Waqas Khan, Key Account Acquisition Manager

Waqas Khan

Key Account Acquisition Manager

Rocket Internet

Location
Pakistan
Education
Master's degree, Marketing & Finance
Experience
5 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :5 years, 6 Months

Key Account Acquisition Manager at Rocket Internet
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2015 to September 2015

• Acquiring the best sellers for fashion category in the market
• Analyzing weaknesses in the category and finding ways to improve performance
• Checking current power sellers’ variety of products offered and finding areas of improvement in price and assortment
• Planning for future season fashion and ensuring adequate stock ahead of time
• Driving performance of Kaymu sellers through shop consultation and negotiation of deals
• Analyzing market trends and bench-marking price points across multiple sub-categories from both online and oine competitors

Value Chain Development Associate at Chemonics International Inc
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • February 2013 to August 2014

• Helped 14 partner SMEs participate in a US trade show
• Organized and managed more than 120 trainings
• Influenced knitted garments partner SMEs to get social and security compliance certications
• Researched and evaluated various brands of equipments required for production of garments
• Reviewing performance of hired consultants and subcontractors
• Managing, organizing, updating and filing data related to project activities
• Drafting all relevant scopes of work, RFA, RFP, RFQs, TPARs, market research, success stories, etc
• Coordination with all departments for successful implementation of the program
• Through our interventions we were able to facilitate sales of over US$7 million, create more than 1000 contractual jobs, help partner SMEs get 28 social and security compliance certifications and train more than 500 partner SMEs employees

Senior Sourcing Executive at Nini Corporation
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • September 2012 to February 2013

• Looking after sourcing needs of textiles for an American importer
• Determining vendor potential
• Negotiating prices with local suppliers
• Renegotiating, renewing and discontinuing supplier contracts
• Monitoring and analyzing vendor performance
• Bridging gap between vendor and customer
• Preparing various reports for cost cutting and better supply chain

Merchandiser at KAM International
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2011 to September 2012

• Corresponding with customers in order to meet their requirements
• Coordinating with production department to ensure smooth flow of production
• Procurement of accessories
• Computing raw material requirements
• Monitoring of raw materials inflow in order to maintain effective supply-chain
• Sampling new items and new product development

Merchandiser at Lucky Textile Mills
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2009 to May 2011

• Computing cost and quoting prices to European customers
• Business Development
• Correspondence with customers in order to meet their requirements
• Coordinating with production department to ensure smooth flow of production
• Sampling new SKUs and new product development
• Computing raw material requirements
• Monitoring of raw materials inflow in order to maintain effective supply-chain

Education

Master's degree, Marketing & Finance
  • at Institute of Business Management
  • December 2013

Marketing Majors: Strategic Marketing & Planning, Brand Management, Advertising and Distribution & Channel Management Finance Majors: Strategic Financial Management, Project Appraisal, Corporate Finance and Treasury & Fund Management

Bachelor's degree, Textile Science
  • at Textile Institute of Pakistan
  • June 2009

Dean's List in 2 Semesters

High school or equivalent, Pre Engineering
  • at Government National College
  • June 2005

Specialties & Skills

Marketing
Business Development
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
MARKET RESEARCH
MARKETING
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Languages

English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert

Hobbies

  • Books, photography and music