Saqib Hanif Lahore, Pakistan | Cell: +92-322-3311007/302-8460307 | Email: [email protected] An Academic Head and Administrator offering outstanding presentation, communication, and cross- cultural team management skills. A highly energetic & result oriented leader with an entrepreneurial attitude. An educator who create a strategic alliance with organizational leaders to effectively align with and support key business initiatives. Build and retain high-performance team by hiring, developing and motivating skilled professionals. Well Known academic administrator; skilled in talent recruiting, program development, financial management and public relations. Visionary Operations Executive with solid experience managing all levels of multiple projects including budgeting, academic administrations, curriculum development, admission, education marketing, expansion programs, new venture development and international collaborations. K E Y S K I L L S CORE COMPETENCIES Education Management Educational Management: Strategic & Tactical Planning Initiated academic programs which resulted in increasing the number Supply Chain Management of graduates and advancing the reputation of the college in Academic P&L Management Excellence; Budgeting & Expense Control Improved BISE results for intermediate programs to 87% passing rate Market Identification & Penetration with the overall result of 35% A+ grades; Curriculum Development Launched Graduation programs in collaboration with GCUF. HR Development & Management Product Positioning & Branding Human Resource: Corporate Communication Competitor Maneuvering Spearheaded new award-winning academic advisement program Creative Team Leadership which increased staff retention. Operations Management: KEY STRENGTH Monitored P & L of 4 colleges in the metropolitan area of Lahore. Leadership - Leading From Front Lead and handled all functional areas of admissions, academics, Expert Communicator, Presenter & graduation, and retention. Negotiator & Decision Making Supervised all expansion plans, identifying the opportunities, locations, Flexible & Motivated construction-related matters, education equipment and HR resource Resilience and Tenacity deployment for all campuses. Team & Relationship Building Training & Empowerment MAJ OR ACHIEVEMENTS Strategic Thinker Organisational Focus As a frontline management team of Concordia Colleges, I have the honor Adaptable & Proactive of establishing Punjab and North campus successfully. Initiated and Logical Thinker launched undergraduate and graduate programs in collaboration with Conflict Management various local and international universities. Initiated and successfully Analytical Skills launched EVOLVE, a subsidiary of Concordia Colleges offering various Change Transaction foreign and local entry tests such as IELTS, ECAT, MCAT, NUST1/2 etc; Managing Difficult People Negotiated and launched first time in Pakistan, a foreign qualification Solution Oriented program in collaboration with, The Association of Business Executives Multi-Tasking (ABE), EduQual-UK, ACCA, University of North Hampton-UK & London School of Marketing-UK to offer, QCF level qualifications, BA (Hons.) in Accounting and MBA top-up program; Planned, devised with streamlining existing systems and implemented a new complete Warehouse Management system for Gourmet Foods, for storage and distribution of carbonated soft drinks, milk products, and bulk water distribution; (continued) Developed complete logistics and distribution network for the optimal use of vehicles and achievement of desired delivery schedules due to which improved yield to 55% in the first year; Designed and developed complete logistics and distribution system for overland transportation on most modern techniques which won the company an award for being the most prestigious haulier, Won a contract from DUBAL and all petrochemical companies in a very first year of joining the company; Secured authorized representation for Kaplan Group colleges admission office for the Middle East; Secured Authorize representation of ENEX Gmbh (Largest Stockiest of Wartsilla Power plant Parts) for the Middle East and Pakistan. To establish CAREER HIGHLIGHTS the general land Transport Company in Dubai, responsible for P & L of the transport division; Beaconhouse Group– Millennium Millennium Educations is a project of Beaconhouse Group which operates their Education (Pvt.) Ltd premium college brand Concordia Colleges in Pakistan. Concordia Colleges Group Head – November 2010 - to was launched in 2014 with a vision to offer premium education at college level. date The Concordia Colleges, provide a base camp for students to reach their professional and personal distinction through excellence. Concordia Colleges offers advanced technological institutions offering traditional education equipped with Blended Learning System for the first time in Pakistan. As a Group Head, I am responsible for P&L of Lahore region colleges and oversea supervise 75 staff from both academics, management and accounts department. I am responsible for: Responsible for overall operations of boys group colleges for Lahore region; Develop high-quality business strategies and plans ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives; Achieve highest standard of academic excellence for group colleges to achieve best results for intermediate and graduate programs; Lead and motivate a team of subordinates to advance employee engagement to develop a high performing managerial team; Sourcing and deploying best possible faculty, admission and operations team at group colleges; Responsible for P&L of boy’s campuses of Concordia Colleges Lahore; Achieve excellent results in BISE Lahore and affiliated universities through high-performance academic plan; Develop relationships with all stakeholders internally and externally to achieve admission targets in intermediate programs, Graduation programs, MBA programs, ACCA, CA (PAK), local and foreign entry test programs offered at Concordia Colleges; Responsible for negotiations and achievement of a commercial agreement with all foreign awarding bodies and universities; Build trust relations with key partners and stakeholders and act as a point of contact for important shareholders I.e, BISE Lahore, GCUF, UOE and other institutions; Gourmet Foods Pakistan, Lahore, Gourmet Foods is one of the largest and fastest growing FMCG groups in Pakistan. General Manager Pakistan with one hundred outlets and still growing. Shipping & Logistics May 2010 to October 2010 Major Responsibilities Resume: Saqib Hanif 2|P a g e To ensure cost-effective and valuable solutions in Supply chain, Logistics, Distribution, Warehousing, and Transportation. Periodic review and evaluation of relationships with existing suppliers and vendors to re- negotiate contracts, strengthen or discontinue business. Ensure effective management of stores/warehouses and transport pool in terms of space utilization, layout, protection and safety of material, insurance and smoothness of operations. Provide functional support to oversee branches on this subject for overall Pakistan dealership; Ensure proper receipt, inspection, storage and issuance of material against approved documents and in compliance with laid down procedures. Ensure maintenance of up-to-date records of stock movements/inventory and re- order levels. Initiate timely action for stock replenishment. Ensure delivery/distribution of goods to the indenting parties on time and as planned; Improves program and service quality by devising new applications; updating procedures; evaluating system results with users; Negotiate and Coordinate with third party transport solution for carbonated soft drinks and bulk water supply to Gourmet outlets as well as countrywide distributors. Pak Emirates Group of Companies, Pak Emirates Group of companies, Dubai is a diversified group of companies Dubai, United Arab Emirates dealing in Educations sector, haulier by road, logistics, property brokerage and Group General Manager – January international trading in marine and power plant engine parts and auxiliaries. 2005 to May 2010 Major Responsibilities: To oversee and create business development for the group while monitoring the for-profit and loss of the group companies. International Maritime Logistics International Maritime Logistics FZE is a group company of International FZE, Dubai, UAE Maritime L.L.C the leading logistics and Distribution Company in Dubai, U.A.E. Business Development Manager, June 2001 to November 2004 Major Responsibilities: To establish the general land Transport Company in Dubai, responsible for P & L of the transport division. Emirates Bank International pjsc, Emirates Bank International was a UAE based International bank operating in Sialkot, Pakistan. Pakistan. Assistant Manager Operations Major Responsibilities: (AVP), Aug 1997 to May 2000 As a pioneer member of Sialkot branch was assigned with the responsibility to head Private Banking Unit (PBU) as well as to oversee the operations activity of the branch banking. Expeditors International (Pvt.) Expeditors International is one of the largest business logistics and Distribution Limited, Lahore, Pakistan. Company in the world. Sales Manager, January 1996 to June 1997. Major Responsibilities: To develop a sales team for the Lahore region for both imports and exports cargo. Sales target management for cities, Sialkot, Faisalabad, and Lahore. Resume: Saqib Hanif 3|P a g e DHL Pakistan (Private) Ltd, Lahore, DHL Pakistan