David Lethbridge Email & Phone Number

Borehamwood, England, United Kingdom

• Paul Simon are a southern England home furnishings retailer with in excess of 50 stores and a turn over of in excess of £70million PA. During my 17 year career I have worked within a wide variety of stores and roles.
• Liaising with suppliers, negotiating prices, products and delivery times.
• Forecasting business / store requirements, ensuring enough stock was ordered.
• Conducting internal audits, reporting any discrepancies and investigating issues.
• Dealing with any and hoc price queries.
• Ensuring correct margins were rolled out company wide. Merchandising Manager:

• Assuming overall responsibility for the management of the Romford store with a turn over of 1.6m pa. Due to the nature of store management my duties and responsibilities were vast and diverse.
• Responsible for the recruitment and development of a team of 12 staff.
• Ensuring best cross selling and up selling practices were followed at all times.
• Liaising with head office regarding; Stock, Figures, Merchandising and Targets.
• Responsible for all banking and reporting of cash.
• Resolving any customer complaints or issues.

Responsible for the management of the Colindale store, this was a turnaround challenge which I met with an increase in turnover by over 25% and took the store into profitability. My achievements here led to me being asked to move to the Romford store and undertake a similar task. During my time at Colindale I trained up 22 assistant managers (management.

Tasked with opening a brand new store in Barking. Achieved 135% on year 1 target.

Waltham Abbey, England, United Kingdom

Successfully ran my own Curtains and Blinds business supplying a vast range of products to people throughout the local area. Following my success I was approached with an opportunity at Paul Simon (By Mr Simon) to join the management training program.