Sohail Asghar

Experience

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  Askari Bank

  Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

  Internship

  Various activities perform related to the account opening and closing.Making demand drafts and helping cashiers in different activities.Daily report filing and maintaining.

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  SNL Financial

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Internship

  Extract the financial data from the organizations reports.Mapping data on the excel sheet.Update the record as per new information available.Tier 1 Data checking and verification.

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  Saif Group (Textile Division)

  Apr 2016 - Nov 2016

  Internee

  Getting inquiries about order status.Reconcile Ledgers with suppliers.Update purchasing files (reports and price lists).Track the status of requisitions and samples.Prepare purchase orders as directed and send copies to suppliers and to departments originating requests.

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  Metro Shoes by Nadeem Younas

  May 2017 - now

  • Strategic Planning: Drive category growth through strategic planning and development initiatives.• Inventory Management: Monitor stock KPIs (Average inventory, Sale vs stock, Stock liquidation, Sale against production, Stock turnover) to maintain optimal stock cover for each category.• Product Management: Develop and maintain the product roadmap, initiate new product-level strategies, manage category and price-level product development.• Financial Management: Responsible for budget development, category-level profit and loss (P&L), and setting seasonal OTB budget.• Data Analysis: Analyze past sales and stock trends at SKU level to anticipate future sales. Report monthly Inventory Turnover, Gross Margins, and Performance Reviews.• Assortment Planning: Formulate assortment and allocation plans, ensuring effective replenishment at each store in coordination with Retail Operations.• Merchandising: Develop and execute category merchandising plans based on a merchandising calendar.• Sales Targeting: Set retail network targets at the cluster, region, and shop levels.• Performance Reporting: Provide comprehensive and regular reports, including daily, weekly, and monthly standard reports, as well as ad hoc analysis.• Category Review: Manage the category review process to achieve Sales, Gross Margin, Pricing, and Distribution objectives. Show less Plan and implement long-term development strategies for product categoriesSearch for insights into consumer needs and wantsDetermine the positioning of a product category to maximize visibilityAssume responsibility of budget development and revenue for categoryRange planning and preparation of OTB.Responsible for Category performances in terms of sales, margins & turn-over.Ensure that stocks are as per the stores requirements and timely refills of stock.Perform studies for forecasting, pre/post-promotional analysis, and product selection or discontinuation. Show less

  • Category Head

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Senior Officer Supply Chain

    Jan 2021 - Feb 2022

  • Supply Chain Officer

    May 2017 - Dec 2020