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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Role: Analyse and report on business/market data. Provide recommendations to key stakeholders within the company, to assist with its strategic direction. Key Responsibilities >Monitor consumer trends, market activity and it’s competitors. Develop recommendations to keep ahead of market changes and to maintain Rays Outdoors’ position. >Provide direction to the Marketing and Merchandising team on product ranging, pricing and profitability. >Monitor company Gross Profit/turnover and provide strategies/action plans to ensure that it is reaching target. >Manage two Planning Assistants (primarily responsible for collating and modeling data). Projects >Development of new inventory management processes that raised stock efficiencies to the desired benchmark across its wholesale and retail businesses. >Range Segmentation Project which aimed to maximise range efficiencies and profit, returns through restructuring range sizes, depth and pricing.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Merchandise Developer (Jan 2001 - Dec 2002) Responsibilities >Data analysis (Business and Market), reporting and recommendations. I.e. Forecasting, stock management, Sales, Margin, Brand Management. >Developing merchandising/range strategies and concepts >Development of in-store promotional/product information material >Developing new packaging and promotional formats with suppliers and business partners. Achievements >Being an integral part of a team that planned and set up over 20 Bunnings warehouses. >Developed a new policy that streamlined merchandise planning for ‘off shelf’ promotional products in new stores. (Eg, Advertised lines, Promotional ends, and other promotional areas). This detailed all aspects from product selection and ordering to in-store logistics. An instruction manual was also written and distributed that included production selection criteria, ordering/logistical timelines and auditing/follow up procedures. This is now used by the Bunnings East Coast office to ensure new stores are sufficiently supplied with promotional merchandise that supports catalogue advertising and other opening specials that are applicable to its local market.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Responsibilities >Administrative Support to the buyer I.e. Price changes, Store queries, Supplier queries >General Product Maintenance I.e. New Products, Product Deletions, Allocations >Advertising Maintenance I.e. Product Selection, Price Admin., Managing Catalogue Proofs (Artwork, Visual Presentation and Product Positioning), >Ensuring sufficient supply of product. AchievementsThe successful application, planning, and implementation of the ‘Housewares Refit’ project. The refit required the planning and implementation of new product categories into the housewares business across 25 retail warehouses, throughout the East Coast of Australia. This was quite significant in Bunnings’ history as it was a new strategic direction for the department. This success was measured in increased sales of the new categories/ranges whilst maintaining targeted Gross Profit. The physical implementation was completed on schedule and within budget.

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