Adele Lee Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

• Managing the largest product category for everyday and seasonal activity within the business
• Gained experience and understanding of a B2B business through detailed analytical assessment.
• Lead new venture for own brand design and sourcing, opposed to selection only from supplier. Resulting in $1.5m cost saving to date, 29% sales value growth in this new brand year on year, along with gaining better.
• Proactive spearheading more eco-conscious product changes within the category; paper packaging on new brand, recycled material change resulting in 24% cost reduction, product updates to reduce new tax charges.
• Managing varied range of stakeholder relationships through the UK and multinational teams to achieve shared objectives.
• Large product rationalisation. Allowing for much needed refresh, saving warehouse cost and space.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

• In-depth analysis of complete party, foil, latex and dress up offering, totalling 30,000 SKUs.
• Created top level presentation document for colleagues to better understand strengths of each range, acting as a guide at all business levels, bringing the numbers to life helping to make better commercial decisions.
• Merchandising skills enhanced with training from US Party City store Visual Merchandising Director.
• Involved in specific customer analysis, giving proposals on range changes and merchandising solutions to fit the company profile, as well as an active role in implementing changes.
• Developing a more rounded critical approach to guide on company improvements.
• Involved in new range decisions. Implemented processes to inform colleagues for a joined-up approach, giving information previously never shared for a better sales position.

• Project management of new launches.
• Analyse commercial data to aid decisions on the largest category, Kitchens.
• Creating and regularly updating product information documents to depots.
• Answering daily calls from Depots; problem solving quickly on a wide range of queries.
• Competitor analysis.
• Routine administration duties, requiring high level of detail and organisation.

• After starting Card Factory as a Graduate Buying Assistant, I quickly moved to higher levels being responsible for the largest non-card category.
• Responsible for sourcing, negotiation, margin, sales and stock as category manager, and constantly challenged to improve these.
• Project manage every range, end to end working within target, budget and to strict timelines.
• Creative role through product and range development amongst various gifting categories and product ranges.
• Key contact within the business through multiple departments, including Design Studio, QC, Marketing, Supply Chain, Accounts, IT, Store Operations and creating strong relationships with all.
• Analysis throughout lifecycles using EPOS driven data- seasonal reviews, weekly sales analysis of everyday.

• Evaluate material usage & placed large orders for raw material, running to a just in time stock system whilst achieving targets for stock values.
• Built strong relationships with suppliers which helped when solving stock problems for any “ASAP” customer orders.
• Given additional responsibilities to optimise use of raw materials.
• Creation and upkeep of key filing systems.

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature

A-Level, Business Studies, English Language And Literature, It, Sociology