Supply Chain Coordinator
British American Tobacco
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months
* Handling inbound shipments of stocks to KSA including the port clearance.
* Distribution of stocks to 10 branches across KSA, ensuring adequate stock cover is available to execute sales.
* Managing BAT’s finished goods warehouses all over KSA by implementing strict warehousing standards.
* Monthly closing of stock balances all over KSA and placing orders to ensure availability of adequate cover for forecasted sales.
* Ensuring product quality is maintained at all times by working on providing optimal storage and transport conditions.
* Product tracking and tracing all over KSA for any unlikely scenario of a product recall from the market.
* Handling inbound shipments of merchandising materials to KSA including the port clearance.
* Distribution of merchandising materials all over KSA for all the planned marketing activities.
* Managing BAT’s merchandising materials warehouses all over KSA by ensuring right storage conditions and keeping an up to date inventory.
* Contracting trade channels across the entire region in order to install in-store furniture and other forms of communications.
* Planning and executing marketing activities to agreed budgets and timescales, and integrating trade marketing activities with organized events such as product launches and promotions.
* Implementing an incentive driven program across the retail channel to ensure achievement of trade marketing excellence with optimum assistance from retailers
* Maintaining an up to date universe of both present and potential Trade Marketing customers to plan out activities and investments in the future.
* Driving sales in the region by developing a repertoire with both the customers and the consumers by managing brand ambassadors in the trade.
* Visiting the trade on daily basis to ensure visual merchandising is implemented and POSM displayed as per company guidelines.
* Assuring top notch customer service on the sales floor by leading a team of 7 assistants.
* Receiving deliveries at the store and maintaining an accurate inventory both on floor and in the backroom.
* Managing in-store visual merchandising by making sure it is compliant with the on-going store theme
* Daily sales closing by reconciling cash inflow with registered sales for the 'General Merchandise' section of the store.
* Reporting to the store manager on daily progress in the 'General Merchandise' section of the store.
* Handling complaints from any unsatisfied customers at the store and processing returns.
* Handling the accounts of 5 clients of the company.
* Conducting day to day banking transactions.
* Reconciliation of the clients’ monthly statements.
* Client tax calculation and filing for refunds.
* Working as a freelancer providing door to door distribution services for leaflets and magazines
* Distribution of assigned quotas leading a team of 10
* Route planning and assigning deadlines
* Entertaining delegates from UK universities and negotiating exclusive representation rights
* One on one counseling of customers who required overseas education consultancy
* Designing ATL marketing campaigns in local media.