Wajiha Habib

Experience

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  UNITED BANK LTD. DUBAI, U.A.E

  May 1992 - Sept 1996

  Banking Assistant

  Responsibilities: • Directed the administration of the Export section of the Documentary Credit Department encompassing LC Negotiations, LC advising and retirement. • Handled additional responsibilities of Import Letter of Credits and Collection documentation and Remittances Achievements:• Awarded for being the most efficient employee of the branch for the year 1993

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  Mobilink GSM – An ORASCOM TELECOM Company

  Sept 1999 - Jul 2001

  Senior Executive Treasury

  Responsibilities: • Orchestrated the account, assets, inventory and fund management operations coordinated placements, transfers and remittances portfolios across all Mobilink offices and business partners nationwide. • Established import documentation such as, Letter of Credits, Endorsements and the like for telecom infra structure equipment, SIM cards, Handsets etc. • Managed the Marine Insurance for the entire Fixed Assets and Inventory of Mobilink and prepared the Policies of Insurance for Assets and Inventory. • Installed swipe machines and coordinated the issuance of Credit Cards for the employees nationwide. Achievements: • Accredited an Award for the outstanding Treasury management accomplishment by exceeding the forecasted target of US$ 500,000 to US$ 1.12 Million as interest income for the year 2000. • Devised policies and standardized procedures for all official Credit Cards issued to the employees and management. • Negotiated special deal with Standard Chartered Bank for the One-year free issuance of Credit Cards to the Mobilink employees. Show less

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  Mobilink

  Aug 2001 - Oct 2009

  Responsibilities:• Planning & forecasting for Prepaid commercial SIM/NDC/Number requirement• Post Paid number management Responsible for Planning & forecasting for annual numbering Budgets• Management of Number Inventory for Normal, Special and Recycled numbers Responsible for execution of plans and forecast of monthly Commercial Numbering Stocks• Planning the HLR/IN capacity in coalition with Engineering Department• Prepare & manage the Market float as per company requirement• Managing SIM Cards activation requests with Engineering Department• Managing Prepaid SIMS Packing materials planning and forecast• Management of inventory for VOMS database• Monitoring of available capacity and utilization of actual numbers to ensure maximum utilization of capacity and number reconciliation (HLR /IN/ EFICS / Point) Coordination with Engineering Department for input file • Managing and reporting of inventory levels on daily / weekly / monthly basisAchievements: • Prepared and Reconciled the Numbering allocation data from 2004 to 2009 for annual numbering fee to PTA in coordination with Corporate Affairs for the first time in the history of Mobilink duly approved & appreciated by the PTA ( Aug 28th - Sept 9th , 2009)• Defined SOP & KPIs for SIM activations with Technical IN Planning team for timely planning and effective management of Prepaid Stocks (Oct 7th, 2009)• Prepared Budgets for PTA Annual numbering fee 9+3 ,2009 and 0+12 2010, for the first time in Supply Chain Department (Sept 24th- Oct 7th, 2009) Show less Responsibilities: • Ensure compliance with established procedures and maintain effective internal control over the physical product flow and accounting of inventory receiving, shipping, and other inventory areas • • Leading the logistics operations of Technical equipment transportation to nationwide cell sites &Warehouses.• Managing all aspects of logistics such as Financial, Operational and Vendor management • Coordination & communication with Technical, Accounting, Nationwide warehouses, logistics, management and other impacted departments.• Determine adequate inventory of product in accord with inventory cycles.• Oversee the planning, scheduling, and general management slow moving and dead stocks, excessive stocks and stock outs• Planning & Preparing equipment trend history and forecasting.• Establish and negotiate 3rd party inventory services / contracts • Ensures compliance to quality initiatives • Responsible for staff / team trainings, HR policy related and staffing issues in coordination with Human Resources Department, Achievements: • Successful in 2008 for the Inventory utilization of US$ 2.1 M, occupying a of space 15K Sq.ft by convincing the Technical Management to utilize Dead Stock & Slow Moving New Equipment of age more than 2 years in warehouse resulting in reducing the CAPEX & OPEX costs• Reducing the 2008 CAPEX cost of US$ 1.2M with the utilization of refurbished Motorola leftover & incomplete cabinets• Successfully disposed off Obsolete equipment & scrap accumulated in Warehouses aged almost 9 years occupying a space of 15K Sq. Ft. The project was effectively implemented in 2008 in close coordination with all the internal & external stake holders, resulting in realizing US$ 300K after disposal and establishment of FBR policy for GSM telecommunication equipment discharge • Saved US$ 50K in first & second quarter of 2009 resulting in 22% saving by effective operational planning & route management Show less Responsibilities: • Managing & Monitoring Supply Chain of multi-vendor outsourced projects for Post Paid Bill Printing & Deliveries.• Development & implementation of Policies and Procedures for effective and efficient operations. • Planning & Preparing Annual Budget for the operations.• Overseeing the Quality, Courier and Complaint Management for 400K nation wide Post Paid customers• Evaluating vendors’ performance against the service level agreements and defined KPI’s and metrics.• Evaluation of analytic reports and presenting to higher management for decision making.• Building cost effective supplier/ customer relationship & catering to the needs of internal stakeholders such as Marketing, Billing, Customer Services Support and Credit & Collection.•Managing demand, standardizing operating environment and applying appropriate resources to tasks to improve delivery of services •Extensive traveling to monitor nationwide operations.Achievements: • Accomplished the management target of 95% delivery within second quarter of 2006 compared to 40% for 2005 which has enhanced customer retention and satisfaction.• Printing and packing capacity enhanced from 15K to 30K per day• Reduced delays in bill runs• Process Streamlining:• Data Entries• City wise sorted data• Customer segmentation as per various categories such as package plans, Billing, usage of GPRS and IR etc. • Standardization of corporate accounts in one billing cycles • Saved up to $150K by negotiating rates with vendors • Development of web portal solution for Complaint Management. Show less Responsibilities: • Managing Supply Chain of internal customers of Marketing. • Conducting extensive market research and negotiating with local vendors to get the best prices. • Mediating with vendors for continuous supplies. • Administering the logistic function for local procurements and coordinating ISO 9000:2000 implementation for Procurement Department. • Negotiating rates and terms & conditions with vendors for annual and regular supplies contracts.Achievements: • Formulated and maintained a vendor bank for the company’s Commercial, IT, Administration needs by introducing authorized and renowned vendors in various fields such as 3M Pakistan, HP authorized Resellers etc. • Originated the manual for the Procurement Department after meticulous deliberation as per ISO 9000:2000 standards. • Conducted an extensive market survey and directed the usage of wood free special paper for monthly customer billing that reduced cost by 45%, thereby saving US$ 122,000 per annum. • Significantly increased sales by conducting nationwide outdoor advertising campaigns which included Bill boards, Bridge panels, Buses, Pole signs, Wall Panels, etc. amounting to an investment of USD 2.5 Million from August 2003 to July 2004. • Launched BTL activities, placed retails sign boards, managed printing jobs of marketing collateral of POS and Packing Material for Sales which, affected the brand presence in the market, and increased sales by 23%, along with a revenue growth of 48% from the previous year’s figures. 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  • Manager Supply Chain – Business Support and Revenue Assurance

    Aug 2009 - Oct 2009

  • Manager Inventory Management & Logistics– Technical Warehouse

    Oct 2007 - Oct 2009

  • Manager Business Support Bill Printing & Delivery Operations

    Sept 2005 - Oct 2007

  • Assistant Manager Commercial Procurement & Contracts

    Aug 2001 - Sept 2005
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  Optimedia-Kinetic Pakistan

  Jun 2016 - now

  Finance Manager

  Responsibilities: • Oversee operations of finance department, set goals and objectives, and design framework for these to be met • Correspond with various other departments, discussing company plans and agreeing to future plans to be taken• Responsible for reviewing financial reports, monitoring accounts, and preparing activity report and financial forecasts• Analyze financial performance against key business metrics and document pertinent financial highlights that will enable management to determine progress against budgets• Engage in benchmarking studies to establish areas of potential operational improvement• Perform all other duties as assigned and required• Understand and follow company rules and regulations Show less