Taimoor Basharat

Taimoor Basharat - |- Summary Seasoned marketing professional with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. Skilled in managing, recruiting, goal setting, coaching, adopting and implementing strategic sales plans enabling growth of the organization’s top line and bottom line. Executed performance monitoring of sales representatives, managing sales distribution network, designing, adopting and implementing sales strategies. Conducted market research to analysis competitors (products & activities), set pricing strategy, segmented market, identified key customers, prepared forecasting, drafted and communicated presentations for market and product surveys and worked collaboratively with regional teams to achieve organization’s goals. More than 13 Years of experience in education management industry with a M.Phill (18 Years of Education) focused in Business Administration from Lahore, Pakistan. Work History (In Descending Order) Sr. Designation Organization From To Area 1 Associate Zonal Head AFAQ Oct. 2018 Till Present 2 Senior Manager Marketing AFAQ Oct. 2017 Oct. 2018 3 Zonal Head Sales & Marketing AFAQ Sep. 2016 Oct. 2017 4 Regional Head AFAQ Aug. 2015 Sep. 2016 5 Regional Manager Sales & Marketing AFAQ July 2014 Aug. 2015 6 Regional Manager Educational Services AFAQ July 2013 June 2014 7 Assistant Regional Manager Educational Services Territory In-charge AFAQ Sep. 2012 June 2013 AFAQ July 2012 Sep. 2012 Central & South Punjab Faisalabad & Sargodha Divisions Faisalabad & Sargodha Divisions Faisalabad & Sargodha Divisions Faisalabad & Sargodha Divisions Faisalabad Sales Promotion Officer Teacher AFAQ April 2010 June 2012 Faisalabad Happy Home School System Oct. 2005 March 2010 Faisalabad 8 9 10 Central Punjab, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Reported To Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Chief Academic Officer Chief Academic Officer Regional Head Regional Head Regional Head Area Sales Manager Area Sales Manager Principal Experience Profile:              Marketing Adopted marketing strategies to achieve sales targets by exploring new horizons to grow business, utilizing marketing mix, satisfying customers’ needs and demands, delivering value to customers and pursuing them for potential business. Analytical Skills Visualized, articulated and conceptualize to solve both complex and uncomplicated problems by making decisions on available data Business Development Developed organizational business monetarily and enhanced customer range at every position I had. Achieved given targets with distinction and stood prominent among other zonal and regional leadership. Market Research Collected, analyzed and interpreted market data to understand competition and trends and then identified business opportunities, improved products and facilitated marketing team to market their products in a better way. Strategic Planning Crafted and presented short and long term plans to management engaging different level of stake holder by evaluating resources, potential and team’s strengths keeping in view the organizational goals. Customer Retention Enhanced customer retention by meeting them, engaging them in different activities and providing them support in their routine business. Data Analysis Analyzed sales and customer data. Pointed out highly potential geographical areas by implementing 80/20 rule. Distributed customer in 3 different categories to facilitate marketing in obliging their customers. Training Trained more than 6,000 participants including schools’ leadership, teachers, parents and students in different parts of country. Event Management Managed hundreds of different kinds of events including promotional events for books promotion, management and teacher training workshops at a very large scale, organized competitions and expos for students and conducting psychometric testing for students. Conflict Handling Successfully managed conflict arising among team members and made strong bonding by taking corrective and preventive action instantly. Communication Developed strong communication skill to convince and aspire customers and team member to accomplish given objectives Team Leadership Led a small team to a very large team. Coached, trained and motivated them to accomplish organizational targets as well as aspired them to develop and groom themselves professionally. Coaching & Mentoring Coached and mentored marketing and sales team by leading from front. Set example for them to be followed by showing commitment, dedication and devotion to work Education: Sr 1 2 Degree M.Phil (18 Years of Education) M.B.A Institution The Superior University, Lahore Division/CGPA 3.75 CGPA Major Business Administration Year 2014 Mohi-Ud- Din Islamic University, AJK 1st Division Marketing 2010 Research Publications: Basharat T., Ramzan M. (2013) Educational Leadership, Management and Pakistan 2050. International Journal of Research in Commerce and Management, 3(1), 1-6. Basharat T., Ahmad H. (2017) Applying service dominant logic perspective: Studying patient care system of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (Lahore) and Shouldice Hospital (Canada). Journal of Service Science Research, 9(1), 31-46. Ghorsi H., Siddiqui A., Basharat T., Anwer S., Ahmad H. (2018) Service System of Easy Paisa and Mobicash Funds Transfer System Via Telecommunication Companies in Context of Service Dominant Logic, Journal of Service Science Research. Basharat T. Applying ISPAR Model of Service Dominant Logic on Mentoring A Part of Training and Development Function of HRM Functions, International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering and Technology. Conference Presentation: Basharat T. (2012) Educational Leadership, Management and Pakistan- - International Conference on Management Research – The Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan Certifications:    Lean Management (ASQ Aligned, BKO Accredited By Udemy, License # UC-29LXNL8B Data Analysis Skills Training With Microsoft Excel By Udemy, License # UC-KP1B9ZE1 Data Analysis With Microsoft Excel By Microsoft  Introduction to Data Visualization By Udemy, License # UC-SFMQ5Q5D  Planning For Data Collection By Udemy, License # UC-6ME1T2NU  Data Science and Machine Learning in R By Udemy, License # UC-SQDO1381  Become Marketing Manager 12 Courses By LinkedIn  Corporate Sales Associate By SM Study, UC-2D68Z042  Online Marketing Fundamentals By eMarketing Institute  Sales Prospecting And Lead Generation By Alison  Discovering And Meeting The Needs Of The Market By Alison  Growth Strategies for Business By Alison  Six Sigma Yellow Belt By 6 Sigma Study  Strategic Management Decision Making By Alison  Certified Lead Auditor 9001:2008 By Hong Kong Veritas Something About Me: Age: 36 | Marital Status : Married | Location : Faisalabad | Hobbies : Exploring Cultures, Book Reading and Learning