Syed Arif Ahmad

Operations Associate

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland6 yrs experience

Key Highlights

Led a $10 million SAP implementation project.
Coached over 100 students on career transitions.
Developed innovative business models in fintech.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Marketing professional with strong skills in innovation and project management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Innovation & Marketing OperationsBusiness DevelopmentMarketing And CommunicationsSap ImplementationGraphic DesignCreative Direction

Other Skills

Adobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopAfter EffectsC++Career CounselingCascading Style Sheets (CSS)CommunicationCompetitor AnalysisContent CreationContent StrategyCreativity and InnovationDigital MarketingGrowth MarketingGrowth StrategiesHTML5

About

Arif is a seasoned professional with a proven track record in the Innovation, Marketing, Operations, and Consulting domains at Ingenico and Deloitte. With a career dedicated to the tech industry, Arif has navigated corporate and startup landscapes across India and France, contributing significantly to advancing technology-driven initiatives. Beyond his professional endeavours, Arif has also coached 100+ students, freshers and young professionals on choosing and applying to their dream study abroad programs or making career transitions from one industry to another. Here on LinkedIn, Arif regularly shares insights and lessons on Marketing, Storytelling, Growth Mindset, and how you can make a great life for yourself. Outside work, he finds solace in fiction, through the pages of a gripping novel or as he works on his crime thriller masterpiece. When not immersed in books, Arif enjoys indulging his culinary creativity in the kitchen, whipping up delicious cuisines to delight his palate. Cheers 🙌

Experience

Self-employed

A little bit of this & that

Sep 2023 – Nov 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos

January 2024 to November 2024
Helped 6 students get admission to their school of choice in Europe and the US for the MiM and MBA program.
Helped 2 B2B clients, and 1 B2C client build their brand value, increasing following by 3x on Instagram and 1.7x for LinkedIn, and boost revenue on average by 1.4X
September 2023 to December 2023
4 month Career Break

Ingenico

Innovation & Marketing Operations

Jan 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France

I help develop innovative business models for new products in Crypto, Low-Code No-Code, Instant & Biometric Payments, and Autonomous Retail space.
My day-to-day activities involve conducting extensive market research and competitor analysis, identifying strategic partners, and creating go-to-market solutions.
I also develop & execute marketing campaigns across videos, blogs, and webinars for new product launches & external communication.
I also cold-call and email potential partners globally to forge highly effective synergies between disruptive innovation projects.

Creativity and InnovationSales & MarketingOperations ManagementProject ManagementBusiness DevelopmentMarketing+1

Transformation factory

Marketing and Branding Intern

Jun 2021 – Sep 2021 · 3 mos · Paris, Île-de-France, France

As a Marketing and Communications Intern working closely with the CEO, I worked on growing the customer base through a custom marketing plan and boosted LinkedIn page visits by 300% with targeted content. To further enhance the customer experience and onboard more clients, I reinvented our website for international clients by optimizing it for SEO and removing any slow JSS scripts.

Video EditingSocial Media MarketingSales & MarketingOperations ManagementWeb Content WritingCommunication+10

Deloitte consulting

Business Technology Analyst

Aug 2018 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

$10 Million SAP Implementation for German Automotive clients for their new SAP System across multiple European and APAClocations, ensuring successful project delivery and adherence to budgetary constraints
Deployed wide-scale consolidations of legacy ERP systems into a single ERP based on SAP S/4HANA
Optimized EWM & SCM business processes by 20% by automation in modules by mapping new solutions to their business goals
Trained 70+ new hires on SAP S/4HANA and received the Best Team award at on-site training simulations at DeloitteUniversity, demonstrating expertise in training and knowledge transfer

SAP ERPOperations ManagementCommunicationProject ManagementSAP ImplementationSAP EWM+1

Hardluck

Creative Head

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr · Manipal

♦ Designed various products such as T-shirts, Hoodies, Posters et cetera for different student bodies at MIT Manipal

Social Media MarketingOperations ManagementMedia StrategyCreative Direction

The souled store pvt. ltd.

Freelance Graphic Designer

Feb 2016 – May 2019 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Work from home

• Designed various merchandise including but not limited to T-Shirts, Posters, Mugs, Fridge Magnets, etc

Adobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopGraphic Design

Webloom solutions

Graphic Designer

Jan 2016 – Oct 2016 · 9 mos · Manipal, India

♦ Designed UI/UX for Android application of LEUK, an in house project
♦ Designed Flyers, Posters, Banners for Clients and Student Body Clubs of MIT, Manipal
♦ Designed Merchandise for The Loom Store

Social Media MarketingMedia StrategyGraphic Design