MD. SARWAR SARKER

• Lead smartphone product planning, sourcing, and commercialization across multiple product categories.
• Managed end-to-end product lifecycle from concept to mass production.
• Negotiated pricing and commercial terms with leading Chinese ODM/OEM partners.
• Developed quarterly product roadmap aligned with market demand and business objectives.
• Led software validation, test planning, and quality assurance using Agile methodology.
• Directed cross-functional teams including Engineering, Software, Procurement, Marketing, and Sales.
• Improved supplier performance through structured vendor evaluation and contract management.
• Prepared executive dashboards and KPI reports for senior management.
• Successfully led strategic sourcing initiatives reducing overall product costs while maintaining quality.
• Experienced in Project (Mobile Phone) Scope Management, Schedule Management, Cost Management, SW quality Management, Resource management, Communication Management, Risk Management, Procurement Management, and Stakeholder Management.
• Mobile Phone Sourcing involves RFP/RFQ Proposal ground ruling, Bench-marking, Price negotiation with China ODM/OEM, UX Design partner management, Product Segmentation planning, Road Map preparation & Product Strategies finalization quarter-wise, Strategic Planning, People Management.
• Software Test case creation lead.
• Product Management involves Software test planning & Execution using Agile methodology, Test documents for android, checklist preparation & creation, SLA preparation & quality assurance.
• Stakeholders Management: Develop relationships with Vendors, Principal Investigators and senior business unit heads to understand their business requirements and ensure that category solutions and plans are in place to meet current and future organizational needs; Work with key business stakeholders upfront to develop a successful plan that covers the requirements.
• Supplier’s management: Conduct Supplier Management activities for assigned suppliers to ensure effective implementation of agreed contract management plans; Support relevant Contract Owners and Contract Managers in the implementation of supplier management activities.
• Plan, organize & train regarding new/upcoming product (Mobile phone) to team.
• Engage & Implement top down initiatives and ambitions of company management optimizing obstacles.
• Set the objectives for each department and accomplish them through planning organizing, controlling and measuring the performance periodically.
• Ensuring optimum utilization of man, machine, materials and methods.
• Responsible to ensure product quality and compliance of the company.
• Plan, direct and coordinating activities with other department heads as required.
• Skilled on making various types of KPI reports & analysis.
• Management reporting involves Weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual report making.
• Selected as “High Potential Employee” in Symphony HR campaign and given responsibility to lead PM department team.
• Supervised QC team for Symphony after sales service audit.

KEY PROJECTS

Smartphone:

• Entry-level Smartphone series:

* I Series: i69, i73, i80, i99

* V Series: V138, V138 Lite

* G Series: G10+, G26, G27 Lite, G27

* MAX Series: MAX10, MAX15

* ATOM Series: ATOM, ATOM ii, ATOM3, ATOM4, ATOM5

• Mid-Range Smartphone:

* helio Series: helio 15, helio20, helio22, helio24

* MAX series: MAX30, MAX60

* INNOVA Series: INNOVA10, INNOVA20

* Z Series: Z42, Z42PRO, Z47, Z50, Z55, Z70, Z72

* MAX Series: MAX30, MAX60

• Mid-Range Gaming Smartphone: helio40, helio47, helio55, helio62, helio65
• Operator Co-branding Projects: G26, G27, G27 Lite, ATOM5

Successfully managed product planning, customization, certification, and commercial launch activities for co-branded smartphone projects with Grameenphone.

> Key Role

• Managed the end-to-end product lifecycle of more than 30 smartphone models, from product planning through commercial launch.
• Acted as the primary liaison between ODM partners, R&D, software, hardware, QA, factory, sales, marketing, and operator teams to ensure timely project execution.
• Drove New Product Introduction (NPI) activities, including requirement definition, project planning, software and hardware validation, issue tracking, and mass production readiness.
• Led cross-functional reviews to resolve hardware, software, camera, charging, performance, and reliability issues before commercialization.
• Coordinated product certification, IMEI whitelisting, factory test (FT) validation, and production readiness to achieve on-time market launches.
• Managed operator co-branding projects with Grameenphone, aligning technical requirements, software customization, commercial timelines, and launch readiness.

> Key Achievements

• Successfully delivered 30+ smartphone projects across entry-level, mid-range, and gaming segments while meeting aggressive time-to-market objectives.
• Played a key role in launching multiple commercially successful smartphone series with strong market acceptance.
• Improved product quality by proactively identifying and resolving software and hardware issues during development and validation phases.
• Streamlined cross-functional collaboration with ODM partners and internal stakeholders, reducing project risks and accelerating issue resolution.
• Contributed to successful operator co-branding initiatives by ensuring timely customization, certification, and commercial launch.
• Supported executive management with product evaluations, launch readiness reviews, and strategic decision-making throughout the product lifecycle.

> ODM China Factory Visit for Material Inspection:

• Led on-site factory audits and material inspections at SPROCOMM (Luzhou, China) for the helio20, helio22, helio24 smartphone projects, collaborating with ODM engineering and manufacturing teams to validate component quality, mitigate production risks, and ensure launch readiness.

• Main activities and responsibilities –
• Initiate sales of Diesel Generator Sets.
• Prepare the right quotation to participate government and non-government Diesel generator tender.
• Develop detailed Business Plan quarterly & annually convert into high-level strategic action plans
• Undertake short, mid & long term activity for the segment to support & achieve overall company annual targets.
• Monitor and report monthly segment performance against Business Plan with recommendations.
• Monthly/Quarterly Re-forecasting of Business Plan targets (Commercial) with Recommendation on strategy/activity to meet or exceed key high level targets
• Develop Business cases to support & achieve business goal/activity.
• Arrange and deliver technical support to the existing customer.
• Diesel Generator Business analysis and analysis reports to Management
• ACHIEVEMENTS
• Rewarded as Best Performer in Q2 2013 and Q4 2013.

• Main activities and responsibilities –
• Responsible for the marketing of company products (Security surveillance) and services to the right market.
• Demonstrate technical marketing skills and company product knowledge.
• Develop an annual marketing plan in conjunction with the sales department.
• Budget management: To deliver all marketing activity within the agreed budget.
• To conduct market research in order to identify market requirements for current and future products.
• To analyses potential strategic partner relationships for product lines.