Institute at multiple forums, establishing a Media Center and setting up PR Policies. I was responsible to Establish Admissions, and Finance Departments, setting up of Examinations Control System, Career Counseling, and establishing H.R Department, and preparing Employee Policies and Procedures Manual. In the course of my duty I supervised a number of employees, the overall direction of the organization, coordinated and evaluated the departments for successful achievements of organizational Goals and Objectives.

www.thesindhtelegraph.com

I started working as the Chief Editor of this online English Newspaper in Virginia, USA. My job included Editing News, Writing Reports, Writing Editorials, Writing Political and Social Commentaries on current affairs. I extensively wrote reports on devastation of cyclone phet of 2010, supper floods of 2010, monsoon rain floods of 2011, and Democratization of the society.

• Developed good relations with writers, reporters, political and civic leaders;
• Conducted interviews with important personalities;
• Written extensively on social and political issues facing Pakistan;
• Written extensively on Democratization of the society.

www.pizzaco-op.com

I Developed a first of its kind Industry Association of independently owned pizza shop owners in United Sates of America, to provide them with Training in Sales, Management, and Organizational Strategies. Trained Member Organizations' staff in excellent Customer Service to Retain Old Clients and find New Customers.

Developed Business-to-Business (B2B) and B2C marketing plan to promote the co op;
• Designed, developed and used hundreds of Graphics, Marketing Materials, write-ups, Direct Mail campaigns to promote the business;
• Published a company Newsletter;
• Conducted Business and Consumer Surveys to create a Research Database of Consumer Behavior and Buying Habits;
• Implemented Customer Retention, Incentive, and Win Back policy and procedures;
• Conducted Seminars, and Workshops;
• Developed Employee Procedure Manual that included HR Policies and Procedures, Employee Benefit Packages, Employee Code of Conduct, Customer Service Procedures; and more;
• Negotiated terms, prices, and products with the suppliers, and entered into a Partnership Programs with several Supplier organizations;
• Negotiated Monthly Rebate Program for Members and the Co-op with US Food Service, and S. Freidman and Sons;

www.aaaprintandpromos.com

Developed and Managed a Turn-Key Marketing and Promotions Consulting Company with primary market area including Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia. The Primary clients were small to medium sized business. Created a brand new Sales Department, and built a Winning Sales Team.

Implemented Sales Strategies, Hired, Trained, Motivated, and Supervised team of Account Executives, Marketed Consulting and Advertising services to businesses, organizations, institutions, and other agencies, helped AEs to Meet their monthly Sales Goals. Developed Sales Training Manual, and Power Point Presentations. Set up a Telemarketing Department, and trained Telemarketers to generate Peset Qualified Leads.

• Developed a Business-to-Business (B2B) Marketing Plan to promote the business;
• Designed, developed, and used hundreds of graphics, marketing materials, write-ups, Direct Mail Campaign to promote the services;
• Implemented Customer Retention Incentives, and Win Back policy and procedures;
• Created and Developed Sales Training Manual and PowerPoint Presentation;
• Conducted Sales Training Seminars and Workshops to train company Account Executives (AEs);
• Performed Professional Niche expertise with Promotional Products and Integrated Marketing Communications - from Branded Corporate items to producing Direct Mail Campaigns (from Concept to print and delivery);
• Demonstrated Strong Negotiation Skills to drive Company Objectives home;
• Demonstrated strong ability to Write Proposals and respond to RFPs;
• Trained AEs in One-on-One, and Group Presentations;
• Performed Leadership Role as Strong Team Player, and a Role Model;
• Developed Employee Handbook, Sales Policies and Procedure Manual, and implemented HR policies and procedures;
• Negotiated with external professionals for Value Added Services;
• Used MS Office extensively.

A management consulting corporation that provided consultancy to small to medium sized business, in the fields of management and administration, HR Development, marketing management, accounting, and employee training and motivation.