Mohamed Abouhagar, Brand Manager / Business Devolpment

Mohamed Abouhagar

Brand Manager / Business Devolpment

Wahran Trading Company

Location
Kuwait - Hawali
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting Dept.
Experience
33 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :33 years, 4 Months

Brand Manager / Business Devolpment at Wahran Trading Company
  • Kuwait - Hawali
  • My current job since April 2002

Marketing and Managing the Luxury fragrance Portfolio of Interparfums Including (not limited) :

VAN CLEEF & ARPELS.
MONT BLANC.
BOUCHERON.
COACH.
LANVIN.
ROCHAS.
KARL LAGERFELD.

Managed the brand BURBERRY for more than 10 years
also, have strong experience with both Makeup & Skin Care Brands with good knowledge of Accessories business.

Main Duties:

- Prepare Business plans (forecast, budgeting, buying, etc........)
- Plan and execute marketing/sale initiatives.
- Review weekly and monthly market performance, P&L, KPI's, MS reports with management and retail team and suggest actions to maximize the business operations and works towards minimizing competitor’s activities.
- Improve & Maintain a pleasant work environment to create a strong loyalty bond to the Company while developing strong an efficient retail team.
- Maintain strong relations with the retailers and oversee the brand's location in the outlets.
- Manage, Observe & control the stock movement within both warehouses and outlets to maintain a healthy stock while setting the needed plans to exhaust any discontinued or overstocked items.
- Handling all order transactions with the brands.
- Arrange the necessary training for the sales team.

Also in charge of business development, communicating with prospective brands, preparing proposed business plans including price structures, marketing activities, purchases & sales forecasts, negotiating all terms involved..........etc

Brand Manager at Salam Arabia Trading (branch of SALAM STUDIO & STORES)
  • Kuwait
  • September 1999 to April 2002

Marketing and Managing:
Yves Saint Laurent Brand

Brand Manager at Hussien Gazzaz & Sons
  • Saudi Arabia
  • March 1994 to July 1999

Marketing and Managing the following brands(Kigdom Wide):
Yves Saint Laurent
Boucheron
Van Cleef & Arpels
Roger & Gallet
Burberry
S.T. Dupont
Escada
Shiseido
Also, in charge of the manufacturing division for Gazzaz label lines (perfums & cosmetics)

First lieutenant at Egyption Armed Forces
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 1989 to December 1992

Army Security

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting Dept.
  • at Fauclty of Commerce
  • May 1989

Specialties & Skills

business development sales and costomer care
Plan and oversee operation and after sales suppor
Market Opportunity Analysis
Manage a team of Sales people
Computer literate

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Hobbies

  • Traveling
  • Swimming