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ASIF SHAHLocation: Hampton, TW12

Tel: 07746726622 E-mail: asif.shah@live.co.ukNationality: British

Strategic planner with excellent project execution skills. Highly motivated, committed & driven to continuousimprovement. I am a self starter with immense initiative & strong commercial acumen. I have excellent negotiation

& influencing skills with unrivalled planning & organisation of large cross-functional teams. Ability to thinktactically & strategically in forward planning projects in meeting business goals of long term sustainable growth.

I have an excellent communication & prioritisation brain that drives best practise ways or workings through finding

new & innovative lean solutions using Prince2 Methodologies across varied markets with the execution of Scum &Agile methodologies

KEY PROJECT MANAGEMNT SKILLS & STRENGTHS

Prince2 Methodologies Programme Management International Management

Agile & Scrum Cross-func Team Management Process Improvement

Lean Operational Efficiencies Budget Management Risk Management

Commercial Business Acumen Strategic Project Planning Leadership & Decision Making

Stakeholder Management Brand Management Marketing Innovation

Repro/Packaging Management Productivity & Time Utilisation Continuous Improvement

WORKEXPERIENCE KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

The Body Shop International Jan 2011 to Present London Bridge

Senior International Project Manager Gifts & Accessories

Managing the Gifts & Accessories programme across 62 markets across all cross functional international

teams, vendors & factories on Xmas, Valentines, Easter, Eid, Diwali, Ramadan, Royal wedding, Stop Sex

Trafficking etc

Delivering projects from concept to launch in terms of time/cost/quality whilst managing risk

Redefining & mapping out the gifts & accessories process with a concise 3 year forward plan for

implementation

United Biscuits May 2006 to Jan 2011 Hayes

Project Manager Category Development (Aug 2009 to Jan 2011)

Using Prince2 methodologies, ensured projects within a portfolio are delivered to time/cost/qualityparameters whilst managing risk.

Delivered 14m incremental revenue through Asda Biscuits Sauna

Working across the UB portfolio of branded & own label biscuits closely with Tesco for Fit 4 Future fromconcept to customer maintaining space & gaining incremental listings

Providing comprehensive risk analysis to agreed timings

Developed synergies between projects and defined benefits and cost savings achieved in 000s

Managed all major retailer implementations across the business bringing together cross-functional project

teams. Created increased efficiency & drove effective open communication channels, thereby reducing risk

across projects Created & Implemented RRP Design guidelines for style & artwork & functionality

Managed Cost savings projects primarily through decomplexity and packaging cost reduction initiatives

P2M Projects Manager (Aug 2006 to Aug 2009)

Successfully managing & training cross-functional teams on a 80m portfolio of leading company brands

McVities, Jaffa, & Penguin (Increasing revenue for NPD by 200% & overall 44%). Led such projects as

the Rugby World Cup, Healthier Kids Biscuits & New Product Innovation.

Created & managed the restructure of the P2M (Product to Market) business process, making it more linear

& providing clear visibility & accountability on the product to market process through greater ownership.

Enhanced & improved communication amongst project stakeholders via the project information databasethrough an integral working relationship with business stakeholders.

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Issuing all key reports & project KPIs on a bi-weekly basis central to the Exec Board used to make strategic

business decisions. Recognition as the P2M process & reporting expert across the business & 1 st point of

call for queries relating to P2M functions across all cross-functional teams.

Managed key European projects across Biscuits & Snacks brands for Innovation & delivery. Brought

together international teams & factories to efficiently delivery projects & products in line with

time/cost/quality

Driving key areas for project improvement, change & implementation on such areas as resource levels &

capacity across business functions through resource management & tracking

Cost savings - managed 2.1m of packaging write-off down to 1m through effective risk management

Innovations Manager (Secondment - Jan 2008 to Oct 2008)

Project Lead across several Savoury innovation projects through the P2M process for total brands worth of

12m for NPD including Penguin Wafer & Crackobites

Development of Innovation strategies to drive portfolio & brand growth through strong consumer

propositions

Leading cross functional teams & reporting portfolio plans to senior teams, whilst reviewing launches,

performance reporting & applying best practice through Key learnings

RTB Projects Coordinator (May 2006 to July 2006)

Project Management at SKU level. Key point of contact for RTB originations work. Key relationships built

up with external clients including design agencies, repro houses, printers, & TCS consultants.

Domestic & General (Inkfish) November 2004 to May 2006 Slough

Accounts Executive for Renault UK (June 2005 to May 2006)

Centrally responsible for ensuring SLA compliance & reporting of Renault UK accounts & new initiatives

success internally to Client Services & Call Centre Managers & externally to Renault HQ

Led the restructuring of the reporting system within the Renault account with no external resource usage,

creating a more streamlined reporting base. Freed up more resource so that there was greater focus on

commercial proactively.

Key representative of client services department at the monthly Employee Forum meeting. Directdiscussions with the Managing Director & HR to find ways of improving staff/company performance.

Team Leader for PO Flowers (Nov 2004 to May 2005)

Managing, motivating & coaching a team of 30 with the overall aim of maximising profitability throughcontinuous improvement

Creating & managing payroll & build plan rotas to meet delivered hours & headcount. Managing staff

turnover effectively

Monthly briefing to the company on my accounts success levels, SLAs, headcounts, variation in

performance, staff turnover, & agent development to Bronze, Silver & Gold standard

EDUCATION

Brunel University 2003 Uxbridge

BSC (Hons) Economics & Finance 2:1

Greenford Sixth Form 1998 Greenford4 A-Levels: Economics, English Literature, General Studies, Physics

OTHER INTERESTS

Cricket, swimming, music, cars, F1, running, weights, volunteer work, DIY, & wedding planning

APPLICATIONS & LANGUAGES

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project)

Lotus Notes & MS Outlook & Internet Explorer

SAP, Business Warehouse

Illustrator & Photoshop

Urdu (Fluent), Hindi (Fluent), Punjabi (Fluent),