New vacancy - Bahrain - Fashion Divisional Manager

A head office and field based international role that takes accountability for driving sales and profitability of a specific groups of Brands through an existing (and expanding) store portfolio. Accountable for ensuring all Brands deliver a consistent approach towards the Customer Service Proposition, specified visual excellence and high retail standards. Sphere of responsibility requires commercial decision making, development of a strong and effective team and regional knowledge spanning 6 territories.

Key Objectives:

? Accountable for the achievement of the agreed Divisional Brand Business Plans
? Focused upon coaching Brand Managers to consistently deliver the Customer Service Proposition and influence the Principles at all levels for the benefit of the business.
? Drive Brand Managers to meet and exceed agreed Business and Store level KPI?s
? Reviews the effective delivery of Brand retail standards
? Recruitment and development of Brand Managers / Merchandisers to support future promotion (succession) opportunities across the Fashion Division
? Brand Building, expansion and relationship management with existing and potential Principles / Partners
? Key negotiation with Principles to ensure each Brand operates profitably within each respective region.
? Influence the Principles on strategic changes if required to ensure the brand delivers market values.

New Vacancy - Bahrain - Fashion

We are currently in search of a 'Head of Business - Fashion' to control all retail operations for this leading client.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success in fashion retail regional / country / operations management ensuring all KPI's are consistently achieved.
You will have a keen eye for VM and the ability to drive sales and standards through a motivated and developed team.

GCC fashion experience is a must.

On offer is a package to circa 40,000Dhs per month and a bonus potential exceeding 50%.

New Vacancies - Saudi

Currently seeking :-
Retail Internal Auditor to 20000SR - Riyadh
Retail Supply Chain Manager to 20000SR - Riyadh
Marketing Manager - Female to 15000SR - Al - Khobar
Store Ops Manager - 25000SR - Lux fashion - Riyadh

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New Vacancy - N.East England to 55k - 12 month Contract

Responsible for the purchase and sourcing across of all Goods Not For Resale, working closely across all functions to ensure that products and services are sourced as cost effectively and as efficiently as possible. Ensures that there are appropriate contracts or agreements in place with suppliers and that each has a clear business owner. Maintain effective order and invoice, and discount authorisation processes in conjunction with business supply owners.
Cv's to neil@globalretailrecruitment.com

New vacancies - UAE and Saudi

Business manager- Wholesale Retail - UAE to 30000. Must have retail 10 years + fashion experience. HR Manager - UAE to 25000 - must have 10 years HR experience + 3 years in GCC / UAE Marketing Manager- Al-Khobar - 15000SR - Female with retail experience

Abdulla brothers to repay $165m over 18 months

UAE jewellery retailer Damas International on Wednesday announced that the three Abdulla brothers have given a formal commitment to repay $165m they owe the company over the next 18 months.

The payment schedule is part of the formal settlement agreement between the Abdulla family and Damas, in respect of the repayment of unauthorised transactions that led to the resignation of Tawhid Abdulla as CEO last month.

The Abdulla brothers have undertaken to pay $55m within 6 months; an aggregate of $110m within 12 months; and the total within 18 months.
The company added that should auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) discover further unauthorised payments as part of their investigations, repayments would need to be paid within two years.

The Abdullah brothers produced a list of assets that are potentially available for liquidation to be converted by them into cash to meet their obligations.

These included real estate investments in the Middle East and North Africa (including a number of residential and commercial buildings and units in the UAE) and an investment in a shopping mall in Turkey.

As part of the settlement agreement, the Abdulla brothers have also pledged 350 million of their shares in the company that would be transferred in whole or in part back to the company in the event of the terms of the settlement Agreement are breached.

Last month, PWC was appointed by the board of the company as an independent auditor to examine unauthorised transactions conducted by former CEO and MD Tawhid Abdulla.

The appointment of PWC follows the formation of a separate committee to examine the transactions in detail.

Harvey Nichols CEO sees Dubai luxury market saturation

The chief executive of luxury retailer Harvey Nichols has expressed reservations about the number of upmarket department stores coming to Dubai.

I have my reservations regarding the future sustainability of so many competitors in the same place, where the population ismaybe less than two million,Joseph Wan told Arabian Business in an interview in Dubai.

But at least we, Harvey Nichols, have the first-mover advantage. We were the first ones to come, and ever since we opened we have been trading very successfully.
In March 2006 the luxury British retailer opened its largest outlet outside the UK in Dubais Mall of the Emirates. The store is operated by the Al Tayer Group.

High-end store Saks Fifth Avenue opened in BurJuman in 2004 as a joint venture with the Chalhoub Group, and launched a second branch on The Walk at the Jumeirah Beach Residence in 2008.

France?s Galeries Lafayette, a partnership between Emaar Malls Group, Galeries Lafayette and Gard Investments, opened in The Dubai Mall in May this year.

US rival Bloomingdales has partnered with the Al Tayer Group to open two outlets in the same mall in February next year.

I will have to wait and see. Clearly, in the long term it is hard to believe that all of us will be doing very well, said Wan.

But who will be doing better or worse I do not want to forecast, it remains to be seen. All I can say is that up to now, we have been doing exceptionally well, well above all our original expectations.

Sales at Harvey Nichols in Dubai were down in single digits compared to last year, he said.

Luxury brands pin hopes on Middle East

Van Cleef and Arpels, the French luxury retailer, sees the Middle East as a prime destination for high-end shopping.

Stanislas de Quercize, the president and chief executive of Van Cleef and Arpels, said in the next two months it would open four stores in the GCC; two in Kuwait, and one each in Qatar and Bahrain. Those four represent one half of the total number of stores to be opened by of the company worldwide this year.

The company already has three stores in the UAE.

Mr de Quercize said the retailer was eager to establish a foothold in the region to prepare for the GCCs future growth.

This is the region in the world where the 21st century is being built and we want to be a part of it, he said.

Luxury sales worldwide have suffered during the economic downturn as consumers shy from discretionary purchases. Such sales will shrink by 8 per cent, to 153 billion this year from 167bn last year, the business consultancy Bain and Co says.

But Bain says the Middle East will be a bright spot for future growth, with 30 per cent of the estimated 300 new luxury boutiques to be opened worldwide going to the region.

The main reason it seems to attract a lot of high-profile brands in the luxury sector is it still has a nice amount of wealth being created in the region, and a high concentration in the GCC, said Laurent-Patrick Gally, a retail analyst at Shuaa Capital in Dubai.

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Vacancies - Riyadh and Al-Khobar

Riyadh - Store Operations Manager to 22000SR - Luxury fashion experience.
Al-Khobar - Retail Operations Director to 35000SR inc allowances - Small Store format experience essential. Experience of multi-site retail ops exceeding 50 stores. More vacancies at www.globalretailrecruitment.com and www.globalrecruitmentconsulting.com

Flying to Saudi Arabia!!! Hajj

it is currently Hajj, if you are boarding a plane to Saudi between Nov 1st and Nov 21st you may not be able to fly! 90% sure you won't fly even with all Visa paperwork. PLEASE CHECK FIRST before waving goodbye.