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United Kingdom

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Business partnering project teams to deliver strategic communications to a diverse stakeholder group within the Strategy & Transformation portfolioResponsible for: • Planning, delivering and measuring the success of strategic and change communications across a variety of transformation projects• Supporting the centralised Change, Training and Communications team with communications counsel and partnering across business endurance projects • Activating the Strategy and Transformation portfolio with a variety of stakeholders including investor relations and c-suite executives Achievements:• Designed and delivered the communication plan for the rollout of a new store process from an initial one store pilot to an extended 57 store trial and to a mass rollout of 580 stores • Visualised the technical pilot cutover plan for store conversions from a SMART to SAP operating system. Facilitated a ‘walk-the-wall’ session with multiple senior stakeholders, assessing the end-to-end plan’s accuracy, feasibility and impacts over the course of a three-day working group, ahead of c-suite engagement• Concept and creative design of the new transformation portfolio, launched at the annual Leadership Summit to an audience of senior executives

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Managing the centralised communication solution across eight transformation programmes as part of Asda’s separation from Walmart (Future Programme)Responsible for: • Design and build of the centralised SharePoint solution to house all change, communications and training resources for colleagues across home offices, depots and stores• Business partnering the Senior Change Leads across both the HR and Technology programmes• Supporting the planning and delivery of programme wide events including in-person conferences and virtual huddles Achievements:• Delivered a centralised solution across eight transformation programmes with a recorded 553,000 visits from 13,000 colleagues in a 12 month period • Leading on the discovery, user testing and creation of change materials for the rollout of the Microsoft Authenticator app impacting 155,000 colleagues being able to access payslips on the new system for the first time • Driving the design and implementation of change communication and training materials for the migration of over 4,000 SharePoint sites and laptop migrations for 5,000 Home Office colleagues

Supporting the wider Retail Operations team in coordinating simplified plans with engaging communications, enabling store colleagues to serve customers betterResponsible for: • Planning, coordinating and designing communication plans incorporating; copywriting, video production, graphic design and third-party artwork for a variety of change projects and business as usual activity• Working closely with key stakeholders to deliver change through both planned and reactive operational activity • Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of both pieces of communication and communication channels through analytics and stakeholder feedbackAchievements:• Delivered the operational communication plan for the rollout of new High Fat, Sugar and Salt Legislation across 600+ stores • Supported on building the business case and then delivering communication and training for major system updates to Asda’s task management system – impacting all stores • Co-ordinating the operational communication plan for an end-to-end commercial project which saw a significant reduction in the volume of SKUs on shelf, moving to a discounter trading model

Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Operating in a matrixed supply chain, using a mixture of consumer insights and sales forecasts to manage Marks & Spencer card ranges.Responsible for: • Analysing best sellers, tracking stock levels and managing stakeholder expectations.• Taking a lead to deliver multiple sign-offs in a layered supply chain.• Evaluating sales data, consumer behaviour and interpreting the current retail environment to influence decision making.

Leeds, United Kingdom

A placement year with a specific focus on FMCG category management and exposure to multiple projects across two major retailersResponsible for: • Communicating across multiple levels of hierarchy by supporting Senior Account Managers to track sales data, present sales pitches and manage relationships with Trading teams across both Asda & Morrisons• Creating and presenting insight reports to influence decision making for major seasonal promotions• Analysing large data sets in Microsoft Excel to assist with financial audits

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

A part-time job offered after a successful work experience programme. Exposure to the customer-facing front-line of retail. Responsible for:• Replenishing stock across Produce, Bakery and Chilled• Mentoring new starters• Building rapport with customers to deal with complaints and drive impulse purchases

Ba First Class (Hons), Management & Entrepreneurship, Ba First Class (Hons.) Degree

Activities and Societies: Lancaster University Boxing Society | Bowland College A, B, C, D Football team (Player) | Bowland College D-Team.

Gcse & A-Levels

Activities and Societies: Head Boy of Rastrick High School & Sixth Form College (Twice Elected) Gifted and Talented Student World.