With over 30 years of private sector experience, Azhar has held various management positions in the services and manufacturing sector organizations; pharmaceutical, cement, telecommunication, and intellectual capital management. Having a broad area of responsibilities, ranging from planning, structuring, establishing, and managing an organization, he has a track-record of successful business management. Some of his salient accomplishments include the establishment and management of (a) a British multinational Marketing and Buying Services organization, (b) one of Pakistan’s leading Telco, and (c) a Global HR Consulting and Outsourcing Company.
Over the past 10 plus years, he is associated as a Lead Consultant with HRS Global, an innovative HR Solutions Provider that offers businesses integrated HR Services and Solutions in the areas of (1) Professional Recruitment (2) Consulting and Advisory (3) HR Business Process Outsourcing, and (4) Managed Staffing/3P Contracting business (5) Training.
Azhar has been instrumental in the development and implementation of recruitment initiatives for several fortune 500 companies, as well as large Pakistani conglomerate, sourcing talent from the US, India, Pakistan, Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates.
Azhar has been the Group Vice President of a leading Pakistani Telco, where he held various strategic roles. He was tasked with designing and integrating the functional business units, and human capital management functions – significant accomplishments include business process reengineering, departmental integration, employee attrition and cost-per-hire reduction, change management, and sales and productivity enhancement.
Prior to this assignment, he was associated with the group's cellular company. As a Regional General Manager, he managed the operations of the profit center, which was generating over 70% of the total revenue for the company. He supervised the Customer Operations, Sales, Finance, Human Resources, and Administrative functions.
Earlier, he held the position of the Country Manager in Pakistan for Inchcape Pacific, a British multinational Marketing and Buying Services Organization. He was responsible for the establishment and management of all phases of business including Sourcing, Operations, Merchandising, Logistics, QA, Accounting, Human Resources, and Administration. With complete P&L responsibility, and a high degree of independence, he exceeded the budgeted financial objectives, increased the market share of the company, and established its leading position in the market - the company secured 30% market share in the third year of its operations.
As an HR Manager of Merck Sharp & Dhome Limited, a subsidiary of Merck & Co, Inc, and Head of HR of a Cement Company, Azhar was responsible for all aspects of human capital management.
Azhar has been consistently recognized for his team building, human relations, organizational skills, and leadership abilities. |