Asad Iqbal

Experience working with customers in a retail capacity. The job entailed stock checking, quality control and minor repairs at a mobile and computer repair store.

Sales assistant at Zodiac Computers (2018-06 – 2018-09)

Experience working with customers in a retail capacity. The job entailed stock checking, quality control and minor repairs at a mobile and computer repair store.

Retail assistant at Vision Express (2019-10 – 2022-04)

Required pre-screening check of customers and helping them with spectacle selection. Completed minor repairs of spectacles. This role allowed communication with different individuals and building relationships with other people on the high street.

Shift Manager/Lead Cook at Project Bun (2021-06 – 2023-04)

• Cooking orders for the restaurant
• Taking customers orders
• Stock checks
• Food prep and maintaining a clean environment
• Training new members of staff
• Helping develop new recipes and menu items
• Coordinating shift patterns for staff members with business owners

Evri courier/ parcel delivery at Evri Depot (2023-06 – 2023-08)

• Loading a vehicle
• Delivering parcels to addresses
• Overnight storage of collected parcels ready to be dropped off to the depot the next day

Pre-registration Optometrist at Wessex Optical (2023-09 – 2024-03)

• Performing sight tests
• Contact lens checks
• Providing primary care to patients
• Advising patients on eye health and writing referral letters to GPs or hospitals
• Advising patients/customers on beneficial eye products and frames
• Working in multi-disciplinary group
• Advising and informing customers on frame and lens options
• Answering calls to the practice
• Booking patients for appointments
• Conducting supplementary tests

Food Courier at Uber Eats (Present)

Self-employed - ongoing

Self Employed at Traffic Management (Present)

Work alongside many different sectors of construction industry professionals and local council to maintain road safety and compliance by setting out appropriate signage in compliance with governing law whilst wearing full PPE (hardhat, workboots etc) in varying environments such as residential areas and motorways. Shift availability dependent.

Sales Executive at Sage Solutions | Marketing Agency (2025-03 – 2025-04)

• Completing learning module about the clients and sales business
• Liaising with manager to develop skills and pitching abilities
• Making door-to-door sales in designated field areas
• Attending morning meetings in office
• Operating solo in field
• Coordinating targets daily with manager for self-improvement

Sales Executive at Nova Clients Solutions | Marketing Agency (2025-05 – 2025-07)

• Liaising with manager to develop skills and pitching abilities
• Making door-to-door sales for YouFibre

Delivery Driver/Postman at Royal Mail (2025-07 – 2025-08)

• Prepping letters for respective letter slots
• Designated walking routes
• Providing cover for driving routes

Sales account executive at Wavenet (2025-09 – Present)

Sales academy/trainee year. Current role as sales account manager for I.T managed service provider with base of approximately 250 customers. Account management conducted via HubSpot (CRM, similar to Salesforce).

Role is KPI led with metrics of activity calls, emails and meetings. Attending workshops on varying business remits (connectivity and networking, cyber, mobiles, cloud and storage) and workshops by product vendors and partners including Zoom, Avaya, TD SYNNEX. Learnt to liaise with different members of large organizations, converse with varying business owners, develop awareness of supply chains, become familiar with B2B terms and understand regulatory bodies industries must adhere to.

• Performing administrative work such as raising support tickets for helpdesk issues
• Requesting contracts and novation agreements
• Handling credit issues (rebates, refunds and credits)
• Processing other requests (i.e ORDI form)
• Managing activity KPIs of calls, emails and meetings
• Attending workshops on connectivity and networking, cyber, mobiles, cloud and storage
• Attending workshops by product vendors and partners
• Using HubSpot CRM for account management
• Data analytics and visualization for account optimization
• Identifying whitespaces and upsell opportunities
• Providing agnostic solution-based sales approach
• Liaising with billing, procurement/delivery, and project management teams

BSC Optometry in Optometry – Aston University (2019-09 – 2023-09)

Science foundation programme in Science – Aston University (2018-09 – 2019-06)

A-Levels – George Salter Academy (2017-09 – 2018-06)

A-Levels – Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy (2015-09 – 2017-06)

GCSE – Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy (2010-09 – 2015-06)

16 week skills for life program in Coding – Code Institute (2024-10 – 2025-02)