Head of Analysis & Procurement
SOUQ.com
Total years of experience :19 years, 4 Months
•Head of Category Management & Analysis Department (Commercial Department)
•Purchase Department (Supply Chain)
•Responsibility of building and selecting range
•Building Plan-o-gram
•Plan and develop appropriate methods of distribution for goods
•Managing relationships with an extensive network of suppliers and leading successful negotiations maximum profitability for the company and to ensure that customer needs are met
•Analyzing customer and competitor insight and utilizing this to inform the buying plan for the sections
•Working in close conjunction with the operations and merchandising teams to ensure the effective display of goods in stores and travelling extensively to visit stores and provide advice where required
•Actively involved in the creation and execution of innovative, market beating promotional campaigns aimed at delivering the trade plan
•Attend international fairs and follow up all importation phases
•Green Hunting for new potential growing categories
•Handling relations with the suppliers
•Space Management on the store level.
•Performing & implementing Category Management in the stores.
•Channel Range Analysis and implementation. and inventoy Groups
•Rationalization of Product Range Project to assist and help in implementing category management.
•Modifying and fine - toning the existing Store Layouts.
•Implementing Plan-O-Grams on the shelf level.
•Creating, monitoring & implementing Market Share on the shelf’s of the stores (SOS) Project
•Knowledge about using the Space Man application from Nielsen.
•Implementing captaincy agreements with suppliers on certain categories.
•Implementing roll out for the categories on all store levels.
•Performing periodically check out on the implemented categories for compliance on the store level.
•Performing a fine tuning on these categories every three months.
•Deep Analysis for the categories and the business and showing the trends.
•Perform the Items Management Method in the company through the data cleansing and Product Structure building and restructuring.
•Capable of doing complete business deals with marketing research companies including the training and the implementation and being the point of contact with them.
•Controlling and determining the Shelf Share and allocation of suppliers products on the shelf and in the stores
•Performing the P&L analysis. SWOT analysis.
•Budgeting and strategically planes.
•Front and back margin analysis.
•Over head costs analysis.
•Primary basket and secondary basket analysis.
•Foot fall analysis.
•Turnover day's analysis for stocks.
•Supplier performance analysis and reviews.
•Ensuring accuracy of all periodic sales reports prior to dissemination of information to all concerned buyers.
•Coordinating with the vendors regarding the sponsorship of the weekly brochures.
•Performing data cleansing project, including item delisting analysis
•Performing the Item Aging report and follow up on it
•Have done several and different analysis projects upon the need of the department
•Introduced the category management tools and software to the company and obtained it for them.
•Implemented Plan-O-grams and layouts for the stores
•Involved of the layout for the new stores.
•Performed the Rationalization of the product range method there
•Deep Analysis for the categories and the business also the whole business trend of the market.
•In Master Data I was handling along side with the Category Management, there I was fixing all the data issues that were to appear in regards with the item.
•Created the item management there, and also was handling the data cleansing and re-structuring for the whole company. Basically any thing that relates to the system from the item point of view I was handling.
•Opening stores and preparing the Data base for the items and the location site
Was handling Egypt Account, in terms of all relations between The Nielsen Company and all the retailers there in every aspect from analysis to problem solving and consulting to contract negotiations.
i had to leave due to the death of my father and needed to go back to Saudi
(Current positions)
•Supervisor of Category Management unit in purchase department.
•Co -Supervisor in Follow up and Analysis unit in purchase department.
(Previous positions)
•Handled the Obtaining of the ISO Certificate for the Purchase Department.
•Data Analyst in supplier services department.
•Secretary and coordinator in supplier services department.
•Follow up and problem solving supervisor in purchase department.