Ibrahim Jibaoui
VMM - VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER
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Ibrahim Jibaoui
VMM - VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER
I’m a visual merchandising manager with 13 years of experience in, 5 years in a managerial role. I started my career as a freelancer, for the last ten years I’ve been working with Al Shaya group, i over saw the visual merchandising process for two stores in Beirut Lebanon, where I Gained an excellent experience in Garment Professional in Sales, Marketing, Merchandising, Sourcing, Designing, Sampling, recruitment and Production from follow up till final Shipment.
My Proven track record of successfully implementing visual merchandising strategies at a Clusters level, gained me the trust of my regional seniors, where i was assigned as a stand-alone to execute the Opening and Launching PINK by Victoria Secrets,
adding to that my familiarity and creativity within the industry trends and best practices, supported my business performance across Clusters, and strengthened my planning and building displays that maximize impact on a day-to-day basis,
I Gained a wide knowledge in creating signage, arranging lighting, working with suppliers, and moving equipment, -all while maintaining close connections at wider retail levels such as negotiating prices or discussing marketing strategies, directing, overseeing, and producing the entire visual merchandising process for retail stores, including store openings, visual standards, fixture placement, floor setup, window display, fixture design, P.O.S., and merchandising presentation concepts for retail stores, etc.
Resume
Resume
Education
C&E Collage
BT3 Hospitality Management
2009
AUCE University
Bachelor Hospitality Management
2011
Employment
Victoria Secret
Visual Merchandiser Manager
Sep 2021 - Present
Full assortment store • Dubai Festival City
Full assortment store • Mirdif City Center
Flagship store • Dubai Mall UAE
- Creatively expand store on weekly promotions and events.
- Performed sales floor planning.
- Created visual displays.
- Set a clear image for result.
- Act in alignment to the organization’s culture, and targeted market.
- Monitor costs and work within budget.
- Oversee the production and brief staff on arranging displays.
- Change displays to promote new product launches.
- Liaise with suppliers and source elements.
- Research lifestyle, demographics, and design trend.
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Store Manager
July 2020 - August 2021
Hashtag # clothing store. (Lebanon)
- Create attractive layers and window displays.
- Developing store strategies to raise customers’ pool.
- Meet sales goals by training, motivating, & mentoring.
- Ensuring high levels of customers satisfaction.
- Track sales and best-selling items.
- Create weekly & monthly Report.
- Deal with all issues that arise (complaints, grievances etc.).
- Maintain awareness of market trends.
- Designed and outposts for opening promotions and sales.
- Directing, the entire visual merchandising process.
- Analyzed business trends and implement creative strategies.
- Track and maintain inventory.
- Strategize ways to increase unmoving items sales.
Victoria Secrets & PINK
Cluster Visual Merchandiser Supervisor Acting Manager In charge
Feb 2014 - Dec 2020
Stand-alone opening & launching
Victoria Secrets (ABC Achrafieh) and PINK (ABC Verdun)
- Maintained merchandising transfers records.
- Designed outposts for opening promotions and sales.
- Directing and producing the entire visual merchandising process.
- Work very closely with the fashion retailers Head Office team .
- Developed and coordinated brand strategies.
- implementing all marketing trade and marketing programs.
- Analyzed business trends and implemented creative strategies.
- Install graphics and signage and dismantle displays.
- Create new design ideas.
- Build visual libraries of products.
- Install graphics and signage and dismantle displays.
- Tracked and maintained inventory levels within corporate Guidelines.
- Analyze the need for Product.
- Create visual representations of existing and new products.
- Act in alignment to the organization’s culture.
- Monitor costs and work within budget.
- Managed interior and exterior displays of 1600-M2 design center.
- Revamped 60% of floor plan and merchandising.
- Collaborated with management to strategize ways to increase unmoving items sales.
- Facilitated sell-off of obsolete and overstock inventory.
DACH Beirut – Angels – Caramel – Taboo – iLike
Free Lancing Visual Merchandising
2011 - 2021
- Performing market research regarding competition and trend.
- Created reports and discuss opportunities.
- Performing market research regarding competition and trends.
- Created research reports and discuss opportunities with supervisors.
- Provided support to each promotional activity by assisting in creating and Implementing visual merchandising strategies.
- Dressed mannequins according to themes and colors being followed by campaign.
- Assisted in setting up and maintaining fixtures such as props and detailed displays.
- Analyze the need for visual merchandising by looking through Product details.
- Create visual representations of existing and new products.
- Build visual libraries of products.
Professional Training
AlShaya Group Training Center
Becoming a Professional
2018
Grow With Us
GWU Certificate
2019 - 2020
It was an Honour for me to work for Victoria Secrets under the umbrella of Al Shaya Group specially to have the opportunity to get into the Grow with Alshaya training program the experience was very Knowledgeable and challenging and I learned a lot. I would like to thank all the seniors, and in particular Ms. Viktoriya Maznichenko, who was and still so helpful and supportive since day one.
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Visual Merchandising
Skills Highlights
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Visual Merchandising
Key Accountabilities
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Coursework
Aquired Skills
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- Workforce Development Critical
- Thinking
- Introduction to Fashion
- Art for Fashion Design
- Fashion Retailing
- Apparel Computer
- Systems Sketching
- Product Promotion
- Problem solving
- Meeting deadlines
- Communication champion
Portfolio
Portfolio
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Apparel (1)Apparel (1)
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Intimates (37)Intimates (37)
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Beauty (1)Beauty (1)
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