Alejandro Garcia Estefan

International Commercial Operations Manager at Ulysse Nardin

Neuchâtel, Switzerland

About

Experience

  • Ulysse Nardin (7 yrs 3 mos)
    • International Sales Operations Director
      May 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos

    • International Commercial Operations Manager
      May 2019 - May 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Jaeger-LeCoultre (Richemont) (5 yrs 7 mos)
    • Area Sales Manager - Middle East
      Apr 2016 - Apr 2019 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      • Responsible of sales in the Middle East: UAE, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Jordan Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Egypt, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Sri Lanka and Maldives, and overviewing India, Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, . • Responsible of Travel Retail (Dubai Duty Free and Maldives) • Developing turnover in the region and ensuring clients meet their targets • In charge of the network animation regarding incentives, promotions, exhibitions and marketing operations • Responsible of the training for the local teams • Project manager for the opening of boutiques in Jeddah (KSA), relocation of the boutique in Riyadh (KSA), developing of the network in Qatar, relocation of the Dubai Mall boutique

    • Operations Manager - Middle East, India and Levant
      Oct 2013 - Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      • Supervision and coordination of the business of the brand across the Middle East, India, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, ensuring smooth and efficient operations • Responsible of the sales forecast (yearly and monthly) and inbound supply chain management. • Implementation of a buffer stock in Dubai • Ensure proper allocation of stocks per market • In charge of the dispatch of watches to all countries in the scope and product allocation • Advice sales team on efficient stock management in POS to ensure an optimal product/collection mix • Supervision and management of the sales administrator (2 persons) • Accountable for the selling cost budget and for achieving the monthly sales target • Project manager for the integration of customer service and repairs in the Dubai Richemont platform • In charge of the customer service and repairs in Dubai Richemont platform • Responsible of the S&OP process implementation and results

  • Demand Planning Senior Manager at Philips Consumer Lifestyle
    Jan 2011 - Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    • Management of a team of 6 planners and 1 allocator • Responsible of the sales/demand planning of small domestic appliances and electronic products (over 1400 references for a turnover of 345 M€ per year) • Improvement of the sales plan reliability from 42% to 75% • Decreased obsolete and excess stock levels from 25% to less than 10% • Conception and development of an integrated planning system for all product categories

  • Philips Consumer Lifestyle (4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Demand Planning Process Manager - Global S&OP team
      Mar 2009 - Dec 2010 · 1 yr 10 mos

      • Deployment of the Demand Planning and S&OP processes across all Philips commercial organizations worldwide • Conducted audits on Demand Planning and S&OP processes in all Philips CL local offices • Active participation in the team of SAP APO deployment • Validation of the sales plans of all the commercial organizations • Analysis and control of excess stock and shortages situations in the different countries

    • Regional Operations Manager - Southern Europe
      Sep 2006 - Feb 2009 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      • Responsible of the sales plans of the Floorcare category in France • Integration of Avent products to the Philips demand planning processes • In charge of the demand plans of Avent product range in 5 commercial organizations such as France, Nordic, Iberia, Italy and Central Europe

  • Strategic Purchasing Leader at Schlumberger
    Feb 2005 - Sep 2006 · 1 yr 8 mos

    In charge of purchasing sub-assemblies for manufacturing of tools for exploration and production of oil. In charge as well of a purchasing portfolio of 75 suppliers with a global yearly spend of 35 million €. The main objective being to satisfy the needs of the production lines by managing priorities.