Irtiza Z.

About Irtiza Z.

I have enjoyed many positions throughout my career in pre sales, sales, product management, and engineering. My personal and professional experiences have taught me the following about myself: I can successfully help sales teams exceed their revenue targets - I put the customer at the center of all that I do - I use empathy to build trust and understand the customer\'s needs - I love to win, but helping the team win gives me greater joy I can lead and grow market share in challenging economic environments - I speak tech and exec - I tell great narratives that differentiate us from the competition - I create compelling events to help our influencers win executive buy in - The buck always stops with me I educate, refine and drive myself to be a better person - I am constantly learning because I never settle - I stay calm when faced with adversity - I focus on making high-quality decisions I enjoy meeting new people and hearing new perspectives. Reach out if you want to talk to me about tech, pre sales or toddlers. Professional Skills Pre Sales | Sales | Technical Consulting | Account Management | Solution Architecture | Collaborative Problem Solving | Pre Sales Consulting | Technical Sales | Solution Selling | Consultative Selling | Value Engineering | Saas Domain Knowledge Supply Chain Design | Supply Chain Planning | Supply Chain | Transportation | Logistics | Pre Sales | Inventory | Solutions Consultant | Python | SQL | AI | ML

Experience

1. Value Solutions Consultant - Supply Chain Design & Planning

   Coupa Supply Chain Solutions, Powered By Llamasoft

   Apr 2022 — Present

   Helping sales grow revenue potential to 85% of quota within first 5 months of year * Working with client senior management to help design supply chains of the future through Agility, Resiliency, Risk Planning, and ESG monitoring * Leveraging optimization and AI based technologies to improve traditional planning processes * Guiding discussions with supply chain leaders to understand tradeoffs in service, cost, inventory, risk, etc.* Leading discovery conversations, customizing demos, business case/ROI presentations, etc *SME in network design, capex planning, risk & resiliency, omni-channel strategy, inventory optimization/safety stock/service levels, product flow, demand supply balancing/S & OP, sourcing optimization, demand modeling/statistical forecasting

Education

• The University of British Columbia

  Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2003 — 2005

• University of Calgary

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

  1998 — 2003