Taslima Chowdhury
Houston,TX
Summary
To take a chance that provides me with the opportunity to contribute my experience, potentialities and enthusiasm and explore my career to more dynamic profession in Administration, Public Relations and Sales & Marketing area with a vision to accomplish a fast track career in an esteemed organization, which has the opportunity for professional career development. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Intern
Bahama Mama INC
09.2023 - Current
- Support the marketing leadership team through the organization and administrative support for various projects
- Maintain strong communication between marketing executives and internal and external stakeholders
- Coordinate employee meetings and communications for the marketing department
- Gathering data on competitors and analyzing prices, sales, and methods of marketing and distribution
- Collecting and analyzing data on customer demographics, preferences, needs, and buying habits
- Preparing reports of findings, illustrating data and translating complex findings into written summaries
- Evaluating the financial aspects of product development
- Developing pricing strategies
- Attending staff conferences to provide management with information concerning the promotion, distribution, and design of company products
- Directing the hiring, training, or performance evaluations of marketing or sales staff and overseeing their daily activities.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
- Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
- Acted as a team leader in group projects, delegating tasks and providing feedback.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
- Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development
Power-Energy Management & Engineering Company
02.2015 - 01.2019
- Preparing Financial Models for different power plant project
- Financial and Commercial due diligence
- Cost Estimation of project
- Understanding and risk analysis of different projects and Regulations
- Domestic and International Business Development
- Organized various workshop with Regulatory body for Selective client segments
- To ensure the highest professional standards of service are provided to client relationships
- Revenue analysis and Recommendations for Foreign Consultant and local consortium partner
- Coordinating, Driving and Directing Effective Compliance and Operational Risk Management at the Business Unit level
- Maintain strong liaison with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC), Dhaka Electric Supply Company Limited (DESCO), Electricity Generation Company Bangladesh (EGCB), North West Power generation Company (NWPGCL), Bangladesh-China Power Company Limited (BCPCL) and foreign business partner Minconsult Sdn Bhd, Lahmeyer International GmbH, Tractebel India for different power generation project in Bangladesh as feasibility study and Owner’s engineering project
- Contribute to other business units by cross referral of potential new business opportunities in Bangladesh power sector.
Head of Business Operation
Taj Foundation, Dhaka
06.2006 - 12.2014
- Responsible for complex case management, customer dealing, suppliers handling within China, India, Bangkok, Europe
- Provide general business advice to executives to enable strategic business development and stability planning business
- Manage relationships with clients through complex and stressful situations
- Responsible for the business development of the practices; established strategic partnership to enable raffles and manage clients
- Also responsible for the marketing and financial management of the business
- Monitor shipment for on time departure and accurate arrival time
- Information from purchase order creation to warehouse delivery is then conveyed to various in house departments
- Processed documentation accurately and sent it appointed freight forwarders accurately and on time
- Accuracy and timeliness of documents created cost savings avoiding any late fees or penalties
- Created and monitored Letters of Credit
- Documentation is created, gathered and sent to the banking institutions on a timely basis for payment.
Credit Operations Officer, Retail Credit Assessment Unit
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)
02.2002 - 05.2006
- Performance driven professional with three years of experience in Credit Assessment, Policy & Portfolio Management, Credit Operations, Collections & Regulatory Compliance in a Leading International Bank
- Skilled at optimizing risk/reward formula and driving the business forward based upon P & L outcomes and loss control to achieve the highest margin of profit
- Customer-focused, highly organized self-starter with effective customer-service skills and demonstrated ability to manage large team
- A good team player adept at supporting team members to achieve personal and professional goals
- Frequently recognized for outstanding performances
- Recommending consumer loans for disbursement comprising mortgage, personal loan, car loan and secured loan
- Ensuring high standard of credit quality is being maintained and service standards are properly met
- Maintaining relation with third party agencies, competitor banks and regulators
- Contributing towards formulating Risk Reward Program and Area Lending Guidelines
- Participating in industry analysis and portfolio analysis
- Contributing to the credit collection activities
- Disbursing consumer loans
- Executed customer instructions i.e
- Amendment, rescheduling, closing of consumer loans
- Ensuring proper judgment of securities i.e
- Govt
- Savings Bonds, Legal Papers, Insurance Policy, Stamp Papers and Loan Applications
- Reviewing disbursed loan applications to ensure compliance with both external and internal audit requirements
- Performing miscellaneous credit operation related tasks such as liaising with vendors, handling customer complaints, answering customer queries, drafting and sending business letters and maintaining service level standards
- Preparing accurate credit facility offer letter, security documents and bank guarantee
- I have knowledge in OD, revolving loan, term loan, high purchase loan and bilateral loans
- I had to communicate with external legal lawyers to ensure loan documents and compliant with the Bank’s internal policies and regulatory requirements
- Assist customer service representatives for day to day works
- Attend the customers and facilitate them in different issues
- Support the Branch Manager and others as per their requirements
- Keep records and filling documents as per the requirements.
Internship Program
British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited
11.2001 - 01.2002
- Worked to prepare Account files of 14 big Accounts of BAT B (HQ Grocery & HORECA) under Channel Development Team
- Worked at Distribution House of BAT B to acquire in depth knowledge on Physical Distribution, Trade Marketing Activity, Sales Force Activity and Contact Merchandisers Activity
- Working with the Trade Development Team to prepare contact Merchandiser Training Manual
- Preparing the list of the distributors & customers
- Follow up the sales.
Education
MBA - Marketing
Houston Baptist University
true06.2024
Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) -
American International University Bangladesh
01.2002
Bachelor of Arts -
University of Delhi, India
01.1999
Skills
- Have ability to achieve immediate and long-term goals and meet operational deadlines
- Adept at planning and organization, with record of exceeding expectations on assignments
- Strong collaboration with internal stakeholders and clients to ensure business growth through innovative solutions
- A good understanding on credit and financial analysis
- Organized various workshop
- Financial and Commercial due diligence
- Account reconciliation
- Risk management
- Accurate forecasting
- Documentation and reporting
- Effective communication
- Tracking actual financial results in comparison with company forecasts
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Client Relationships
- Outstanding Communication Skills
- Multitasking and Organization
- Computer Skills
- Office and Administrative Support
- Flexible Schedule
- Problem-Solving
- Bengali Fluency
- Team Collaboration
- Fast Learner
Training
CARM (Credit Approval & Risk Management) Experts Training Fundamentals of Lending Training on Consumer Credit Acquisition Management Training on Consumer Credit Portfolio Management Training on Operational Risk Management Training on Managing for High Performance Training on Leadership Training on Risk Management and Capital Adequacy Training Session on Time Management
Languages
Bengali
Native/ Bilingual
Urdu
Full Professional
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.
Bill Gates
Timeline
Intern
Bahama Mama INC
09.2023 - Current
Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development
Power-Energy Management & Engineering Company
02.2015 - 01.2019
Head of Business Operation
Taj Foundation, Dhaka
06.2006 - 12.2014
Credit Operations Officer, Retail Credit Assessment Unit
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC)
02.2002 - 05.2006
Internship Program
British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited
11.2001 - 01.2002
MBA - Marketing
Houston Baptist University
Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) -
American International University Bangladesh
Bachelor of Arts -
University of Delhi, India
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