Curriculum Vitae
Ibrahim Mohammed
E-mail: *******.***********@*****.***
Address Salmiya area 4
Mobile (965) – 66604867
Objective
It giving me great pleasure to introduce myself I’m an experienced Retail operation to organize and oversee the operations of a number of premium fashion brand, establish and develop relationship with new and existing client, I train the store team how to understand customers’ needs listen and provide customize advice . I Understand profit and loss and how to affect its result through departmental actions, I have responsibility for the overall success of the stores by setting targets, supervising store managers, and ensuring they are attained Effective.
I’m managers skilled in managing diverse operations from a distance. i have a strategic mindset and are excellent leaders. Excellent abilities in financial and operations planning are also essential The goal is to ensure our stores will meet and exceed expectations of business development and efficiency. I’m strong team leader who has the retail operational knowledge required to continue to Identifying, implementing and improving key performance indicators with lead the team towards the highest of standards. I’m implementing and maintaining the Profit performance reports prepared for a business’s P&L (profit and loss) reports, I’m tracking record influencing and negotiating with key decision makers will compliment my strong leadership and relationship building skills. I have a solid understanding of the Retail (preferably fashion) industry in the Middle East with demonstrated experience in driving sales and building customer loyalty.
Highlighting Skills
1. Expert operating SAP (PRT) SAP Sales and GRN, sale reconciliation, inventory etc. for 5 years 2. Well Managing Profit and Loss Statement (P&L) statement that I summarize the revenues, costs and expenses incurred during a specified period, usually a fiscal quarter or year. The P&L statement is synonymous with the income statement. These records provide information about a company's ability or inability to generate profit by increasing revenue, reducing costs or both. Some refer to the P&L statement as a statement of profit and loss, income statement, statement of operations, statement of financial results or income, earnings statement or expense statement
3. I’m Money maker through and setting successfully retail strategy along with Organizational Skills i have ability to be organized really does allow me to achieve more in less time. I’m operating more efficiently and overall, i can improve the team Job objective, allowing us to make more money and Ability to Handle Ambiguous Tasks by ownership of a task without much given direction or guidance While some people are able to dive right in, others prefer a lot of direction. Asking for direction isn’t a bad thing, but if you’re able to do a job or task without much guidance, you’ll get a lot more credit, 4. I can attest to just how much this is valued in business. Time is money, and anyone who can take ambiguous tasks and run with them is saving their manager a lot of time that otherwise would be spent working through the task with them
5. 17 years’ Experience of setting Target ( goals ) through implementing action plans, Margin & budgets and Experience of leading and managing a team preferably gained in customer loyalty
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Work Experience and History:
Alfuttiam Company (5 years until present)
Kate spade New York I have established two new stores of Kate spade New York in Kuwait Avenues and 360 Mall
Kuwait Area Manager (Guess jeans. Guess whole sale and Debenhams. Sandro, Mage and KIABI) Alshaya Company (3 years )
Store Manager of Muji Japanese brand, I have established Muji in Kuwait and supporting the establishing the brand in Dubai Mall and attended training in Hong Kong conducted by Japanese Alfuttiam Company. (6 years)
Assistant store manager of Marks& Spencer, UK Brand – Department store
(Fashion, foods, Health & Beauty)
Al Sawani Gulf Company (9 years)
Store manager for different brand handling (Guess, Replay, U2, DKNY, Kenzo, D&G, Elle, Diesel, Timberland, Monnalisa and Esprit)
Responsibilities:
Formulate fruitful business development strategies to ensure long-term success
Set standards and objectives for different stores and departments
Optimize and oversee operations to ensure efficiency
Lead a team of store managers towards effective collaboration and attainment of goals
Undertake sound financial management to ensure stores are profitable and stay within budget
Ensure compliance with company’s policies and operational guidelines
Deal with problems by providing creative and practical solutions
Evaluate performance using key metrics and address issues to improve it
Report to senior executives on progress and issues
Assist upper management in decisions for expansion or acquisition
Driving and delivering sales improving key performance indicators
Profit performance reports prepared for a business’s /P&L (profit and loss) reports
Ensure that the store is fully compliant with all required administrative procedures according to company guidelines.
Managing manpower performance and development ( trainer )
Promote the highest standards of in store training
Promote a positive learning environment within the store
Monitor conditions and trends within the local market
Implementation and management of business development initiatives
Managing a team of multi-cultural field & store based managers
Actively contributes to development of business initiatives relevant to brand projects
Identifies and delivers initiatives to enhance business / increase and improve sales
Recommend brand feedback, customer requests, and in-store promotions
Retail Operations, Stock Management, Customer Service, Training, and People Development Experience & skills:
Identifying, implementing and improving key performance indicators.
Knowledge of luxury brand
Extensive leadership, decision making, planning & organizing and relationship building skills
Store operation and SAP
Experience of managing across a wide geographical area
Brand procedure and process “SOP”
Experience of developing a team within a growing brand
Able to work as part of a team and on their own initiative
Experience of managing sales objectives and operational costs in line with an agreed business plan
International experience would be an advantage
Bilingual (Arabic & English) Preferable
Working as mystery shopper at Helion European company
SAP software operating
Microsoft office package (Word, Excel, Access and Power point Internet )
Access
Excel and Word Advance
Adobe Photoshop
Tanning:
SAP operation training and computer system
P&L analyzing and improvement
Building area restructure
Building and planning store layout
Train the trainer
Disciplinary and polices (SOP)
Appraisal and HR
Leadership at Alfuttiam training center Dubai
Management skills at Alfuttiam training center Dubai
Coaching and leadership Alfuttiam tanning center Dubai
Visual and standard
Guidelines implementation