Andy Dance Email & Phone Number

Europe

I’d like to thank Eland for their partnership this year, I really enjoyed the experience and working together. Unfortunately, since they are now going through some structural changes which are affecting the timeline of their OPR expansion plans, we won’t be continuing our work together.I would like to wish everyone there all the best. The team are professional, hard-working, enthusiastic, respectful, humble, and likeable. They know their customer and their market and when the time is right, there is a clear opportunity for an off-price business to thrive in South Korea.

Watford, England, United Kingdom

As GBD played a significant role in the successful European expansion of TJX from £2.5bn to over £5bn in sales between 2013 and 2023.Successfully ran European Buying teams buying for over 750 stores in 6 European countries (UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Poland) for TK Maxx, Homesense and TKMaxx.comSince 2018, Head of Buying for 78 Homesense stores with a team of over 100 buying staff, growing the business from £230m to over £350m in salesAs Europe’s first GBD, successfully expanded the European Buying Organisation from 2 to 15 Directors across 8 International offices (UK, NY, LA, Milan, Florence, Dusseldorf, Paris, Copenhagen)Guided the European Buying teams to strategically spend Open to Buy with over 16k vendors, negotiating effectively to consistently drive profitable sales whilst remaining financially liquidInstigated and built business relationships with hundreds of suppliers. Passionate about product, with a thorough knowledge of brands, and with experience in every category I became TJX Europe’s lead contact for their largest turnover and most important accounts