Talha Sheikh, Assistant Catergory Manager

Talha Sheikh

Assistant Catergory Manager

Bin Dawood Holding

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Master's degree, SCM
Experience
12 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 2 Months

Assistant Catergory Manager at Bin Dawood Holding
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since December 2022

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National Sr. Category Specialist at Imtiaz
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2021 to December 2022

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Category Buyer at FnY Supermarket & Pharmacy
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2019 to May 2021

Developed assortment plan.
Analyzed and monitored product mix, style, negotiation, and pricing including new product rollouts, supplier relationship development, order fulfillment, product quality & demand.
Established vendor relationships, New Contracts, supporting collaboration and management objectives.
Hold P&L and budget responsibilities.
Provide product education at the store level.

Established, implemented, and adjusted merchandising plan to maximize revenue potential.
Selected Achievements: 30+ Vendor listing & complete turnaround of product merchandising mix resulting in 6.9% revenue increase & 1.45% margin increase.

Area sales manager at Sho-Party
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • April 2018 to May 2019

Develop business strategies to raise our customers’ pool, expand store traffic and optimize profitability
Dealing with customer service issues such as queries and complaints
Supervising departmental managers and organizing training.
Manage planning meetings that involve cross-functional teams.
Budget responsibility includes creating accurate budgets, tracking costs, initiating purchase orders, invoice approval, tracking spend against budget, and accountability for accurate cross charge and accruals, as appropriate; final budget reconciliation.

Coordinate all event activities and personnel
Ability to drive projects from inception to completion with little guidance
Ability to recruit candidates for our sales team
Research and identify successful event opportunities
Ability to accomplish multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

Retail Store Manager at Al-Dukan Retailing Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2016 to April 2018

Reaching sales targets and increasing profits
* Dealing with customer service issues such as queries and complaints (the customer isn't always right, but most of the time they are)
* Supervising departmental managers and organizing training.
* Organizing rotas and holidays
* Salaries, benefits and promotional prospects are generally good, with chains offering the highest incomes and the best opportunities for advancement, including possibilities of employment within Europe. Relocation is commonly required for promotion and during initial training program

Store Manager at Al-Dukan Retailing
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • April 2016 to March 2018

* Reaching sales targets and increasing profits
* Dealing with customer service issues such as queries and complaints (the customer isn't always right, but most of the time they are)
* Supervising departmental managers and organizing training.
* Organizing rotas and holidays
* Salaries, benefits and promotional prospects are generally good, with chains offering the highest incomes and the best opportunities for advancement, including possibilities of employment within Europe. Relocation is commonly required for promotion and during initial training program

Sales Consultant at 1st for Decorations
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2015 to June 2016

Visit potential customers for new business
- Cold calling to arrange meetings with potential customers to prospect for new business
- Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers in person and via telephone calls and emails
- Provide customers with quotations
- Negotiate the terms of an agreement and close sales
- Gather market and customer information and provide feedback on buying trends
- Record sales and send copies to the direct manager

Data Analyst & Reporting / Coordinator at K-Electric
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2013 to June 2015

Working in SAP environment that directly reports to the General Manager/HOD and my current job responsibilities are to monitor & carry out analysis of daily basis data or queries received by concerned sections and departments of Integrated Business Center.
Responsible for Daily Sales reports,
Update Consumer profile on weekly bases, Calculate losses
Prepare reports of findings, illustrating data graphically and translating complex findings.
Dividing the yearly targets into quarters and months in order to give a clear milestone to ensure the objective is met.
Responsible to extract daily reports and export in excel Format.
Calculate Recovery Ratio calculation and maintain the losses and RR of the center.
Assist DD to set targets to reduce losses and Increase Recovery Ratio.
Presents data in charts, graphs, tables and performs appropriate statistical analysis.
Thoroughly evaluate and analyze the data related to sales and recovery.
Preparation of recovery schedule and dispatching the gangs for recovery. Producing defaulters’ list to boost energy of recovery operations and monitoring recovery against dues.
Maintaining the data base of around 100 k consumers.

Marketing Coordinator at The Seeds School
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • January 2012 to May 2013

• Prepare materials for planning meetings, take minutes as required.
• Contribute to the project plan and preparation of checklists.
• Research venues and catering, supplier liaison as required,
• Internal communication and diary coordination,
• Events set up and clear down.
• Networking as appropriate,
• Co-ordinate follow up activity, monitor referrals, actions, work won
• Measure and report outcomes,
• Keeping the website, FB and other social platforms updated
• Assist in managing any event (external or internal), managing the vendor, and working together with other departments for achieving the deliverables

Education

Master's degree, SCM
  • at University of Karachi
  • December 2011

Thesis: A study on “The effect of brand stretching on product brand image." Brand & Advertisement Management: Fruit Lassi Product Launch Services Marketing: Aqua Dine Service Launch PR & Event Management: Hypothetical Event “Rehabilitation program in Minor Jail Karachi" Procurement: Project on Continental Biscuits Limited Logistics: Report on Walmart BPR/ ERP: Project on Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics vs SAP and Sheild Corporation Ltd Strategic Management: Case Study Analysis of Whole Foods Market, Nintendo Wii and PepsiCo Channel Management: Report on Tapal Cross Cultural Management: Report on Turkish Culture Supply Chain Management: Report on Supply Chain activities in KFC Entrepreneurship: Project of Launching a School and a Day Care Centre Human Resource Management: GAP Analysis of Independent Media Corporation GEO TV Business Ethics: Project on “Perception of people about the advertisement in Pakistan becoming unethical in the last decade”

Bachelor's degree, SCM
  • at Karachi University
  • December 2010

Public Administration

Specialties & Skills

Events Organizer
Team Leadership
MS Office Automation
Teamwork
Online Communications
Microsoft office
Video editing
MS OFFICE
Microsoft Office
Costumer Care
negotiation
purchasing
supply chain management
merchandising

Languages

Arabic
Intermediate
English
Intermediate
Urdu
Expert

Training and Certifications

SAP (Training)
Training Institute:
K-Electric
Date Attended:
August 2013

Hobbies

  • Reading,cricket,watching news