Osama Siddiqui,  Visual Merchandising and Communication Team Leader

Osama Siddiqui

Visual Merchandising and Communication Team Leader

ABYAT Home Furnishing Saudi Arabia

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Higher diploma, Graphic Design
Experience
9 years, 4 Months

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Total years of experience :9 years, 4 Months

Visual Merchandising and Communication Team Leader at ABYAT Home Furnishing Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia - Dammam
  • My current job since September 2020

Roles and Responsibilities:

Leading my visual merchandising team for planning executions for the store. Maintaining the store overall view. Managing and supporting my team members with ideas and improvements.

Working with SAP system to lead the execution team with a new planogram task received from Head Office.

Organizing daily tasks for team members and sharing reports to the store General Manager.

Ensuring the store graphic communications is updated with newest activities and store campaigns.

Execution of visual merchandising layouts and planograms sent from Kuwait Head Office in Home furnishing and home finishing area.

Executing store communication all over the store departments.

Daily operations management and ensuring well driven team spirit.

Visual Merchandiser Specialist - Communication and Interior Design at IKEA
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2016 to September 2020

● Deliver and communicate visual concepts and strategies to promote IKEA products and
services in-store.
● Ensuring the store layout to be secured for each product area for easy customer shopping
experience.
● Keeping the store in shape as new daily.
● Main objective is to increase sales and buyer attention and to promote new products launches
and reflect festive or seasonal themes and other commercial priorities.
● Presenting the visitors good and appealing overview for each product area.
● Planning and implementing functional and creative ideas for new products, seasonal activities,
themes and commercial priorities for each coming year.
● Aligning with the Commercial team - Sales, Logistics and the Design department for new
projects, products launch and working with merchandise inventories.
● Integrating brand images in visual presentations throughout the store.
● Organizing and adjusting lighting systems to enhance visual elements.
● Ensuring compliance of brand standards in visual merchandising efforts.

Trainings and Experience:
● 3 months training for IKEA Concepts.
● Building up for the new IKEA Store in Jeddah - Saudi Arabia.
● Commercial Light Specialist for IKEA Store.
● Solution Wall Specialist Planner.
● Bath Shop Specialist Training for New range “Shower and Taps” in Abu Dhabi YAS Island.
● Advanced Commercial Light Training in Jeddah Store.

Sales and Operation Executive at Hanco Rent A Car ( Al-Tala International Transportation Co. Limited)
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • February 2015 to December 2015

Roles and Responsibilities:
● Relationship building with potential customers.
● Providing operational support to Key Accounts.
● Researching the market and related products for the latest trends.
● Visiting potential customers to introduce products and services favorably and in a structured
professional way.
● Responsible for B2C.
Details on the Role:
● Coordinating on customer requirements and presenting appropriately to make a sale.
● Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person and via telephone
calls and emails.
● Arranging meetings with potential customers for prospective new business.
● Responding to incoming emails and phone enquiries. Acting as a contact between the company and
its existing and potential business; negotiating the terms of an agreement and closing sale.
● Creating proposal documents and liaising with customers on the progress of existing orders.

Clients Executed
Boart LongYear.
Company Red Sea.
Gateway Terminal Saudi Icon Company.
Loft (Etab International).
Meshal Adnan BalaghAl-Amin Medical Co.
Axal Construction Company
Al-Rubaiyat.

Content Collector and Social Media analysis at Carmudi
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • November 2014 to January 2015

Roles and Responsibilities:
● Collecting photos of cars/motorbikes and uploading content on the company website with
product details.
● Handling customers’ enquiries and feedback.
● Ensuring the standard process is implemented as instructed by the City Manager.
● Uploading information to the database.
● Editing images and writing content descriptions for advertising.

Designer at Bumi Transformasi Digitial
  • Malaysia
  • January 2014 to April 2014

Company Name Branding and advertising.

Front Office at Hilton Petaling Jaya
  • Malaysia
  • February 2013 to April 2013

Attending guest and inquires

Education

Higher diploma, Graphic Design
  • at INTI International University & Colleges
  • July 2014

Petaling Jaya College of Art and Design, Malaysia

High school or equivalent, Economics
  • at Al-Wadi International School
  • April 2008

Economics

Specialties & Skills

Hotel Management
Youth Marketing
Local Marketing
Adobe Illustrator
Powerpoint
Adobe flash
Microsoft word
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Indesign
Photography
Autocad
sketchup

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Urdu
Intermediate

Memberships

Toast Master Communication Skills
  • Toast master
  • September 2015

Training and Certifications

Purchasing of Food Service Operations in Hotel management-American Hotel and Lodging Malaysia (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2009
Valid Until:
December 2020
Recognition for contributions towards the IKEA Bahrain Concept Review Preparation. (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2020
IKEA Store Buildup Jeddah Saudi Arabia (503) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2017
Certificate of Appreciation for efforts from IKEA Saudi Arabia. August 2019 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2019
Certificate awarded for completing Marketing and Communication course from IBMI (International Busin (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
Certificate for having successfully completed in participating in the 3D Sculpture Design Project (Certificate)
Certificate in IKEA Concept training Jeddah Saudi Arabia (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2018
Diploma in Psychology John Academy United Kingdom (E-learning) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2019
Certificate in AutoCAD 2D Drafting, Detailing and Design Documentation CADD Centre Jeddah Saudi Arab (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2018
Management of food and beverage-American Hotel and Lodging Malaysia (Certificate)
Logo Design in Culinary Sweden Embassy Malaysia (Certificate)
Managing Front Office Operations -American Hotel and lodging Malaysia (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2014
Appreciation from Shangri-La Hotel Malaysia for working part-time (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Sports
  • Photography
  • acting
  • modeling