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Produce & distribute a range of pre-determined reports that enable the Merchandise Team to identify opportunities to improve KPI performance.Create & distribute Purchase Orders.Monitor & maintain Purchase Order delivery dates ensuring the records are up to date & accurate at all times.Distribute DD estimates to suppliers, track, chase & summarise their responses.Update product statuses on all FGH systems in to ensure availability & onsite visibility are in line with Merchandise guidelinesSet-up, manage and follow through all buying administration systems and procedures to ensure product availability and on-time delivery.Ensure compliance with all applicable UK and local regulations, Company Policies and FCA Conduct Rules.

Shoemakers since 1825, Clarks have a long history with innovation and craftsmanship. Clarks remains one of the key players in advancement of shoes for all, adults and children alike.Keyholder - January 2022-present: Responsible for opening and closing the store. Operating the alarm system including arming and disarming. Cash management including tills and safe duties. Assuming responsibilities of management in the absence of the manager or assistant manager.-Fully trained shoe fitter.-Sound working knowledge, of products in relation to design, materials, manufacture and performance.-Ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills in customer facing role - including working with children.-Assisting the management team with achieving sales target.-Helping to achieve the highest standard of store appearance.-Using the tills and ordering systems.

Secondment position- Cash management responsibilities including banking and safe duties.- Co-ordinating with the area manager about performance including attending conference calls and team meetings.- Ensuring the health, safety and well-being of the staff.- Running the shop floor and merchandising new products.- Track the progress of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual objectives.

House of Juniors is a start up brand which creates childrenswear for the ages of 5-13 years across a multi-product selection for girls and boys.Responsibilities include:-Creating sketches for current and future collections.-Creating technical drawings using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.-Putting together technical specifications, which are sent off to far east factories for production.-Daily admin support - filing, organising fabrications and trims. Maintaining sample archives and resources.-Liaise with FE factories via email and phone.-Keeping up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as trends relating to fabric, colour and shapes.-Putting together moodboards and colour palettes.-Assisting and styling in photoshoots of current collections.

London, United Kingdom

Select is a fashion retail company specialising in womenswear. Select offers value fashion aimed at women aged from 16 to 30.Resposibilities included:- Undertaking trend research and analysis - with a strong focus on catwalk analysis across womenswear as well as accessories and shoes. Collating trend research into commercial stories.- Putting together colour palettes and moodboards.- Helping designers prep for strategy and sign off meetings.- Creating sketches from existing ideas and concepts.- Sending out and chasing in samples from factories and suppliers via email and phone communication.- Creating technical drawing using both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Transferring them into specification sheets, which are then sent to relevant factories.- Attending buying and design meetings with strong focus on the previous week's sales and comparison to the previous year.- Putting together the next season's critical path for the whole design department.- Completing comparative shops of competitors and creating presentations to feedback to design and buying department, featuring missed opportunities as well as future trends.

London, United Kingdom

Unpaid internship with House of Holland, womenswear label in London, United KindomPattern cutting and embellishment intern.Responsibilities including:- Duplicating patterns for factory development.- Organising the whole catalogue of patterns.- Creating and developing S/S 15 3D flower embellishment from a set brief which including production, sourcing of materials and troubleshooting any issues.- Running errands including, to factories, fabric sourcing and embellishment sourcing.Also worked as a dresser at the SS/15 show.- Dressing two models for the catwalk with three looks between them- Attending to models