Faraz Zafar

I am an energetic and confident individual who possess the self-motivation and communication skills needed to provide excellent support and leadership.  A keen learner who is always willing to give my undivided attention to the task at hand, which makes me devoted to my work.

I am always willing to go that extra mile to achieve, learn, and succeed. I can thrive under pressure and work closely within a team or under my own initiative to achieve a common goal.

I am a very strong believer in celebrating achievements and discussing weaknesses. I like to have a clear plan in place to overcome any shortcomings as an individual or as a team.

• Contract negotiation with external stakeholders, local authorities, businesses and local teams.
• Preparations of proposals for planned future proposals and also bidding on released tendered services.
• Organisation and planning of routes and timetables.
• Analysing existing schedules and developing new ones to improve efficiency.
• Registration of services with local authority in line with government and local authority guidelines.
• Preparing staff rosters to ensure the best use of drivers.
• Creating duties in line with domestic driving hour rules and according to locally agreed terms with depots, trade unions and local authorities.
• Optimisation of existing schedules to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Liaising with internal and external stakeholders for enhanced productivity.
• Ridership analysis, passenger number data analysis.
• Trained in Trapeze platform-based scheduling and Optibus platforms.

·        July 2002 - Sep 2005

PUNJAB UNIVERSITY Lahore, PAKISTAN

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Statistics, Journalism, English Language

(GRADUATE)

·        Dec 2006

Emile Woolf College, Oxford Street, Manchester, UK

ACCA ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSIONAL PART-1 QUALIFIED

(ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, PEOPLE MANAGEMENT)

·        July 2007

Infonexus College, Ilford, Essex, London, UK

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Computing, Management, Economics, Accountancy, Business, Business Law, Marketing