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Education
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Accomplishments
Languages
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Kazim Hussain

Kazim Hussain

Blackburn,Lancashire

Summary

Motivated sales professional experienced in telesales and marketing. Skilled in persuasive negotiation to close profitable product and service deals through cold and warm calling. Enthusiastic and driven to succeed against challenging targets. High-achieving sales agent/team leader successful at converting new business into profitable, loyal customer bases. Dedicated to exceeding revenue targets through first-class telesales service. Passionate and motivated to engage clients for improved acquisition and retention.


Reliable call centre professional with experience in handling high call volumes with accuracy for optimum productivity. Offers outstanding problem-solving and rapport-building skills to seek timely solutions to customer problems. Dependable team player committed to improving call metric standards.


Insightful Insurance Advisor with broad product knowledge and types of coverage. Responsible and hard-working team player. Possesses time management and problem solving skills.


Dedicated Team Leader promoting quality assurance, issue resolution and interpersonal communication skills. Bilingual and proficient at troubleshooting and supervising talented teams. Seeking similar position in retail management.


Professional project management specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs.


Talented Team Leader experienced and dedicated to enhancing employee satisfaction and business success. Diplomatic and friendly with proven commitment to employee training. Hardworking team player bringing necessary experience and knowledge to tackle any operational demand.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Sales Assistant

Boots Blackburn
Blackburn, Lancashire
01.2011 - 01.2011
  • Work experience in Boots, for 2 weeks.

During the time at Boots:

  • Maintained impeccably high standards store presentation and hygiene through cleaning.
  • Helped customers obtain specialised help for refunds and exchanges.
  • Worked energetically to maintain efficient operations during peak trading hours.
  • Promoted customer loyalty scheme at checkout.
  • Operated cash registers with accuracy and processed cash and card transactions.

Paper Round

Lancashire Telegraph
Blackburn, Lancashire
07.2007 - 01.2010
  • Worked for Lancashire Telegraph doing paper rounds.
  • Followed assigned routes for accurate, on-time newspaper delivery.
  • Notified management of any complaints or missing items.
  • Located hard-to-find houses and apartments.
  • Communicated effectively with supervisors regarding delivery issues or concerns.
  • Fulfilled daily guest requests, such as newspaper delivery, running of errands,
  • Picked up and accurately sorted newspapers to improve delivery run efficiency.
  • Handled newspaper sorting and assembly, bagging up with care for customer delivery.
  • Organised completed orders for easy loading and delivery.
  • Engaged positively with community members throughout delivery routes, upholding positive company reputation.

Field Sales

Appco
Manchester
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Promoted from Field Sales Agent to Field Sales Manager within 6 months period.
  • Led practical execution of high frequency store field sales strategy to achieve KPI targets.
  • Provided administrative support to sales teams by fielding customer queries, preparing cost estimations and documenting orders.
  • Served customers to drive sales and deliver top-quality experiences.
  • Adapted sales pitches and presentations to meet bespoke customer requirements.
  • Contributed to sales meeting, sales events and training to share best practices and new developments.
  • Maintained smart appearance and polite manner at all times.
  • Processed orders and recorded transactions accurately.
  • Identified and obtained new customers to successfully meet all sales targets.
  • Generated sales report and insights to management.
  • Broadened customer bases to meet demanding sales territory targets.
  • Kept sales records up-to-date and accurate, submitting in timely manner.
  • Built rapport with new and existing customers to boost client retention.
  • Complied with quality, audit and customer standards, keeping documentation audit ready at all times.
  • Developed new sales strategies and constantly evaluated effectiveness.

Inbound Sales Agent

Carole Nash Insurance
Manchester
05.2016 - Current
  • Currently working at Carole Nash Insurance as team leader cover/coach
  • Currently working here full time (37.5 hours weekly)
  • At Carole Nash we work on daily targets which help us achieve our monthly targets

Achievements and skills:

  • Used outstanding problem-solving and communication skills to appease dissatisfied customers.
  • Engaged clients with sales opportunities to secure valuable transactions.
  • Managed and escalated complaints effectively, resulting in positive customer outcomes.
  • Maintained call centre efficiencies, ensuring clear, effective communication with all departments.
  • Delivered KPI targets and improvements on consistent basis through excellent leadership.
  • Introduced new opportunities for team building and communication, resulting in better team performance.
  • Maintained smooth-running business operations by delegating priorities to staff abilities.
  • Applied expertise in team leadership to address productivity and performance issues, motivating staff to achieve KPIs.
  • Acted as point of contact for high-level queries and represented team at senior leadership meetings.
  • Assessed knowledge and skills gaps, creating opportunities to fuel improvement.
  • Planned and managed resources and budget to support and deliver objectives.
  • Upskilled staff through targeted training opportunities, enhancing team capabilities.
  • Managed teams by overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees.
  • Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues.
  • Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and clear communications.
  • Delivered services to customer locations within target timeframes.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy.

Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester
09.2013 - 05.2016

A-Levels - Sports Education

Blackburn College
Blackburn
09.2010 - 05.2013

GCSEs - All subjects

Pleckgate High School
Blackburn
09.2006 - 05.2011

Skills

  • Curriculum development
  • Public speaking expert
  • Professional development
  • Fitness equipment demonstrations
  • Gymnastics
  • Activity planning
  • Warm-up routine planning
  • Football teaching
  • Human anatomy knowledge
  • Fitness equipment expertise
  • Sports training
  • Health and wellness expert
  • Therapeutic massage techniques

Affiliations

  • Socialising
  • Watching sports
  • Learning new challenges
  • Coaching
  • Going out with friends
  • Spending time with my family
  • Going to the gym

Accomplishments

  • Sales agent of the year award at Carole Nash
  • Upcoming team leader award at Carole Nash

Languages

English
Fluent

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Inbound Sales Agent

Carole Nash Insurance
05.2016 - Current

Field Sales

Appco
01.2016 - 01.2018

Bachelor of Science - Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy.

Manchester Metropolitan University
09.2013 - 05.2016

Sales Assistant

Boots Blackburn
01.2011 - 01.2011

A-Levels - Sports Education

Blackburn College
09.2010 - 05.2013

Paper Round

Lancashire Telegraph
07.2007 - 01.2010

GCSEs - All subjects

Pleckgate High School
09.2006 - 05.2011
Kazim Hussain