Alison Phillips Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Oxford St, London

Hatfield

Annual Global Sports Budget of £27m, SS15 £11m +200% on last year +13% to Budget, Margin £2.1m +£1.4m on last year and +9% to Budget, Markdown was 14% vs 22% last year. AW15 £16m +28% on last year +21% to Budget, Markdown in-line with total clothing at 22%, Margin £2.5m +20% on last yar & +24% to Budget / De-risked the department & potentialised Sales through Trading £5m for SS15 / AW15 worked closely with Design Manager to help shape the sports direction & colour palettes & present to the business / Collaborated with Lingerie, Footwear & Swimwear to ensure our Ranges were Cohesive / Introduced a Celebrity Link-up with Davina McCall as the face of the F&F Activewear Range, which has been really successful, turning on 6wks cover / First time we held a Jan/Feb Event that tied in with all sports areas across the Tesco business, the on-line and store Event was the most successful to date, taking £3.8m across 2 weeks, Margin was £1.3m +7% & Markdown was 13% against 31% last year, turning on 7 wks cover / Bought for all genders covering ladies, mens and childrenswear for both sports & ski, across multi-product areas including main range, outerwear & accessories / Introduced new global system to support the new strategy of multi-channel buying for global markets, covering franchise & online coupled with the introduction of brands / Managed a large team consisting of 2 Senior AB's & 2 TB's

Hatfield

Trialling & Driving 'Integration', a brand new Global System to support our new ways of working as global and multi-channel buyers, not only for non-food but for the whole of Tesco before it gets rolled out to the rest of the business / Embracing New Role of Buying Direct (Online), Franchise, UK & Central Europe Markets / Multi-product encompassing knitwear, denim, outerwear, jersey, woven, accessories & swimwear / Managing & Inspiring great performance of a large team of 5, consisting of 2 AB's & 3 TB's, with 2 members of the team on the leadership programme & one TB promoted to AB within the department / £56m Global Buy, in August 2014 delivered Market Share Growth to No2 in Volume overtaking Next & No3 in Value overtaking Mothercare / De-risking the department & potentialising best performing sub-groups - Tops £1.1.m +£35% to Budget +47% vs last year, Knitwear £800K +24% to Budget & +25% vs last year, Outerwear £1m +41% to Budget & +119% on last year, Accessories & Swim £2.1m +9% on Budget & +20% vs last year / Delivering & Driving Baby Strategic Initiatives - Signature Brand, Contemporary Basics, Baby Blogger, Customer Loyalty Project, developed a Unique baby zip guard for our product branded 'zip safe', reviewing size-range appropriate to market / Set up a new trading source through Turkey to satisfy our change in fashion direction to be more 'mini me' as well as capture the 'cute' customer handwriting

Welwyn Garden City

Total Baby division sales budget £34.5m for SS12, Baby Girl took £11.7m +7% on budget & +4% up on last year, Packed took £12m +14% on budget & +28% on last year, Unisex took £2m +10% on budget / 60% of Range £5 & under, with Margin Growth of 2% on Baby Girl with £5.1m profit +10% on last year & +6% on Packed with £3.7m profit +47% on last year / Baby Girl beat Margin target by 2% with an ASP decline of 13% & Packed beat Margin target by 6% through supplier consolidation / Due to results over the last financial year the Baby Division has been identified as the area with the most potential & subsequently given the biggest growth plan in the clothing division, Stretch Budget of £50m for AW13 / Set up Trading Source, first time ever Baby bough 15% of range from Egypt / Added extra £1.2m on the bottom line through OFD's (off fixture displays) for packed / Introduced a single legging programme that added and extra £500k to the Baby Girl Sales / Changed licensed character handwriting and identified exclusive licensed characters to Tesco / Manage & Develop large team consisting of 2 AB's and 2TB's, also oversee the baby boy team to ensure ranges are cohesive where possible an report developments and changes to HOB / Driving Baby World Concept, attending all cross category meetings and report developments to HOB, developing new & exciting projects to drive the business forward / Through consolidating our options & increasing our availability on Packed & reducing our ASP, we have ensured niche offer with licensed character, being the only value retailer to offer licensed product in packs. As a result we have seen a dramatic increase in Sales over the last financial half, consistently taking £600k a week, now biggest department on kids / Deputise & Support HOB with Strategy, Ways of Working, CE & UK Merge, Top line Trade with Directors & Chair Buyers Meetings

Welwyn Garden City

Department Total Sales of £80m (£50m SS10 & £30m AW10), ladies jersey £33m has supported womenswear top line financial targets taking over a third of total sales, only department on ladies clothing to achieve it's budget (+£8.4m), total clothing were -£8m / Manage and Develop large team consisting of two AB's and a senior TB / £33m Sales were +34% against budget and +36% on the year, with a 2% growth on margin, whilst profit was +42% against budget and +51% on last year / Recorded highest ever clothing sales to date taking £2.6m sales in a week / 85% of range sourced direct with over 800 options / Pushed the product handwriting to ensure we capture the fashion customer and also on occasions capture captured a youth market without alienating our core customer / No 1 Market Share for Leisure / Traded out of £3m worth of risk and traded into £2.1m on cardigans, £3m on front print T's, £1.3m in embellishment, £3.4m on leggings and £2m on jeggings / Built strong relationships through International Sourcing ensuring we delivered fashionable product at high margins, enabling us to grow our direct sourcing and rely less on landed suppliers / Present Retail Day and Topline Strategy to our Store Managers and Suppliers

Welwyn Garden City

AW08 Achieved a Plan of £19m, +43% on the year, with 23% more Profit, whilst increasing the Intake Margin by 3% / Achieved over £1m Sales in one week in the AW08 half / Introduced New Product Areas Signature, Young Fashion, 'Mix & Match' Nightwear & Leisure Ranges which supported the significant Department Growth / 100% of Range Developed & Sourced Direct / Streamlined Supply Base & ensured the department was supported by 4 Key Suppliers across the globe which guaranteed our stretching financial targets

Welwyn Garden City

Improved Financial Results on the Department, SS06 Sales were £17m in total, up 41% on the year, with 27% less Markdown & a 2.7% Growth on the Margin with a Total Net Profit +140% on the year. These Results were achieved through a combination of Streamlining the Supply Base, Developing Key Trends, Producing Wearable Fashion but keeping Prices at the Forefront of the offer / £5.2m Sales, 17% of the SS06 Range was Traded / Recorded Highest Ever Sales Figures to Date, £1.8m in one week SS06 / Introduced a 'Signature' Range for the Brand / 70% of Range Bought Landed & 30% Direct

Central London

Bought Dresses, Scarves & Sunglasses / Sourced Fabrics for the Brand / Developed Range through Supply Base and In-house Design Team & Reported Directly to Buying Director / More than 50% of Range Sourced Directly with Factories which enabled the ranges to be Exclusive as they were a fully Vertical Operation / Holding Presentation Workshops for our Store Managers throughout the Country / Sourced Products through Global Markets / Managed & Developed two BAA's / SS04 first time Dresses Markdown was inline with the company / Dresses were De-risked through Product Development & subsequently grew 50% over the following two years

Central London

Introduced 2 New Suppliers to the department that subsequently injected the fashion element into the range that was previously lacking / Managed the whole Buying Cycle from Critical Path to Fit Sessions making sound commercial decisions where necessary / Holding Meetings with Buyers and Senior Management / Presenting Themes/Ranges (for all departments) to the Buying Floor / Holding Supplier Development Meetings

Central London

Managing BAA / Developing Trends with Buyer and Designer / Managing Store Themes (ensuring styles from every department arrive in time for pack launch) / Set up and Management of Critical Path

West London

Training Buyers Assistant / Negotiating Prices and Lead Times on New Development and Booking Repeat Orders / Preparing Garments for Range Selection / Completion of Monthly Competitive Shop Reports & Presenting to Buyer / Holding Fit Meetings / Sourcing and Develoment of Fabric and Style that became a Best Seller / Managing own Supply Base (small area of range)

West London

Order Maintenance / Preparing Meeting Rails / Measuring Garments for Fit Meetings / Approving Fabric Test Reports / Sample Room Maintenance / Administration