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Birmingham, United Kingdom

• Setting up, forecasting and reporting on seasonal markdown during sale periods. • Continually working with the Marketing and IT teams to ensure markdown is live in stores across Europe. • Performance by country vs. forecast is analysed and communicated to Senior Management (SM).• Providing critical analysis of promotions and key metrics they deliver. This analysis is provided to SM to assist in making well informed decisions, bringing insight and assurance.• liaise with international teams to ensure consistency of global reporting.• Investigation of low margin stores. I analyse the reasoning behind the stores’ performance to ensure best trading practices.

Ansty Park, Coventry

Stationery Department- Responsibility of building and launching my own range, it was essential in maintaining relationships with the buyers, supplier, logistics team and our range planners.- Understanding the end to end process, having the technical skills as well as commercial awareness was fundamental in ensuring I provided a good offering to our customer and equally important that we met our critical path.- Using data analysis I determined credible lines for the range by pulling together and rolling up the financials. The concept of the range was then presented to the head of General Merchandise with success.- Responsible for forecasting domestic and FOB orders, ensuring availability was not compromised.- I represented my department in performance meetings to discuss opportunities to grow the categories and determine any promotions and markdown that needed actioning.Seasonal dept.- Following strong performance, I was given one of the highest profile categories, charcoal to help trade, ensuring successful performance for the season. This was achieved by maintaining strong availability and ensuring stock management was at the forefront of our targets to minimise risk and markdown. - Conducted supplier and compliance meetings to ensure timely deliveries to maximise sales opportunities.- Building strong relationships with 3rd parties was been instrumental in negotiations and protecting my category’s profit margin.- Excellent technical skills to analyse complex data means I was able to make efficient and independent decisions effectively..- Greater consideration of commercial awareness through competitor shopping. I identified hero lines and potential markdown actions where required.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Economics

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