Zeba Kamal
Senior Strategy & Operations Leader
Salary / Daily rate
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Freelance, open to permanent contract
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About me
Intro
Strategy & Operations Leader with 9+ years driving operational excellence across PropTech, Healthcare, and Fortune 500 companies. Led cross-functional teams achieving 27% cost savings in ERP management and 21% vendor optimization. Specialized in strategic planning, business process automation, and go-to-market strategy with proven track record in startups and MNCs.
Work experience
Stanza Living
Nov 2021 - Aug 2024
2 years 10 months
Delhi, India
Assistant Vice President, CEO's Office
Oct 2023 - Aug 2024
11 months
Delhi, India
Reporting to: Founders / CEO I led a 3-member team to design & execute strategic projects, driving organizational change and operational efficiency via process optimization, people enablement, and technology adoption. Additionally, I led operations for a Customer Support vertical and managed a 12-member team Industry: PropTech / Real Estate / Hospitality
Senior Manager, CEO's Office
Nov 2021 - Oct 2023
2 years
Delhi, India
Skills: Revenue & Profit Growth · Business Process Automation · Problem Solving · Pricing Strategy
Roche
Aug 2019 - Dec 2021
2 years 5 months
Hybrid
Senior Manager - Corporate Strategy (Leading Portfolio Strategy & new product launches)
Aug 2020 - Dec 2021
1 year 5 months
Hybrid
Reporting to: Chief Strategy Officer (CXO) I led the company’s portfolio strategy & set up the PMO for new product launches. I also led a cross-functional team driving project execution during organization restructuring, including key digital transformation initiatives | Tools: Smartsheets, Trello, in-house PM tools Industry: Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals
Manager - Corporate Strategy (Leading new product launches)
Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
1 year
Hybrid
Skills: Project Management · New product launch · Product Management · Stakeholder Management · Go-to-Market Strategy
Program Manager - Analytics & Strategic initiatives
Reliance Industries Limited
Jun 2017 - Jul 2019
2 years 2 months
Mumbai Area, India · On-site
Reporting to: Head of Analytics and Strategic Initiatives As an internal consultant, I led projects across industries to build predictive ML models, derive insights using big data analytics, and drive the transformation of supply chain operations | Tools: R, SQL, Tableau, Excel, Visio Industry: Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals, Energy
Summer Intern
Reliance
Apr 2016 - Jul 2016
4 months
Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Awarded a Pre-Placement Offer for exceptional performance during a summer internship in Petrochemicals - Logistics. Developed a framework to identify improvement areas, recommending a 21% reduction in transportation vendors, which optimized logistics management and boosted efficiency.
Associate Consultant
Sony India Software Centre Private Limited
Aug 2013 - Jul 2015
2 years
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Reporting to: SAP Application Support Lead Streamlined SAP support across regions, leading to 27% cost savings in ERP management | Tools: SQL, ABAP
Summer Intern
Tata Steel
May 2012 - Jul 2012
3 months
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Worked on a Technical R&D project
Education
Indian Institute of Management, Indore
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
2015 - 2017
1 year 11 months
National Institute of Technology Rourkela
Bachelor's degree
2009 - 2013
3 years 11 months
D.A.V Public School, Bhubaneswar
High School
2007 - 2009
2 years 1 month
St. Joseph's High School
10th Standard