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Ameen Uvais

Ameen Uvais

E-Commerce Strategy & Digital Marketing Specialist
Colombo 04

Summary

Strategic and data-driven professional with 5+ years of experience and 4+ years of management experience, seeking a challenging role in my forte of E-commerce strategy & digital marketing, where I can demonstrate my proven track record of exceeding goals and achieving high client satisfaction ratings.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
9
9
Certifications
5
5
Languages

Work History

Independent Consultant - Traffic Operations

Alibaba Group
Colombo
07.2022 - Current
  • Collaborated with teams to define, strategize and implement marketing and web strategies.
  • Improved performance, hiring practices and management systems to facilitate success of client's organization.
  • Evaluated diverse organizational systems to identify workflow, communication and resource utilization issues.
  • Provide the overall strategy for Daily App Traffic, Revenue Generation, User Engagement, Customer Retention & Loyalty.
  • Providing the overall Traffic Operations department strategy & roadmap with omni-channel approach for entire Daraz user base to achieve afore-mentioned KPIs.
  • Overlook Daraz customer lifecycle by optimizing customer journeys.
  • Leading the CRM department in data analysis on consumer insights concerning CRM programs and the business objectives as a whole.
  • Providing strategy to drive user repurchase and converting users into loyal customers with loyalty programs: Initiate projects that are directed to encourage repeat business focusing on purchase frequency, AOV and CLTV thereby driving loyalty.
  • Drive team to execute User Lifecycle & Retention Management Projects to prevent user churn.
  • Ensure that there is a consistency in data-driven decision making and strategy formulation within the CRM department in all CRM campaigns and programs.

Manager - CRM(User Engagement & Retention)

Alibaba Group
Colombo
07.2021 - 07.2022
  • Expanded cross-functional organizational capacity by collaborating across departments on priorities, functions and common goals.
  • Primarily responsible for Daily App Traffic, Revenue Generation, User Engagement, Customer Retention & Loyalty through App Push Notifications, In-App Message Center, Newsletter, Web Push Notifications, SMS & Automation Journey Campaigns for all mentioned channels.
  • Analyzing, Planning & Owning the overall CRM department strategy & roadmap with omni-channel approach for entire Daraz user base to achieve afore-mentioned KPIs.
  • Managing customer lifecycle by optimizing customer journeys: customer lifecycle strategy which caters to a full funnel approach starting with onboarding, acquisition, retention and loyalty while ensuring minimum spam.
  • Drive user repurchase and turn users into loyal customers with loyalty programs: projects that encourage repeat business focusing on purchase frequency, AOV and CLTV thereby driving loyalty.
    User Lifecycle & Retention Management Projects To prevent user churn.
  • Lead the entire CRM department in data collection on consumer insights concerning CRM programs and the business as a whole: Closely collaborated with regional teams and data science teams for segment development based on customer interests & business needs.
  • Audience Segment Creation & Cohort Analysis for optimized targeting.
  • Lead User Case Testing: A/B testing to improve ROI, CTR, and Conversion Rates through all CRM channels and establish incremental revenue through each channel.
  • Impart departmental culture at all levels in order to inspire a unified vision and direction towards the achievement of the business’s goals.
  • Improve Marketing efficiency spend: Integrate CRM channels with the marketing channels to minimize the marketing conversion/retention spend/cannibalization.
  • Weekly Campaign Calendar Optimization: taking strategy priorities & fatigue management into consideration for active/inactive user funnels to ensure Monthly Active User base is targeted daily.
  • Data Analysis on Daily, Weekly & Monthly Performance Reporting to C level management.

Managing Director

One Stop Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
Colombo
07.2017 - Current
  • Sales: Monitored sales forecasts and projected financial planning for organization to achieve revenue goals.
  • Product: Developed & enhanced sourcing, buying, merchandising and planning activities alongside greater systematization of what makes OSS Lanka famous and desirable.
  • Brand: Moved from daily re-active fire-fighting to proactive planning, which is still agile and easy to change. Bring a commercial lens to influencer/upper funnel activity to understand wider customer acquisition attribution.
  • Marketing: Developed functions to market leading activity with Paid Media & CRM (customer engagement & retention) working in harmony to amplify OSS Lanka’s product/brand story, with good attribution model and deep understand of cLTV.
  • Operations: Developed a fulfilment/logistics function which delights and delivers the promise made to OSS Lanka’s customers and ensures its market matching in terms of features/services we offer OSS Lanka customers.
  • Data/Insight: Built & launched an insight function which helps the business make better decisions, moving from gut feel/subjective only to a balance of objective and subjective. A function that brings insight (so what) to the business was not just an overload of data.
  • Tech: Built & launched the right tools the business needs to operate, which are secure and compliant with regulatory requirements.
  • Finance: Supported to enable OSS Lanka with the financial management SOP and controlled the necessary activities to support the business in a legal/compliant way.
  • People/Talent: Built the team with the right talent and the best culture, a team of driven doers with high IQ & EQ. Mentored and helped to transition from start-up to more sophisticated fast growth/scale up.

Business Development Manager: E-Commerce

Stelacom (Pvt) Ltd
Colombo
11.2018 - 07.2021

Portfolio: Dialog.lk | Dialog Bizcare | Phonepola.com | Tradeupgo.com | Printupgo.com | Daraz.lk

  • Developing and executing customer acquisition strategies, exploring omni-channel and multi-platform growth opportunities.
  • Leading sales growth for all e-commerce channels via effective development, coordination, and implementation of marketing plans and sales strategies.
  • Leveraging CRM insights to develop acquisition models that deliver quality to new customers with high life-time value.
  • Delivering and executing market specific product assortments and promotion strategies, compliant with local legislation and market product relevancy.
  • Optimizing brand performance in existing e-commerce channels and identifying opportunities for business expansion.
  • Introducing new tech solutions by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, supply chain and other teams.
  • Determining product pricing and offers by utilizing research data while ensuring required ROI for the company.
  • Designing and conducting system training to share knowledge with customer service staff.

Partner Content Specialist - Sri Lanka & Maldives

Booking.com Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (Booking Holdings PLC)
Colombo
03.2018 - 11.2018

Portfolio: All Hotel Properties in Sri Lanka & Maldives

  • Sustaining, reviewing, and continually improving content(website copy, images, property information) to accurately reflect all properties in Maldives & Sri Lanka and improve conversion as a result.
  • Ensuring high quality content through partner conversations, workshops & property visits.
  • Recurring partner communication via phone and email to improve quality of property information.
  • Ensuring inbound partner requests are handled with high-quality, agreed-upon service levels.
  • Supporting other departments of the business by collecting and coordinating local and global projects.

Partner Content Specialist

Booking.com Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (Booking Holdings PLC)
Colombo
08.2017 - 03.2018

Portfolio: All Hotel Properties in Colombo, Ella, Hikkaduwa, Galle, Trincomalee, Unawatuna.

  • Maintaining, reviewing, and continually improving content accurately reflecting the properties in Colombo, Ella, Hikkaduwa, Galle, Trincomalee, Unawatuna (top-performing cities in Sri Lanka).
  • Ensuring high-quality content through regular website checks.
  • Contacting Booking.com BV partners to validate the information.
  • Providing support with the quality of property information.

Intern

SME International Trade Association (MITI- Malaysia)
Kuala Lumpur
03.2016 - 06.2022
  • Collaborated with team to optimize workflow and achieve objectives.
  • Researched and reviewed information in support of daily objectives.
  • Liaised with clients to assess needs and responded to inquiries.
  • Organizing and Management of Business Events.
  • Overall administration of Association through Secretary-General.
  • E-commerce/E-business Activities.
  • Completed research, compiled data and assisted in timely reporting.
  • Assisted in industry trade shows, interacting with consumers and answering questions.

Education

MBA - Master of Business Administration

London School of Commerce
United Kingdom
06.2018 - 01.2020

Bachelor of Arts - BA (Hons) Business Management - E-Business

Staffordshire University/Asia Pacific University
Malaysia
03.2014 - 11.2017

Foundation - Certificate IV Foundation Program Business

Edith Cowan University
Australia
07.2012 - 10.2013

Skills

    SQL

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Certification

Maybank Global Apprenticeship Program 2016

References

Ms. Mary Low : SME International Trade Association of Malaysia

Position : Secretary-General

Tel : (+60)19 286 6355

Email : mary@smita.org.my

Mr. Vinodhan Nair : Booking.com - Mumbai, India

Position : Partner Content Team Lead

Tel : (+91)996 734 9629

Email : vinodhan.nair@booking.com

Mr. Chamika Godamanna : Stelacom Pvt Ltd.

Position : Managing Director

Tel : (+94)77 773 3784

Email : chamika@stelacom.com

Mrs. Fabaiha Farooq : Daraz.lk (Alibaba Group)

Position : Regional Head of CRM

Tel : (+61)435 764 426

Email: fabaiha.farooq@daraz.pk

Timeline

Introduction to the Metaverse: Understanding Augmented and Virtual Reality

08-2022

Modern Digital Marketing

08-2022

Independent Consultant - Traffic Operations

Alibaba Group
07.2022 - Current

Customer Experience: Journey Mapping

07-2022

Project Management Skills for Leaders

06-2022

IELTS - International English Language Testing System - IDP Education

06-2022

Introduction to SQL - Datacamp

09-2021

Manager - CRM(User Engagement & Retention)

Alibaba Group
07.2021 - 07.2022

Business Development Manager: E-Commerce

Stelacom (Pvt) Ltd
11.2018 - 07.2021

MBA - Master of Business Administration

London School of Commerce
06.2018 - 01.2020

Partner Content Specialist - Sri Lanka & Maldives

Booking.com Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (Booking Holdings PLC)
03.2018 - 11.2018

Influencing People with Persuasion Psychology - Udemy

12-2017

Success: How to Set and Achieve Goals - Udemy

10-2017

Partner Content Specialist

Booking.com Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (Booking Holdings PLC)
08.2017 - 03.2018

Managing Director

One Stop Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
07.2017 - Current

Maybank Global Apprenticeship Program 2016

05-2016

Intern

SME International Trade Association (MITI- Malaysia)
03.2016 - 06.2022

Bachelor of Arts - BA (Hons) Business Management - E-Business

Staffordshire University/Asia Pacific University
03.2014 - 11.2017

Foundation - Certificate IV Foundation Program Business

Edith Cowan University
07.2012 - 10.2013
Ameen UvaisE-Commerce Strategy & Digital Marketing Specialist