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Introducing ALSHAYA
M.H. Alshaya Co. is a leading international franchise operator for over 55 of the worlds most recognised retail brands, including Mothercare, H&M, Debenhams, American Eagle Outtters, Boots, Starbucks, The Cheesecake Factory, MAC and Victorias Secret. The company operates 2,200 stores across 7 divisions: Fashion & Footwear, Health & Beauty, Food, Optics, Pharmacy, Ofce Supplies and Home Furnishings. Alshayas stores can currently be found in 19 markets across the Middle East & North Africa, Russia, Turkey and Europe and it employs more than 28,000 people from over 90 nationalities.

Business Solutions Placement Opportunities

2012/2013
The company has established itself as the industry leader across these territories through a combination of local market understanding and a comprehensive commitment to customer service. Growth in each of its operating divisions and brands is supported by continuous investment in talent and infrastructure. It applies best practices in retail operations, merchandising, marketing, information technology, logistics, real estate, human resources and nancial controls. M.H. Alshaya Co. is the retail business of the Alshaya Group, which was founded in Kuwait in 1890 and today represents one of the most dynamic companies in the Middle East. In addition to its retail operations, Alshaya is active in a number of other sectors including real estate, automotive, hotels, trading and investments.

BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
Our Objectives - Identify business challenges - Improve business processes - Recommend solutions - Support increase in protability - Initiate key business innovations Our Deliverables - Requirement specications - Business case - Feasibility studies - Cost benet analysis - Business process mapping - Project management - Knowledge centre Our Key Tasks - Requirements study - Business analysis - Business process re-engineering - Data analysis and modelling - Prototyping solutions - Consulting

About the BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Team


The Business Solutions team is part of the eGroup division at Alshaya, comprising of highly skilled professionals with multi-faceted competencies and skills. Business Solutions is all about simplifying business. We focus primarily on the future; constantly aspiring and working on improving business efciency, in all areas of the business across functions and markets; while creating and maintaining a knowledge base of business processes. The Business Solutions team undertakes consulting assignments by performing feasibility studies, cost-benet analysis, preparation of business case, study of business requirements and communicating through white papers, presentations, etc. with systems and processes at the heart of its solutions. Our participation goes beyond just recommendations and includes implementations. We recommend solutions after rigorous business process and data analysis and modelling; followed by prototyping solutions to layout implementation.

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CONNECTING THE BUSINESS TO INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
Business Solutions is the internal process consulting team at Alshaya, providing cross-functional solutions across all brands and markets. The Business Solutions team has successfully worked on some key company projects over the past few years relating to areas such as sales force automation, inventory management and stored value cards. The team is currently working on diverse projects across Alshaya, spanning verticals of brand management, merchandising, operations, supply chain, nance and information technology.

Business Solutions Team


Navneet Arora, Project Manager. MBA from IIM Lucknow. Worked previously as a consultant in luxury retail, services retail and new venture franchise setup for international brands. Prior to his MBA, Navneet has worked with IBM as an engineer.

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Working in business process re-engineering and system driven solutions, Business Solutions is instrumental in helping Alshaya perform at pace. Apart from implementing international best practices in the business, we also act as an innovation centre in the business by driving and managing change. Being a part of the Business Solutions team not only promises challenges and opportunities, but also creates the chance to be part of an ever-evolving business.

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Arnab Ray, Business Solutions Manager. Worked as consultant in McKinsey & Company and PricewaterhouseCoopers prior to joining Alshaya. He has completed his MBA from IIM Calcutta.

Bal Mukund, Business Solutions Manager. MBA IIM Lucknow, B.Tech IIT Delhi. Diverse work experience in sales, marketing, equity research, client management and business consulting with companies like the Aditya Birla Group, Auroch Investment Managers & Technopak Advisors.

Gaurav Jasoria, Business Solutions Manager. MBA from IIM Calcutta. Diverse work experience in Management Consulting , Financial Analytics and IT Consulting with companies like Tata Strategic Management Group, Citigroup and MindTree Consulting.

Shikha Tomar, Business Solutions Manager. Started her career as an Assistant Manager at a merchant trading. Upon graduating from IIM Calcutta, worked with Yes Bank as a Relationship Manager in the commercial banking division.

Mathew Vipin Thomas, Business Solutions Manager. He has an MBA from IIM Calcutta and completed his BE from BIT, MESRA. Prior to his MBA, he worked at Amdocs Development Ltd., Cyprus, in both technical and international pre-sales roles.

Saurabh Bhola, Business Solutions Manager. Worked as an Analyst in Royal Bank of Scotland and Infosys prior to joining Alshaya. He has an MBA from IIM Lucknow.

Ashish Verma, Business Solutions Engineer. B.Tech, M.Tech from IIT Bombay. Has industrial experience at Reliance Industries Limited and Essar Group along with cross country academic projects in Romania with real world impact.

Key Ongoing PROJECTS


- Perpetual inventory - Merchandise allocation - Managing promotions - Manpower planning solution - Customer information solutions - Discount instruments - Markdown management enhancements - Open to buy management - Cross-dock solutions - Logistics decision support solutions - E-commerce solutions If you would like to find out about opportunities in the Business Solutions team at Alshaya, please email us at [email protected]

Himanshu Bahmani, Business Solutions Engineer. B.Tech from IIT Bombay. Worked on several international projects related to Aviation and Inventory Management in India, Singapore and Germany.

Kunal Mittal, Business Solutions Engineer. B.Tech & M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Bombay. Has worked with Siemens Information Systems Limited, India.

Sakshi Bansal, Business Solutions Engineer. B.Tech in Textile Engineering from IIT Delhi. Has worked in Trident Group (Abhishek Industries Ltd.) for 2 months.

Sohail Gupta, Business Solutions Engineer. Completed Biochemical Engineering from IIT Delhi and has been a visiting scholar at Harvard Medical School, MIT and University of Edinburgh. His internships have been at Massachusetts General Hospital, USA and Ranbaxy labs, India.

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