Omar jaffar, Personal Shopper and fashion pro

Omar jaffar

Personal Shopper and fashion pro

Freelance

Location
Germany
Education
Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
Experience
30 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :30 years, 0 Months

Personal Shopper and fashion pro at Freelance
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • My current job since August 2014

• Process customers’ orders through live chat or telephone calls and log data in order entry system.

• Recommend added merchandise to clients on every order call.

• Present clients with prime product information assuring customer satisfaction.

• Ensure to share fashion trends and recommend product for season 'must haves'.

• Identify and resolve every customer service inquiries or problem occurring from catalog and internet.

• Ensure to track client packages.

• Support customers for replacement orders and exchanges.

• Process client financial adjustments as necessary.

• Develop personalized shopping experience for all customers through providing individualized attention along with prevailing knowledge of products and trends.

• Prepare plus maximize client base through concentrating strategic selling techniques along with communicating proactively with customers.

• Help client correspondence and scheduling appointment.

• Ensure to follow through on client commitments on time.

• Develop and maintain professional relations with customers to assure repeat business.

• Stimulate feedback to improve further customized service.

• Maintain flexibility, tact, patience, honesty, effective communication skills and ability to develop relations and trust with all customers.

• Provide expert advice in trends, outfitting and product information related to company and customer fashion sense.

Retail Manager at zag by Aïshti
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • August 2013 to August 2014

• Driving and maximizing the sales and profitability of the store to achieve growth.
• Monitoring and review staff and store performance on a regular basis.
• Driving sales through maximizing team performance.
• Organizing, preparing and arranging promotional materials and displays.
• Maximizing sales through effective merchandising.
• Leading by example in all aspects of the role.
• Recruiting, training, supervising and appraising staff.
• Maintaining accurate statistical and financial records.
• Creating a combination of real value for money and outstanding customer service.
• Assist projects manager and provide inputs for new store opening.

Brand Manager at amo fashion (KOTON)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • June 2012 to July 2013

• Ensure proper assortment planning and inventory budgeting for the buying.
• Ensure proper allocation of merchandise based on sales trends and demand.
• Plan customer loyalty programs and merchandise return from stores to warehouse.
• Ensure that visual standards are communicated and implemented across stores directly or through
visual merchandiser.
• Undertake promotions across brands.
• Undertake competition, store visits on a regular basis, and take appropriate action.
• Coordinate with freight supervisor to track merchandise ordered.
• Provide inputs to merchandise manager and asst. merchandise manager for improving brand
• performance & undertaking brand rationalization/ evaluation.
• Undertake problem-solving activities related to asst. brand managers and buyers.

Merchandise Manager at Fashion International Group (FIG)
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • February 2005 to June 2012

• Manage the range expansion for production selection and buying.
• To manage and co-ordinate visual merchandising, in order to drive sales performance through
effective store layouts and window displays.
• Maximize profit levels by conducting effective promotions, add-on sales identifying best-selling
styles and trends.
• Forecast sales plans and revise requirements during in-season trading Place and follow through
orders with host brand.
• Motivate, develop, and train all team members.
• Maximize use of space, pro-actively anticipating and advising changes on store layout based on
sales.
• To manage the relationship with all external suppliers, always ensuring that the most cost effective
and service orientated agreements are achieved.

Visual and Merchandising Manager at D&H International
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • October 1999 to December 2005

• Responsible for the overall brand identity & image in each one of the stores.
• To review and implement competitive product retail price.
• To manage and co-ordinate visual merchandising, in order to drive sales performance through
effective store layouts and window displays.
• Maximize use of space, anticipating and advising changes on store layout based on sales.
• Responsible of ordering all window materials monthly.
• Created and implemented "event windows" for the stores.

Visual Merchandiser at Al Sawani Group
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • October 1993 to February 1999

Guess, D&G, Calvin Klein and Replay

• Analyze & consolidate both sales and stock reports Assist in producing material for promotional activities.
• Order tracking and ensuring that product pricing is within target margin.
• Organize promotional events in line with operational requirements.
• Produce space and layout plans for specified departments.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at Ain Shams University
  • August 2008

open education

High school or equivalent, interior design
  • at GCSE
  • July 1990

diploma in textile design

Specialties & Skills

Merchandising
Visual Merchandising
Managerial Experience
Window Displays
Computer
Management
Merchandising
Training
team management
graphic designer
branding

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Expert

Training and Certifications

Management (Training)
Training Institute:
mango
Date Attended:
September 1993
Duration:
48 hours
Management (Training)
Training Institute:
mango
Date Attended:
March 2000
Duration:
36 hours