Ahmed Riad Email & Phone Number

Cairo, Egypt

Manage the beauty category for Feel22 e-commerce platform, overseeing product assortment,pricing, promotions, and inventory management.{ Develop, and execute strategies to drive category growth and increase customer engagementand satisfaction.{ Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, operations, and merchandising,to ensure alignment and consistency in the customer journey.{ Monitor market trends and competitive landscape to identify new opportunities and improvebusiness performance.{ Lead negotiations with suppliers and manage relationships to ensure optimal terms andproduct availability.

Egypt

• Experience in vendor negotiations, pricing and promotion, inventory management, and product development• Advanced experience with Excel, or other analytical/Business Intelligence tools• Highly polished communication skills - speaking, writing, presenting, and negotiating• Ability to operate simultaneously and effectively in both tactical and strategic modes• A willingness to roll up sleeves to get things done• Experience launching a new country• Working in a start-up or early-stage environment where you will be defining best practices for your function.• Developed in-depth product knowledge and kept up to date with the latest trends in beauty to avail of resources and apply best practices.• Arranged merchandise to present visually appealing displays and attract clientele.• Built customer loyalty and retention by delivering excellent shopping experiences.• Stocked merchandise, clearly labeled items, and arranged according to size or color.

Cairo, Egypt

• Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.• Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.• Identified issues, analyzed information, and provided solutions to problems.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Developed strong organizational and communication skills through coursework and volunteer activities.• Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.• Provided professional services and support in a dynamic work environment.• Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.• Presented professional image consistent with the company's brand values.• Achieved or exceeded company-defined sales quotas.• Worked with the sales team to collaboratively reach targets, consistently meeting or exceeding personal quotas.• Trained new employees on customer service, money handling, and organizing strategies.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

• Monitoring data management to keep accurate product pricing and competing with the online & offline market share segment ,dive deep in market validation to controlling the profit & GP & GMS • Working closely with suppliers and customers to improve operations. • Providing accurate routing information to ensure that delivery times and locations are coordinated. • Responsible to avoid out of stock situations by preparing regular Stock reorder / follow up sheets.

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

From March 2015 – Present Working as Health & Beauty Category Senior buyer at SOUQ .COM Egypt, personal care & cosmetic consultant as presented at the following activities.  Analyzing consumer buying patterns and predicting future trends.  Managing plans for stock levels.  Liaising with other departments within the organization to ensure projects are completed.  Consult with merchandising staffs about budgets or products to be purchased  Monitor the products launch date and the position of the stock at the stores  act accordingly to move stock around  Ensuring the products are delivered on time  Identifying production and supply difficulties and dealing with any problems or delays as they arise.  Maintaining a comprehensive library of appropriate data regarding the sales  Forecasting profits and sales, and optimizing the sales volume and profitability of designated product areas  Analyze and evaluate the target sales of the category.  Study past sales and interpret data for new product direction  Study and make Sale and marketing Excel presentations to senior managers.  Support Operation department by providing sales Analysis reports

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

 Health & Beauty Deals Planner  Cosmetic & Perfumes Consultant

Saudi Arabia

Inside show room operations, including: business development, growth management, brand lmanagement, staff management, marketing, branding, and budget management. • Provide retail and sales consultancy in retail solutions, , product development, luxury goods, Sales services, , marketing, branding, and Brand allocation operations. • Assist headers with strategic planning initiatives, including increasing Brands sales segmentation, pricing, and visibility. • Coordinate with team to develop the best selling tools and launch plans, assist clients in identifying relevant business partners, , retailers, vendors, and suppliers. • Develop new and updated ideas for the team for increasing the sales and achieving the targets , to be enable to offer the best service plans in no time.. • Coordinate internal activities during campaigns to enhance the promoters to achieve their targets as a retail wise.

Saudi Arabia

Handling brands sales & Performance with my team with all related details ( stocks , promotions , new launches , monthly competitions , expiry stocks, monitoring the team and revising the weekly sales results , comparing yearly targets with achieved sell out during the periods , arranging training seasons , choosing best location for presenting the brands in the section , market visit and a market survey for other competitors.

Saudi Arabia