Zafar Sayed

Zafar Sayed

Equity advisor

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  • Timeline

  • Skills

    Microsoft office
    Equities
    Customer relations
    Customer service
    Market research
    Team management
    Business development
    Relationship management
    Business analysis
    Sales
    Mis
    Teamwork
    Business strategy
    Analysis
    Management
    Marketing strategy
    Marketing
    Trade marketing
    Microsoft excel
  • About 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 - 2010
      Bsc chemistry

      activities and societies: cycling, sketching, reading

    • St. theresas high school

      1995 - 2005
    • University of Mumbai

      2011 - 2013
      M.m.s (master of management studies) marketing
  • Experience

    • IIFL (India Infoline Group)

      Aug 2010 - Aug 2011
      Equity advisor

      responsibilities 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 2012
      Summer intern

      the 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 2015

      worked 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 2015
      • Management 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 - now
      • Assistant Manager - Trade & SRM

        Jun 2021 - Sept 2023
      • Sr. Business Analyst - Strategic Revenue Management

        Oct 2019 - Jun 2021
      • Sr. Executive - Trade Insights & Analytics

        Jul 2017 - Sept 2019
      • Executive - Trade Marketing

        Sept 2015 - Jun 2017
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Data Science with R, SAS & Excel

      Simplilearn
      Nov 2016
    • Impactful communication

      Dale Carnegie India
      Feb 2017
    • Data Story Telling & Data Visualization

      Udemy
      Feb 2021
    • Influencing across the Organization

      Dale Carnegie India
      Nov 2016
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      The Extraordinary Manager General Mills Oct 2023
    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      Super Squad F23 Q2 General Mills Nov 2022
    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      Champion Belonging - F23 Q1 General Mills Aug 2022
    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      Collared Diamond - F22 Q3-Q4 General Mills May 2022
    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      Mgmt Award - Sales L&D - F22 Q3-Q4 General Mills May 2022 For Contributions to Sales Capabilities Learning & Development team
    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      Business Impact Award 2019 General Mills Dec 2019 Won Annual Business Impact Award
    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      F19 Q3 Quarterly Champ General Mills Nov 2019
    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      F19 Q3 Spotlight General Mills Nov 2019
    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      CI Gemba - People's Choice Award General Mills Apr 2019
    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      Operational Excellence 2019 General Mills Jan 2019 Won Operational Excellence for Sales Capabilities Award in 2019 at CI Quality Fest
    • Awarded to Zafar Sayed
      Operational 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
      Consumer Guidance Society of India, VPIC of R.D. National College & AFSTIAssociated with Zafar Sayed
    • Volunteer

      Issued by Consumer Guidance Society of India and Mumbai Education Trust (MET) on Oct 2009
      Consumer Guidance Society of India and Mumbai Education Trust (MET)Associated with Zafar Sayed