Adele Burn Email & Phone Number

Leeds, United Kingdom

- Managing National Accounts customers, from development through to shipment, supported by creative, technical and production teams to facilitate existing customer's orders.- Working to annual turnover budgets & margins with agreed parameters.- Optimising all sales opportunities within existing customer accounts.NATIONAL ACCOUNTS MERCHANDISER - Smiffys.

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

• ROLE: Footwear MerchandiserHeading up the merchandising on the footwear department for a supplier owned by JD Sports, supplying both men’s and women’s footwear.
• Analysing sales figures and producing reports to show profit margins each week.
• Raising purchase orders.
• Checking the critical path weekly, making sure the factories are running on time with their production schedules.
• Negotiating any delays with the factories and the customers to ensure any issues are resolved quickly.
• Preparing costing sheets and negotiating prices with factories to get the best trade prices possible.

Manchester, United Kingdom

• ROLE: Import MerchandiserWorking for a supplier of both men’s and women’s fashion clothing on the George knitwear and jersey department.
• Working as part of a team in order to meet targets set by the company to gain as many orders as possible each month.
• Raising POs and negotiating prices with both the buyer and the factories.
• Making sure the critical path is kept up to date and production is running to schedule.
• Approving lab dips, bulk fabric and trims.
• Checking fit samples and product review samples to make sure the buyer is getting the product they want.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Working for a children’s clothing export company supplying major clients such as Marks and Spencer, John Lewis, Mothercare and Argos.
• Working as part of a team in order to meet pressure deadlines and chase up lead times.
• Keeping up to date with the critical path, negotiating with both the buyer and the supplier on a daily basis.
• Approving lab dips and strike offs according to the buyer’s requirements.
• Creating size breakdowns, ratio sheets and packing lists.
• Booking deliveries into stock and communicating with the warehouse to make sure everything is on time and any issues are dealt with.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Working on the merchandising and shipping departments to gain experience in the fashion industry for my Fashion Buying degree work placement year.

Fashion Buying Bsc (Hons), First Class

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