Business Development Manager
Reem Al Bawadi Group
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :27 years, 0 أشهر
I am in charge of developing the trade business and franchise growth of the company. I search for partner businesses with a proper fit with our company's products and services and create a mutually beneficial relationship with them.
Dec 2011 to present
Founder/ Product Development Manager in Say Cheesecake, a private venture that is engaged baking and marketing high quality baked cheesecakes.
Formulated and tested over 100 different recipes of cheesecakes to produce the product line of the company consisting of over 20 different flavors of cheesecake.
Supplies to 5 different restaurants and has successfully grown its social marketing network to more than 800 individuals.
April 2005 to Oct 2011
Marketing and Operations Manager in CARE Multipurpose Cooperative, formerly a credit union with offices in Bulacan and Quezon areas of the Philippines, now a marketing and training services provider for small and medium entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises.
Developed a retail finance, group-lending methodology designed as a business (more specifically credit coop) incubator program. The loan component is essential as in any retail finance methodology; however, the focus is primarily on capability building of members so that in the end of the incubation period, the member groups are spun-off as independent, registered credit cooperatives federated under CARE Coop.
Co-implemented the computerization of CARE Coop's loans and accounting systems in order to provide timely reports for stakeholders.
Managed the daily operations of the Head Office and retail finance branches of CARE Coop.
Grew the membership base of the organization to over 6, 000 with over 70 employees and a credit portfolio of 60MM PHP (approximately 5.5MM AED) and a savings platform of 40MM PHP (approximately 3.5MM AED)
Managed and grew the retail business of the bank to a total network of 40 off-site branches, over 40, 000 borrowers and 50, 000 savers.
Grew the financials of the retail loans business of the bank to over 300MM PHP (approximately 27MM AED) and expanded the savings mobilization campaign to over 210MM PHP (approximately 19MM AED).
Developed the retail finance program of the bank including its standard operating procedures, employees’ roles and responsibilities, target markets and controls.
Earned recognition for the bank as SB Corp. awardee for Banking Excellence for 2005.
Prepared annual budget for the bank’s retail banking operations.
1999 to 2001
Business Development Consultant in BMS Bank Inc., a bank with twelve branches in the Philippines' most progressive central areas, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal.
Wrote and mapped out an extensive marketing and financial feasibility study for the bank in order to maximize the opportunity of entering the retail finance industry on a more strategic capacity.
Management Trainee in BMS Bank Inc., a bank with branches in the Philippines' most progressive central areas adjacent to Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal.
Wrote Manual of Operations for the bank including its standard operating procedures and roles and responsibilities of employees of the bank.
Served as Branch Manager of San Pedro and Calamba branches in Laguna.
Served as Branch Manager of Pasig, the bank's main office branch.
Grew the deposit base of the branches and increased the loans portfolio as Branch Manager.
Worked as on the job trainee for Procter and Gamble Philippines in charge of boosting product merchandising and presence in the much neglected down scale market (informal stores that account for over 35% of licensed distributors of P&G).
Designed, tested, produced and distributed the product hanger, an industry first and in doing so, yielded increase in sales of P&G’s products by 20%.
2001 Asian Institute of Management Makati City, MM
Graduated Cum Laude with Scholarship 1997 Ateneo de Manila University Quezon City, MM