
Zafar Sayed
Equity advisor

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Skills
Microsoft officeEquitiesCustomer relationsCustomer serviceMarket researchTeam managementBusiness developmentRelationship managementBusiness analysisSalesMisTeamworkBusiness strategyAnalysisManagementMarketing strategyMarketingTrade marketingMicrosoft excelAbout me
Currently working at General Mills supporting Canada Trade Strategy team. Building reports highlighting key business metrics that helps in taking data driven decisions. 5 years of professional experience, worked primarily in support functions allied to Marketing and Sales division.
Education

R.d national college
2007 - 2010Bsc chemistryactivities and societies: cycling, sketching, reading

St. theresas high school
1995 - 2005
University of Mumbai
2011 - 2013M.m.s (master of management studies) marketing
Experience
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IIFL (India Infoline Group)
Aug 2010 - Aug 2011Equity advisorresponsibilities included :• executing trades online for clients.• updating clients with their stock related information.• servicing customers with their de-mat account related queries.• upselling financial products (mutual funds & brokerage plan).• activate the inactive base of customers.

Mahindra Group
May 2012 - Jun 2012Summer internthe project was aimed to bring in talented people with diverse backgrounds as part-timers for sales, telemarketing and backend roles at m&m dealerships at mumbai and pune.

Future Group India
Oct 2013 - Sept 2015worked in the business intelligence team. experience of using business intelligence tools like microstrategy and manthan for data mining, reporting and analysis. responsibilities included:• creating and publishing performance dashboard which serves understanding for the effectiveness of marketing initiatives, promotions and key projects.• providing support for internal research assignments.• creating and maintaining annual business plan (abp). coordinating with zonal teams and category teams to align the sales targets for the entire financial year-quarter and week wise. report store wise category wise achievements of sale targets.• publishing dashboards periodically (daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly)-assisting the management in timely tracking of category performance providing overview of the category health.• sales trend analysis, store performance review, highlighting top performers/ exceptional instances across stores and categories.• catering to data requirements of internal customer’s viz. category teams, marketing, operations and other support functions. show less
Sr. Executive - Business Intelligence
Apr 2014 - Sept 2015Management Trainee
Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

General Mills
Sept 2015 - now• partner with trade team in canada for accurate delivery of right sized volume andtrade fall out reporting that helps in tracking trade spends vs budget.• preparing the monthly mis reports that are leveraged by the senior leadership team.• creating and publishing heat map report that aids in post promo analysis. the report isleveraged by the trade strategy team at gmcc in judging theperformance/effectiveness of promotions over the period.• prioritize workload across customer teams (key accounts) and forge relationships withsme’s in ontario (canada) to ensure smooth day to day functioning show less
Manager - Strategic Revenue Management
Oct 2023 - nowAssistant Manager - Trade & SRM
Jun 2021 - Sept 2023Sr. Business Analyst - Strategic Revenue Management
Oct 2019 - Jun 2021Sr. Executive - Trade Insights & Analytics
Jul 2017 - Sept 2019Executive - Trade Marketing
Sept 2015 - Jun 2017
Licenses & Certifications

Data Science with R, SAS & Excel
SimplilearnNov 2016
Impactful communication
Dale Carnegie IndiaFeb 2017
Data Story Telling & Data Visualization
UdemyFeb 2021
Influencing across the Organization
Dale Carnegie IndiaNov 2016
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Zafar SayedThe Extraordinary Manager General Mills Oct 2023
- Awarded to Zafar SayedSuper Squad F23 Q2 General Mills Nov 2022
- Awarded to Zafar SayedChampion Belonging - F23 Q1 General Mills Aug 2022
- Awarded to Zafar SayedCollared Diamond - F22 Q3-Q4 General Mills May 2022
- Awarded to Zafar SayedMgmt Award - Sales L&D - F22 Q3-Q4 General Mills May 2022 For Contributions to Sales Capabilities Learning & Development team
- Awarded to Zafar SayedBusiness Impact Award 2019 General Mills Dec 2019 Won Annual Business Impact Award
- Awarded to Zafar SayedF19 Q3 Quarterly Champ General Mills Nov 2019
- Awarded to Zafar SayedF19 Q3 Spotlight General Mills Nov 2019
- Awarded to Zafar SayedCI Gemba - People's Choice Award General Mills Apr 2019
- Awarded to Zafar SayedOperational Excellence 2019 General Mills Jan 2019 Won Operational Excellence for Sales Capabilities Award in 2019 at CI Quality Fest
- Awarded to Zafar SayedOperational Excellence 2018 General Mills Jan 2018 Won Quality Fest - Operational Excellence Award for Sales Capabilities in 2018
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer
Issued by Consumer Guidance Society of India, VPIC of R.D. National College & AFSTI on Jun 2009
Associated with Zafar SayedVolunteer
Issued by Consumer Guidance Society of India and Mumbai Education Trust (MET) on Oct 2009
Associated with Zafar Sayed
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