Experience

Delta Marketing Co. (DMC)

• Retail Buyer & Merchandiser/Planner

  • 2018 - Present

  Job Responsibility with short description  Reporting Divisional Merchandise Buying and Planning manager.  Buying and visiting trade fairs to look for new products & trends.  Negotiate terms of agreements to achieve the best deal for our company.  Identify customer preferences and forecast consumer trends.  Managing stock levels.  liaising with other employees about sales performances.  Preparing end of season transfer out plan from brand stores to Factory outlets.  Adherence to parameters such as base stocks, timely replenishment, new collections and store imbalances, stock clearance and season etc. For buying;  Actively involves in preparation of Retail Pro Reports, Sell Thru and other merchandising reports such as Order controlling sheet, stock holding report and Size breakdown reports.  Monitoring sales reactions and weekly sales figure and creating inter branch transfer (IBTs) if necessary.  Setting the price to maximize the profits and manage the performance of the range and planning promotions and Markdowns as necessary.  Analysing previous season’s sales and reporting on the current season’s lines.  Coordinate and follow up with warehouse team for timely merchandise deliveries to all stores.  Ensure the accurate and timely preparation of all necessary reports and records.  Ensuring that products are delivered on time with brand partner.  Developing effective working relationships with our brand partner. Show less



Landmark Group

• United Arab Emirates
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Retail Merchandiser

  • Dec 2012 - Present

  1. Reporting To Divisional Merchandise manager 2. Prepare reports for weekly and quarterly business reviews. 3. Seasonal Business postmortems to analyze the brand performances 4. Create a strategic, competitive and superior collection, to enhance performance of all Shoe Mart stores. 5. Identify best performing styles weekly to reorder. 6. Adherence to parameters such as maintaining ideal stock, replenishment, monitoring new collections and fill-ins, stock clearance and season etc. 7. Ensure timely range planning and selection, and sourcing, Weekly merchandise replenishment. 8. Weekly consolidation of stock on the base of sales data. 9. Allocation and subsequent deliveries of merchandise. 10. Ensure prompt response to slow / fast moving merchandise through regular communication with the store. 11. Coordinate and follow up with logistics for timely merchandise deliveries to all stores. 12. Supervising Space / Assortment / Category/ product Mix etc. to enhance productivity & improve store performance. 13. Prepare markdown strategy to ensure the maximum clearance of aging products. 14. Select 5 poor sellers weekly for promotional markdowns. Show less



Fawaz Alhokair Group

• Saudi Arabia
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Retail Merchandiser

  • May 2008 - Oct 2012

  1. Reporting To BU Merchandise manager and responsible for following brands LaSenza and LaSenza Girl. 2. Create a strategic, competitive and superior collection, to enhance performance of all the stores. 3. Preparing seasonal budgets, Ensure budgeted target is achieved through effective merchandise selection, timely review of the budgeted targets 4. Adherence to parameters such as base stock, timely replenishment, new collections and fill-ins, stock clearance and season etc. for buying; 5. Products/new launches meet customer demands as well as provides value proposition. 6. Allocation and subsequent deliveries of merchandise. 7. Ensure prompt response to slow & fast moving merchandise. 8. Coordinate with logistics for timely merchandise deliveries to all stores. 9. Evaluate business movement and monitor market and fashion trends. 10. Supervising Space / Assortment / Category/ product Mix etc. to enhance productivity & improve store performance. Position: Stock Control Analyst Duration: 10/07/2003 to 19/05/2008 (5 Years) 1. Worked in RSG (Retail System Group) in Dos Based Program from U.K. 2. Worked in Lemon Soft Data Based Program from U.K 3 Updating and keeping a check on all the records on the system. 4 Computerized handling of documents. 5 Maintaining a steady record of delivery & processing 6 Worked in New Implemented Data Base Program INFINITY. 7 Handling with different Brands such as Adams, Lasenza, Lasenza Girl, Anotah, Ninewest, Wallis, Misselfridge, Celio, Charles and Keith Etc…. 8 Managing stock control system and Inventories ( Monitoring every day stock movement including Daily Sales, Goods receiving, Delivery, Inter Brand transfer, Return to Supplier , Average costing, Stock check etc., and producing different VALUABLE reports by daily, weekly & monthly basis Show less