Senior Merchandise Planner
Fawaz Abdullaziz Al Hokair & Co.
Total years of experience :9 years, 7 Months
Working as an International Senior Merchandiser for Multiple brands In Mena Region ( Egypt, Jordan & Morocco) as below:
• GAP, Old Navy, la Vie en Rose, Monsoon& Accessories in Egypt ( 30 Stores ).
• Charles & Keith, Monsoon, Accessories& Pedro in Morocco ( 10 Stores ).
• Charles & Keith, Okaidi, Parfois, Monsoon & Accessories in Jordan (14 Stores ).
• Responsible for making the definition of the new merchandise on system for the mentioned brands.
• Manage the stock capacity in the stores and ensure that the stores have a potential amount for each department to make a great sales
• Doing analysis for the markdown and promotion activities and applying it on system.
• Doing analysis for the brands performance and take actions to improve it.
• Planning and forecasting for future merchandise buying.
• Making Analysis for the OTB to determine buying budget for coming seasons.
• Managed the business in Egypt and Jordan with 49 million AED annual budgets.
• Established strong vendor relationships to maintain and support the business.
• Tracked and recapped key item performance.
• Coordinated communication with merchandise operations and vendors for PO creation and maintenance.
• Organized merchandise racks by size, style and color.
• Negotiated prices, discount terms and all transport arrangements for merchandise.
• Set and recommended mark-up rates, mark-down rates and selling prices for merchandise.
• Completed stock orders and managed inventory levels.
• Planned and coordinated the availability of products for advertising and promotion purposes.
• Removed damaged, out-of-code, not-in-set and discontinued items from displays.
• Interviewed and worked closely with vendors to acquire and develop desired products.
• Ran mark-down reports, managed stock replenishment and analyzed buying reports.
• Supplied daily support to the buyer and assistant buyer.
• Assembled promotional displays, including quarter- and full-size point of purchase displays.
• Monitored and analyze sales records and consumer purchasing trends.
• Maintaining and sending the daily sales to analyze the performance for the brands daily Vs last year and Budget.
• Maintaining and sending the comparative reports to compare the performance between the brands in terms of sold units, sales value & profit value.
• Maintaining reports to monitor the ATV and UPT daily and weekly by brand.
• Maintaining reports to help the other departments to understand the situation of the brands and the whole business in terms of sales performance and profitable.
