Ali Nawaz Shaikh, Regional Manager Sales & Customer Services

Ali Nawaz Shaikh

Regional Manager Sales & Customer Services

Telenor Pakistan

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Master's degree, Management
Experience
20 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 4 Months

Regional Manager Sales & Customer Services at Telenor Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since November 2013

I am responsible for Company Owned Outlets/Sales & Service Centers in South Region (Sindh & Baluchistan) and have a Team of 70 people collectively. Leading People Managers as a direct reporting.

Company Owned Outlets

- To maintain proper Bench-Marks for all Sales and Customer Services activities in the Regional Telenor sales and customers service centres/Company Owned Outlets.
- To ensure the smooth / proper customer handling by Customer care staff.
- To constantly look for innovative ways of improving the sales, customer service, staff performance and motivation, reduce costs and in general improve the standing of Telenor Pakistan.
- To ensure proper administration and discipline at the Telenor sales and customers service centre.
- Meet defined objectives for the implementation of work processes, service levels and training of staff.
- Minimise churn
- Highlighting the Needs of Trainings in the region - TNA
- Obtaining Innovative ways of promoting the Internet Selling & Mobile Banking
- Controlling and Managing provided Budget with its efficient utilization
- Achieving the desired sales targets in an efficient way
- Working on the Individuals’ development Plan

Franchise Service

- In Collaboration with Sales & Distribution Team, maintaining focused approach on Customer Centric services on the Franchise Outlets in the region with a goal of becoming a Customer Centric Leader in the Telecom Industry
- Training & Development of the Franchise Staff
- Increasing the understanding of Business Partners on Services perspective
- Improving the Customer Experience on the Franchise Outlet


Tameer Bank Collaborative Services
- Co location agreement with Tameer Bank and managing the deployment of Counters at both the ends

Branch Manager Sales & Customer Services at Telenor, Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • November 2007 to November 2013

Job Responsibilities includes;

- Responsible for Business Center Operations & Corporate accounts in the area
- KPIs include focus on Customer Centricity, Branch Operations, Revenue Generation, Cost Efficiency & People development
- People Management, Recruitment, Customer Services, Sales Management, Financial Management, Strategic Planning & Reporting, Project Management are the major Areas of working in current capacity/role.
- Improving Customer Experience and recommending change in the processes where required.
- Monitoring KPIs achievement of team and conducting review meetings
- Responsible for MIS reports for the region
- Assisting Regional Head in critical review performance of the region
- Working on development areas of the individuals with ref to company’s strategy
- Strong Coordination with other Departments/Units for smooth operations
- Represent region in Projects/Assignments as Regional Point of Contact
- Leading different projects at regional level & Nationwide in current capacity related to KPIs, Growth & Development, Life @ work, Channel Reporting & Planning

Current Projects;

- Member of Cross Functional Team responsible for the Project "CFL (Closed Feedback loop)"
- KPIs formation and smooth implementation (Nationwide responsibility)
- Growth & Development & Life @ work Projects - Internal Workforce (Nationwide responsibility)
- Network utilization and Revenue generation Project (Regional)
- Mapping of Cell sites with Area demarcation (Regional)
- Quarterly Analysis on Competitors' Move (Nationwide responsibility)

Officer, Sales & Customer Services at Telenor, Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2005 to October 2007

Job Responsibilities includes;

- Responsible for Sales & Service Center (S&SC) Counter Operations
- Focused on Customer Centricity, Sales, Account Management,
- Support to the front desk staff (colleagues) where required
- Responsible for Backend Operations, MIS Reporting.
- Exceeded expectations with ref to KPIs
- Strong Coordination with other Departments/Units for smooth operations of the branch

Customer Services Officer at Sachal Softec (Pvt) Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2004 to June 2005

- Responsible for providing support to the end users
- Assisted Sales Team and provided support in maturing sales
- Worked on Reporting and Analysis
- Monthly Sales update to the management (A detailed MIS Reporting)
- Highlighting reasons for dip in sales where applicable
- Coordination with other Units for smooth operations

Education

Master's degree, Management
  • at Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST)
  • June 2013

Management Decisions & Advance Decision Making, Strategic Management, Risk Management, Corporate Governance & Business Ethics, Business Research, Brand Management, Marketing Management are the key aspects of focus here Major Projects includes; - Investing in Cloud Computing in Pakistan (A Research based Project, Final Project, MBA 2013) - Subliminal Messages in Advertisements (A Research base Project in MBA, 2011)

Master's degree, Economics
  • at Shah Latif University
  • April 2009

Agricultural & Industrial Economics are the key aspects of learning here

Bachelor's degree, Software Engineering
  • at BAHRIA University
  • June 2005

Bachelors of Software Engineering 4 Years Program, Professional Software Engineering, Computer Networks, System Analysis & Design, Data Structures, are the Key aspects of learning here Major Projects and Reports includes; - ERP for a Pharmaceutical Company (Final Project in BSE) - RFID Implementation of motor vehicle registration and tracking system

Specialties & Skills

Planning
Project Management
People Management
Strategic Thinking
Reporting Analysis
Rsik Analysis
Communication
Presentation
Forecasting
Interpersonal
Stock Management
Listening
Office Automation Tools (MS Office Suite)
Strongs Concepts of Software Applications
Training
Reporting & Planning
Project Management
Strategic Visioning
Multitasking
People Management

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Memberships

Customer Care Network (Social Networking)
  • Member
  • March 2013
Customer Experience (Social Networking)
  • Member
  • May 2013

Training and Certifications

Excellent Execution (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2010
Valid Until:
February 2010
Strategic Visioning (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2008
Valid Until:
August 2008
Empowerment (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2007
Valid Until:
June 2007
Customer-Customer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2006
Valid Until:
February 2006
Change & Continuous Improvement (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2009
Valid Until:
October 2009
Six Sigma Methodology (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Valid Until:
March 2012
Project Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2011
Valid Until:
April 2011