MUHAMMAD WAQAS SHARIF
An experienced professional with MBA and Engineering background, 8 years of expertise in product management and product sales. Managing complete sales cycle from product making to installation, analyzing market trends, identifying customer needs, developing sales forecasts.
Working closely with production, supply chain, marketing and supporting departments to ensure customer satisfaction and revenue goals.
Team player with excellent managerial skills, dedicated and result oriented.
- Managing a team of Associate Product Managers having the product portfolio of the company.
- End to end management of product portfolio to achieve targets/goals.
- Working directly with the top management for planning and implementation of new business strategies.
- Managing the product lifecycle while optimizing every stage of product development.
- Monitoring and analyzing daily sales for effective planning and decision making Confluence.
- Analyzing and implementing strategies for maintaining and improving the profitability.
- Forecasting, inventory planning, maintaining stock levels and assortment of existing products for smooth flow and timely management of inventory.
- Price and storage management on daily/weekly basis.
- Marketing campaign development along with daily management of campaign expense.
- Training and Development of new inter and intra team resources on Marketing, Supply Chain and Sourcing tasks.
- Managing and coordinating with suppliers from China, India and Pakistan on shipment dates, inventory quantities and adjusting prices to ensure a healthy level of stock at all times in US warehouses.
- Maintaining international standards for quality and customer experience.
- Working closely with brand and marketing teams - Graphics, Communications & Content Teams.
- Sourcing and on boarding of new products from all over the world.
-End to end product management of Utopia Bedding complete portfolio.
-Sourcing of new products.
-Analyzing and Monitoring daily sales for effective decision making.
-Weekly Inventory Planning of existing SKUs
-Weekly Storage Management to cut down storage expenses and to take effective decisions.
-Price management of all the existing and new SKUs on daily basis.
-Analyze and Monitor profitability.
-Daily Campaign and Marketing Expense management.
-To conduct training of all junior subordinates and new staff.
-To conduct DAILY LOCAL SCRUM meeting.
-To conduct keyword analysis and research.
-To review content, images, info-graphics and added features of all SKUs on daily basis.
-To attend weekly International SCRUM meeting.
-To generate Bar codes, shipment Ids and shipment labels for all new SKUs.
-To effectively manage and use Amazon\'s seller central account.
- To conduct keyword research via Google Keyword Planning tool.
-To manage and navigate all the assigned and to be assigned Tasks via JIRA.
-To effectively review, manage, create and edit useful content via CONFLUENCE.
-To effectively read and address all the positive and negative customer reviews with respective suppliers.
-To put slow moving items on discounts and other deals for inventory liquidation.
-To do effective inventory planning to keep the buffer during holidays such as Easter, Amazon\'s Prime Day, Black Friday, Christmas etc.
-To achievement of monthly sales targets as assigned by the management.
- To Prepare quotations, retail orders, invoices and GDO (dispatch documents).
- To negotiate the terms of an agreement and close sales
- To ensure completion of order and stock according to delivery date and agreed lead time and where there is a delay due to materials, production, design or any other reason, responsible for timely intimation.
- To record sales and send copies to the sale manager.
- To maintain and analysis all won/loss information.
- To provide support for ongoing customers by answering questions tracing order status or product shipments and resolving problems.
- To act as a facilitator for return and repair issues, researches trade-in allowance and eligibility for warranties, provides information regarding order status and stock availability.
- To compiling and maintain a list of prospect and current customers for use as sales leads.
- To Forward and follow up complains with complaint department.
- Planning & forecasting the inventory as per shopper insights in order to upscale the sales demand.
- Monitor, analyze and evaluate domestic market trends, consumer behavior & competitor activities.
- Manage key customers for executive level coverage in order to achieve sales target.
- Responsible for increasing the customer walk-in through Sales Promotion & Marketing Campaigns.
• To conduct sales activities by using 2x and ERP software’s for CRM
• To check the shipping details and arrange the shipping schedule for potential customers
• To maintain the inventory level for major car dealers in order to make their supply chain efficient and effective
• To verify the payments as per the required invoice and also to maintain customer accounts for future transactions
• Evaluate and improve on processes in systems and to ensure projects are completed on time.
• Maintain reliable and safe system while improving production rates, efficiencies, yields, costs and changeovers.
• Develop innovative solutions.
• Collect, record, and transcribe data.