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London, England, United Kingdom

• Provided ongoing support to Merchandising, Allocation, and Planning (MAP) teams on the Board tools (Planning Platform), troubleshooting user issues and advising the solutions.• Managed the assessment of change requests to develop and maintain Board tools with their development team, ensuring continued global alignment.• Monitored MAP teams to ensure adherence to processes required in the tools and best practices.• Supported the development of existing and new processes to improve operational efficiency.• Created and maintained training materials for Board tools.• Conducted ongoing training within the MAP teams on a quarterly basis.• Contributed to solution design and testing of learning environments.• Understood market processes, business calendars, and critical path activities and ensured best practices are followed in the system.• Managed functional boards with key stakeholders, presenting and facilitating change requests and addressing open business questions.

London, England, United Kingdom

Plan and implement global free stock management activities and coordinate global stock out and rebalances, ensuring adherence to the commercial principles by collaborating with 6 regions and central teams to optimise global year-end inventory and identify risks. Support Global Rolling OTB activities by maintaining and monitoring the Global Delist files that provide accurate view of the product lifecycle for all mainline products and their exit routes. Determine global exit route strategy to maximise inventory efficiency and protect full-price sales, communicating with product divisions. Assess carried over options to manage assortments productivity. Create actual templates and consolidated summaries for senior reviews with the Regions and reconcile monthly with the Finance team.

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

I managed Women's Small Leather Goods and Eyewear categories by myself and assisted in Women's Bags merchandise planning activities to drive sales and achieve the most competitive margin as a responsible for Women’s Hard Accessories and Eyewear category. Created commercial analysis and reports to highlight missed opportunities and hindsight for future collection guidance. Analysed parameters and provided recommendations for the development of seasonal range plans and inventory investment decisions. Planned seasonal sales strategies involving pricing and replenishment, collaborating with the Planning Manager and merchandisers. Coordinated regular free stock drops to optimise carry forward and replenishment inventory.

London, United Kingdom

Reviewed translation of the game to ensure the game was free from any spelling, grammatical errors and terminology inconsistencies.

Istanbul, Turkey

The largest e-commerce platform in the EEMEA region with more than 17 million different products available across 35+ categories.Created seasonal range plans for the outdoor category and managed the category purchasing activities by analysing customer buying patterns, forecasting sales and predicting future trends. Planned and selected outdoor products, negotiating with suppliers to ensure the best price and margin. Monitored stock, sales and orders to ensure the relevant targets were achieved. Developed and executed online promotional advertisements, collaborating with marketing and marketplace teams by working on ad content, visual design, pricing and promotions. Prepared and analysed reports and made recommendations based on figures to maximise profits.

Istanbul, Turkey

A subsidiary of Metro Group one of the biggest retailers in Europe, including Germany, Poland, Russia, Romania, Ukraine and Turkey.Planned and maintained women/men textile category management and purchasing activities by analysing sales and consumer buying patterns, sourcing and developing new and existing product ranges and managing stock levels. Sourced new suppliers, maintained relationships with existing suppliers and negotiated terms of contract, product range and logistics operations with suppliers. Supported promotional activities by monitoring market changes, competitor prices and products and creating textile promotions for newspapers. Assisted visual merchandisers in planning store layouts to promote key lines. Created reports and forecast sales levels.

Istanbul, Turkey

A Turkish multinational clothing company the chain which has 480 stores, including 290 in Turkey and 190 abroad, 800+ sales points.Developed, consolidated and managed planning roadmap and activities, including creating product budgets in line with profitability targets for Swimwear, Lingerie and Kids categories, processing orders to achieve sales targets with pre-season management by collaborating with merchandisers and marketing team. Monitored product budgets and presented reports to the top management. Built and presented analysis reports to the management team to determine which stores to sell before entering the market.

Istanbul, Turkey

Maintained the stock management of 10 stores in Ankara and Konya. Developed and maintained optimum store inventory levels.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Thesis: ‘How will the Changes in the Online Sales Process Lead to the growth of Luxury Fashion Future in the United Kingdom?’

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering