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Tarek El Saifi

Luxury Fashion Buyer

46years • Paris

Summary

More than 13 years experience in Luxury Buying & Management

Skills

Decision makingAttention to detail

Experiences

Luxury Buyer

12-2017 - 04-2019 Project / Product management - Responsible for bringing in and buying new designer and contemporary brands into the new dstore concept store Such as [PUCCI, Dsquared2, Giuseppe Zanotti, Coreneliani, No21, MSGM, M Missoni, Red Valentino, Zadig&Voltaire, The Kooples, Weill ] and many more . - Worked closely with brand managers in my department on stock levels and rotation for existing franchise brands from Nile Projects in dstore multi-brand stores such as [ Burberry, Ferragamo, Tod's, Polo Ralph Lauren].

Head Buyer

10-2007 - 06-2017 Procurement - Responsible for the buying & selection of all men's brands for BEYMEN Cairo ,[Dior Homme, Saint Laurent, Gucci, Fendi, Neil Barrett, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Giueseppe Zanotti, Philipp Plein, Dsquared2, Kenzo, Golden Goose] and many more. - Managed to increase the men’s department sellout by 20%. - Regularly reviewing brands performance indicators and stock levels. - Ongoing market visits to fully understand Local Market needs & insure retail prices are in line with the local market and suppliers markets. - Build excellent relations with suppliers. - Work closely with merchandiser & finance manager to insure payment & delivery is on the right track. - Conduct training sessions for sale staff (brands history - manufacturing process- trends etc.

Multi Brands Men's Store manager Assistant Buyer

10-2006 - 06-2007 Sales- Responsible for managing all the Men's department after three months of sales experience on the shop floor. - Assisted the store manager and held in charge of the Villa-Moda Warehouse sale which took place for two weeks in order to sell all remaining stock. - Assisted the Head Buyer June/July 07 in Milan for the Men's fashion week & buying of more than 30 brands.

Consumer Companion & HoReCa Manager

12-2003 - 05-2006 Marketing- Responsible for recruitment, management and training a team of 50 A class Local trendsetter Saudis to revert back with consumer feedback. - Responsible for contracting and installing in store furniture with exclusive top HoReCa outlets within KSA (Hotels Restaurants Cafes).

Consumer Companion Representative

09-2001 - 11-2003 MarketingResponsible for implementing the CCR program in Alexandria after a year of success in Cairo. - Recruiting managing and training a team of 150 AB class Egyptian trendsetter smokers to act as brand ambassadors and revert back to the company with consumer feedback .

Education & training

Business administration - AAST

1998 - 2001 Bachelor's Degree Alexandria, مصرMarketing

My soft skills

Creative
Innovative
Team player
Positive

Languages spoken

  • English

    Professional

  • French

    Native language

  • Arabic

    Native language

  • Italian

    Intermediate

My dreams

One day

Head buyer

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