Waseem Halabi

• Member of the Executive Leadership team, with full P&L ownership, focused on driving significant FMCG sales growth in the UAE region. • Responsible for profitable sales growth and market penetration focusing on exceeding sales and profit expectations and incorporating modern analytics to navigate pandemic and external impacts. • Developing key strategies and challenging business unit assumptions to create value, review spending, allocate resources and product investments to exploit growth opportunities across the region. • Delivering a 5 year strategic plan for the BU, doubling business and creating the essential footprint required for multiple years of double digit growth. • Sourcing, contacting and negotiating with local and international suppliers to ensure the procurement of the highest quality goods at the most competitive prices. • Tracking industry and market-specific trends for process improvement and becoming a trusted expert for long term planning and increased market share. • Acting as a change agent for continuous improvement and transformational initiatives. • Leading the planning and execution of commercial and financial strategies to drive sustainable profitable growth across the country. • Delivering against operational budgets, forecasts, profit targets and key objectives for the business. • Acting as a catalyst for sustained business performance and ensuring that strategies and plans are translated into concrete actions and tangible results. • Demonstrating a strong understanding of business priorities and possessing strong stakeholder management skills to ensure timely communication and delivery of priorities. • Pioneering restructuring/downsizing budget initiatives across the region. • Partnering with opinion leaders, advocacy groups and other stakeholders and external agencies/vendors to maintain the company’s presence and leadership within designated arenas.