Md. Jaffer Ekbal Ansari is an experienced retail operation and category manager with over 10 years of expertise in sales and marketing, currently working as a category specialist at Landmark Arabia in Saudi Arabia. His background includes significant roles in operations management, staff supervision, inventory control, and business development in various retail environments. He holds a bachelor's degree in arts and a master's degree in marketing, with strong skills in analysis, problem-solving, and communication.

1. MD.JAFFER EKBAL ANSARI
MD Jaffer Ekbal Ansari
H. No-E35, F/F, Rear Side
Vishwash Park, Uttam Nagar
New Delhi-110059
Mob# +91 8010987301
Al Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mob# +966 56 592 7892
Email : jaffer.ekbal@gmail.com
Career Profile: Seeking the position of a Retail Operation & Category Manager wherein I can
make effective use of my sales and marketing skills towards the growth of the organization. In
Quest of challenging assignments in marketing/business development with growth oriented
organizations.
Professional Excellence Summary:
 Have adequate knowledge regarding the relation with retail sales and service operations with the
essence of marketing and sales support.
 Have experienced in developing and directing individual as well as associate staffs.
 Dynamic sales professional with 10+ years of successful experience in new business development,
competitive market share expansion and relation building. Leveraged finely honed interpersonal
and time management skills to successfully manage a team and increase profitability. Highly
energetic and has a genuine passion for Selling, business expansion and people management.
Consistently achieved strong record of outperforming sales quotas, developing new business and
strengthening relationship, in ever-changing Industries like Retail and Real Estate. Core
competencies include.
Professional Background:
1st
October 2016 – Present date: Work as the Category Specialist
(Beauty/Fashion/Youth & Impulse) for Landmark Arabia, Lifestyle in Riyadh, Saudi-
Arabia.
 Manage 41 Stores in Central Region, Saudi Arabia as a Category Specialist for Beauty/Fashion/Youth &
Impulse.
 Review of Previous Day sales vs Budget achievement Store wise & Communicating with the Store team
on reason of not achieving the budget & getting feedback if any stock.
 Sku’s wise, sub class & supplier wise sales review i.e. what has been sold previous day & what is not
available in Wh. Then We Do the Consolidation immediately to the top sales Contributing stores if the
stocks are not available in the WH.
 Monitoring the consolidated items are moving to the requested stores 100% on time by
communicating with the Store Staff & Sm's individually.

2.  Reviewing the stock availability of Top selling Sku's in the region & requesting the inter consolidation
within KSA level by coordinating with the planning team & in case of scarcity of the same with in KSA
we escalate the request to the Buyers.
 S1G1 Review i.e. what is sold vs Replenishment & Do the manual transfer for the missing Sku’s
instantly.
 Daily walk through the Staging area & Coordinating with the WH for clearance of the staging area.
 Coordinating with the WH team for stock dispatch based on store receiving capacity.
 Reviewing the CP allocation vs store wise stock holding capacity & do the correction where ever
required (We call each Store manager/ Dept. Staff & understand the practical Challenges before we
allocate the stocks.).
 Physical Check of the Products before we allocate the stocks in order to ensure the allocation is
accurate as per the MDQ.
 While checking the products physically we give the feedback on the Pricing, Product defects etc. then
Then We Upload the Pre-Allocation.
 Daily Monitoring the movement of ageing stocks & suggesting the PR if the liquidation is poor.
 We Check each & every fitting are properly aligned as per the layout.
 New GRN's are prioritized on the front pocket & highlighted properly as per the Display Guidelines.
 Destination Display is done as per the guidelines.
 Non trading allocated for display purpose are utilized correctly.
 Getting product feedback from Dept. staff & Manager on the fast seller & the slow seller then we take
appropriate action very next day against it.
 Training dept. staffs on the Display Guidelines & Customer service.
 Cross checking the Consolidation request has been sent or received 100%.
 Cross Checking if any Damage items are displayed.
 Observing the productivity of some categories & Suggesting to AM's & CM for the dept. area reduction
or expansion.
 Feedback to AM's & CM about the observation during store visit.
 Competitor Survey on weekly basis & feedback to the buying team on product quality, Pricing, location
& promotion/ Offers.
 Conducting I Connect training on the critical issues & provide solution on monthly basis.
 New Sore opening (stocks plan and merchandising).
 Pre- event we pre-planned the stocks on department level and help the store team for execution.
 Product feedback on slow seller/ fast seller as per market trend, we send to buyers.
 Store re-merchanding post event based on requirement in order to align the display guideline and
keep the best store standard.
 We analyze the store wise performance of our respective department on weekly basis and take
corrective action to overcome the DE growth on those certain stores in terms of Stocks mix, staffing,
display, store layout etc.
 Monitor every month Sales Event sales thru in every Cosmetics brand for all location and monitor stock
level as well.

3.  Every week send MTD and YTD sales report to all Cosmetics supplier for their respective Brand and
Organize Business related meeting with Concept Head.
Professional Experience:
7 June 2016 – 27th
September 2016: Work as the Assistant HUB Manager for Big
Basket.com (Innovative Retail Concepts Pvt. Ltd.) in Sarita Vihar, Badarpur, New
Delhi.
 Manage 60,000 Sq. Ft & 15 Cr Monthly Sales Hub Areas at Sarita Vihar, Badarpur New Delhi.
 Supervision for a staff group comprise with 80 people.
 Provide essential holding inventory, accounting, and regulations as well as the monthly and daily
analytical reports.
 Formulate daily, weekly, monthly and yearly sales and activities reports.
 Offered important motivation and supervision to the employees.
 Performed essential functions like interviewing staff, performance reviews, as well as provided training
programs to new retail staff.
 Provide total financial workout making sure that supplies orders are according to the budgetary needs.
 Assigned the tasks of analyzing sales figures as well as forecasting sales volumes to boost up the
profits.
 Every week attend weekly business review meet with business head & operation head.
 Work on Various Key Report:
o Delivery Exception Report
o Collection Exception Report
o Van Performance Report
o CEE Performance Report
o Stock Exception Report
o Asset Tracker Report for Hub
o Order QC Status Report for DC to Hub
o Manual RTV Report
o Shift Handover Report
o Van Assignment Changes Report
o Attendance and Uniform Report
o Cash Collection Report
o Van Departure Report
o Potential Delay Report.
o Hub Performance Report
o Capacity Utilization Report
o Invoiced but Not delivered Report
o Order Acknowledgment Report
o Produce Undelivered Report.
Professional Experience:
11 August 2014 – 26 April 2016: Work as the Assistant Manager for Bharti Retail Ltd,
in Retail Operation Store Set Up PAN India.
 Making STO (Stock Transfer Order) as per BOQ fixtures according to ML (Modular Layout) & Budget in
to the SAP.

4.  Raised Vehicle request to concern dept. for fixtures dispatching & making PR (Purchase Requisition) in
SAP
 Making SRR (Store Return Request) as per Excess Fixtures lying in the old & new Stores.
 Coordinating with the project and VM team for smooth opening and functioning of the stores.
 Coordinating with merchandising & replenishment team for ensuring merchandise availability,
especially as per the promos and product movement.
 Incorporating catchments study for new stores, bench marking and brand building.
 Space selling tie-up and cross promotions with other companies.
 Launch Event - Planning and implementation.
 Monitoring competitor activities and devising effective counter measures.
 Ensuring branding of all upcoming projects via print media and hoardings across region
 Evaluating and coaching newly-hired business development managers, Team Leader & Associates.
 Assessing, evaluating & providing feedback on critical areas of improvement to other Business
development managers.
 Handling All Admin Related Works (Like: Supplies, Broadband Connection, Telephone Lines & etc.)
 Ensure Price Labelling (100%) & 400 above flag at the time store launch.
 Ensure all promos reflecting in to the Wincor POS & coordinate with ISD team.
 Coordinate with the ISD team for all ISD related configuration and Installation.
 Coordinate with Legal team for availability of all licenses at the time of store launch.
 Coordinate with HR team for availability of all HR related stationary & documents availability at store
at the time of store launch.
 Handholding retail team for initial month of launch, which included –
o Setting targets, handling manpower, planning for boosting sale & reducing expenses.
o Supervising customer service operations for rendering quality services.
o Providing backend support and forwarding customer pending issue for follow-ups.
o Maintaining the MIS of sales, ABV, and footfalls.
o Leading, training & monitoring the performance of team members.
Professional Experience:
7 January 2014 – 9 August 2014: Work as the Store Operation Manager for Bharti
Retail Ltd, in Super Market (New Delhi-Prashant Vihar)
 Supply necessary supervision for a staff group comprise with 21 people.
 Provide total financial workout making sure that supplies orders are according to the budgetary needs.
 Provide essential inventory, accounting, purchasing rules and regulations as well as the monthly and
daily analytical reports.
 Take necessary steps for monitor inventory with the use of inventory log.
 Analyzed the list of damage objects and determine which needs repair and which does not need.
 Formulated and executed pioneering order supply and tracking inventory control procedure.
 Carried out the entire preparation and monitoring the operational budgets and P&L with Good Margin.
 Used computerized coordination for inputting data with the proper monitoring of inventory systems.
 Work out specific merchandising, ordering and maintenance features inventory control.
 Take essential measures for coordinating particular marketing events and promotions.
 Formulate daily, weekly, monthly and yearly sales and activities reports.
 Participant in local market enhancement program along with making advertising planning.
 Provided necessary assistance for merchandising and local purchase
 Took necessary controls regarding opening or closing a store.
 Offered important motivation and supervision to the employees.

5.  Performed essential functions like interviewing staff, performance reviews, as well as provided training
programs to new retail staff.
 Played a key role in making decisions regarding stock control as well as managed stock levels.
 Maintaining the MIS of Sales, ABV and footfalls.
16 August 2012 – 6 January 2014: Work as the Assistant Manager for Bharti Wal-Mart
Retail Ltd, in Store Planning & Set up-India.
(PAN INDIA)
15 September 2008 – 15 August 2012: Work as the Team Leader Operation for Bharti
Retail Ltd, in Store Compaq & Hyper market & Super Market.
(Karnal, Ghaziabad-Vaishali and Delhi-Pitampura)
Retail Cash Associate 2007-2008
Big Bazaar- GIP Noida (UP)
Responsibilities:
 Assigned the tasks of analyzing sales figures as well as forecasting sales volumes to boost up the
profits.
 Handled the responsibilities of updating knowledge of market trends in the retail industry and
monitoring the activities of the competitors.
 Implemented innovative store promotions to achieve the financial objective of the organization.
 Handled other tasks like daily financial, inventory control and accounting.
Professional Achievements:
Achieved sales goals as set forth by organization, and educate customers on the product and services of
the client and certified “SCOPE’’ program complete in Wal-Mart.
Professional strengths:
 Successfully opened 20 above new stores across Punjab, Haryana, Delhi MP, UP and Rajasthan
(Wal-Mart & Bharti-Retail).
 Automated inventory of fixtures for instant calculation of depreciation amount and period, to enable
quick decision making on their movement (Wal-Mart & Bharti-Retail).
 Comprehensive knowledge of collecting data and establishing facts.
 Strong analytical and organizational skills.
 Excellent negotiations and problem solving skills.
 Good command over verbal and written communication skills.
 Competent in operating network like Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Windows, SAP and
the Internet.
 Quick learner and ability meet deadlines.
Educational Qualification:
Bachelor's degree in Arts-2007
Master’s degree in Marketing-2010

6. Computer Programming Skills:
 Known Office Package: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft
PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlook Express, SMART, SAP, ER and Oracle & BI Publisher.
Personal Details:
Father’s Name : Md. Zainual Abdin
Date of Birth : 6/09/1985
Father’s Occupation : Railway Employee
Sex : Male
Marital Status : Married
Language Known : Hindi, English, Urdu
Nationality : Indian
Permanent Address : C/O Md. Zainual Abdin
Walipur Road,
Post – Jamalpur, Dist. – Munger,
Bihar– 811214