Senior Merchandiser Planning
Al Yasra Fashion
Total years of experience :27 years, 5 Months
Planning (AOR - MENA) • Business Planning - Sales, Margin & Cost Lines Planning and Phasing as per the marketing calendar. Complete BP pack as per the deadlines given by the division finance • Daily, Weekly, Monthly & Yearly reporting for the brand (All working files and analysis done by me). • Key Financial Report (KFR) including P&L. • MANHANTTAN and COGNOS system’s FC and BP changes to be updated accordingly. • Developed ADHOC DWH links to retrieve and analyze data • Produced a working file by season to update host brand system which is easy and faster (Analysis done as per the current year actual + FC with different LFL & PTL growth to next year). • Other Analysis and reporting o TOP 3 stores by market, P&L sheets by country, Density Analysis by Store, FP and MD sales trend within the events vs LY, FP and MD stock analysis weekly. • Sales trackers to be created and maintain for all 9 events throughout the year. • Interacting with operations team to get their requirement and produced reports accordingly to support the respective markets to drive sale. • Brand presentation for RMM. • Conduct KFR presentation to all seniors in the brand and discuss where we are and what action to be taken to achieve balance of the year targets. Also give them an idea of the cost lines which is beyond the budget and stock levels. • Involved in Store Profiling Process - Linear template was modified as per the new concept equipment, analysis done on Space, Sales & Density to segregate stores into 6 categories, Property (Project Management : AOR - MENA + RUSSIA + CEE) • Controlling Site Tracking Report - Update STR every month after the property meeting and inform all relevant people including host brand operations higher authorities, directors etc.. About new store opening which plan upto 2016 and stores to be refurbish and space increased. (The template developed by me which include all necessary information regarding store opening I.e forecast opening date, start on site, hand over from property to operations, GLA, any delays and what is the reason for same, project manager involved etc..) • Liaising with project managers as per the STR cut-off dates to get survey plans to process the schematic (with Zebra (Designing company for Alshaya) • Once the schematic is ready design the store layout with senior operations manager and final cut to be sent to zebra to process AutoCAD drawing. (this will many analysis on a similar store, trend on departmental sales, space, mall, etc before we design the store, also will have input from operation team in respective countries to design and develop the best • Once the AutoCAD drawing is finalized department space mix to be analyzing again and generate the PSR (Part Summary report) to order necessary shop fit for respective store. • Execute the supply chain procedures to allocate or order necessary equipment as per PSR from Bulk Stock or Havelock ( shop fit supplier) • Follow up the shipment from Bahrain to necessary countries project site’s • Monitor and follow-up procurement and production of Havelock orders for the timely delivery of the equipment • Make sure equipment received onsite as per the time line and no delays to open the store
Planning
• Daily Updation of Mothercare, ELC, ECOMMERCE & CLOTHING + HOME TRAVEL Sales Trackers
• Daily Updation of Event Trackers (if there is sales Running)
• Develop working files for special request
• Information collection when necessary such as Head Count, SPM, etc
• Update SPM & Store Layout, ROCI Template, Maintain ROCI File & Store Layout Files (Hard Copies)
• Weekly Reporting (Trading pack, Reports to be sent to Operations)
• SFA Target Upload
Property
• Each Project’s Store Layout finalising
• PSR (Part Summary Report) - UK Equipment Ordering Process
• Ongoing projects / Allocate (non) stocks for new opening stores / Maintain (non) stock balance in bulk
• Follow up Shipments
• All admin work related to the brand i.e.
• Coordinating with all operational issues with higher authority and collating all information from 150 stores which is based in 9 countries
• Daily, Weekly and Monthly Sales, Operation Visit Details, Store Visit Details, Manager’s Rotas (Only for UAE 34 Stores), Time In Lieu Trackers, Sales Commentary Reports for Higher authority (only for UAE, Oman & Qatar) etc…
• Meeting dead line daily, weekly and monthly
• Introduced excel trackers for easy information tracking
• All the correspondence work related to CEO
• HR/Administration work in the organization (Appointment Letters, Arranging Interviews, Leave Applications, Cleaning staff rosters etc.)
• Co-ordinate with the other departments and the CEO
• Handling cash and cheque payments of CEO / Handle all correspondence of the foreign principles of the company and the local customers through email
• Documentation related sales (Purchase orders, Pro-forma Invoices, order confirmations, shipping documents, courier documents etc..)
• Maintaining and monitoring payment related documents from /to customers (Letter of Credit, Telegraphic Transfer, Bank Drafts etc..)
• Handling all imports and Exports (from the TT or L/C to the clearing point )
• Maintaining the filling system in the organization which is with more than 200 files of Foreign Principles, 100 nos of Customer files and 150 nos of other files with the 5”S” productivity system.
• Worked as Junior Secretary at Access International (Pvt) Ltd (278, Union Place, Colombo 02) from 1st January 2002 to 26th Nov 2003 (Reported to General Manager - Medical Division)
• From 1st June 2001 to Dec 2001, worked at Orient Garments Limited (Finco Group) as a Merchandiser.
• From 8th May 1999 to Feb 2001, worked at Stafford Orient (Pvt) Ltd (Finco Group) at Shipping Department as a Computer Operator cum Secretary to the Shipping Manager.
• From 5th Nov 1997 to 28th Feb 1999, worked at Colombo Business School Ltd, (CBS), No. 282//1, Galle Road, Colombo 03Joined as Computer Operator - 4th Nov 1997 to June 1998 / Promoted as Customer Care Representative - July 1998 to Feb 1999
• Worked as Data entry/Computer /Telephone Operator at Amsler Ltd, Colombo 10 from April 1997 to Novermber1997
• Worked as a Computer Instructor at information Management Technology (pvt) Ltd.(IMPAC) from October 1996 to April 1997
Educational Qualifications • Title offered by the American Board of Engineering Professionals (Certified Professional Engineer) • GCE O/L Passed - 1993 - With 3 D’s (including mathematics) 2C’s and 2 S’s (D=Distinctions, C- Credit, S- Simple) • GCE A/L Passed - 1996 - Accounts, Commerce & Logic