December Update Volume 2, Issue 5 January 10 th 2013 This issue is dedicated to all of you... Note from Dr Eslam Ali! I would like to thank all of you for the outstanding cooperation and dedication to the business which I have seen during the last year 2012 and I would like to congratulate all of you for the good results achieved. Despite a difficult year where we faced a lot of challenges, the collective efforts of the team enabled us to overcome them and to push our operation in the right direction this year. Many initiatives were initiated across the 3 countries that have further consolidated and strengthened our operation platform covering inventory management, insurance sales, margin improvement and implementing incentive schemes matching each country s nature of operations. IN THIS ISSUE Raise The Bar Winners Announcement Raise The Bar Pharmacies Ranking Share your wisdom...reporting from the field Promotions and Job upgrades New Team Members Birthdays and Special Occasions By implementing the Stimulus monthly communication tool we have displayed and communicated the areas of excellences through RTB and performance recognition that has allowed for us to exchange our experiences among the 3 countries and we look forward to improving this continuously in the coming year. Carrying on from the success of 2012, I would like for all of us to be in top gear as we head in to a challenging and exciting 2013 where we will elevate the success of the business to another level and this can only be achieved through hard work, dedication and a strong team effort which will ensure our delivery beyond expectation. In addition to achieving the basic operational objectives and meeting our budgetary requirements, I am excited and the prospect of working with you all on other key initiatives that will further better our business: Organic growth of our pharmacies Enhancing the retail concept across our pharmacies through branding and signage To create a consistent and high standard shopping atmosphere across our pharmacies Training and Development of retail staff to empower you with the tools to achieve Refresh current SOPs and re implement them across the business Loyalty programs across the countries New warehouses to provide more advanced logistical support for our pharmacies We wish you all a happy and prosperous new year and wish you the best of luck in achieving all of your goals. As always we consider each of our human resource as the most important asset of the business and we highly value your opinions, inputs and ideas that may contribute to the business. Dr Eslam Ali Retail Director
WALL OF FAME... RTB winners We would like to convey these compliments to entire staff for exceeding their goals for the last month of October. It was truly a commendable performance. We know these things do not happen without a great deal of effort on the part of everyone, and we want you to know how much we appreciate your hard work.. Keep up the good work. We are proud of our entire team. Employees of the Month What you do is what matters, not what you think or say or plan. UAE Planet Pharmacy Branch 1 NPCC - AUH Area Manager Dr.Hedaya Hamoudah KSA Zahrat Al Rawdah 25 Area Manager Mohammed Abdel-Mohsin Rabia OMAN Scientific Pharmacy, SEEB branch Area Manager Dr Usman Zaki Dr.Reny Easo Joined Planet Pharmacy as Pharmacist in charge on July 2012. Fully dedicated to her job, hardworking, excellent communications with Customers. Reny is handling the Pharmacy alone with clear understanding of the Pharmacy stock level, expires & Sales Growth. Dr. Hassan Abdelhamid Hassan Hassan joined us in 2002 and has a great experience in Pharmaceutical industry, excellent managerial skills and exceptional selling techniques. Dr. Amru Helmy Mohammad Al Kodoos Pharmacist Amru joined us in the capacity of Pharmacist in 2010 He adheres to unique customer service with excellent communication and selling skills. Dr. Mohamed Abdel Mohsin B.SC of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, Mini MBA program course with Merl company held in co-ordination with MDI. Dr. Mohammed Afzal One of the senior member s of the retail team, very experienced and sincere person, professional and dedicated while dealing with customers. He is a great asset of our company. Dr. Monson John Assistant Pharmacist Very sincere and hard working person. He is always providing best service to our customers. Has a remarkable way of dealing with customers in very friendly manner.
Grate contribution to a successful month...reporting from the field There are many outstanding performances deserved to be recognised and highlighted, so this paragraph dedicated to it! Great work done by Al Jazeera Pharmacy - AUH Achieving highest Julphar Sales with Sales contribution of 35% from total medicine Sales which improved the profitability of the Pharmacy in 2012. Dr.Tamer Abbas Dr.Shimaa Abdul Satar Pharmacist Mr. Naseem Ahmed Assistant Pharmacist "I would like to express my gratitude to the pharmacy team for their great professionalism which changed the perception of the customers about the generic medications and for their great loyalty to Julphar brands which end up with a remarkable Julphar sales in addition to their dedication in driving the sales and the profitability of the pharmacy. Dr. Tamer Abbas NEW PHARMACIES Congratulations on reopening of Wathba Pharmacy AUH : Dr.Mohamed Saleem Khan Pharmacist : Dr. Ahmed Wafik Pharmacist : Dr. Marwa Fathi Pharmacist : Dr. Suha Hasan Sales man : Mr.Varghese Mammen Congratulations on newly opened Planet Pharmacy located in Dubai at Down Town Burj Khalifa, South Ridge Building : Dr. Mohammed Shahid Ali Congratulations on newly opened Planet Pharmacy located in Um Al Quain : Dr. Abdul Samad Saleem We strongly believe that new team will make a great contribution to out business and over all success of the Company. Good luck for 2013!
CONGRATULATIONS ON A NEW ROLE... MOHAMED ADEL MAHMOUD Area Manager Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman Since 2002 Mohamed has been working in this field and comes with extensive experience, he will work closely with retail team in order to execute Planet Pharmacies agenda for Creating a new benchmark for quality, service and professionalism in the retail pharmacy industry. We wish him every success on his new role! HAMED GAMAL MOHAMED General Manager, Wholesale sales - UAE Since 1985 Hamed has been working in this field and comes with extensive experience, he has contributed greatly to expand the WS business. In his new role Hamed will be responsible for developing WS and the delivery of the agenda for the WS department in UAE. We wish him every success on his new role! NAEL YAHYA AL ASMAR Sales Manager, Wholesale - UAE Nael has been with a Company for the last nine years. Since 2001 he has been working in this field and has used his expertise to contribute in expanding the business in the Sales department. Hi will work closely with a team in order to execute Planet Pharmacies agenda for Creating a new benchmark for quality, service and professionalism i the WS Business unit. We wish him every success on his new role!
MEET OUR NEWEST COMPANY MEMBERS... Welcome on board A note from us! Welcome to Planet team. It s an exciting time for Planet Pharmacies LLC as we continue to grow the business. To give you an idea of what you can expect and what we hope to achieve. We will grow to become the most profitable pharmacy retailer and distributor in the region, trusted by our consumers and our business partners because we offer relevant, sought-after brands and guarantee a professional, effective operation coupled with the best customer service in the market. We are very proud of where we are today and excited about where we are headed. We would like you to know that you, as part of our team, are our most important and greatest asset. We could not accomplish what we do every day without our employees. We are very pleased to welcome you to Planet Pharmacies and look forward to working with you! HAZEM MOKHTAR AWAD ABDELAZIZ DRIVER ABDUL WAHEED PHARMACIST UAE Retail SAMEENA KAUSAR QUADER PHARMACIST INCHARGE UAE Retail FASIL MANNAMBATH WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT SAMRATH SINAN WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT MANIVEL MURUGAN SECURITY AND STORE ASSISTANT D.G. RUFES SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR UAE Planet HO
We are very excited for Nagham Ibrahim Abdul Majeed and wish him all the best for the newest addition to his family Baby Girl Taleen. We are so happy for both of you. Congratulations!. UAE BASSAM AHMED ZULLALY 01/01/ FIDA MUHAMMAD KHAN 01/01/ MAHMOUD YEHIA MOHAMOUD 01/01/ HEDAYA ISMAIL HUSSEIN HAMOUDEH 01/01/ MOHAMED ZIAURRAHMAN 01/01/ MEHBOOB UR RAHMAN NOOR JAN 01/01/ MUHAMMAD AZAM 01/01/ ABBAS KHAN 01/01/ AMRO MOHAMED MOUSSA HASHEM 02/01/ SHAWKAT ALI MOHAMED 04/01/ ETHEL REGALA GALVEZ 05/01/ HAJA ASAD 06/01/ RANJITH K.V. 06/01/ SOHA HASSAN SOLIMAN ABOU EIDA 07/01/ CECILIA BUENA LAYA 09/01/ MOHAMMED JASHIMUDDIN 10/01/ EKRAM AL HAQ NASEEM UL HAQ 15/01/ TAMER MOHAMED ADEL ABBAS ALY HUSEIN 16/01/ UMESH SOMCHAND LODAYA 16/01/ IMAM HOSSAIN 22/01/ MOHAMMED SALEEM KHAN 23/01/ NOOR MOHAMED JAINUL ABIDEEN 24/01/ MOHAMED AHMED ABD EL KADER MOHAMED 25/01/ PRINCY GEORGE 25/01/ SARA HAMDY ALI AHMED EL GAZZAR 25/01/ AMAL MOURAD MOHAMED ABDEL LATI 28/01/ ALI AHMED ABU ZAID 30/01/ KAREEM FEKRI 30/01/ OMAN HABIB HUSSEIN AL ABRI 01/01/ TAMER ABDEL WAHAB IBRAHIM 01/01/ SHAIKH SHAKEEL GULAM HUSSAIN 03/01/ MUHAMMAD AKHTAR MAHMOOD 06/01/ REEBA JAMES 07/01/ FAISAL MANGADAN ABDULLA 07/01/ QASIM HAMOOD AMUR AL HADI 18/01/ ABDEL MAKSOUD MOAWAD ABDEL MAKSOUD SALEH 20/01/ MERLYN FERNANDES 21/01/ SULAIYUM AL RABANI 23/01/ SAMIR MOHAMED ALI ABU IBRAHIM 28/01/ Editor in Chief Olga Ivanova KSA JAFAR AHMED ANWAAR 01/01/ WALID AHMED ABDULGHANI ALDEEB 01/01/ IBRAHIM MOHSIN IBRAHIM ALAAM 01/01/ IBRAHIM ABDULLA ABDULREHMAN 01/01/ MANSOOR ALAM 01/01/ UMER FAROOQ 01/01/ AMER SAMI AZIZ 01/01/ HANY HAMED ABDELFATAH HASSAN 01/01/ AHMAD RUSTON NAWAWI 01/01/ SHAMRAIZ AKHTAR WALAYAT KHAN 01/01/ MUHAMMAD ALEEM MUHAMMAD ASLAM 01/01/ MAHMOUD NASR ABDELRAOUF ABDRABOUH 01/01/ KHALID SUBHI ALSYED MOHAMMED 02/01/ AHMED ABDEL ARSHAD 02/01/ BASHEER NADAMBADI 02/01/ HASSAN AHMED HASSAN ELTAWWAB 03/01/ AHMED IZATT ABDEL BADEEH 04/01/ AJI. RIDWAN HIDAYAT 04/01/ ELSAYED ABDULBAHIS MEHMOUD 05/01/ HASSEN ABDELHAMID HASSEN 07/01/ AHMED ALSYED AHMED SHARIF 07/01/ MEDHAT MOSTAFA ABDELAZIZ 07/01/ MOHAMED ZIDAN KHOLIEF 07/01/ ABDULLA MOKHTAR ISMAIL 10/01/ ABDELMONIM ALSAEED ABURIYA 12/01/ SAQIB ALI 12/01/ REJWAN AHMED 12/01/ ABDELRAHMAN SAMIR BEISAR 12/01/ AHMAT RUBAI ANHAR MUHTAR 13/01/ ALI FATEHI ALI DABISH 14/01/ SHAMS UL HAQ 15/01/ MOHAMED ZINELABIDIN ATTA HASSAN 16/01/ ABDELRASHEED MALIKAN 20/01/ NADEEM AKBAR ALI 23/01/ AMRU RAMADAN MOHAMMED ESSA 26/01/ EMADELDIN FAWZY ABDELFATTAH HASSANEIN 26/01/ HASSAN ABDALLAH HASSAN ASSAR 26/01/ AKHMAD SODIKIN MAD SUKHEDI 27/01/ HANI RESHAD MOHAMMED SAEED 28/01/ RAYIS AHMED 30/01/ SUDHEER MOHAMMED ALI 31/01/ Volume 2, Issue 5 January 10 th 2013 6