Yousuf Aftab, Support Specialist

Yousuf Aftab

Support Specialist

Zain Telecommunication

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
High school or equivalent, Computer Science
Experience
18 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 7 Months

Support Specialist at Zain Telecommunication
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since September 2012

• Coordinate with HR department for any internal activity process.
• Lines or services activation for the internal Employees Voice/Data lines through TABs and Oracle.
• Perform and Coordinate with the BSIM department.
• Preparation and activation of the new product and services.
• Collaborate with the Marketing department and Product & Services team for the upcoming offers.
• Responsible for the entire TEST lines activation for the new packages or promotions.
• Perform other special projects as assigned.
• Assist in preparing and sending offer packages.
• Consult with sales (engage prospects on early demos; participate on sales calls, etc.)
• Complete life cycle for marketing any product.
• Conduct regular follow-up with BSIM, Marketing and Product & Services to determine the effectiveness of the products.
• Perform product planning for Master Control products and offerings, including:
• Create Requirements Specifications (user scenarios)
• Arrange annual or weekly Meetings with the concern departments.

Technical Support Agent - Help Desk at Zain Telecommunication
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • June 2010 to August 2012

• Under-taking the task of outbound calls assigned by the management in leading role.
• Solving remedy tickets with the provided tools and apps and assigning them to the concerned departments such as Network, Credit control, NOC, which cannot be resolved immediately.
• Immediate follow-up on customer’s unresolved remedies and unsolved issues.
• Update the management and the concerned teams about any new encountered issues.
• Investigating and figuring appropriate solutions for the issues faced by the subscribers.
• Maintaining daily and monthly reports of the performance of the team.
• Research billing issues.
• Research misapplied payments.
• Recognize, document and alert the supervisor of trends in customer calls.
• Recommend process improvements.

Customer Service Representative at Zain Telecommunication
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • November 2008 to June 2010

• To attend inbound calls and respond to customer queries at the contact center.
• Furnishing the customers with complete information regarding their subscriptions, packages and services.
• Transfer customer calls to appropriate staff.
• To identify, research, and resolve customer issues using the specified applications like TABS (Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Package).
• To raise remedy tickets and assign them to the concerned departments such as Network, Credit control and Help desk for problems and issues, which cannot be resolved immediately.
• Immediate follow-up on customer’s unresolved remedies and unsolved tickets.
• Recommends potential products or services to management by collecting customer information and analyzing customer needs.
• Prepares product or service reports by collecting and analyzing customer information.
• Complete call logs and reports.
• Recommend process improvements.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

VIP Consultant at World Traveler Co.
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • February 2008 to August 2008

• Interfaced with clients VIP employees and customers to build solid business relationships with them.
• Booked reservations for air travel, hotel and car rentals, following up when necessary to complete the reservation.
• Promoted the acceptance of fares, rates, and suppliers that matched the client’s travel program policies and negotiated contracts. Applied discount programs appropriately.
• Reported violations or attempted violations to management.
• Remained informed of all international embassy’s rules and regulations.
• Maintained client profiles, including information on family members where applicable, ensuring specials requests and reward program information such as frequent flyer / driver / hotel stay are included. Enrolls VIP and family members into industry benefit programs.
• Researches customized information for VIP travelers by using industry, internet and other resources.
• Assisted travelers with acquiring passport, passport renewals, and visa requirements.
• Privileged of serving the below VIP’s of the Kingdom,
King Saud’s Family members.
Personal employees of Prince Waleed bin Talal
Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Naghi (owner of BMW in the Kingdom).
Al Subei Family (owner of Bank Al Bilad & Enjaz).

Course Consultant at The Institute of Swift Learning – TISL
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • September 2004 to March 2007

• Involved in developing marketing campaigns to promote the product & services offered by the institute.
• The role included planning, advertising, public relations, organizing events, product development and distribution.
• Communicating with target audiences and managing customer relationships.
• Maintaining and updating customer databases.
• Organizing and attending events such as conferences, seminars, receptions and exhibitions.
• Managing budgets
• Monitoring competitor activity;
• Supporting the marketing manager and other colleagues

Education

High school or equivalent, Computer Science
  • at Pakistan International School Riyadh
  • October 2004

Specialties & Skills

Client Relationship Management CRM
Telecommunications
Management
Public Relations
Customer Service
Product Management
Business Development
Meeting & Event Planning
Customer Relationships
ECM/CRM
Sales & Marketing

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert
Punjabi
Expert