Brigid O'Leary

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General Manager STUDIO BELLE and owner of F45 & FS8 Crows Nest Sydney. @ STUDIO BELLE
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Australia
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About Brigid O'Leary

I have been successful in highly agile thinking, strategic and commercially savvy senior leadership roles in Buying, Planning and Category Management. With international experience across Europe and APAC regions in both Wholesale and Retail, I have been well regarded for my consistent delivery of results through depth of technical knowledge and team development.As a small business owner I have lent my hand to every aspect of business during the 2 years of the pandemic. Client satisfaction and consequently retention, have been singular goals to my sucessful business. I have used all my past skills and experience in corporate roles to understand how to grow a small business during such challenging times.Key Leadership Accomplishments- 2009 Winner of Leaders of the New Dawn. This is Luxottica’s premier awards program for the top 1% of the team within the Luxottica ANZ business. The winners which are judged by an Executive team panel, are recognized as the highest achievers of Luxottica people for the year. They are individuals who live and breathe Luxottica characteristics, whose performance has been rated most highly by managers, and who stand out as the leaders of the future. - In 2009 I was selected to participate in The Meikle Files Black, a yearlong Leadership development and high-performance program.- In 2008/2009 I was selected to participate in Women in the Boardroom with Xplore for Success.

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STUDIO BELLE

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General Manager STUDIO BELLE and owner of F45 & FS8 Crows Nest Sydney.
Brigid O'Leary Work Experience Details
  • Studio Belle
    General Manager At Studio Belle
    Studio Belle Apr 2022 - Present
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  • Home By Belle
    General Manager
    Home By Belle Apr 2022 - Present
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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  • F45 Training
    Owner Of F45 Crows Nest
    F45 Training Oct 2019 - Present
    Crows Nest, Sydney
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  • Omni Trading Group - Digital Camera Warehouse
    Product And Purchasing Manager
    Omni Trading Group - Digital Camera Warehouse Mar 2018 - Dec 2019
    OMNI Trading Group has speciality retail and wholesale businesses including Digital Camera Warehouse, Excess Camera Gear, After the Fact and fine art print lab Kent St Studio. In my role as Product and Purchasing Manager, my key responsibility is overall margin management, inventory levels and stock movement across all business channels including multiple online channels, retail stores, and a central warehouse facility. This requires: - Building lasting and profitable relationships with suppliers and stakeholders; - Collaborating closely with Marketing and Operations Managers to take advantage of buying opportunities in support of day to day sales strategies and promotional activity; - Planning, executing and finalising purchasing strategies for all product across all categories.
  • Contract
    Florist
    Contract Nov 2016 - Mar 2018
    Sydney, Australia
    With a personal passion for floristry, I pursued my studies through Pearsons School of Floristry and applied my retail commercial knowledge to floristry businesses. I further developed my commercial and operational knowledge of small retail business and utilised my previous experience to successfully engage with team, customers, and product. Key Achievements - Completing my Floristry certification within a swift timeframe to be operational within 3 months.- Applying my commercial and entrepreneurial skills to improve product, service and efficiency. - Built strong and loyal relationships with customers and team.
  • Luxottica
    Aus Category Manager Product & Planning (Wholesale)
    Luxottica Feb 2016 - Nov 2016
    Sydney, Australia
    Utilising my experience from European and APAC expansion, I managed the automatic replenishment program (STARS) for the Australian market. This included strong relationship building, management and negotiation to ensure key account adoption and successful use of the program to increase sales and profitability. Key Achievements - I grew the business from 30 stores to 99 by the end of 2016.- The majority key account customers were on the STARS program by the end of 2016, including David Jones and Optical 1001.- The contributing mix to the total wholesale business by the end of 2016 was 20%.
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  • Luxottica
    Apac Category Manager Product & Planning (Wholesale)
    Luxottica May 2014 - Jan 2016
    Singapore
    My role was to introduce the automatic replenishment program (STARS) to the Asian market. Locations included mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. I managed a team of 5 direct reports in Singapore (2 Buyers, 2 Planners and a Coordinator) and had functional reports based in each country whose role it was to grow the business in their country location. Key Achievements - Grew wholesale sales from 0 to 30 million euro’s in 1.5 years.- I grew the business from 6 stores in 2014 to 750 stores by early 2016.- I successfully developed my team capability in commercial knowledge and behavioural skills sets to achieve their growth plans.
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  • Luxottica
    Global Category Manager Product & Planning (Stars Program)
    Luxottica Jan 2011 - Jun 2014
    Milan Area, Italy
    Managing a team of 16 including 7 direct reports between Milano and our factory in the northern area of Italy, my role was responsible for the product selections and inventory management utilising the automatic replenishment program (STARS) program across Europe, Middle East, Australia, SE Asia and South America. All activities need to be in line with both Luxottica’s strategic needs and the expectations of our customer. Key Achievements - Grew sales from 60 million 2011 to in excess of 190 million euro in 2014.- Grew store numbers from 1500 to 6000.- Negotiated key relationships to grow confidence and capability within our vendors to successfully utilise the STARS program for their commercial performance.- Developed direct reports who have since been recognised for their achievements and promoted in their careers.
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  • Luxottica
    Category Director (Sunglasses)
    Luxottica Apr 2004 - Jan 2011
    Sydney, Australia
    Luxottica Retail had 6 retail businesses in 4 (Australia, NZ, Hong Kong and South Africa) countries with approximately a total of 800+ retail outlets. My role was responsible for the strategic direction of the sunglass category to meet company financials. My team included 2 Buyers, 2 Merchandisers and an Admin- Assistant. Up until 2010, the planning function reported to me. As a member of the Strategic Senior Management team I sat on all the weekly “run the business” teams, whose responsibility was the day to day running of each retail business. In addition, I played a key role for the acquisition and strategic direction of the Luxottica owned SGH (Sunglasses Hut) business in South Africa, as well as SGH franchisees in Thailand and The Philippines. Key Achievements I played a key role in the following acquisitions: 2006 Acquisition of 25 stores in AU and NZ into SGH 2007 SGH launched into Hong Kong and South Africa 2008 Oakley and Bright Eyes retail chain acquisition 2009 launched SGH @ Myer 65 concession stores
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  • Luxottica
    Acting Merchandise Manager (Apac)
    Luxottica 2006 - 2007
    Hong Kong
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  • Luxottica
    Acting Director
    Luxottica 2005 - 2006
    Sydney, Australia
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  • Luxottica
    Senior Buyer
    Luxottica Jun 2004 - Dec 2004
    Sydney, Australia
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  • Luxottica
    Buyer
    Luxottica Mar 2004 - May 2004
    Sydney, Australia
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  • Partyland
    Merchandise Manager
    Partyland Apr 2003 - Feb 2004
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  • Dfs
    Buyer
    Dfs Jun 2001 - Apr 2003
    Sydney, Australia
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  • J Ballantyne & Co
    Womenswear Buyer
    J Ballantyne & Co Sep 1998 - Apr 2001
    Christchurch, New Zealand

Brigid O'Leary Skills

Visual Merchandising Retail Fashion Product Development Profit Merchandising Brand Management Business Strategy Apparel Forecasting Inventory Management Negotiation Market Research Catagory Management Multi Retail Channel Strategy Team Building Strategy Budgets Management Budgeting Planning Wholesale Team Leadership Luxury Goods

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