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AHMAD FIRDAUS NURULLAH Rasedee

AHMAD FIRDAUS NURULLAH Rasedee

General Manager - Trade, Brands And Business Development
Kajang,Selangor

Summary

Strategic Leadership and Brand Innovation

As the General Manager for Stream Empire Holding (Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei), [Your Name] spearheaded initiatives that fueled market expansion and brand elevation. Overseeing a portfolio of renowned brands such as New Era, Crep Protect, and Havaianas, [Your Name] demonstrated exceptional skills in P&L management, market strategy execution, and KPI analysis. led transformative brand campaigns, negotiated strategic partnerships, and drove significant improvements in trade collection and market presence.

Exemplary Crisis Management and Corporate Communication

Previously, as Head of Corporate Communication and Brand Management at Al-Ikhsan Sports, [Your Name] excelled in crisis management and public relations. During challenging periods such as the MCO, effectively liaised with government agencies to navigate operational disruptions, ensuring business continuity and stakeholder engagement. also played a pivotal role in brand strategy and media relations, enhancing brand reputation and market reach.

Operational Excellence and Business Development

In earlier roles, including Branch Manager at Hitachi Transport System and Regional Manager at Avon Cosmetics, I showcased a robust ability to optimize operations and lead teams towards achieving ambitious goals. From managing logistics and warehouse functions to driving sales and marketing initiatives, consistently delivered results by improving operational efficiency and expanding market opportunities.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification

Work History

General Manager - Trade, Brands and BD

STREAM EMPIRE HOLDINGS
09.2022 - 06.2024
  • Cultivated strong relationships with clients, vendors, and partners to ensure long-term success and loyalty.
  • Monitored financial performance, set budgets and controlled expenses to provide financial stability and long-term organizational growth.
  • Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules, and contract negotiations.
  • Managed budget implementations, employee evaluations, and contract details.
  • Managed budget development, forecasting, and financial reporting processes to track progress towards organizational objectives accurately.
  • Formulated policies and procedures to streamline operations.
  • Developed and implemented strategies to increase sales and profitability.
  • Increased overall company efficiency by streamlining operations and implementing innovative managerial strategies.
  • Developed and executed strategic plans for business growth and expansion, resulting in increased market share.
  • Implemented effective cost-saving measures to reduce overhead expenses without compromising quality or service.
  • Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams on various projects/initiatives aimed at enhancing organizational performanceresults.
  • Managed a diverse team of professionals, fostering a positive work environment and high employee satisfaction.
  • Provided strategic oversight of marketing and promotional campaigns to keep campaigns aligned with overall goals and objectives.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
  • Established comprehensive employee training programs to develop skills, improve productivity, and maintain compliance with industry regulations.
  • Implemented operational strategies and effectively built customer and employee loyalty.
  • Analyzed market trends/data to identify potential opportunities for business growth within existing or emerging markets successfully.
  • Maximized operational excellence mentoring personnel on management principles, industry practices, and company procedures.
  • Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time.
  • Directed comprehensive sales efforts to exceed revenue targets consistently while maintaining customer satisfaction levels.
  • Championed continuous improvement initiatives that enhanced operational performance across all departments.
  • Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
  • Handled problematic customers and clients to assist lower-level employees and maintain excellent customer service.
  • Managed purchasing, sales, marketing and customer account operations efficiently.
  • Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
  • Negotiated price and service with customers and vendors to decrease expenses and increase profit.
  • Tracked employee attendance and punctuality, addressing repeat problems quickly to prevent long-term habits.
  • Scheduled employees for shifts, taking into account customer traffic and employee strengths.
  • Recruited, hired, and trained initial personnel, working to establish key internal functions and outline scope of positions for new organization.
  • Observed each employee's individual strengths and initiated mentoring program to improve areas of weakness.
  • Reduced operational risks while organizing data to forecast performance trends.

HOD - Corp Comm, PR, CS & Care, Social Media

AL-IKHSAN SPORTS SDN BHD
04.2021 - 08.2022
  • Led Corp Comm strategies which boosted brand visibility by 40%.
  • Develop PR campaigns resulting in 30% increase of media coverage within 1 year
  • Enhance customer care process and improving satisfaction rating by 25%
  • Spearhead social media initiatives growing followers by 30% annually from 187k to 234k.
  • Cultivated strong media relationship securing key interviews with industry leaders.
  • Implemented crisis communication plans and SOP mitigating PR risk by 40%.
  • Drove comprehensive branding efforts elevating corporate image significantly.
  • Trained team on customer engagement increasing customer retention by 40%. Creating SLA must answer within 48hrs and settle issue and revert back within 5-7 working days.
  • Execute successful product launches leading to a 30% sales growth. (thru partnerships, collaborations, and seeding)
  • Analyze market trends to optimize strategies resulting in 10 revenue boost YoY.

BM - HOD Private Label and Licensed Brands

AL-Ikhsan Sports Sdn Bhd
04.2019 - 03.2021
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Elevated Private Label and Licensed Brand driving 37% sales growth annually from RM37M to RM51M. (by RM13,7M)
  • Spearheaded cross functional teams for successful product launches
  • Enhanced Private Label and Licensed Brand visibility through targeted marketing strategies
  • Negotiated license deals boosting profit margins
  • Implemented data-driven insights improving customer engagement
  • Streamed lined operation (SOP) in store reducing cost by 20% without compromising quality
  • Cultivated strong principal relationship expanding distribution channels
  • Recognised as a brand leader winning two industries excellent awards



Head of Brand Marketing

Al-Ikhsan Sports Sdn Bhd
04.2018 - 07.2019
  • Developed strategic partnerships with key industry influencers to amplify brand visibility and credibility.
  • Drove revenue growth by identifying new market opportunities and implementing targeted promotional efforts.
  • Crafted compelling press releases that captured media attention, generating positive publicity for the brand.
  • Lead Brand Strategy boosting market share by 30% (Womens, Kids, Running, Court sports)
  • Development campaigns that increased customer engagement by 40% (Kasi Habis, Next buy RM1, Tiering by stock and by purchases)
  • Executed successful product launches achieving 150% of sales target (BSN) YoY
  • Drove customer retention programs drove loyalty by 25%. (Brand Day, Etc)
  • Fostered partnership and collaboration expanded audience reach by 200%.
  • Stream line brand messaging enhancing consistency across all channels
  • Implemented digital marketing strategies improving ROI by 39%

Branch Manager

Hitachi Transport (M) Sdn Bhd
01.2016 - 03.2018
  • Improved customer satisfaction ratings by enhancing service quality and resolving client issues promptly.
  • Maintained friendly and professional customer interactions.
  • Continuously monitored branch performance against key performance indicators, taking corrective actions as needed to ensure objectives were met or exceeded.
  • Engaged employees in business processes with positive motivational techniques.
  • Achieve a customer service score og 97% with exceptional service
  • Zero discrepancy in warehouse stock take for 2 years awarded by Hitachi Japan.
  • Reduced operational cost by 20% thru process optimization - Zoned delivery, Planned Lead timing, Category segmentation of transporter, Warehouse planning sorting and picking.
  • Reduce delivery operational time by 60% thru zoning and planned delivery and transported segmentation.
  • Improved branch sales by 40% in 2016 and 30% in 2017.
  • Zero returns in 2016 and 2017

Head of Marketing and Communication (MARCOM)

World of Sports (M) Sdn Bhd
04.2013 - 12.2016
  • Lead a dynamic team and boost brand visibility for Solomon, Mizuno, Keen, Spalding, Colombia by 70% in 14 months thru collaborations, product launches, media engagements.
  • Transformed social media presence achieving 30k followers under a year.
  • Enhanced customer engagement resulting in 50% rise in conversation rate.
  • Launched targeted press release and product write up securing media feature in top outlets
  • Developed cross channel strategies elevating brand awareness by 60%
  • Cultivated partnership and collaborations generating 500k (+-) revenue annually.


Regional Manager

AVON COSMETIC (M) SDN BHD
01.2010 - 02.2013
  • Drove regional sales by 30% within 2 years
  • Monitored and supervised 16 franchisee in region

· Leading the development and implementation of all marketing programs/ event/ campaign and strategic sales activities

· Ensuring that the companies and its customer goals are aligned and met

· In charge of a district – Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya, Damansara. Supervising and monitoring 6 franchise boutique in the district

· Responsible for more than 2000 sales reps and dealers/ distributors

· Interacting with customers/ members regularly to gain feedback on brand quality and service effectiveness

· Liaised closely with distributors/ member & to ensure that key target marketing areas are always covered.

· Maintaining strong and cordial relationship with corporate level sales and marketing managers and franchise managers.

· Identifying and monitoring the performance of competitors in the market place

· Providing excellent internal training/ guidance to designated accounts such as franchisee, sales reps and dealers.

· In the field daily monitoring, conducting sharing session/ training for sales rep, dealers or members on daily basis

· Actively involved in conducting monthly/ quarterly/ yearly company events, workshop, and meeting for district, recognition events, Avon Puteri’s National conference, new product launching & more.

Education

DEGREE - MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR
04.2001 -

DIPLOMA - COMPUTER STUDIES

INFORMATIC COLLEGE MALAYSIA
KUALA LUMPUR
04.2001 -

Skills

Operations Management

Accomplishments

STREAM EMPIRE HOLDINGS

2023 ACHIEVE SALES OF RM 19M VS 2022 WHICH WAS RM 10M

Expansion of new business opportunities

Brand visibility on KBS event platforms such as Hari Sukan Negara, FIT Malaysia

Brands visibility in Mahasiwa and Masum Events (University)

Won tender project for FIT Malaysia Run and Hari Sukan Run (10km and Half Marathon)

Admiral official brand for KPM Cup team SMK Putrajaya

Budak Baek – Official Brand for Esports (Hari Sukan Negara)

AL IKHSAN SPORTS

2018 – Won tender for Sukma Perak (Official Apparel)

2019 – 2022 (Won Tender for Official Apparel for Bulan Sukan Negara then change to Hari Sukan Negara) 3 years contract

YoY – Sales for month of OCT in 2019 Sales Apparel Hari Sukan Negara achieve 2.7m sales at RRP.

Able to win tender process to be official sponsor for MFL Super League Teams

- Melaka United (AL)

- Sabah FC (Lotto)

- Kedah FA (Lotto)

- Terengganu (AL)

- Melaka (AL)

- Perak (Umbro)

- Pahang (Umbro)

AL As official Brand for Malaysia Rugby Union (MRU)

Initiated partnership for grassroot movie as official Apparel – Anak Rimau the Movie

Initiated many colabs with house brand AL – such as LUPK,

Colabs and events with many Fans Clubs such as LFC and MU

Colabs for KIDS collection – Boboiboy and Didi and friends

Colab with Football Association Malaysia (FAM) to create Fam Fans range – FAM 6% Royalty

Assisted AL-Ikhsan to be able to get subsidy wages during covid for 4 companies under Al-Ikhsan

During covid assisted Al-Ikhsan to covert stores in Ecomm center every district.

Won tender for SUKMA Johor 2022 before covid worth RM3.2M as official Apparel and Merchandise

WORLD OF SPORTS (M) SDN BHD

Initiated events using A&P Funds under Brand such as

1. Mizuno Wave Run

2. Solomon Trail Run

3. Colombia Trail Run

4. MPKJ Run

5. Many State Government RUN

6. Mizuno International Volleyball Tournament

7. Mizuno Science – Grassroot (Football/ Futsal/ Volleyball/ Netball)

Official Sponsor (Mizuno) for Malaysia Volleyball Team

Languages

English/ Bahasa Malaysia
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Bahasa Malaysia
Proficient
C2

Certification

Coaching Volleyball Level 1& 2

Interests

Gym, Volleyball, Travelling, Musics

Timeline

General Manager - Trade, Brands and BD

STREAM EMPIRE HOLDINGS
09.2022 - 06.2024

HOD - Corp Comm, PR, CS & Care, Social Media

AL-IKHSAN SPORTS SDN BHD
04.2021 - 08.2022

BM - HOD Private Label and Licensed Brands

AL-Ikhsan Sports Sdn Bhd
04.2019 - 03.2021

Head of Brand Marketing

Al-Ikhsan Sports Sdn Bhd
04.2018 - 07.2019

Branch Manager

Hitachi Transport (M) Sdn Bhd
01.2016 - 03.2018

Head of Marketing and Communication (MARCOM)

World of Sports (M) Sdn Bhd
04.2013 - 12.2016

Regional Manager

AVON COSMETIC (M) SDN BHD
01.2010 - 02.2013

DEGREE - MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
04.2001 -

DIPLOMA - COMPUTER STUDIES

INFORMATIC COLLEGE MALAYSIA
04.2001 -
AHMAD FIRDAUS NURULLAH RasedeeGeneral Manager - Trade, Brands And Business Development