Work history
Senior Regional Visual Merchandiser
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFull Time
Managing Kenzo and Karl Lagerfeld stores across Middle East –6 countries
•Responsible in the past for Celine, Loewe, Lanvin, Dolce & Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, Alice & Olivia and Zadig& Voltaire and baby Dior for Fashion Franchise Retail Division and Carolina Herrera New York, PauleKa, Weill and Carven for Wholesale Division
•Coordinating 5 direct team members and 15+ VM Ambassadors
•Coaching & Training of Visual Merchandisers, Sales Executives & Management on VM Directives & Trend Updates
•Implementing Visual Merchandising presentation In Store & Windows with a focus on current guidelines while maintaining company & host brand integrity
•Adapting all host brand activities to the needs of Middle Eastern customer
•Visits to all markets & monthly competition tour with feedback to ChalhoubGroup & host brand
•Tight communication between host brands, ChalhoubGroup & stores
•Share of best practices within ChalhoubGroup & host brand
•Monitoring daily sales, evaluation of innovative ideas and measurements with Sales Controller
•Collaboration with Operations Senior Management, Merchandising, Marketing & Property
•Review of business planning, retail execution & follow up
•Managing strategic commercial planning one year ahead
•Talent management & securing succession planning for growth for 1, 3 & 5 years
•Planning of expansion in line with Property on commercial store layouts
•Cost control and managing Visual budget against the business plan
•Identifying opportunities and action plans for nonprofitablestores –bottom 5 stores
•Organizing events with Marketing department
Regional Visual Manager
- GreeceFull Time
Cover 5 countries –32 stores (Romania, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Albania & Armenia)
•Implementing Visual Merchandising presentation In Store & Windows
•Point of contact for 2 VMM & 32 store managers on Visual Merchandising
•Coaching & Training of Sales Associate and Store Managers on Visual Merchandising
•Managing visual planning 6 months ahead, review and follow up through pictures, and weekly feedback
•Collaboration with Country Management & Franchise Partners
•Organizing Fashion Shows
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Skills
- Graphic Desgin
- Abobe Indesign/photoshop/illustrator
- Indesign
- Sketchup
- Project Management
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Coaching
- Communication
- Learning Development
Education
Graphic Deasign
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, SketchUp, CorelDraw, QuarkXPress, Lightroom
Management
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Foundational Training for First Time Managers
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