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omar basfar, Assistant Cateogry Manager

omar basfar

Assistant Cateogry Manager·Panda Retail Company

Saudi Arabia

Bachelor's degree, Marketing

Work experience

Total years of experience: 13 years, 5 months

Assistant Cateogry Manager

August 2015 - Present

Panda Retail Company

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

August 2015 - Present

Works fairly independently, receiving a minimum level of detailed supervision and guidance. Maintains close and highly responsive relationship to day-to-day activities of the Executive.

Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills as well as an ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced changing environment

Key Responsibilities:

• Closing contract agreements with vendors.
• Listing new SKUs and decide when needed to inactive the existence ones.
• Visiting Panda stores to assure better items availability level in shelves and backdoor as well.
• Dealing and negotiating with vendors for the weekly promotions, orders, delivery issues.
• Communicating and Dealing with retails'​ needs and issues with approximate (500 Stores).
• Preparing & executing weekly promotion plans.
• Updating SKU prices on a weekly base.
• Forecasting sales in promotions.
• Using different softwares for every day tasks including ORACLE RMS, JDA & SAP.
• Dealing and coordinate with supply chain team on a weekly base for purchasing orders' issues and deliveries to Panda warehouse and stores as well.
• Managing category items in Panda store's shelves (Plano-gram) with Plano-gram team.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Sales

Assistant Cateogry Manager

August 2015 - December 2015

Panda Retail Company

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

August 2015 - December 2015

Works fairly independently, receiving a minimum level of detailed supervision and guidance. Maintains close and highly responsive relationship to day-to-day activities of the Executive.

Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills as well as an ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced changing environment

Key Responsibilities:

• Closing contract agreements with vendors.
• Listing new SKUs and decide when needed to inactive the existence ones.
• Visiting Panda stores to assure better items availability level in shelves and backdoor as well.
• Dealing and negotiating with vendors for the weekly promotions, orders, delivery issues.
• Communicating and Dealing with retails'​ needs and issues with approximate (500 Stores).
• Preparing & executing weekly promotion plans.
• Updating SKU prices on a weekly base.
• Forecasting sales in promotions.
• Using different softwares for every day tasks including ORACLE RMS, JDA & SAP.
• Dealing and coordinate with supply chain team on a weekly base for purchasing orders' issues and deliveries to Panda warehouse and stores as well.
• Managing category items in Panda store's shelves (Plano-gram) with Plano-gram team.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Sales

Category Buyer

January 2013 - July 2015

Panda

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

January 2013 - July 2015

Dealing and negotiating with vendors and get deals with them.

Creating promotion plans for each week during the year.

Forecasting the required quantities for each regular and promotion deliveris.

Following up daily deliveries to the warehouse and stores as well.

Solving daily stores issues.

Company industry:
Retail & Wholesale
Job role:
Purchasing and Procurement

Education

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

February 2012

February 2012

Bachelor's degree, Marketing

Saudi Arabia

GPA (point): 3.00 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.00 out of 4

Third Honor

King Fahd University of Petroluem & Minerals

June 2006

June 2006

Diploma, Diploma degree in Electronic Maintenance

Saudi Arabia

GPA (point): 3.2 out of 4

GPA (point): 3.2 out of 4

I had studied Electronics Maintenance which focuses on understanding electricity & electrical components and how to troubleshoot defects using analyzing electrical equipments.

Skills

SPSS
Expert
SPSS
Expert
Group Management
Expert
Group Management
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Marketing Research
Expert
Marketing Research
Expert
Time Management
Expert
Time Management
Expert
دراسة الكميات المطلوبة لكل منتج و توقعات المبيعات لها
Expert
دراسة الكميات المطلوبة لكل منتج و توقعات المبيعات لها
Expert
التعامل مع مشاكل المتاجر اليومية
Expert
التعامل مع مشاكل المتاجر اليومية
Expert
JDA
Intermediate
JDA
Intermediate
SAP Business Inelligence
Intermediate
SAP Business Inelligence
Intermediate
التفاوض مع مندوبي الشركات الموردة
Expert
التفاوض مع مندوبي الشركات الموردة
Expert
عروض ترويجية اسبوعية
Expert
عروض ترويجية اسبوعية
Expert
SPSS
Expert
SPSS
Expert
Group Management
Expert
Group Management
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Marketing Research
Expert
Marketing Research
Expert
Time Management
Expert
Time Management
Expert

Languages

Arabic

Expert

English

Expert

Training and Certifications

Training
WORKPLACE SKILLS
Panda Retail Company – Savola Group
Dec 2014

Hobbies and interests

الرياضة السويدية
قراءة الكتب
السفر