Amjad Al Ashqar, Retail Operations Manager

Amjad Al Ashqar

Retail Operations Manager

STC Channels (Sale-Co)

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business
Experience
43 years, 6 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :43 years, 6 months

Retail Operations Manager at STC Channels (Sale-Co)
  • Saudi Arabia
  • April 2008 to September 2014
Retail Operations Manager
  • November 2011 to August 2014
Retail Operations Manager
  • November 2011 to August 2014

Responsibilities:
•Reported to the Chief Operations Manager and managed 22 direct reports and 30 indirect reports, responsible to direct retail operations for the Saudi Arabia market including profit and loss responsibility across 160 outlets.
•Management of new projects to transform stores concepts from basic to full solution modules for handset and accessories products.
•Managing new stores opening annual budget related to number of stores, cost per location and geographic expansions.
•Management of retail operations including recruitment, new store openings, stock availability, cash reconciliation, closing and reallocation of outlets, sales reporting and quarterly forecasting.
•Member of the project team to implement mobile business packages including Blackberry, iPhone and parallel products.
•Key member of the STC Enterprise and Trademark Department to implement availability of KDR locations, team and stock, contracts, store layouts and merchandising to STC standards.

Retail Operations Manager at SaleCo (STC)
  • Saudi Arabia
  • April 2008 to August 2014

www.sale-co.com

SaleCo, an STC Channels subsidiary, is the leading and largest ICT distribution company in the Middle East that operates across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Oman. SaleCo is the largest distributor and main operating business unit for STC, VIVA Bahrain, Oman Tel, Samsung, Virgin Mobile, Huawei and other leading ICT companies.

Retail Project Manager at Itsalat International Company (i2)
  • Saudi Arabia
  • April 2008 to November 2011
Retail Project Manager
  • April 2008 to November 2011

Responsibilities:
•Reported to the Retail General Manager and the IT Director and managed 4 direct reports and 30 indirect reports across 320 outlets.
•Strategic planning of retail operations and translation operationally including the set up and agreement of Retail Service Level Agreements.
•Preparation of training for the sales teams in sales management techniques and processes.
•Lead the rollout for Oracle Retail POS implementation across 320 retail stores.
•Project Manager for IT retail applications including process and system implementation.
•Development of sales management reports and business processes for retail stores including monthly and annual sales reconciliations.

  • January 2008 to January 2010

award trip to Spain, 2005, Best seller for Nokia communicator 9210i
•Motorola Gold (D&G) Road Show Implementation, 2006, UAE
•Rollout and implement POS system across 320 outlets in Saudi Arabia,

Retail Sales Manager at Aptec Gulf LLC
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2006 to March 2008
Retail Sales Manager at Itsalat International Company (i2)
  • Saudi Arabia
  • August 2006 to March 2008

www.i2-mobile.com

Itsalat International (i2) is the largest mobile and telecommunications provider in the MENA Region operating across 20 countries as a

Area Sales Manager at AlSadhan Group & SPAR KSA
  • Saudi Arabia
  • March 2000 to July 2006
Area Sales Manager at Aptec
  • United Arab Emirates
  • January 2001 to January 2005

http://ae.ingrammicro.com

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business
  • December 2021

courses: Certified Business Process Management (CBPM), Certified Business Operation Professional (CBOP) and Project Management Professional (PMP), Digital Strategies For Business and Postgraduate Diploma (Digital Business).

Master's degree, Business
  • December 2021

courses: Certified Business Process Management (CBPM), Certified Business Operation Professional (CBOP) and Project Management Professional (PMP), Digital Strategies For Business and Postgraduate Diploma (Digital Business).

Bachelor's degree, Business
  • December 2021

courses: Certified Business Process Management (CBPM), Certified Business Operation Professional (CBOP) and Project Management Professional (PMP), Digital Strategies For Business and Postgraduate Diploma (Digital Business).

Bachelor's degree, Business
  • at DECISION MAKING USING DATAUniversity of CambridgeEMERITUS Institute of Managemen
  • January 2019

, 2020,

Master's degree, Business
  • at University of Buffalo
  • January 2013

,

Diploma, Computer Science
  • at Al Khaleej Training & Education
  • January 2009

(PMP),

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Iben Khaldoun College
  • January 1997

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Specialties & Skills

Telecommunications
Operations Management
Business Process
Sales Team Management
MARKETING
STRATEGIC
FORECASTING
LOGISTICS
ACCRUALS

Languages

Arabic
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English
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