Apr 2022 – Oct 2022 · 6 mos · Afghanistan

• Lead an assessment of the businesses to evaluate its capacity and identify needs, gaps, and bottlenecks in its operations and mutually agree upon improved ways and systems for better business operations.
• With consideration of the assessment of the businesses and needs/gaps to be addressed, provide technical support and coaching to ensure positive and pragmatic changes resulting in the professionalization of operations, a sales increment and job creation.
• Comprehensive and mutually aligned cooperation to genuinely solve business bottlenecks with clear outcomes.
• Assist the business owner and staff with the implementation of the improved practices/systems and better ways of working to maximize profitability.
• Provide support to the owner and business executives to feasibly develop a business plan, and expansion plan, considering business resources and opportunities.
• Assess the business from different angles using standard formulas, SWOT analysis, SMART, accounting equations, cost and benefit analysis, cost-cutting measurements, competitive analysis and to provide a clear picture of the current situation of the business to investors, owners and Banks/MFIs.
• On-the-job training and coaching for the key staff to ensure familiarity with the new ways of working;
• Assist (M)SMEs to build financial and business development plans to seek access to finance schemes for the purpose of business expansions.

Aug 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Afghanistan

• Manage and lead all aspects (executing – implementing – financing – reporting) of the Herat New terminal project in coordination with our Italy based fund resources.
• Coordination and reporting to the USAID fund proving resources about project development
• Manage project scope and changes
• Participate and/or drive feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation by appropriate key stakeholders
• Act as an internal quality control check for the project
• Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution
• Assist in dispute, negotiation, arbitration or litigation, as needed
• Support formal/informal schedules to manage the engagement contract
• Define the Statement of Work and Specifications for the requested goods and services

Oct 2019 – Jul 2020 · 9 mos · Afghanistan

• The business advisor is needed to execute his tasks in close correspondence with the personnel belonging to the human resources and finance sections. He may deal with only a few number of business sections of the organization.
• He is responsible for providing appropriate advice that are related to the techniques which help in the improvement of the organization, making it more generative and eminent.
• interacts with the management committee and owners of the small and medium sized business organizations in the form of meetings and conferences
• identify customers need from the organization and how can the organization fulfill the wants of these customers.
• acts as a professional who performs the task of supporting the constituted as well as the recently built businesses of the organization.
• proper advice to the employers about the maintenance of financial accounts and assets of the organization so as to sustain its economic profits.