Ali Zulfiqar, Business Support Team

Ali Zulfiqar

Business Support Team

Metro Safety UK

Location
United Kingdom
Education
Master's degree, Msc in Entrepreneurship
Experience
14 years, 2 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 2 months

Business Support Team at Metro Safety UK
  • United Kingdom
  • My current job since December 2010

Office Management & Customer Support Team
• Reception Cover
• General Office Duties
• Worked on a price analysis between different quarters for information like total sales for fulfilled and unfulfilled orders, FRA’s, Corporate retreats etc.
• Updated data on the Metro System, CORI, regarding detailed client information (CST)
• Uploaded data on the system and after careful check imported it to CORI, during the Maintenance department system update

Work on assignments for all the directors of the company and provide them with what ever they need.

Business Support Team at Metro Safety UK
  • United Kingdom
  • June 2010 to July 2010

Maintenance Department
• Call clients and inform them about their annual maintenance dates
• Respond to complaints and queries
• Log the relevant information onto the Metro system
• General clerical duties, but not limited to photocopying, mailing, faxing and filing

Graduate Trainee at Kashmirwala Corporation (Pvt) Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2009 to August 2009

Administration and Human Resources Department(General Sales Agent for
over 10 international aviation companies all over the country)
• Organizing company’s events, including travel, accommodation and board meetings
• Legalization issues, including work permits, travel and business visas
• Responsible for organizing office requirements such as organize the repair and maintenance of computer and office equipment; coordinate and maintain records for staff and official needs; respond to customer inquiries; setup and coordinate meetings and international conferences; maintain and distribute staff weekly schedules

Internship at British Petroleum
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2008 to August 2008

Procurement & Supply Chain Management Department
• Electronic Procurement System : Focused mainly on the learning and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• Vendor Qualification Process : Learnt the prerequisites needed for vendor qualification, focused on tender management and commodity operations
• Comparisons of BP contracts and addendums
• Approximate analysis produced about the site labour force and cost spent per unit on machinery
• Comparative statement of the unit and total prices for the quotation of the network equipment clipsal of the following companies: Technologic, Ora-Tech Systems and Jaffer Co.
• Compilation of detailed listings of all the properties and vehicles leased by BP in the country, including information like, owner’s name, duration of lease, monthly rental value, asset description, station, registration number, document status, asset value etc.
• Comparative analysis and bid evaluation of I&E Services
• Organization of ‘Procurement and Supply Chain Management’ policies, procedures and presentations along with model contracts and presentations for assistance of the PSCM department.

Intern at Unisys
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2007 to August 2007

System Integration & Hardware Solutions
• General computer configurations, assembling of hardware and dealing with technical issues in the system
• Involved with a group of technical staff, who designed complete hardware and software solutions

Education

Master's degree, Msc in Entrepreneurship
  • at Royal Holloway, University of London
  • September 2010

Major Qualifying Project, Dissertation: The Oil & Gas Industry of Pakistan – The Impact of being a developing nation. Research Interviews conducted with ENI, British Petroleum & Shell. Other relevant course works include: A formal Business Plan; Analysis of Easy Group UK; Corruption and Business; Technology and Commercialization; Corporate Strategies used by Starbucks.

Bachelor's degree, BA (Hons) in International Business
  • at Regent's Business School London
  • July 2009

Major Qualifying Project, Dissertation: The Impact of the Political and Economic instability on the I.T. Industry of Pakistan and its exports. Research Interviews conducted with Pak-Saudi Bank, Unisys, Computer Dynamics International, Hewlet Packard (HP), Landmark Resources, and Kalsoft (Official Microsoft Distributors).

Specialties & Skills

International Business
Procurement
Supply Chain
Hardware