Asif Faruki, Sales & Marketing

Asif Faruki

Sales & Marketing

SHEHNAI BOUTIQUE

Location
United Kingdom
Education
High school or equivalent,
Experience
36 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :36 years, 4 Months

Sales & Marketing at SHEHNAI BOUTIQUE
  • United Kingdom
  • My current job since October 2010

Successfully established an upmarket "Bespoke" ladies fashion Boutique for elite clients and created a Brand awareness.
Personal Shopper approach for total customer satisfaction
Profit maximisation and Revenue management
Analyse consumer buying patterns and Collate Market Intelligence for future trends.
Market segmentation and competitors analysis.
searching for opportunistic purchases and niche products.
Working to extremely tight deadlines with accurate attention to details.
Multi vendor environment dealing with suppliers.
conflict management
Leadership skills - staff retention and providing continous support and guidance
IT Skills - Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Access & Power Point

Management at M & M Properties
  • United Kingdom
  • My current job since January 2005

Sourcing and acquiring “Below Market Value” properties in a highlyCompetitive and time sensitive environment.
Networking within property market and liaising with potential buyers.
Since 2005 Managing my own Portfolio of 13 residential properties - dealing with maintenance, tenancies and legal disputes.

Maintenance Fleet Planner at Bombardier Transportation
  • United Kingdom
  • June 2001 to December 2004

Working in the “Virgin Trains” Birmingham control centre, planning and monitoring
all maintenance activities for the fleet of 78 Virgin Cross Country Trains.
To make Service Critical decisions ensuring all trains are maintained within specified
periodicity whilst also ensuring 66 trains are available to operate the daily advertised
services.
Responding to service disruptions working in a highly pressurised penalty driven
environment and delivering a high class customer service synonymous to Virgin
Liaising with various train companies, depots and people on all levels using excellent
Interpersonal and negotiating skills.

Assistant Sales Manager at Halal Convenience Foods
  • United Kingdom
  • January 1998 to March 2001

Visiting and serving existing customers ( 152 accounts) across U.K.
Promoting and sourcing new products and customers
Increased Sales from £40, 000 p.w. to £76, 000 p.w. by March 2001 achieving a
target of 30% increased sales per year

Newsreader at BBC Radio “Asian Network
  • United Kingdom - Birmingham
  • January 1998 to January 2001

on
Sundays interpreting, translating and delivering accurate news. Apart from
English, also fluent in Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati and workable knowledge of Punjabi &
Bengali.

Tax officer at H.M. Inspector Of Taxes
  • United Kingdom - Birmingham
  • January 1990 to January 1998

Dealing with Taxpayers queries over the phone and face to face.
Analyse complex tax rules and present to general public in simple terms
Involved in “Road shows “ for creating awareness for the newly introduced
“Self assessment” Tax system amongst ethnic minorities.
Act as an interpreter during site raids conducted by immigration Office,
And other government departments to prepare legal statements.

Shift Supervisor at TATA STEEL - INDIA
  • January 1987 to January 1989

Working in Hot rolling steel mill maintenance department responsible for
a team of 8 people
Allocate work to my team
Ensure production line runs smoothly
Carry out Preventive maintenance

Education

High school or equivalent,
  • at Internet Technologies - City College
  • June 2000
High school or equivalent, Business and Finance
  • at University of Central England
  • January 1995
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Government Polytechnic
  • January 1986
High school or equivalent,
  • at St Joseph High school
  • January 1983

in English, Maths, Science, Special Geography

Specialties & Skills

Negotiation
Linguistics
Conflict Management
Segmentation
Sales & Marketing Experience
APPROACH
COMPETITIVE
CUSTOMER SERVICE
FASHION
GOVERNMENT
MARKETING
MICROSOFT OFFICE
NETWORKING
TAX PLANNING

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Punjabi
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Gujarati
Expert
Arabic
Beginner