Inventory Control Category Management

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Hady K. Ishak

Mobile Lebanon: +961-**-******

Email: ****.*****@*****.*** LinkedIn Profile (Ctrl + Click) I am a knowledgeable capable “Purchasing & Inventory” management Professional with extremely valuable and considerable experience in Retail. A wealth of key contacts (local UAE and overseas), sourcing products, selecting ranges, category management, products processing knowledge, skilled at Inventory control, price maintenance, with excellent negotiation skills.

Professional Experience:

Jul. 2021 – June. 2022 Purchasing Manager Dubai-UAE Lifco Supermarkets

Dealing with Suppliers (Annual BDA)

Selecting new ranges (Category management)

Pricing new ranges

Implementing price changes

Data maintenance (Correcting: Groups, Brands, Descriptions, Sizes...) Mar. 2018 – Aug. 2019 Retail Operations Manager Abu Dhabi-UAE Al Dhafra Cooperative Society (Madinat Zayed)

Managed Retail back office team of 5

Recommended new ERP software modifications and implementations

Purchased monthly Central warehouse stocks for 8 branches

Approved direct stock purchases for 8 branches

Managed monthly and seasonal promotions

May 2014 – Feb. 2018 Head of Purchasing Dept.

NCC Group of Companies-Retail Division: Abela & Souq Planet Abu Dhabi-UAE

Managed Head Office team of 7

Purchasing Team consisted of Local Buyer, Import Buyer and Fresh Food Buyer

Back Office ERP Team consisted of: Data Manager, 2 Data encoders and Promotions Coordinator.

Managed all ERP System Back Office Operations for 7 Supermarkets

Approved ranges and product selections. (Category Management) Page 2 of 4

Handled all relations with Suppliers and annual agreements (BDAs).

Managed new items pricing and price maintenance.

Managed all Central Warehouse monthly stocks and ordering.

Managed all monthly and seasonal promotions for 7 supermarkets.

Managed all overseas Sea & Air Import orders (Europe, USA, Australia)

Managed All Import clearing procedures with Abu Dhabi Customs

Handled all Import requirements and procedures of “Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority” (ADFCA-ADFSA now)

Handled all Import requirements and procedures of “Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology” (ESMA)

Handled all Import requirements and procedures of the “Federal tax Authority” (FTA)

Carried annual staff evaluation and performance review. Jul. 98 – Apr. 2014 Administration Manager-Retail Division NCC Group of Companies-Retail Division: Abela & Souq Planet Abu Dhabi-UAE

Implemented the retail policy of the COO-Retail Division and assisted in achieving the budgeted targets.

Purchased monthly all locally supplied items to the main warehouses and authorized all Local Purchase Orders for direct deliveries to the Superstore.

Managed 3 different “DATA BASES” for Warehouse and Superstores Systems.

Tested, Implemented and unified multiple Data Bases into new ERP System

Authorized all Foreign Airfreight “Dry and Perishable” orders.

Costed and priced all Foreign “Sea & Air” purchased items.

Authorized all GRN’s after 100% check on the retail prices and their respective margins.

Prepared and authorized all retail price changes.

Verified the monthly Gross Profit margins report.

Authorized the Daily Sales Report.

Monitored the accuracy of the monthly inventory of the various departments in the Superstore.

Authorized all cash payments from the Superstore petite cash.

Authorized the monthly payroll of the Superstore.

Prepared all marketing agreements (BDA) for displays and shelf rentals in the Superstore.

Prepared and produced reports, feasibility studies, comparison studies and any market retail related statistics for the COO-Retail Division. Page 3 of 4

Apr. 95 – Jun. 98 Purchasing Manager

NCC Group of Companies Abu Dhabi-UAE

Managed all tasks pertaining to the acquisition of all, local and overseas, purchases for both the retail division (3 supermarkets) and the catering division.

Managed all activities related to the company logistics covering all tasks from scheduling to delivery routing and the periodical maintenance of the fleet.

Managed the marketing and retail activities of the supermarket managers and supervisors.

Handled the Wholesale Division (Trading) activities from answering inquiries to item acquisition to delivery.

Managed all activities pertaining to central stores and warehousing.

Advised and supervised the IT strategy and computerization implementation in the company covering hardware, software and networking. Oct. 92 - Mar. 95 Retail Coordinator

NCC Group of Companies-Retail Division: Abela & Souq Planet Abu Dhabi-UAE

Assisted the COO-Retail Division in all daily activities.

Produced feasibility and marketing studies for the retail division pertaining to overseas imports of perishable, food and non-food supermarket items.

Coordinated the stock movement between the retail, wholesale and catering divisions in the company.

Managed all local supermarket acquisitions.

Apr. 91 – Sep. 92 Supermarket Manager

NCC Group of Companies-Retail Division: Abela & Souq Planet Abu Dhabi-UAE

Carried the daily duties of a supermarket manager, reporting directly to the COO-Retail Division

Managed 18 supermarket staff members

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Education:

1989 Lebanese University Beirut–Lebanon

Under graduate in Business Computer.

1984 The Secondary Evangelical School Zahle-Lebanon

Lebanese Baccalaureate II – Mathematics Program. 1982 The Secondary Evangelical School Zahle-Lebanon

Lebanese Baccalaureate I – Scientific Section.

Languages: Fluent spoken and written Arabic and English. Computer related skills: Windows & Microsoft Office Personal Info:

Age 59 years.

Lebanese.

Married with 2 Children Ages 23 and 19

Valid UAE Driving license

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