Covid necessitated a change in direction which has kept me busy and been rewarding in these difficult times

Time out on consulting, personal development, charity work and coaching

Leading and developing the Trading, Buying, Commercial and Marketing Teams across the Groups 3 brands - Cherry Lane garden Centres, QD Stores and Thing me Bob

Sintex is the largest Luxury retail group based in Baku with standalone and multi brand (Emporium) stores through out the region and through to MongoliaAll major luxury fashion brands are represented across Mens, Ladies, Kids, Beauty and JewelleryPurpose of role its to review current operational process across the business with a focus on the planning and buying process To support launch of their first large scale department store in Baku with view to role out in other regionsTo… Show more Sintex is the largest Luxury retail group based in Baku with standalone and multi brand (Emporium) stores through out the region and through to MongoliaAll major luxury fashion brands are represented across Mens, Ladies, Kids, Beauty and JewelleryPurpose of role its to review current operational process across the business with a focus on the planning and buying process To support launch of their first large scale department store in Baku with view to role out in other regionsTo set up the home and furniture offer within this store complementing the fashion offer with the best of luxury and leading home and furnitureCreation of operating budgets, p&l, space and open to buy plans and final assortment Supplier introductions, negotiation and selection of the range Training of staff both head office and store on all operating process and documentationOverseeing the performance, ordering and trading once the store goes live Show less

Homecentre is the leading Home Retailer in the Middle east/India turnover in excess of 1.5billion$ and part of the 6billion$ plus turnover Landmark GroupOperating out of 14 regions with 80 stores of up to 100,000 sq feetReporting Directly to the CEO controlling Buying Budget 650mil$Holistic review of current process introducing best practice in all areas of Pre and In season Trade – Strategies, Budgets, Assortment plans, Grading, Open to buy, Markdown and Range Reduction, New and… Show more Homecentre is the leading Home Retailer in the Middle east/India turnover in excess of 1.5billion$ and part of the 6billion$ plus turnover Landmark GroupOperating out of 14 regions with 80 stores of up to 100,000 sq feetReporting Directly to the CEO controlling Buying Budget 650mil$Holistic review of current process introducing best practice in all areas of Pre and In season Trade – Strategies, Budgets, Assortment plans, Grading, Open to buy, Markdown and Range Reduction, New and reorders, Space planning ( all planned and run at individual territory level rolled to Concept total)Direct control of all Budgeting from Territory, Store to Divisional Sub Class level (sales, stock, margin, mark down) week wiseSetting of key Strategies for continued growth working closely with Buying, Sourcing, Retail, Finance, Marketing, VM, Territory Teams, Shipping, ItRecruited and trained from Scratch Team of 40 including 4 Merchandise Managers, Senior Planners, Planners, Branch planning team – setting structure for Team development and training with focus on Succession planning in all areas dotted line control of Territory Merchandise control depts 200 plus staffCreation of Assortment planning, Grading, Space planning - space project to map all stores space, profile and roll out of min max replenishmentInput on future roll out of It systems particularly modules related to PlanningEnsured 20%+ growth year on yearEnsured high double digit net profit Terminal stock reduced from 30% of the business to 5%Margins increased by3%Ensured 100% in stock of key 365 items accounting for 50% of turnoverSupplier reduction by 30%Live sku reduction and ideal assortment defined (reduced from 65,000 sku to 20,000)Set Clear targets for buying through Strategies for product newness and introduction whilst identifying and growing key 365 day items – high newness into the business launched monthly Household 45% Furniture 20%Planned and launched new Territories Stores and Franchise model Show less

Board level responsibility for the Strategic Direction and operations of the Buying and Merchandising teamsKey objectives to implement best practice and future strategy to enable the business to grow from 7 sites to 50 (currently 17 sites) whilst also growing the e-commerce

Key objectives where to assistant the leading publishing company reach go live on a private members luxury product website.Worked on final 5 year business plan with the MD and FDAppointed 3rd party warehousing and distribution to customerCreated supplier terms and contractsSet up planning process and initial analysis requirementsInvolved heavily in the specification for the in house systems to support the business

Key objective to lead and oversee the Company's Merchandising, Planning, Operations, Logistics, and Systems functions suggesting and implementing short, medium and long-term solutions.

Reporting Driectly to the Ceo Setting up and leading the functions for the Uk arm of these 3 luxury brands