AFYAN CHOLIL ASY'ARI

Founder's Mentality, Sustainability, and Everything in Between

SUMMARY

A results-driven business strategist with more than 5 years of experience driving growth and transformation across FMCG and e-retail in the APAC region. Proven ability to design and execute successful corporate strategies, go-to-market plans, and regional expansions through strategic partnerships and distribution channels. Adept at leveraging data-informed insights to solve complex business problems, including the discovery of financial fraud (>\IDR 1 Billion recovery), improving operations (reducing customer complaints by 40,000+ and minimizing order cancellation losses by IDR 3+ Billion), with a strong foundation in business administration and managerial finance from Institut Teknologi Bandung. 

Since his study, he was actively involved and led several organizations, business competitions, internship, and working experience where he got the opportunity to hone his skills in business, strategic planning, project management, and data analytics. He graduated with summa cum laude and received full scholarship from Thailand’s State Owned Enterprise and the Ministry of Education and Culture. 

Email: afyancholil@gmail.com | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/afyancholil/ | Phone: +6282298371357

Fulltime Working Experience

Worldwhite Enterprise - WE Group (Nov 2022 - Present)

Worldwhite Enterprise (WE Group) is a retailer & a house of lifestyle brands with extensive experience in social media marketing, influencer marketing, community, and brand networks with over 5+ million followers on social media. During my career in this company, I was assigned to various positions that required me throughout my career here to solve ongoing issues and carry out fundamental transformations of business processes, such as:

Brand Management for Women Category (Oct 2024 - Present)

New Business Development (Aug 2024 - Oct 2024)

Operational Excellence  (Mar 2024 - Jul 2024)

Business Intelligence Architecture  (Nov 2023 - Apr 2024)

Financial Operation Improvement (Jul 2023 - Nov 2023)

Organizational Transformation  (Mar  2023 - Jul 2023)

Corporate Strategy  (Nov 2022 - Feb 2023)

Paragon Corp (Nov 2020 - Oct 2022)

Corporate Strategy  (Nov 2022 - Oct 2023)

Project Implementation  (Nov 2020 - Dec 2021)

SaaS Company

Founder's Office  (Jan 2020 - Apr 2020)

Assisted the founders to research, strategic formulation, and implementation for the company that include:

1. Multi-channel management

2. Brand building, management and consultant

3. Offline channels penetration and operation

4. Digital & internet marketing

5. ATL & BTL marketing - Including Social Media Management / PR / Events / Roadshows

6. KOL management

7. Finance, Accounting, Tax (FAT)

8. Legal and License

Siam Cement Group

Project Support Coordinator  (Apr 2019 - Apr 2020)

Project-based Working Experience

Market Data Analyst for Institut Teknologi Bandung - Indonesia (Oct 2024 - Present)

Business Analyst for Whare Haurora - New Zealand (Oct 2022 - Feb 2023)

Business Analyst for NSW Government - Australia (Apr 2022 - Jul 2022)

Program Manager for Ancora Foundation - Indonesia (Jul 2021 - Dec 2021)

Assistant Project Manager for Kampus Merdeka - Indonesia (Aug 2018 - Dec 2019)

Assists the program given by the Ministry of Education and Culture Republic of Indonesia namely Kredensial Mikro Mahasiswa Indonesia for Bandung Institute of Technology. His team and he successfully reached +300% of the targeted registrants. My key responsibilities:

Area of Expertise

Strategic Planning

Special Project Management

Data Science

Education

Bandung Institute of Technology

University Technology of Sydney

Universitas Multimedia Nusantara (DQ Lab)

Universitas Multimedia Nusantara (DQ Lab)

Personal Interest

Although I am an analyst, I have always seen myself as an entrepreneur-at-heart. Having a founder’s mentality and a passion for lifelong learning is a deep part of who I am. After this journey, I see myself at the intersection of thinker and builder when referring to Lou Adler’s four types of work. I am addicted to solving problems, building things from scratch, and doing meaningful work.

Outside work, I enjoy traveling and volunteering, with a particular interest in education, entrepreneurship, also nature-related activities. It is not uncommon for me to express all my thoughts, perspectives, and feelings into writing for my blog.

Inkwell Chronicles: Blog & Gallery

Entrepreneurial Journey 

Media Features