Saad Qazi, Assistant Operations Manager

Saad Qazi

Assistant Operations Manager

MetLife Alico

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, FLMI
Experience
16 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 2 Months

Assistant Operations Manager at MetLife Alico
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since March 2011

• Guiding internal support functions and devising operational flows in the areas of Underwriting, Policy issuance, MI reports generation, Premium reconciliation, Claims processes and Complaints handling.
• Strong coordination and communication with all departments to provide good quality and efficient services to Bancassurance partners.
• Monitoring product / campaign performance, devising product-specific and service-based solutions, including specific plans, programs and initiatives to increase sales across different distribution channels of partner bank.
• Ensuring compliance with agreed operational flows and turnaround times.
• Coordinating with sales staff and team of relationship managers across the country for business figures, market updates, underwriting requirements and other client related queries/ complaints.
• Analyse and keep a track of Relationship Managers performance to make sure targets are met.
• Preparing variable compensation payments for company’s sales s force
• Working with partner banks for establishing operational flows and turnaround times.
• Drafting Proposals, Service Level Agreements and other documents to be signed with bank partners.
• Conducting product and sales related training to bank’s sales and operations staff.
• Designing and ensuring distribution of sales aids i.e. sales scripts, process flows and training presentations for partners’ sales staff and training programs for partner banks sales staff certification.
• Help devising sales incentive and convention programs for partner’s banks staff.
• Preparation of numerous business and investigation reports for the management and partner banks.
• Day to day operations and functioning of strategic alliances, resolving problems and maintaining excellent relationships with them.
• Manage payments from banks & monthly commission payments.
• Recruitment of operations and sales staff and coaching about product features, operational aspects, customer servicing and company policies.
• Direct sales and helping sales staff to close sales from the branches of partner’s bank.

Relationship Officer at Metlife Alico
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2009 to March 2011

• Marketing intelligence by gathering information of products offered by competitors.
• Initial Underwriting of insurance applications.
• Generate various excel based sales and targets reports.
• Working on development of Point of Sale Bancassurance system with Banks and internal departments.
• Coordinating with all partner banks, sales team and internal departments for all business related issues, commissions and incentives.
• Assisting in designing and projecting targets, incentives and other issues for sales team.

Relationship Officer at MetLife Alico
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2009 to February 2011

Customer Services
Opeations of Bancassurance & Direct Marketing Department
Relationship Management

Management Associate at MetLife Alico
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2008 to March 2009

• Understanding the basic functions of Bancassurance and Direct Marketing Department.
• Learning various functions and responsibilities of Accounts, Customer care, Underwriting, Claims, Admin and Sales department within the organization.
• Assisting Manager Bancasssurance in different tasks including reports generation, product development, and development of marketing and training materials.
• Assisting in designing and projecting targets, incentives and other issues for sales team

Management Associate at MetLife Alico
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • March 2008 to February 2009

Assisting anf learning the work in Bancassurance in Direct Marketing Department.

Education

Diploma, FLMI
  • at Life Office Management Association
  • June 2011
Master's degree, Marketing
  • at Bahria University Karachi
  • February 2008
Bachelor's degree, Marketing
  • at Bahria University Karachi
  • January 2007

Specialties & Skills

operations
Underwriting
Direct Marketing
Bancassurance
Marketing
MS Office

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

Developing Service Culture & Mindset (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2009
Valid Until:
October 2009

Hobbies

  • Cricket, visiting new places