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Ahmed Abou-elazm, Operations Manager

Ahmed Abou-elazm

Operations Manager·Lagardere travel retail

Egypt

Bachelor's degree, Accounting

Work experience

Total years of experience: 22 years, 3 months

Operations Manager

July 2022 - Present

Lagardere travel retail

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

July 2022 - Present

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Management

Head Of Retail

November 2020 - June 2022

AHMED ABDELWAHAB ABED CO

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

November 2020 - June 2022

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Management

Operations planning manager

June 2017 - November 2020

Lagardere Traver Retail

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

June 2017 - November 2020

Below is the main role:

• Communicate job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising and reviewing job contributions
• Plan and review compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures
• Contribute operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; prepare and complete action plans; implement productivity, quality and customer-service standards; resolve problems; complete audits; identify trends
• Develop operations systems by determining product handling and storage
• Analyze process workflow, employee and space requirements and equipment layout; implement changes
• Maintain safe and healthy work environment
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications
• Accomplish operations and organization mission by completing related results as needed
• Meet or exceed operations labor budget expectations
• Manage staff levels, wages, hours, contract labor to revenues
• Run a safe, injury/accident free workplace
• Responsible for all aspects of vehicle and heavy equipment rentals
• Establish contracts and pricing and ensuring proper maintenance
• Manage relationships with key operations vendors
• Track vendor pricing, rebates and service levels
• Serve as primary point of contact when there are customer issues related to equipment quality, customer service• Communicate customer issues with operations team and devise ways of improving the customer experience, including resolving problems and complaints
• Work closely with Operations Director and management team to set and/or implement policies, procedures and systems and to follow through with implementation.
• Communicate all operating policies and/or issues at department meetings
• Work closely with the category managers and team to perform analysis of our inventory and ensure we are utilizing our inventory effectively, purchasing the right equipment, maintaining solid inventory data and reduce sub-rental expenses.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Administration

Duty Free Manager

June 2017 - December 2018

Lagardere Travel Retail

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

June 2017 - December 2018

The primary roles as below:
• Lead an engaged team to ensure the overall effective performance of the store: maximize contribution, deliver the annual budget targets and an excellent customer service.
• Create and facilitate at all levels a strong working relationship with the airport authorities in view of creating business opportunities and facilitating contract extensions.
• Continuously improve the quality of the team, capabilities and profitability of the store.

Responsible for: Assistant Store Managers and Store Team Members.


Key Responsibilities
• Maintain a store team capable of producing the outputs required and lead such team so that they are fully engaged and collaborate competently towards the goals set.
• Contribute towards creating a positive company culture and at all times behaves in a manner consistent with achieving the company's objectives.
• Participate in creating an annual budget consistent with the Airport Manager’s and company’s business plan.
• Deliver the components of the annual financial plan (benefits/costs) related to the store.
• Continuously improve operations productivity (revenues, expenses, contribution).
• Regularly review the profitability of the store and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Ensure optimal stock levels.
• Improve operations quality towards excellence (customer service, product knowledge and advisory, stores and staff to have highest standard of presentation at all times, etc.)
• Be visible on the shop floor and encourage supervisors to do the same and to work flights as part of everyday duties.
• Develop and maintain key relationships with the airport’s team. Actively attends and participates in all retailer’s meetings and/or terminal promotions.
• Ensure implementation of promotions and monitoring of performance.
• Ensure respect by all staff of rules and requirements of Airport, Customs, Intelligence and Security and any other relevant body.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Sales

Area Sales Manager

July 2013 - June 2017

Oud Elite

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

July 2013 - June 2017

• Contribute to the business and budget planning for the categories.
Ensure the deployment of the Category strategies to the field and Sales Teams
• Develop the country Category Analysis (category analysis, vision, key sales drivers, and concept sells, retail performance standards) to equip the Sales and multi-functional resources with the right info to be considered by the customers as the category experts.
• Define and align within the company the Sales Fundamental objectives and funds needed
• Develop together with other departments the right and complete plans to achieve Sales Fundamentals and volume objectives by category and brand. Ensure promotional plans are within the promotional guidelines.
• Develop the plans and concept sell to ensure success of the new initiatives.
• Develop the in-store materials and plans aiming for a clear in store persuasion.
• Work with Sales Account Executives to ensure Customer Annual Business plans are consistent with the business priorities and categories Action plans to deliver the objectives.
• Work and coordinate with the Sales Account Executives to implement co-marketing plans in the key customers.
• Work closely with Logistics planners on supply planning.
Contribute to forecasting process/Work closely with the demand management team
• Analyze and have a clear picture of the competitive information
• Lead the development of the plans or concept sell needed to maintain brand competitive edge.
• Search and re-apply proven success models
• Ensure the system/ tools and availability of info. to follow up results and place corrective action if needed

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Sales

Store manager

March 2010 - May 2013

M. H. Alshaya Company

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

March 2010 - May 2013

Below is the main roles:

•Team Commitment: Blend well with all departments and other cross-functional teams to understand and facilitate the working needs and add value by facilitating delivery of overall department targets.
•Objective Analytical Power: Clearly understand specific task requirements and find simplified and efficient solutions to issues and processes
•Customer Orientation: High motivation to deliver beyond the job with a strong feeling of ownership and a feeling of being in charge of the job execution.
•Work with the marketing team in ensuring local strategies and channel incentives plans are made
•Work closely with the Sales Management to clearly demonstrate sales forecasts, achievements and a strong understanding of price segments

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Sales

Marketing Specialist

July 2008 - August 2009

Oryx group for human development

Cairo, Egypt

July 2008 - August 2009

I was working as senior marketing supervisor, i was responsible for promoting all the program courses that held by center and assist people to build good database of training programs

Company industry:
Human Resources Outsourcing
Job role:
Marketing and PR

Sales supervisor

May 2005 - June 2008

Magdi store for home furniture

Cairo, Egypt

May 2005 - June 2008

I was responsible for for the sales of the home furniture in the store and achieving target, provide high ended customer service, follow the installation of purchased pieces and do after sales surveys to care about our customers.

Company industry:
Sales Outsourcing
Job role:
Sales

sales associate

July 2003 - March 2005

EL-Hytham Group for Computer Services.

Cairo, Egypt

July 2003 - March 2005

From July 2003- To March 2005 | maintaining the hardware and software
EL-Hytham Group for Computer Ser vices | EL-Wehda street - Giza-Egypt.

Company industry:
Computer Hardware & High-Tech Manufacture
Job role:
Support Services

Education

cairo university

May 2009

May 2009

Bachelor's degree, Accounting

Egypt

GPA (percentage): 73.5%

GPA (percentage): 73.5%

May/2009 Faculty of commerce (Accounting) - Cairo university Grade Good 73.5%. • Certificate of attending a sales diploma by Dr/ Ibrahim EL-Fiky. • Certificate of attending powerful communication by Dr/ Fouad Attia. • Certificate of attending a communication skill and emotional control by Dr/ Ibrahim EL-Fiky. • Trainee at" Removing negative feelings and enjoy your life" by Mr. Ehab Maged. • Trainee at "The six thinking hats" by Zedny human development team. • Trainee at "Negotiation skills" by Dr/ Hesham El-Amed.

Skills

Training
Expert
Training
Expert
Sales
Expert
Sales
Expert
Cost Control
Expert
Cost Control
Expert
Budget Setting
Expert
Budget Setting
Expert
KPI
Expert
KPI
Expert
ACCOUNTING
Expert
ACCOUNTING
Expert
AEROSPACE
Expert
AEROSPACE
Expert
ASSOCIATE
Expert
ASSOCIATE
Expert
AWARD
Expert
AWARD
Expert
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Expert
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Expert
MARKETING
Expert
MARKETING
Expert
RETAIL
Expert
RETAIL
Expert
SALES
Expert
SALES
Expert
SALES ASSOCIATE
Expert
SALES ASSOCIATE
Expert
SALES MANAGER
Expert
SALES MANAGER
Expert
Sales skills
Expert
Sales skills
Expert
Soft skills
Expert
Soft skills
Expert
Team Management
Expert
Team Management
Expert
Visual Merchandising
Expert
Visual Merchandising
Expert
Sales
Expert
Sales
Expert
Cost Control
Expert
Cost Control
Expert
Training
Expert
Training
Expert
Budget Setting
Expert
Budget Setting
Expert
KPI
Expert
KPI
Expert

Languages

Arabic

Expert

English

Expert

French

Beginner

Memberships

academic committee (trainer) in stock market simulation

Member

January 2009

academic committee in Spoken Numbers

Member

January 2009

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Certificate of achievement for the best business plan growth achievement
Certificate of achievement for the best mystery shopper serivce
communication and emotional control
Certificate of attending a sales diploma
Modern Comprehensive Accounting

Training
Stock Market Simulation
RCSC
Mar 2008
Show credentials
Grow with us
Alshaya Academy
Jul 2012

Recommendations

AYMAN SALAH EL DIN mohamed ABO EL AZM Elshaal

Jan 2017

Jan 2017

Financial ControllerColleague

Ahmed was well organised person, he knows how to beat challenges, with smart thinking allows him to be one of the little people you know which thinking out of the box and coming with creative solutions, thank you Ahmed and wish to co-operate again tougher.

Hobbies and interests

Social work, Reading and Swimming