Ashraf Watson

Experience

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  SHIMANSKY COLLECTION

  Mar 2006 - Jan 2010

  Duties and Responsibilities included● Merchandising of all jewelry.● Scheduling monthly shift roster for myself and 11 staff members.● Delegate daily stock counts for 3 shifts and report back to Head Office.● Completing my staff’s performance reviews on time and in full.● Sales and quoting clients on jewelry which need to be made up.● General housekeeping within the store.Skills and Achievements● Reaching personal and store targets. ● Opened and managed the Cape Town International Departures store. Show less

  • Store Manager

    Feb 2008 - Jan 2010

  • Sales Specialist

    Mar 2006 - Jan 2008
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  MBM Africa

  Feb 2010 - Feb 2011

  Showroom Manager

  Duties and Responsibilities included● Manage business as usual activities on the showroom floor.● Rearrange and dressing up furniture on a weekly basis for a fresher look.● Reach sales targets monthly.● Arrange and manage with all manufacturers on makeup jobs.Skills and Achievements● Communicating clearly with all types of clients and listening to what they need and provided all options for them to plan before buying. ● Going the extra mile by delivering orders myself when short-staffed Show less

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  British American Tobacco

  Mar 2011 - Mar 2019

  Duties and Responsibilities include● Create code creation excel sheets and maintain specification requests by product developers. ● Create a weekly Data Quality report from Tao and SAP, send to affected stakeholders/end markets and correct any specification in my area. ● Data management with regards to the departments SharePoint page.Skills and Achievements● Successfully implemented Standard Operating Procedures for dealing with suppliers and clearing agents. ● Arranged, moved and set up all sample room’s computers, machinery, and equipment to a new location.● Going the extra mile to help my colleagues with IT issues they may experience, may it be with their company mobile or laptop. Show less Duties and Responsibilities include● Analyze competitor products by means of blend separation using microscopes.● Report findings to the relevant developers and adding to the BAT global separation database to track all developments with certain products.● Make sure the recalibration of equipment is done annually.Skills and Achievements● Successfully trained new/extra blend separators to cater for the huge workload. ● Over time I became the most accurate blend separator in the whole of the British American Tobacco group.● Received employee of the month for my work and acquiring the top spot in blend separation. Show less Duties and Responsibilities include● General housekeeping to prevent beetle infestation.● Annual renewal of tobacco import permits.● Send and receive tobacco samples globally, and follow Standard Operating Procedures when receiving, logging and storing. ● Cut tobacco and prepare cigarette samples for the expert panel to evaluate.● Arrange and send tobacco samples to the lab for a test when requested to do so.● Record and report findings to the blending community for any high-risk tobacco issues.● Arrange and destroy tobacco samples annually.● Provide an annual report on all evaluated samples for that year. Skills and Achievements● On arrival rearranged the existing sample room and tobacco freezer making it more efficient in locating samples.● Proactively I created a new leaf sample database while maintaining the 2-year retention policy for tobacco samples.● Founded new ways of working for quicker turnaround time for preparing and evaluating tobacco samples. Show less

  • Specification Executive

    Jan 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Blend Analyst

    Jan 2014 - Mar 2019

  • Sample Technician

    Mar 2011 - Mar 2019
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  AnyVan.com

  Apr 2021 - Jul 2021

  Customer Service Agent

  Fulfilling our customers needs, making sure the job gets done day in and day out to the highest quality.

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  Cape Union Mart Group

  Aug 2021 - now

  Assistant leader at Cape Union Mart. Day to day operation of the store, reaching targets and giving the best shopping experience at the best outdoor lifestyle leisure store.

  • Leader

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Assistant Leader

    Aug 2021 - Jul 2024