Sameer Bokhari, Senior Manager IoT & Platforms

Sameer Bokhari

Senior Manager IoT & Platforms

Zong

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Master's degree,
Experience
18 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 5 Months

Senior Manager IoT & Platforms at Zong
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since July 2018
Stream Head Fixed ICT & Cloud at Jazz
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2017 to July 2018
Manager Products & Pricing at Jazz
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • January 2013 to December 2016
Assistant Manager Corporate Pricing and Planning at Mobilink Broadband & Carrier Division
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • August 2009 to December 2012

Reporting to the HoD, leading the Enterprise product portfolio with 2 member team
▪ Lead on product pricing, planning, supporting go-to-market strategies, maintaining the overall product strategy, monitoring the cost structures, interfacing with commercial and technical teams for areas related to enterprise products, etc.
▪ Successfully planned for and achieved the yearly revenue targets set forth for the enterprise product portfolio
▪ Successfully managed P&L of enterprise segment, maintaining 65% gross margin
▪ Introduced commission structure for the enterprise direct sales team

Assistant Manager - Corporate Products at Linkdotnet Telecom Ltd
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • August 2008 to July 2009

Reported to the HoD entrusted with ownership of the Enterprise segment.
▪ Handled all segment specific areas including product pricing, sales forecasting, competitive analysis, segment reporting, expansion plans, etc. for the segment.
▪ Developed simplified standard and discount pricing models for the segment, ensuring smooth implementation at all levels.
▪ Actively participated in the launch of hosted solutions product, helping timely launch.
▪ Proposed new avenues for generating additional revenue
▪ Formulated churn retention strategies, leading to reduction in churn

Relationship Associate - Corporate Marketing at MCB Bank
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2007 to August 2008

Managed a portfolio of Enterprise accounts in different sectors of Pakistan’s economy.
▪ Handled B2B relationships, ensuring customer satisfaction while fulfilling internal policy requirements
▪ Developed business cases, handled daily operations activities related to the portfolio
▪ Maximized income from the assigned portfolio to achieve assigned yearly targets
▪ Revived 3 dormant accounts through increased customer contact and follow up

Network Engineer at WOL Telecom Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2005 to July 2005

Worked as a key member of the Core IP Network engineering team
▪ Successfully maintained core and access networks.
▪ Interacted & worked closely with enterprise customers, suppliers, sales team
▪ Demonstrated ability to gain customer trust and provide exceptional follow-up, leading to increased repeat and referral business
▪ Coached newly inducted customer support engineers

Assistant Network Engineer at WOL Telecom Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2004 to December 2004

Led the Enterprise solutions pre sales design, solution delivery & support team
▪ Worked closely with customers, sales and suppliers at different stages of project design & execution, ensuring smooth service design, delivery and support.
▪ Led successfully design & delivery of major Enterprise solutions.
▪ Handled escalated customer service issues, ensuring prompt resolution

Junior Network Engineer at WOL Telecom Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • November 2003 to January 2004

Provided technical assistance to enterprise customers & field teams for service delivery
▪ Served on a team that successfully launched broadband for local enterprise market.
▪ Developed and implemented a new paperless support logging and monitoring process, resulting in streamlined operations

Education

Master's degree,
  • at Institute of Business Administration
  • June 2007

Masters of Business Administration with Majors in Finance

Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Communication
  • at University of Engineering & Technology
  • April 2003

Specialties & Skills

Finance
Administration
Business Administration
Microsoft Office

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert

Memberships

Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Professional Engineer
  • April 2003