rola gerges, Retail Manager Luxury Brands

rola gerges

Retail Manager Luxury Brands

chalhoub group

Location
Bahrain - Manama
Education
High school or equivalent,
Experience
23 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 4 Months

Retail Manager Luxury Brands at chalhoub group
  • Bahrain - Manama
  • My current job since June 2015

till present .

Country Manager at Charriol & Magellan Brand-MODA MALL
  • Switzerland
  • April 2002 to March 2014

100% of store operations
•Hiring, motivating, training and scheduling store team
•Maintaining store appearance
•Effectively merchandising product
• Managing profitable levels of inventory
•Forecasting and Budgeting
•Adhering and implementing company policies and procedures
•Coordinated the official opening of Bahrain Jeweler Exhibition
•Attend yearly Jeweler Fair

Supervisor at Beirut Duty Free
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • November 1999 to February 2002

included;
•Supervision, recruiting & developing new joiners.
•Established & maintained excellent relationships with other companies/ vendors
•Planning forecasts, report on sales, costs and business performance
•Proficiency in handling company database, correspondence & emails on day to day basis.
•Managing cash and payment systems in accordance with company procedures & compliances.
•Planning and implementing shop merchandising, layout and customer traffic flow to maximize Sales, customer satisfaction, appearance, image and ergonomics for customers
•Direct dealing with customer services and complaints
•Monitor competitor activity & support Marketing division in new ideas & promotion events

Manager at 2015 At Chalhoub Group
  • to

Baccarat, Christofle, Lalique, Daum, Villari, Lladro, Bernardaud, St.Dupont, Tumi, Ralph Lauren, Mario Cioni, Agraria, Dr.Vranjes, Anna Rablabs, zaha Hadid, and many more.

•Responsible for implementing the highest standard in Luxury Home Gift layout to meet today’s demanding market
•Recruiting, training, supervising and appraising staff
•Generating & purchasing all Brands order with supplier, Responsible of the private Sales and clients of today’s top interior product
•Developing new leads through various marketing activities and networking
•Increasing sales revenue by 50, 000 BHD in the store
•Work with procurement / purchase on a monthly order replenishment for 35 brands
•Leading by example in all aspects of the role
•Monitoring, review staff and store performance
•Develop new sales relationships to increase business & brand volume
•Identify what is new in the design world through our Luxurious Brand
•High experience on customer service before, during and after a purchase
•Evaluate needs of the company and training programs accordingly

Education

High school or equivalent,
  • at LAU
  • January 2005

Master's degree, Arabic Language and Literature
  • at Lebanese university
  • January 2002

Specialties & Skills

BUDGETING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
CUSTOMER SERVICE
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
DISEÑO DE LA DISPOSICIÓN
FORECASTING
MICROSOFT POWERPOINT

Languages

Arabic
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English
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French
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