Muhammad Waqas Alam Farooqui, Managing Director

Muhammad Waqas Alam Farooqui

Managing Director

Tanasuq Private Limited

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
23 years, 1 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 1 Months

Managing Director at Tanasuq Private Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • My current job since February 2023

• Launched a marketing, advertising and sales management consultancy firm (partnership)
• Developed and implemented a strategic plan that resulted in revenues worth PKR 17 million in first 12 months with seven clients
• Consulting as an outsourced marketing and sales department for ARG Personal Care, Pakistan. A startup for which Tanasuq launched Fragrances, Baby Feeding Range and Baby Diapers. First year annual turnover was PKR 800 million
• Consulted as an outsourced marketing strategy wing for Educational Systems Pvt Ltd (The City School), Pakistan; for which Tanasuq was part of the launch of TRES (The Renaissance Education System) and SNC (Smart National College)
• Managing social media pages for FND Consulting Engineers, Zizcon Enterprises, ARG Personal Care, Tender Dragon Consulting and Easy Health Tech
• Consulted as an outsourced sales department for Gorey International, Pakistan; and Kamal Industries, Pakistan

Deputy Director Marketing & Sales at Shield Corporation Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • July 2021 to December 2022

Product categories included toothbrushes, toothpastes, baby toiletries, diapers and feeding accessories
• Rehired due to previous performance
• Headed Marketing, Sales and Sales Operations
• Hired, coached and led marketing team of 7; sales team of 350+; sales operations
team of 8 people; with 5 direct reports
• Established digital marketing communication foundations and transformed
Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn to grow awareness and build brand loyalty
• Conducted Focus Groups and Usage, Attitude Surveys and quantitative analysis to confirm hypotheses on customer sentiment and purchasing trends; results defined
future marketing strategies
• Revamped and relaunched existing toothpaste category
• Launched new product Shield baby wipes
• Achieved 72% YTD (secondary sales value) growth from July 2022 to November
2022
• Achieved 29% YTD (secondary sales value) growth from July 2021 to June 2022

General Manager Marketing at Shangrila Foods Private Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2017 to July 2021
Chief Strategy Officer at Synite Digital & Synchronize Carat
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2017 to December 2017
GM/Head of Marketing at Shield Corporation Limited
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2005 to June 2016
Account Director at Synergy Advertising Pvt. Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • October 2003 to May 2005
Account Manager at Spectrum Communications Pvt Ltd
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2000 to September 2003

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at Greenwich University, Karachi
  • January 2010

Specialties & Skills

Sales Management
Advertising
Strategic Management
Brand Management
Marketing Management
Brand Management
Sales Management
Marketing
Advertising
Strategic Marketing
FMCG Marketing
Digital Marketing
Project Management
Social Media
Social Media Marketing
Customer Service
Google Adwords
Google Analytics
Digital Media
Management

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Digital Photography