Mohammad Walid Halwani

Experience

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  The Sultan Center

  Sept 2007 - Sept 2010

  Imports Buyer -Super Market Division

  •Responsible for replenishing imported products and assuring optimal stock levels by developing forecasts and Re-ordering Calendars.•Ordered products for various seasons of the year and for different store concepts, and allocated the necessary quantity for each store to achieve desired sales.•Issued orders and communicated with the supplying companies from all around the globe.•Insured all documentations were available, legalized, and attested properly. •Costed shipments and checked for discrepancies if short /over shipped and investigated for data if any damages were found within the shipment to build on when issuing claims.•Responsible for product discounts and liquidations, especially whenever old products or close to expiry products needed to be sold to avoid shrinkage and to make room for new products in the warehouse and outlets.•Made sure that all the warehouse, logistical, and store inventory processes are coordinated in order to make sure those products were efficiently and successfully delivered to the appropriate stores.•Responsible for reporting all the activities of the supply chain to upper management for budgeting and business development purposes.•Accountable for product availability, stock turns, shrink, and gross profit. Show less

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  M1 Group

  Oct 2010 - Sept 2012

  Accountant

  •Prepared payments by verifying documentation and requesting disbursements.•Guided accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.•Complied with local financial legal requirements by applying existing and new legislations.•Prepared asset, liability, and capital account entries by analyzing accounts information.•Reconciled financial discrepancies (sister companies and banks) by collecting and analyzing accounts information on monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis.•Prepared management reports (Balance sheet, Profit and Loss, Cash flows) and other reports on monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.•Uploaded data on Hyperion Financial Management software.•Secured financial information and transactions by completing data base backups. Show less

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  The Sultan Center

  Oct 2012 - now

  Senior Category Manager

  - Managing product categories as business units and customizing them in all TSC’s 7 outlets in Oman to satisfy customer needs hence achieving the company financial targets.•Managing a team of 3 persons (1 assistant Category Manager and 2 Administrative assistants) by delegating tasks to insure best time management hence meeting deadlines and targets set for the department.•Researching, benchmarking ,and assessing market, risks, competition ,trends, and new opportunities to make sure that the best values are achieved and to keep the organization ahead of competition.•Optimizing shopper satisfaction and fulfilling the role chosen by the company for the category within the overall portfolio of categories in the retail format.•Responsible for conducting item level assortment analysis.•Complete promotional planning (item selection, proofing templates within context of corporate and portfolio criteria).•Assuring best combination of product assortment, price, presentation, and promotion which optimizes the category role. •Responsible to review daily, weekly, monthly, and annual category, sub category projections/actual, and make adjustments as needed.• In charge of supplier management (Negotiating annual contracts and business reviews). •Accountable for sales, gross profit, other operating income, inventory, and shrink targets budget. Show less