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Wigan, Gb

Bury, England, United Kingdom

Bury, England, United Kingdom

Set up the merchandising function for 5 luxury fashion subsidiaries who are based within theirown office locations across the countryCombined turnover of c. £75m across 15 large retail locations and 5 websitesRemotely lead weekly trade meetings to drive action and create accountability within eachbusinessCreated a standard deck of weekly reports to analyse performance, including a WSSISupported by an in-house team of 3 data analysts and a Junior Merchandiser Created robust financial planning by location, gender and week to drive accurate seasonalspendsIntroduced space planning into each business

Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Category turnover of £65M and peak stock of £40M NetManage and develop 1 Junior Merch, 1 Senior Assistant, 1 Assistant Merch, 3 Merch Assistants and an allocatorPlan seasonal spend by brand and category by fascia and channelForecast end of season Markdown spend and re-code valuesSuccesses:Introduced a semi-automated linecard which helped launch the “Continuity” programme feeding into a new season in the WSSIAutomated and streamlined Monday reporting to aid greater and more in-depth analysisImproved day to day team processes by creating more efficient and accurate system uploadsCreated Mallet brand WSSI to plan seasonal spend and option count in a key growth brand

Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Lead the team to hit all stock, intake, sales and margin KPI’sManage and develop 3 direct reports – 1 Junior Merchandiser, 1 Assistant Merchandiser and a Merchandise AssistantManage a stock file of at £9.8M in SS18 and £13.5M in AW18 at costMaintain availability of stores and web across 3 facias (Blacks, Millets & Ultimate Outdoors) – 164 stores, 4 websites (UK sites as above plus blacks.de) and marketplace (amazon, ebay)Develop the departmental strategy alongside the buyerReview and plan promotions to maximise opportunities and minimise riskSuccesses:Part of the development team for the new-format range planning tool launched in SS18Developed semi-automated linecard system linking to the range plan, distribution plan and auto purchase order system resulting in more accurate forecasting and improved stock flowDeveloped the wholesale process to share own brand / licenced branded products with the wider company resulting in a reduction of factory minimums and lower costsImproved weekly reporting resulting in less duplication of workload across the Merchandising department

Warrington, United Kingdom

Main ResponsibilitiesManage multi-channel stock, intake, sales and margin forecasting Maintain availability of 400 SKUs in retail (£5.8M stock file) and 2000 SKUs online (£1.8M stock file)Range planning and category analysisSale planning to maximise sell through and profitabilitySupplier negotiations regarding cancellations and late delivery compensation Successes YoY sales growth of 5.2% 2016 vs 2015, H1 sales growth of 6.0% 2017 vs 2016 in retailYoY sales growth of 22.8% 2016 vs 2015, H1 sales growth of 24.4% 2017 vs 2016 in EcommerceStock turn improved by 0.8 weeks on average in retail and 2.2 weeks in ecommerceCore line availability improved from 92.1% to 93.5% in retail and from 98.3% to 98.8% in ecommerce

Warrington, United Kingdom

Warrington, United Kingdom

Warrington, United Kingdom

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