I have recently moved back home to the UK from nearly two years working in the Middle East and am looking for my next career opportunity.I have over 20 years of experience in retail at a senior level, with success in delivering winning commercial plans, with full P&L and forecasting ownership across Bricks and Mortar, Ecommerce, both in House, Agency and Consultancy including.• Floward (Middle East) – Global Category Director• Moonpig.com – Category Director Gifts and Flowers• Ebay UK -Head of Fashion, Beauty and Lifestyle• Sainsburys PLC – Category Planning Manager• Britvic PLC – Senior Revenue Growth ManagerI am passionate about ecommerce, the wealth of data available, to develop a detailed view of customer behaviours, from which strategies and plans can be created and delivered. I am motivated by the pace and agility required to be successful.Proven ability in using data, both qualitative and quantitative from various sources, external and internal to deliver market winning strategies; optimised seasonal events, operationalised annual plans in a number of very different categories, seeing a deep fascination and understanding of customer behaviour critical.Adept selling in change plans into a matrixed organisation across teams and geographies and at all levels. Leading cross functional teams across functions and geographies to deliver best in class plansA number of eBay initiatives bought in and rolled out globally, both marketing strategies and site structure changes to deliver long term commercial wins.While in Dubai I built the entire Category Function for Floward, from taxonomy, catalogue, merchandising, content, range and trading strategy, Extensive experience in range architecture and management, optimising commercially through excellent customer relationships, growth plan development, as well as product lifecycle management.A natural leader, proud to have been on Sainsbury’s, Britvic and eBay’s emerging leader’s programme.With a relentless energy and drive to win, I am happy to alter plans to respond to the changing landscapes from buyer behaviour and competitor actions, seeing agility as a key asset to gaining competitive advantage. https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-thomas-5737a4bI believe my experience and passion make me a person who can deliver on an ongoing basis, as I am always curious as to what is the next opportunity to drive growth, in sales revenue brand growth and profitability.