Muhammad Usman, Vice President Growth

Muhammad Usman

Vice President Growth

Bykea Technologies

Location
Pakistan - Islamabad
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
18 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 1 Months

Vice President Growth at Bykea Technologies
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • My current job since October 2019

Managing Market place function for Bykea and responsible for Strategy, Business expansions, P/L management, budgeting, Partnership and Offline marketing. As part of the leadership team I believe in fostering an environment in which customers become promoters and employees are motivated to deliver top performance driven by growth and operational efficiencies

Head of Operations & Service Excellence at Graana.com
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • November 2018 to September 2019

Worked in Graana as Head of Operations & service excellence and my portfolio included managing Market place operations (Classified), Agent Onboarding strategic planning, Sales, business expansion and customer experience. Successfully launched business operations in Islamabad and Lahore.

Director Operations at MTBC
  • Pakistan - Islamabad
  • October 2017 to November 2018

- Led MTBC Operations department while reporting to the COO with 200+ employees
- P&L responsibility for the organization with USD 3.75 Million monthly revenue
- My portfolio consisted of New Acquisition, Transcription, Account Management, Billing, Contact Center & Client Relationship Management

Head of Business Development & Planning at Telenor Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Multan
  • October 2016 to September 2017

- Leading Business Development, Planning & Trade marketing units in- Multan region with direct team size of 15 and indirect team of 82 staff members . Major responsibilities include;
- Developing regional Sales & Trade marketing strategy to ensure business growth
- Retail channel development through effective communication and branding
- Regional Trade Marketing Budget planning & execution of national trade calendar
- Planning & Execution of channel and Consumer engagement activities

Key Achievements:
- Successfully developed & Implemented Sales Strategy for 2018 to ensue double digit revenue growth
- Regional Territory re alignment done to provide a focused approach in Key Cities & Strong holds
- New Merchandiser model was launched to increase product communication to end users
- BDO Model Revamped which helped building channel capability and retail foot print expansion
- New Trade Spending model introduced which encouraged High Performance culture in complex environment

Assistant Manager Circle Planning- S&D at Telenor Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • December 2015 to October 2016

My responsibilities includes;

- Development of circle \[S&D, GSM & Mobile Banking\] strategy to achieve the desired objectives from 50K Retail Outlets
- End to end management for Telenor New business development within GSM (Recharge & FCA), Internet & Devices, Financial Services and Network
- Analyze day to day performance of channels & suggesting required changes o
effectively achieve the desired results / targets
- End to end management of product FC and projections, Opex FC as well as Circle P&L

Key Achievements;

- Achieved all Sales Yearly KPIs by launching new campaign and R&R model in Circle East.
- Developed Circle strategy for 2017 to achieve revenue ambition and delivered 3% YOY growth in Lahore region
- New Supply chain model implemented to drive business efficiency
- New Governance model for Campaigns and Trade Spending was introduced to ensure smart spending

Assistant Manager – Branded Retail Planning at Telenor Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • November 2014 to December 2015

- Supervised nationwide portfolio of Planning for Company owned Retail channel

- Formulated channel policies, incentive, campaign and channel productivity
- Enabled branded retail on other revenue streams (E-Commerce, Digital Products) and Performance optimization
- Profitability improvement of Vendors and TP on each channel

Key Achievements:
- Defined Telenor Branded Retail Channel Value Proposition and new Way of work
- A project was launched to optimize Customer satisfaction and it resulted in saving Opex of 500 Million/Year
- The employee engagement index of my department was 97% which was highest in the latest survey.
- Franchise Service Uplift project was launched to ensure High standard of services in absence of Company owned shops
- Improved Channel NPS from 33% to 42% by empowering front end staff and process improvement

Regional Sales Planning Specialist at Telenor Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Faisalabad
  • January 2014 to November 2014

-Planning and implementation of regional sales strategy for distribution channel
-Regional target planning and performance tracking
-Design regional campaigns (FCA, Recharge, Postpaid) & tracking
-Managing RSO’s performance & highlighting improvement areas
-Tracking & supervision regional projects
-Identifying distribution GAP and planning to improve distribution health
- Cell Site utilization monitoring and engage team for cluster base activities

Area Sales Head- Sales & Distribution at Telenor Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Faisalabad
  • April 2011 to December 2013

My responsibilities includes;

- Planning and implementation of sales strategy for distribution channel
- Achievement of sales targets (Like Primary & Secondary Recharge, FCA, MNP, Postpaid, Devices, UBP, DR, Mobile Account, ATM and Insurance products) in assigned territory
- Distribution channel development for GSM products & Financial Services / Easy Paisa Products . (FMCG model)
- Ensuring optimum human and material resources are available at the franchise level
- Retail footprint expansion to increase availability of products and services
- Ensuring revenue growth from channel on monthly basis.

Key Achievements:
- 15% Year on Year growth in Recharge by working on distribution enablers
- Increased retail footprint by 25% in my clusters focusing on under utilized areas and strong holds
- Surgical and smart BVS roll out in region which helped in business growth with complex regulatory requirements
- Improve Network Utilization by 16% in my clusters by focusing on product & offer communication

Financial Services Specialist at Telenor Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • January 2009 to March 2011

- Managed Financial Services Customer service and corporate support operations
- Cross-sell a variety of banking products including Bill Payment, Money Transfer, ATM, Insurance, savings and promote products and services of Mobile Financial Services
- Responsible for achieving high customer satisfaction through high quality services & ensuring unit exceeds Service Level, FCR, CSI & Quality Scores
- Improving customer's ARPU by building strong relationship and by providing exceptional customer care

Key Achievements:
- Launched Easy paisa Helpline 3737 to improve customer experience, This helped in reducing the wait time for 7 to 1 minute and improve Service level by 40%
- Channel developed for Outbound sales of insurance products and successfully on boarded 25K customer which was 90% of the sales generated from all channels
- Successfully outsourced Easy paisa operations to 3rd party and ensured smooth transition without impacting customer experience. This initiative helped organization to save 300 Million Opex

Specialist Outsourcing & Outbound at Telenor Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2008 to December 2009

- Headed Telenor Pakistan's Outsourced Contact Center; a team of 500+ agents serving customers through different touch points (Voice, SMS, IVR, Email & Web chat )
- Engage OSP teams to improve performance & Share /implement best practices
- Establish strong communication channels with OSPs management team for effective communication of expectations and performance management
- Liaising with CCD Management, Support and In-house Units to ensure uniformity of customer experience and policies
- Conducting regular performance review sessions with Management

Key Achievements;

- Call Center Service Levels were lifted by 30%. This was a serious challenge affecting the call centre’s performance as well as the customer experience
- Launched Outbound Sales Channel in Telenor for first time and it was the biggest channel for Postpaid Sales with monthly 1500 Sales
- AHT reduced by 15% through continuous process re-engineering.
- Absenteeism at the call center was brought down from 24% to 8%. This had a direct linkage with employee morale and operational cost.

Quality Assurance Executive at Telenor Pakistan
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • April 2006 to February 2008

- Leading the team of Quality Officers to gauge Customer Experience, check compliance and providing support to improve FCR & CSI across all Customer Care
- Providing fact based VOC analysis / Reports & presentation to management
- Run Process improvement initiatives based on feedback received from agents
- Oversee VOC gathering process (e.g. data extraction, notification of frontline employees, etc.) & identification of inner and outer circle
- Standardizing quality procedures and ensure implementation across all the Centers

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at University of the Punjab
  • October 2006

Masters in Business Education - Marketing

Bachelor's degree, Management and Commerce
  • at Hailey College of Commerce
  • July 2004

B-Com - IT

Specialties & Skills

Business Development
Analysis and Reporting
Project Management
Contact Center Operations
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Customer Experience
BUDGET PLANNING
Performance Management
Channel & Product Planning
E Commerce
Digital Financial Services/ Fin tech
MICROSOFT PROJECT

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker
Punjabi
Native Speaker
Hindi
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Management Development Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Date Attended:
August 2013
Duration:
48 hours
Project Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012
Finance for Non Financial Leaders (Training)
Training Institute:
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Date Attended:
November 2017
Duration:
30 hours
Sales Top Gun - Program (Training)
Training Institute:
Lahore University of Management Sciences
Date Attended:
July 2014
Duration:
48 hours
COPC Implementation Leader (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2017
Six Sigma - Yellow Belt (Training)
Training Institute:
Telenor Pakistan
Date Attended:
April 2014
Duration:
48 hours

Hobbies

  • Traveling
    Traveled across country and out of country to explore different cultures & beauty