Saad Farooq

Experience

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  Indus Motor Company Ltd

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

  Supply Chain Intern

  - Understanding of In-bound and Out-bound logistics operations and designing the whole workflow on Excel - Completed time study of all vendors (over 50 vendors) and pointed out grey areas in warehouse operations i.e., receiving, quality assessment, physical count, and Inventory storage. - Assisting In-bound and QA team on physical inspection and lead time reduction proces

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  Vigilant Property Solutions

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

  Project Trainee Marketing

  - Responsible for planning and executing all digital marketing activities equal but not limited to management of timely LinkedIn/Instagram/Facebook posts & Ads on Zameen.com.- Conducted advanced market and competitive analyses, highlighting opportunities and trends. - Regular monitoring the competitor social media sites and creating analysis report. - Carry out meeting with business partners on sponsorships and marketing strategies.

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  Bagallery

  Dec 2020 - Jul 2022

  • Successfully launched the new supply chain vertical ‘Cross-Dock’ (CD) and strategically developed end-to-end flow, team, riders, and others mechanisms to make it functionally operable within demographics of Pakistan. • Acquired 37 new seller brands belonging to skincare, fragrance, makeup and fashion categories as part of new business development, taking cross-dock growth to approx. 40% in first 3 months. • Developed CD performance KPI dashboard using Google Data Studio for weekly and monthly analysis and reporting. The dashboard helped in measuring vendor and internal KPIs including vendor fulfillment statuses, internal PO processing, customer returns and deliveries and vendor payment statuses. Successful Projects – • Automated 90% of workload by developing an analytical live central Google Sheet connected via query to other seller and internal sheets for real-time order visibility, PO processing, live tracking and fulfillment status. • Initiated and led the development of first ever ‘Seller-Center’ for the company to cater growing number of sellers (45+), orders (min 550/day) worth of approx. PKR 447,000 working closely with CTO to guide through all sellerjourney processes, pain points and stakeholders involved within the chain. • Core organizing member of GLAMFEST ‘22 Karachi/Lahore – First and biggest Fashion and Beauty Expo of Pakistan. Show less • Responsible for strategic vendor hunting and on-boarding through smooth negotiations.- Successful Projects -1. Developed new businesses and on-boarded 35+ new brands successfully for all categories.2. Development of First Ever Dynamic Sales Dashboard of the company - Initiated and lead the first ever “Sales Dashboard” development project for live visibility of sales and extraction of monthly sales report. Worked closely with tech team to help identify gaps, requirements of all the business functions to make the dashboard user friendly, easily accessible with all the relevant data. Show less • Strategic forecaseting and procurement of stock on consignment/retail/cross- dock models from all the locally on boarded vendors (150+)• Responsible for generation of daily POs, PO tracking, Inbounding and billing matters.• Preparing category wise purchase analysis report. 1.6-2.6 million weekly buying on cross dock- Communicating, liaising, and negotiating with different business functions, in particular Category, IT, Marketing and Finance - Optimize the online sales through effective range planning considering and constantly reviewing category growth opportunities, trends, and stock procurement strategies. - Work with the Category Team to drive stock efficiency across all channels by controlling the ecommerce stock holding and availability whilst optimizing the B2C online sales. - Liaising with vendors to perform price negotiations, alignment on stock pick-ups and delivery, and payment reconciliation matters. Show less

  • Cross Dock Operations Manager

    Jan 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Vendor Manager

    Nov 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Purchase Officer

    Dec 2020 - Nov 2021
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  US Mobile

  Mar 2023 - Jul 2023

  Product Experience Analyst

  • Responsibilities include analyzing user behavior and product usage data to identify areas for improvement in products and services. • Led cross-functional collaboration to enhance user experience, proactively monitored product performance. • Ensured excellent customer satisfaction and optimizing acquisition costs while boosting CLTV.

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  Savyour

  Aug 2023 - now

  Strategic Commercial Team - B2B Corporate Sales, Business Development & Strategic Partnerships

  • Spearheading the corporate business development, partnerships & strategic sales planning of top tier brands for all categories, ensuring seamless integration on to the Savyour platform and digital media management.• Met potential clients & successfully closed partnerships with industry’s major names and revenue drivers like FrieslandCampina (Engro), Lipton, Vital, Coca-Cola CCI, Baskin Robbins, Saeed Ghani and 20+ other brands having 10x growth potential. Collaboration with marketing team in execution of Mega Sales such as White Friday Sale, 11.11 & 12.12.• Reporting directly to Head of Commercial, single-handedly prepared dynamic dashboards for KHI/LHR/ISB Tactical & Strategic Commercial Team’s weekly and monthly reports consisting of 35 members including 7 Team Leads. • Redefined account management SOPs, prepared training decks and provided training to whole tactical commercial team consisting of 30 members. Show less