
Waleed Fouad Elsherif
Building Materials Retail Expert
Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaWork Experience
Sales ManagerFull Time
Alshaya Trading Co.
Nov 2011 - Present -13 yrs, 7 months
Saudi Arabia , Jeddah
- Job Details:• Managing a luxury Building materials retail showroom &ensure; optimal sales through maintaining appropriate inventory, maximizing store appearance and efficiency of sales floor operations, and providing exceptional customer service. • Developing retail sales by specify our supply partner’s brands including DURAVIT , HANSGROHE,GEBRIT,KEUCO,GLOBO,IMOLA,ABK. • Built a good relation network of architects, interior designers, consultants, owners helping me to track new and upcoming projects. • Working to improve & upgrade company portfolio to cover all market requirements by finding new suppliers worldwide. • Improving (retail & small projects) sales and building a top-performing qualified team have earned repeated commendations and formal recognition from the company CEO. • Developing & update consultants’ specifications for the company’s range for all products. • Completing showrooms operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results. • Maintains showrooms staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees. • Maintains showrooms staff job results by coaching, counseling, motivating and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results. • Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. • Review inventory and sales records to prepare reports for management and budget departments. • Identifying current and future customer requirements by establishing rapport with potential and actual customers and other persons in a position to understand service requirements. • Identifying and create new customers through building strong relationships with architects, builders, and interior designers. • Ensuring availability of merchandise and services by issuing purchase orders; maintaining inventories. • Formulates pricing policies by reviewing merchandising activities; determining additional needed sales promotion; authorizing clearance sales; studying trends. • Markets merchandise by studying advertising, sales promotion, and display plans; analyzing operating and financial statements for profitability ratios. • Protects employees and customers by providing a safe and clean showrooms environment. • Maintains the stability and reputation of the showroom by complying with legal requirements. • Determines marketing strategy changes by reviewing operating and financial statements and departmental sales records. • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. • Contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. • Contract appropriate external resources (cleaning crew, maintenance) to support showrooms operations.
Senior accounts manager Full Time
Swiss Garments Company - SGC ( Arafa Holding)
Oct 2008 - Sep 2011 -2 yrs, 11 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:• Discussed all yearly forecasted/ expected volumes to be placed with the factory. • Efficiently communicated with the related departments in order to book the capacity to achieve the customer delivery dates. • Quoted products prices based on materials, shipping and Labor costs to achieve the target margins. • Supervised a team on handling the production volumes for the major formal accounts in area of Sweden &Germany; by obtain customers orders assuring a convenient feeding for factories and production • Directed the team to achieve smooth communications between our customers and factory regarding various queries. • Monitored materials planning/purchasing/scheduling/production process in order to address any possible problems. • Created critical path reports and Worked on solving any problems may cause production delays. • Negotiated technical specification/delivery dates/into warehouse dates with the relevant departments in order to achieve the required shipping dates • Monitored weekly shipment by: Coordinated with the logistics Department & customer team to book containers to ensure on-time delivery. Coordinated with production team to ensure all orders ready to be shipped on time. Ensure all the invoices to be sent to the customer with clear loading plan.
Education
BSc of Hotel Management in Hotel Management
High institute for specific studiesJan 1993 - Jan 1997 - 4 yr
Skills
Languages
Arabic
FluentEnglish
Advanced
Training & Certifications
DURAVIT technical course & product training
Duravit ,Beirut, Lebanon ·2013Essential Management Skills
Alshaya Academy - Jeddah, K.S.A ·2012Retail Excellence training course
Spearhead Training - Dubai, U.A.E ·2008Diploma Natural Stone Process
ALFREDO SALVATORI- Querceta ,Italy·2007Technical course in tiles production
(Coopertiva Ceramica D’Imola, Head Office, Imola, Italy·2007Enhance Your Sales Skills
Spearhead Training – Dubai, U.A.E·2006GEBERIT Proposal in Projects and Retail
GEBERIT UAE, Dubai, U.A.E ·2006KEUCO Products training course
Koln/Hemer Germany ·2006Improving Your Management Sales Skills
Spearhead Training – Dubai, U.A.E·2005improving Your Sales Skills
Spearhead Training – Dubai, U.A.E·2004Sales & Marketing Professional skills
American University – Cairo, Egypt ·2000