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Mr. Mohammed Azam Mobile: +966 54 888 1598 Email: mhdazam@m sn.com ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE 09/12-10/13 THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Sheffield, UK Master of Science (MSc)    Financial Economics  Graduated with Merit 09/11-04/12 THE SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE Sheffield, UK  Graduate Diploma in Business and Social Sciences (Pre-Masters course) Graduated with Distinction   Receive d progression scholarship to The University o f Sheffield  Extracurricular Activities Program Committee Student Representative  Actively participated in the first developmental phase of the VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) project spearheaded by the College Director 06/04-11/09 JONES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (ONLINE) Colorado, USA Bachelors in Business Administration    Entrepreneurship and General Business Graduated with Magna cum Laude honors (GPA: 3.88/4.00) Standardized Tests Scores 08/2007 TOEFL : 114 09/2010 GMAT : 650 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE QADRI PLASTICS FACTORY & NABA PLASTICS FACTORY (Family Enterprise)  Jeddah, KSA 12/08-Current  General Operations Manager  Managed production and sales’ teams consisting of 60 plus employee s during  both day and night shifts (o n call) of a constant 24-hour produc tion cycle, six days a week  Championed the successful implementation of cost-effective standard procedural and accountability measures in the manufacturing processes to improve quality control   Actively managed inventory and timed raw material purchases during severe  price volatilities in 2008  o Resulted in a 7.6% increase in annual sales for the year 2009 even amidst a sharp market downturn caused by a 60% drop in raw material prices and consequent drop in product prices of 38% at the beginning of the year  Spearheaded the upgrade to TALLY 9 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system within the allotted time and budget of $60,000 to consolidate multiple functionalities into a single fully-integrated software thereby i ncreasing data accessibility and improving productivity  07/07- 12/08 Assistant Sales and Production Manager  Jeddah, KSA  Introduced stronger credit control measures such as introducing facilities for daily and weekly part-payments, renegotiating payment terms and determining credit limits on the basis of average monthly consumption, that reduced customer credit  by more than 20% without compromising m argins or sales revenues  Reduced average collection period from 55 to 32 days for higher cash flows and available working capital  Pioneered new uses of recycled material into t he production cycle to achieve a cost savings of 6% which minimize wastage during the packaging process and increased emphasis on green business ethics  

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Mr. Mohammed Azam

Mobile: +966 54 888 1598 Email: [email protected] EXPERIENCE09/12-10/13 THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD Sheffield, UK

Master of Science (MSc) – Financial Economics Graduated with Merit

09/11-04/12 THE SHEFFIELD INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE Sheffield, UK Graduate Diploma in Business and Social Sciences (Pre-Masters course)Graduated with Distinction

Received progression scholarship to The University of Sheffield Extracurricular Activities

Program Committee Student Representative Actively participated in the first developmental phase of the VLE (Virtual

Learning Environment) project spearheaded by the College Director

06/04-11/09 JONES INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (ONLINE) Colorado, USABachelors in Business Administration – Entrepreneurship and General BusinessGraduated with Magna cum Laude honors (GPA: 3.88/4.00)

Standardized Tests Scores08/2007 TOEFL : 11409/2010 GMAT : 650

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEQADRI PLASTICS FACTORY & NABA PLASTICS FACTORY (Family Enterprise) Jeddah, KSA12/08-Current General Operations Manager

Managed production and sales’ teams consisting of 60 plus employees during both day and night shifts (on call) of a constant 24-hour production cycle, sixdays a week

Championed the successful implementation of cost-effective standard proceduraland accountability measures in the manufacturing processes to improve qualitycontrol

Actively managed inventory and timed raw material purchases during severe price volatilities in 2008

o Resulted in a 7.6% increase in annual sales for the year 2009 even amidsta sharp market downturn caused by a 60% drop in raw material pricesand consequent drop in product prices of 38% at the beginning of theyear

Spearheaded the upgrade to TALLY 9 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)system within the allotted time and budget of $60,000 to consolidate multiple

functionalities into a single fully-integrated software thereby increasing dataaccessibility and improving productivity

07/07- 12/08 Assistant Sales and Production Manager Jeddah, KSA Introduced stronger credit control measures such as introducing facilities for daily

and weekly part-payments, renegotiating payment terms and determining creditlimits on the basis of average monthly consumption, that reduced customer credit

by more than 20% without compromising margins or sales revenues Reduced average collection period from 55 to 32 days for higher cash flows and

available working capital Pioneered new uses of recycled material into the production cycle to achieve a

cost savings of 6% which minimize wastage during the packaging process andincreased emphasis on green business ethics

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Mr. Mohammed Azam

Mobile: +966 54 888 1598 Email: [email protected] EXTRACURRICULAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Awards: Jeddah Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for AcademicExcellence and Best Overall Performance in the Commerce faculty of the InternationalIndian School Jeddah in 2002

Workers Fund: Created a self-sustaining fund for low income workers at Qadri PlasticsFactory including off-record bonuses, interest-free micro-financing and emergency loanswith flexible repayment schedules, that increased morale and productivity

Specialized Software Skills: Stata, Bloomberg Professional, Thomson ReutersDataStream

Multi-lingual: Fluent in English, Arabic, Urdu, and Hindi

TRAINING COURSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) Jeddah, KSA

Polyethylene, Polypropylene: General Background, Processing, Properties andApplication (November 2009)

Injection & Blow Molding: PE Processing (March 2010) PE Blown Film: Applications and Processing (March 2010, May 2011)

Timberlake Consultants Limited London, UK 2013 Stata Summer School: Introduction to Stata & Stata Graphics (July 2013) Econometrics using Stata (September 2013)

OCCUPATIONAL INTERESTS Islamic Finance & Investment Economic Research Capital Markets/Equity Analysis Venture Capital/Private Equity Strategic Management Consulting