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RANIA HABER

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 
 

 

Address: Al-Kalaa St, Mansourieh, El-Metn, Lebanon

Telephone: +9613261403

Email: [email protected]

WORK EXPERIENCE

               

2011 – Present                         LIBRAIRIE ANTOINE                                                            Beirut

Manager for the Stationery and Gifts Department      

§  Creating a sustainable commercial structure and a business strategy, and implementing them in five branches.

§  Achieving an overall increase of 24% in the department’s turnover in less than two years

§  Training and developping junior staff on product display, competent sales strategies and product knowledge.

§  Developing commercial plans to meet strategic and financial goals.

§  Analysing figures, preparing budgets and sales targets according to strategic and commercial requirements.

§  Managing stock levels and inventory control

§  Selecting products, placing orders from local and international sources.

§  Assessing merchandise selection in an attempt to constantly improve assortments.

§  Establishing strong relationships with existing suppliers and seeking out new suppliers to broaden merchandise variety.

§  Planning and executing a marketing and commercial strategy  for the Back to School season: in-store branding and communication, and radio campaign.         

§  Preparing product catalogues and brochures on seasonal basis in order to meet strategic objectives.

§  Promoting products on the company’s website and social media outlets.

§  Regularly visiting stores to manage product displays and oversee implementation of promotions and events.

2006 – 2011                VIRGIN MEGASTORE                                               Beirut

                                    Senior DVD Buyer for the Product Marketing Department

§  Selecting, purchasing and managing the shipping and reception of merchandise from local and international territories.

§  Meeting suppliers, negotiating terms of contracts, and sourcing new suppliers.

§  Following up and monitoring monthly and quarterly budgets and adjusting stock levels accordingly.

§  Preparing sales, stock and purchases reports to observe stores’ performance. Analysing sales figures, setting purchase budgets and forecasting sales targets.

§  Performing weekly stock replenishment for all stores.

§  Regular monitoring of aging stock, creating return lists and communicating them to stores.

§  Monitoring branch to warehouse returns, and branch to branch transfers.

§  Providing sales representatives in branches with regular updated information (new products, updated items and special operations).

§  Coordinating with store personnel to ensure products supply meets demand, identifying target consumers and tailoring purchases to their needs.

§  Regularly visiting stores to manage product displays and overseeing implementation of promotions and events.

§  Coordinating with Marketing Department for product launchings and events.

§  Preparing the yearly Christmas and Summer catalogs and distributing over 50,000 copies.

2005 – 2006

Duty Store Manager – Main Branch

                                                        §  Implementating the corporate commercial strategy.

§  Organizing schedules, managing and supervising staff attendance, preparing attendance reports.

§  Resolving customer requests, questions and complaints.

§  Supervising in-store events in coordination with the Marketing department.

                                    2003 – 2005               

                                    Sales Officer, DVD department – Main Branch

§  Client servicing.

§  Preparing and following up on client orders.

§  Preparing goods for store to store transfers and store to warehouse returns.

2001 – 2003    FREELANCING IN ADVERTISING AND TV STATIONS     Beirut

September 2003 – December 2003

Assistant Director with MBC

                                    December 2001 – August 2002

                                    Second Assistant Director with LBCI

Script supervisor with LBCI

EDUCATION

 

Notre Dame University                                                                                                Loueizé

1997 – 2000

§  Bachelor of Arts in Comunication Arts - Radio & Television

 

Sainte Famille Française                                                                                  Fanar

1994

§  French Baccalaureat II, Série A2

LANGUAGES

Engish, French and Arabic very well spoken, written and read.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook and Internet.

Advanced handling of specialized retail softwares:

§  ELVIS (AS 400, EPOS Linked Virgin Information System) retail system

§  Paper Bricks (Retail and wholesale software)

 

INTERESTS

Painting, Cinema & TV series and Handmade Crafts.

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