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Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Banbury, England, United Kingdom

Lutterworth, England, United Kingdom

• Online Merchandise Manager, responsible for 5 departments and over 60 categories.
• Responsible for delivering sales and profit growth to hit & exceed plans
• Delivering option plans for over 4000 options per year, of which over 20% were online exclusive products.
• Have delivered results to improve all areas online market share holding the number 2 or 3 position on all areas and gaining no.1 volume position on Baby Basics.

Lutterworth, England, United Kingdom

• Member of the initial set up team for George International, using my merchandising and wider business knowledge to set up international systems, international shipping & packaging requirements, supplier set up for.
• International systems development – working with Canadian developer from blue sky, to script writing and UAT.
• Following set up I led the Womens International team in setting strategy, plans and product selections to align with budgets by partner, critical path management of international orders.
• Merchandise manager for stores in Middle East & Singapore, building relationship with 2 key partners, an in depth knowledge of the markets and franchise partner needs, and translating these requirements into sub.
• Set up of Walmart territories in taking George product. Regular travel to Walmart Canada to develop requirements and system integration.
• The international model changed from a pull model to a push model over the 5 years I was on the area, I was praised for my leadership behaviours during the change in strategy direction.

Lutterworth, England, United Kingdom

• Trading a large multi product own branded department.
• Managing a large team with strong communication across multiple functions.
• Set up new tools to manage critical path and margin building blocks for all of womenswear to use and gave coaching where needed.
• Interviewing merchandising candidates not only for own team but also for wider business and through the student assessment centre.

Lutterworth, England, United Kingdom

• Merchandise manager girlswear, responsible for Older Girls department.
• Results driven I lead the team to capitalise on new ventures such as High School Musical, in which George UK was the largest worldwide retailer of the brand in 2007.
• Broadened travel with buying & design teams to Bangladesh, Turkey, China & Hong Kong.

Lutterworth, England, United Kingdom

• Merchandise manager menswear, responsible for Formal & Casual Shirts, Outerwear, Ties & Accessories and Skiwear for all genders.
• Trading sales, markdown, profit.
• Stock & Sales management through WSSI, critical path management & availability.
• Analysis of range through key attributes & competitor awareness.
• Travelled with buying & Design team to India & Bangladesh to visit supplier factories and discuss current and forward ranges.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Merchandise Manager – Underwear, nightwear, slippers & swimwear
• Merchandiser – Skirts & Dresses
• Assistant merchandise – Jersey tops
• Branch Merchandiser – Various departments

Bachelor Of Science - Bsc, Mathematics And Management Sciences, 2.1

A Levels, Mathematics, Physics, Geography, General Studies