Bilal Skhiri, Retail Sales Manager

Bilal Skhiri

Retail Sales Manager

Alghanim Industries

Location
Kuwait - Al Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, Literature
Experience
20 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 0 Months

Retail Sales Manager at Alghanim Industries
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since January 2011

Manage the day-to-day operations of the store.
Drive the efficiency and profitability of the operations.
Identify and utilize opportunities to increase sales.
Develop internal & external relationships.
Increase ATV, Cross selling, Conversion Rate.
Ensure the best service level across all stores through the CSI report indicators.
Respond to customer inquiries, concerns & complaints.
Maintain internal processes to ensure quality & continuity of standards.
Ensure that standards for quality, customer service, maintain a safe working
environment.
Develop & implement systems & procedures in compliance with company policy & procedure &
local labor law.
Implement & monitor the effectiveness of inventory & cash controls procedures.
Recognize & recommend training needs where necessary & recommend high performing
individuals.

Experiences & Education

Retail Sales Supervisor at Trafalgar Co
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since January 2011

Manage and drive the performance of the brand.
- Provide support to team in related area for training on specific brand information and
roll out of new collections across stores in accordance with brand manager
- Visit shops across different locations for rand Performance Evaluation and Team
Support.

2. Financial Controls and Profitability Management:
- Communicate target and objectives for shops (daily, weekly and monthly) with shops
managers and seek maximize shops sales.
- Review KPI's (Daily Sales vs budgets, Stock Reports etc) daily and communicate to Shop
Managers as necessary.
- Review KPI results weekly with shops managers in comparison to all stores under area of
responsibility.
- Review the overall performance of stores with shops managers and operations manager
monthly.
- Benchmark shops against each other, set/reset/clarify objectives and identify Best
Practices monthly.
- Conduct competitors' survey and share with division head.

3. Stock Management:
- Participate in inventory and be part of planning for the next season.
- Review stock availability across all shops and ensure proper rotation of stocks between
location
- Provide feedback about customer feedback related to brand and stocks to brand managers

Departement Manager at H&M (Alshaya Co)
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • February 2007 to March 2008

Duration1 year 3 months

- Leading or supervising a team of customer service staff.
- Ensures staff is aware and fully trained in key job competencies, product knowledge.
- Deal professionally, tactfully, and courteously with the public and co-workers.
- Manages and develops close working relationships with store associates.
- Assists staff with researching customer questions and resolving problems.
- Ability to represent needs of customer & suggest product enhancement.
- Implement activation requests for new services.
- Assist with the provision of client invoices and data entry.
- Completion of assigned administrative responsibilities.
- Other duties as assigned.

Store Manager at Celio
  • Tunisia - Tunis
  • January 2001 to June 2006

- Maximizes sales and exceeds store budgets, achieved through effective and continuous
space, stock and seasonal management, and highest possible levels of customer service.
- Uses sales and space reports to determine correct allocation of space within store, and
uses sales history to condense or open space out seasonally.
- Advises (Business Manager / Operations) on out of stock departments/lines, slow sellers
or price sensitivities.
- Plans and organizes key/promotional events in a timely and systematic way, to ensure on-
time delivery. Actively seeks out and exploits any additional opportunities to promote
sales.
- Drives highest possible standards of in-store visual impact.
- Ensures brand/layout guidelines are being correctly followed to deliver brand values
and ensure corporate '- handwriting' is evident in presentation.
- In conjunction with visual merchandising team, ensures up to date 'look' to window
displays.
- Drives sales floor presentation and housekeeping/recovery principles to the highest
standard by regular walk through and corrective action/coaching.
- Ensures store achieves defined stock loss targets.
- Actively seeks out and implements any additional opportunities to reduce stock loss.
- Participates in selection of new staff.
- Initiates and promotes highest standards of in store training including weekly
communication, daily de-briefs, product knowledge and on the job coaching.
- Identifies areas of training need within the store and develops or arranges programs to
address them.
- Identifies individuals with potential within the store and formulates action plans or
allocates additional responsibilities to further their development.
- Ensures a development plan is in place and implemented for every member of the store
team.
- Ensures store enacts and is fully compliant with all required Ensures an effective
communication of issues and ideas between store and operational management.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Literature
  • at Ifortec High School
  • January 2006

Field Of Study: Literature Francaise.

Bachelor's degree, Literature
  • at Ifortec High School
  • January 2006

Field Of Study: Literature Francaise.

High school or equivalent, Management & Marketing
  • at IPM School
  • January 2004

Specialties & Skills

Budget Forecast
Customer Care
Staff Training
Merchandising
Action Planning
ADMINISTRATION
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DATA ENTRY
DRIVING
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
MANAGEMENT
PROCESS ENGINEERING

Languages

English
Expert
French
Expert

Training and Certifications

IDP (Training)
Training Institute:
Alghanim Industries
Date Attended:
January 2012
Duration:
120 hours
Six sigma Green belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2019
Gallup course (Training)
Training Institute:
Gallup
Date Attended:
February 2018
Duration:
72 hours

Hobbies

  • Water sports,watch movies