David Chow Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

Melbourne, Australia

Reporting in to the brand planning managerWith the Buyer responsible for the performance of the department with sales of over $20M per year across 91 stores in Australia and New ZealandDuties included planning each season's strategy with the buyer, presenting this to the board, monthly product sign offs & forecast reviews, weekly trade presentations and.

Geelong West, Australia

I worked as the planner for Hong Kong company owned stores and Middle East franchise stores.Cotton On has a wide international presence with only 30% of sales from its home market. As a result of this, all buyers worked on product areas but the planners were all responsible for international regions. Buyers presented their ranges to us and we selected what.

I worked on the footwear & accessories department & managed a team of one assistant merchandiser and a merch admin assistantNo buying team so worked directly with design to ensure a trend relevant and balanced range

I worked on both the men's own buy area of Asos and also on the branded area looking after trend brands

I started on the internet department, working for 18 months during a period of very strong growth on the site where I was part of a team that helped sales increase 4-fold. I then moved back into core merchandising on the suits & smart team

I worked on the men's footwear department of River Island, starting as an allocator with analysing store performance and sending out stock accordingly rising to assistant merchandiser in May 2007