HR

GAZETTE

What is inside

HR Highlights 2

What are other people

up to 7

The HR Voice 1

Moving people, moving

business 5

Teamwork leads to

dream work 6

Abudawood Highlights 3

Farewell!

Asif Shehzad – Unit Manager Sub D, MULTAN

Sibtain Ghulam Ali – AM Legal Operations, HO

Syed Naseer Hussain – Section Supervisor,

ISLAMABAD

Awais Qamar – Section Supervisor, ISLAMABAD

Usman Umer – Section Supervisor, GUJRAT

Sohail Shouket – Section Supervisor, ABBOTTABAD

Salman Ahmed – Supplier Supervisor, LAHORE

The HR voice

Welcome on board!

Wajeeh Momeneen – Branch Manager, KARACHI

Tahir Madad – Unit Manager Sub D, MULTAN

M. Ali Umer Usmani – Unit Manager, KARACHI

Junaid Nabi Khan – Unit Manager, GUJRANWALA

Usman Zahid – Regional Hub Accountant, ISB

Muhammad Imran – CSL Supervisor, JHANG

Asad Ali Qazi – Supplier Supervisor, KARACHI

Mustafa Bashir – Warehouse Supervisor, LAHORE

Zahid Shah – Section Supervisor, MARDAN

Muhammad Muzzammil – Warehouse Supervisor,

KARACHI

Waqar Rashid – Senior Administration Officer, HO

Nasir Iqbal – Administration Officer, HO

Vacancies

• AM Legal Operations – HO

• Section Supervisor – BAHAWALPUR

• Supply Planning Officer – LAHORE

• Supplier Supervisor – LAHORE

• Warehouse Supervisor – SIALKOT

Referral Rewards

6 awards given last month!

Send your referrals to HR to fill a vacancy and get a chance to win your reward

Congratulations!

Abul Hassan, Supplier

Officer Islamabad has

completed his Bachelor of

Arts from Allama Iqbal open

University

Saad Rafique, Supplier

Supervisor Sialkot, has

completed his Bachlor of Arts

from University of Sargodha.

He also plans on completing

his Masters degrees

Muhammad Akram, Sales

Representative Karachi has

completed his EMBA from

Preston University.

Muhammad Asim Qureshi,

Supplier Officer Islamabad

has also completed his

Bachelor of Arts from Allama

Iqbal open University

Sales Representative,

Muhammad Asim Mubarak

from Abbottabad has

completed his Masters in

Science from COMSATS.

Sheikh Muhammad Arif, IT

Officer Islamabad has

completed his Masters from

Allama Iqbal Open

University

HR Gazette | Volume 36 1

HR Highlights

IoBM Recruitment DriveIn Karachi, the Recruitment Drive at IoBM was conducted on April 5th. Country Manager

Nael Ahmed addressed students about ADP’s culture while Kiran Ali shared details about the

Management Trainee Program. IoBM alumni working in ADP also shared their experiences of

working at Abudawood and interacted with the graduates. Interviews were held post-lunch

for a large number of registered candidates. All in all the drive was smoothly conducted. We

would like to thank Saad Yusufi, Hashim Mamsa, Munyba Khan, Muneeb Ghufran and Fatima

Ahmed for taking time out to attend!

HR Gazette | Volume 36 2

NUST Recruitment Drive

The Drive at NUST was held on April 11th 2016 on a rainy Monday which made the campus

look twice as beautiful. After attending the session by Nael Ahmed, the students were

greatly impressed by his advice on life and career choices; an aspect highlighted in most

interviews conducted. We would like to thank Muhammad Aamir, Talha Ahmed, Fahd

Naveed and Somaya Mukhtar for helping us to conduct interviews in their domains.

HR Highlights

LSE Recruitment DriveWelcomed by peacocks ambling along the sprawling green campus we were walked to the

Library for the Guest Speaker session which was conducted for a large crowd of formally

dressed students, who were awed by the life lessons shared by Nael Ahmed in his

presentation as well as the honest interaction students had with LSE alumni at ADP.

We were served a scrumptious, all-organic lunch between the MT interviews. All interviewers

unanimously agreed that the candidates exceeded expectations as always. The experience

at LSE was extremely hospitable and we can’t wait to return next year as well. We would

also like to thank Ali Raza Khan, Nabiha Zubair, Omar Khan, Umer Mukhtar, Ali Haider, Ali

Akbar Abbas Rizvi, and Zainab Salman from Lahore for attending and assisting us in

conducting interviews while enjoying the experience thoroughly.

HR in the field : booking, delivering & stocking!

HR Gazette | Volume 36 3

In order to gain hands-on experience in business understanding HR coordinated with Section

Managers and Warehouse Supervisors in CBD and CS&L to conduct rotations in the market.

For the CBD rotations HR personnel conducted order bookings and took stock of orders while

also engaging in merchandising and setting up hotspots!

In CS&L we spent time observing morning operations and making recommendations for

stocking at the Warehouse.

The learning was enlightening and we would like to thank all Section Managers &

Warehouse Supervisors for taking time out from their schedules to share their expertise!

Abudawood Highlights

Dera Ismail Khan : Competing on field for runs!

An initiative was taken by the CS&L Team at DI Khan to arrange an engagement activity for

its employees. The CS&L team, the Sub D team and the GT Section Supervisors arranged an

exciting game of cricket for its members. The activity turned out to an excellent idea to bond

and compete on the field for a healthy game of packed action instead of competing on

targets! Three cheers for the CS&L Team at DI Khan!

HR Gazette | Volume 36 4

Moving people, moving business

Waqas Ali Khan had to say this about himself

Setting goals My strategy is to do a Sales Call not a

Postman Call

Through my FLM I keep my data on my

fingertips to know what brands are my

strengths and what brands are my

weaknesses in order to achieve targets

Good PR with customers is very

important to achieve success in market

Motivation When your FLM appreciates you in

front of your colleagues

I don’t want to remain an SR. I want to

grow within the company hence I stay

on top of my game.

Business as usual I do not engage in shop talk as soon as I

arrive. I spend time chit-chatting with my

customers to build a personal relationship

I inform them about championships and

deals to interest them which also helps me

achieve my targets

P&G is a well respected brand and I

leverage that.

For those of you who don’t know

Waqas Ali Khan…Hometown: Gujrat City

Present location: Gujrat

Reporting to: Arslan Ali Qadir

Been with Abudawood since: 1 year 4 months

Favorite personality: Ex-FLM Usman Umer

who taught me how to do a good sale which

is more difficult because everyone can make

a sale

Favorite food: BBQ - which I easily eat three

to four times a week!

1

Noman Kaleem

Peshawar

Waqas Ali Khan

Gujrat

2

Ateeq Ur Rehman

Gujrat

3

HR Gazette | Volume 36 5

WHAT IS Karachi MM Team about?

It is... where people have big brains and bigger hearts.

Where subordinates ‘school’ their managers and little

girls tether giants.

It is... where each day is an adventure, every month an

epic story, rife with twists and turns, heroes and villains,

tragedy and comedy.

It is... where laughter rings, ideas flow, debates ensue

and strategies evolve. Where everyone speaks and

everyone listens. (Often at the same time)

It is... where each person counts but the total is greater

than the sum of its parts.

THIS is KMM.

March’16 IYA: 120%

Teamwork leads to dream work

Peshawar

Islamabad MR

Karachi MR

1

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HR Gazette | Volume 36 6

Unit Manager :

Syed Farrukh

Abbas Zaidi

TEAM KARACHI

MM

Saad

Danish

Suleman

Mehmood

Fatima

Afzaal

Tatheer

Haris

Ashad

Rizwan

Zohaib

Shahrukh

Raheel

Shoaib

Nusrah

What are other people up to

Shireen & Hassan Zafar

To manage time after school is not that difficult. Idon’t use my cell phone for two hours andinstead to do something I like

“

Visionaries of The Street School

“ I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops,

points up and gasps “Oh look…!”

- Sabeen Mahmud

HR Gazette | Volume 36 7

Source : http://tribune.com.pk/story

Shireen and Hasan Zafar teach more than 25 street children, who sell flowers and tissue

papers or beg at traffic signals on the streets of Defence Housing Authority. The siblings set up

a rudimentary classroom near Café Clifton on Khayaban-e-Shamsheer. They spend two hours

teaching children from 4:30pm onwards, for six days a week when The street school runs.

The idea developed from a desire to help the underprivileged in a discussion with her fifteen

year-old bother Hassan. “If I am lucky enough to get educated, then why not these children,”

shared Hasan. And so within months the idea for a small session turned into a whole classroom

for street children. Hasan is a student of 9th grade and thinks there is no better way to utilize

their own education at a fundamental level.

One of the students at the school is Pashmina, a 16-year-old girl from Neelum Colony, who is

suffering from polio, but comes to these classes regularly to study English, Mathematics and

Urdu. Pashmina, who attends classes regularly, said she wanted to study but her family could

not afford it since her mother works as a maid in a bungalow. In two months she is proud to

have learnt multiplication tables of two and three and all the alphabets in English and Urdu.

Salman Khan, who comes to the classes from his house in Shireen Jinnah Colony, said that he

sells tissue paper near Sea View before and after the class and manages to make Rs. 300

every day. “Earning is my need but studying is my want,” he said, adding that he wants to

study enough to be able to work at an office one day.

“I sell these crackers the whole day,” said Albela, who was unable to tell his age. He brings

his bag of crackers with him so he can go back to selling once he is done with class.

The duo was able to maintain attendance at the classes for several weeks by paying each

student Rs. 20 from their pocket money to keep the children committed. Rana Yasmeen, a

government school teacher of basic pay scale grade 15, also spares time from her busy

schedule and helps Shireen and Hasan conduct classes.