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Developing & Executing product strategies, presenting these plans to senior management and key stakeholdersForecasting, analysing specific KPI’s and presenting data information to these key stakeholdersReviewing Category WSSI and coordinating necessary action to maximise profitability of the department and reduce riskManaging the department OTB and working with the buying team to develop business opportunitiesPlanning and managing seasonal stock position at Total level, Store Grading level and option numberMaintaining and reviewing pricing structure of the department, looking out for significant changes in the market and with competitors Account ManagementManaging & Mentoring an internationally diverse team of young and new professionals, within 3 different departments. Developing training plans and methods to nurture individual growth needs, including weekly one to one check in sessionsWorking and bringing together people from different departments and businesses to solve problems and build new strategies and systemsResearching and Understanding cultural trends. Reacting appropriately to deliver the correct solutions to deliver customer needs Multi-Tasking, managing and prioritising my time and my teams time across various tasks and projects

Assisting the Merchandiser support the product teams with forecasting and stock planning of all Online selling channelsUpdating and Forecasting of Concessions WISSI’sUnder supervision of the merchandiser budgeting concessions sales planDeveloping new systems and procedures for integrating and maintaining Next selling channelWorking with a variety of functions to managed the Next and JLP Critical PathManaging stocks and relationships with both Next and JLP teamsSetting Online and Concession buy plans and parameters for product teams to buy toDeveloping ‘Lessons Learned’ analysis for Concessions and presenting to product teams when planning seasonsProduction of other seasonal and ad hoc analysisManaging and Developing an Allocator and Concession Coordinator

Supporting the Merchandiser with the department seasonal planning and forecasting of over 500 options, taking £50 million net cash across 4 separate regionsSupporting the Merchandiser managing OTB Managing over 80 Line Cards across 6 Departments and all regions on a monthly basis proposing rebuys and managing stock levels Analysing trading and sales patterns to identify opportunities for planning and also in season trading decision making Managing MD and weekly promotional activity across all regions to maintain margin and increase profitability Weekly management of 10 price files across the regions to ensure price establishment responsibilities are maintained Working with the buying team and suppliers to ensure intake targets are met, particularly for any key promotional linesLeading team trade meetings, highlighting strong and poor performing areas and proposing actions for these areas Ensuring intake is distributed accurately and effectively across all channels by the allocation teamTraining and Developing 2 Allocators/MMA’s

London, United Kingdom

Accurate stock distribution of new lines and effective management of DC Stock of approximately 580 options taking £50 million net cashAnalysis of sales and store selling patterns Planning trial distributions at store levelCreating, updating and managing the Line DetailCommunicating with the buying team, warehouse and suppliers to effectively manage delivery intakeProducing Monday performance overview for team and senior managementTraining, Developing and managing 2 other allocatorsDeveloping and leading company stock management and distributing training sessions for new allocators to the businessProjecting Sales and Stock levels on short lead time productConstructing Opening Store PackagesLeading distribution and delivery schedule meetingsAttending trade meetingsRaising Product NumbersCreating Ratios for orders on both new and flow linesGeneral ad hoc and admin dutiesProduct quality inspection

London, United Kingdom

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Assisting the store manager with the operations and management of the store, in order to meet and exceed sales targets.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Working among the stock team at the customer collection point, making sure customer products are delivered to them successfully and tracking down missing stock.

Southampton, United Kingdom

Working among the sales team on the menswear department, both on own brand/suiting section and shoes and accessories section.

Post Graduate Diploma

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba)