Anthony Bateman Email & Phone Number

Esher, England, United Kingdom

Dorking

- Closing December 23, Available: ASAP- Made redundant in July 2020, Set business plan and strategy- Sourced part funding through British start up loan company in 2020.- Registered business in October 2020.- Sourced all fixtures, fitting, and refurbishment team to deliver vision and open in January 2021.- Source product range, Buy (whilst managing stock and costs), sell at RRP or expected margin/profit growth.- 5 star food standards agency certificate.- Analyse marketplace to effectively contribute performance in individual marketplace.- Deliver exceptional customer experience and engagement with the wider community. - Establish and develop relationships with key Wholesale Partners- Deliver marketing through all social media platforms, website, and store VM.- Closing due to economic challenges & personal circumstances.

London, United Kingdom

- 19 Stores, £15m turnover.- Delivered team area meetings to inspire, lead and develop team culture within the area. - Set people strategy for the area to coach, develop and promote area growth. - Built brand ambassadors within area to support exceptional customer experience through motivating, energising and engaging teams and customers. - Recruit, coach, develop the retail teams to support succession plans.- Manage ER and HR concerns within the area, whilst working with HR department.- Maximise commercial performance through targeted KPIs, whilst increasing EBITDA performance.- Improve retail operations and procedures to enhance seamless customer omni-channel journey.- Project manager for store openings and closures within the area. - Work and support VM to ensure guidelines are closely, whilst providing suggestions and feedback.- Work closely with merchandising team on gradings, trends and opportunities to enhance retail proposition.

Euston Station

- Store annual turnover circa £1.7m.- Maximise store performance, increasing sales and reducing costs, controlled P&L.- Grow brand profile within local market and support conversion output through exceptional customer experience.- Analyse market conditions and act accordingly to current trend.- Recruit, coach and develop team through personnel development programmes and regular reviews.- succession planning through store team development.- provide clear leadership and communication to store team to drive KPI performance.- help and support area manager deliver brand experience to store management and teams through regular meetings, store visits and training days.- mentoring junior management providing coaching to support own development, improve store KPI performance and team development.- Analysing, supporting and developing the JLP wholesale business for London.- Supporting JLP with FF stock allocation, whilst working alongside FF merchandising team.- Regular updates with JLP senior store partners on performance, stock & audit.

- Store portfolio of 25 stores with an annual turnover circa £25m.- maximising the performance of the business, increase sales, improve margins & reduce costs.- analyse market place to effectively contribute performance in individual market place.- improving operations & procedures to enhance the customer experience.- recruiting, training & coaching skilled retail management team.- providing clear direction to retail teams & effectively managing performance against agreed kPI's.- devising action plans and providing clear communication through regular store visits and conducting appraisals of the team.- to be a brand ambassador and deliver exceptional customer experience through motivating and energising teams.

- Store team of 30 with an annual turnover circa £1.5m.- maximise store performance, increasing sales and reducing costs, controlled P&L.- To grow brand profile within local market and support conversion output through exceptional customer experience.- Analyse market conditions and act accordingly to current trend.- recruit, coach and develop team through personal development programmes and regular reviews.- mentoring store managers through PDP's and store visits.- succession planning through store team development.- provide clear leadership and communication to store team to drive KPI performance.- Help and support area manager deliver brand experience to store management and teams through regular meetings, store visits and training days.- mentoring junior management providing coaching to support own development, improve store KPI performance and team development.- Project managing new conversion concept and scheduling tool for the business.- providing weekly trade reports for the business, internal and external factors.

- Store team of 60 with annual turnover circa £3.2m.- maximise store performance, increasing sales and reducing costs, controlled P&L.- To grow brand profile within local market and support conversion output through exceptional customer experience.- Analyse market conditions and act accordingly to current trend.- recruit, coach and develop team through personal development programmes and regular reviews.- mentoring store managers through PDP's and store visits.- succession planning through store team development.- provide clear leadership and communication to store team to drive KPI performance.- Help and support area manager deliver brand experience to store management and teams through regular meetings, store visits and training days.- mentoring junior management providing coaching to support own development, improve store KPI performance and team development.- Project managing new conversion concept and scheduling tool for the business.- providing weekly trade reports for the business, internal and external factors.