Ali Bahnoo

• Directed multitasking teams in successfully completing complex design projects on time and within budget.
• Spearheaded creative brainstorming sessions with internal team and higher managers, cultivating an environment of innovation and collaboration.
• lead design team meetings and issued action items between clients and vendors.
• Oversaw mentorship and development of installers, enhancing team performance on sites.
• Provided cost-effective technical solutions.
• Mentored junior designers, providing guidance on design principles, techniques, and best practices to enhance their skill set.
• Increased client satisfaction by providing tailored retail consulting design services and identifying areas for many clients to name few, Diesel, Margeila, Christian Louboutin, MCM, Maxmara, Longchamp and Boss.

• Articulate strategic priorities and physical merchandising solutions through digital store-support guides using Adobe Suite, AutoCAD and Revit
• Manage all project financial objectives ensuring any project that deviates from its original scope, critical path and/or allocated budget is addressed promptly.
• Managing construction production and delivery of merchandising guides with vendors and stakeholders
• Developing visual merchandising standards also providing instruction sheets to the stores teams.
• Translating business strategies into practical merchandising solutions.
• Design, procure, and execute additional fixture solutions as needed for all retail channels
• Conducting training for Visual Merchandising and Space Planning Specialists.
• Create schematic planograms and assortment sheets for cross-functional points of sale, retailers, and partners
• Lead cross-functional teams through end-to-end project lifecycle - from intake/ideation to in-store execution
• Facilitate physical in-store presentation walk-throughs with key stakeholders from merchandising and store operations.

• Global Visual Merchandising Manager for a global beauty brand, in over 56 countries and more than 10 retailers. Reporting daily to the
Founders of the company.
• Developed projects with the team and stakeholders as per the brand guidelines with the marketing team where there are design
elements involved with more than 10 retailers globally.
• Reviewed and approved vendor’s quotes and purchase orders as to progress, tracking jobs to be completed and materials delivered to
site as per the timeline.
• Managed team of 3 cross-functional for design, distribution, production and visual to make sure the progress goes as per the planned
timeline to achieve the in-store date and targeted sales plan.
• Created full concept and mood boards for new campaigns for digital and printed based artwork and visuals.
• Follow up with vendors for site inspection of materials and equipment or new prototypes and make team decisions to move forward.
• Implemented project management timelines for all POS with each retailer worldwide and 3rd party agencies/vendors.
• Contributed internally with e-comm, sales and marketing on a monthly/quarterly basis to share selling information, assortment
rotation, sku count recommendation, and translations in terms of communications and descriptions including prices for each new
launch/updates. Forecasted yearly budget, stock and testers as per the retail assortments.
• Developed instructional materials and the required communication with the brand managers to ease installation materials to store
levels field members if needed.

• Designing all the visuals and graphics that are required according to the campaign with the region needs.
• Manage and in charge of all operation stages for new stores for all merchandising elements.
• Follow up with the suppliers making sure the timeline for the production, materials and shipping to meet the due date.
• In charge for forecasting the girds per store and whichever needs update according to the budget and performance

• Sketch/draw Pos (Boutiques, Counters, Studios) Layout And All Related Drawings With Paris Hq To Make Sure From Design, Production
And Installation As Planned With The Guidelines Of Retailers.
• Managed Planograms And Visuals/artworks For All Types Of Pos And The Product Displays As Per The Merchandising Guidelines To The
Regional Assortments As Per Marketing Calendar.
• Design And Implant In Many Local Activation And Window Animation With Different Retailers And Boutiques With Marketing Team.
• In Charge For All Maintenance That Required On The Spot, Also Work Permit And Approvals Between Retails, Hq And Internal Team.

• Managed plans and drawings, appointments with clients according to their needs
• Made conceptual sketches and designs, selected materials, colors, finishes visiting sites
• Worked with Salon furniture companies such as (Gamma & Bross, Fendi Casa, Karim Rashid, Marcel Wanders)
• Supervised for Spas, Saloons, Beauty Clinics and Nail bars during the construction also developed products display and artworks for such as (Wella, Sebastian
• Essie, Thalgo)

• Managed meetings, appointments, sheets, charts and BOQs.
• Coordinated for Fixture Furniture & Equipment’s, selected materials, colors, finishes and finding local suppliers.
• Supervised Interior design of 2 Towers each 30 floors with contractors, project managers and co-workers.