Priyanka Nihalani Email & Phone Number

Dubai, AE

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Working directly and coordinated efforts with international broadcast journalist Riz Khan, Chief Communications Officer at DSA.
• Supervision, creation and coordination of content, corporate branding as well as internal communication procedures.
• Managing complex schedules for meetings (internal & client facing), travel itineraries and executing and organizing all corporate events.
• Additional tasks managed included: Business related travel management, employee hiring process, interviews, and inductions

United Arab Emirates

• Managed and prioritized schedules for Managing partner and all 08 managers at Gotha to ensure operational efficiency and seamless communication.
• Built and lead the administrative operations SOPs as well as scalable HR and operational infrastructure from the ground up, including employee on-boarding, day-to-day administrative tasks, and complete travel.
• Lead SPOC for organizing end to end itineraries for all visiting international performers and Celebrities.

Dubai, UAE

• Built and lead the overall business strategies for selling, pricing, sourcing, and an administration overhaul of a 35-year-old brick and mortar legacy retail business and introduced various reporting mechanisms.
• Responsible for all administrative functions for the store operations in support of service delivery, including staffing, accounting, HR, personnel management, retail sales team, social media marketing and client.
• Revamped the visual merchandising of the store, led the training of staff to become fashion consultants, introduced incentives for up-selling and increased efficiency of the supply chain by sourcing new designers.
• Recognized by the ownership for creation of new business avenues through exhibitions and events which I conceptualized and executed to grow both, brand reputation and revenue.
• Recognized by ownership for creation of “Try before you buy” services which was based on a CRM system I had created and implemented.
• With my passion for planning and event management, I additionally created an opportunity for sourcing destination weddings as a business offering to our existing clientele.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 Scouting for location for a 400 people; $500,000+ budget destination wedding. Negotiated with hotel for Room & Banquet Rates.  Outsourced catering: Conducted food tasting with several caterers restaurants.  Worked on extensive menus for a 4 day wedding with 5 meals per day for 400 pax. Coordinated with the Wedding Planners from beginning to end on.

Dubai

• Directed and managed the daily store operations that supported the direct sales and customer service delivery.
• Supervision of a team of 20 plus employees during my tenure (from hiring to training)
• Responsible for planning targets, operations budgets and delivering on revenue goals.
• Led the efforts of visual merchandising in store, social media marketing, to creating and executing events with stylists and influencers.
• In addition to creating SOPs for customer service and daily operations, I ensured compliance of the same with continued monitoring and feedback.

Mumbai

DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF EVENTS (2012 – 2013)EtcÊtre Marketing & Events, Mumbai, India Organized exhibitions & Charity Thrift Shops and assisted in fashion shows Participated in multi-exhibitions within India for other brands Planned and organized children’s parties and destination events Brought UAE Exhibition Vibrance by Tamanna Vasandani to Mumbai.

Bachelors Of Design In Fashion Marketing & Management, Fashion Marketing & Merchandising

High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates