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London, England, United Kingdom

Key Responsibilities:• Attending buying appointments with the Buying Manager in London, Paris and Milan to create commercial edits that cater to the local Fenwick customer across nine stores• Negotiating supplier terms and planning brand growth across the Group• Planning seasonal brand OTBs and product ranges• Quantifying and submitting seasonal orders within deadlines• Preparing floor plans for new brand launches, pop ups or any other in season brand movement•… Show more Key Responsibilities:• Attending buying appointments with the Buying Manager in London, Paris and Milan to create commercial edits that cater to the local Fenwick customer across nine stores• Negotiating supplier terms and planning brand growth across the Group• Planning seasonal brand OTBs and product ranges• Quantifying and submitting seasonal orders within deadlines• Preparing floor plans for new brand launches, pop ups or any other in season brand movement• Continuously improving trade with re-orders, stock swaps and exclusive product• Driving seasonal ST by forecasting EOS sales risk and working with brands to ensure targets are achieved• Driving sales and supporting retail team by arranging staff training and VM support with vendors• Presenting in trade meetings to the Buying & Merchandising Director the key highlights, lowlights, delivery updates, new brand launches and trading opportunities• Overseeing markdown planning and sale preparation• Attending weekly floor walks with the Retail Team to react quickly to sales performance andcustomer feedback• Attending monthly store visits with Buying Manager and Head of Creative to plan new poten-tial brand opportunities• Working alongside other Buying Teams to optimise brand performance, including better tradingterms, staff incentives and pop up launches• Liaising with Press, Marketing and Personal Shopping to update on new brand and exclusivelaunches• Managing the Buying Clerk Show less

Bond Street

Key Responsibilities:• Working with over 50 contemporary and classic brands across two departments in Bond Street store• Assisting in planning seasonal and core OTBs by brand within annual financial targets• Assisting with Range Review preparation• Analysing daily and weekly sales and proposing trading actions: re-orders, stock swaps, returns, cancellations. Placing SS18 mid season re-orders over £200k to drive sales• Overseeing end of season RTVs to improve on final… Show more Key Responsibilities:• Working with over 50 contemporary and classic brands across two departments in Bond Street store• Assisting in planning seasonal and core OTBs by brand within annual financial targets• Assisting with Range Review preparation• Analysing daily and weekly sales and proposing trading actions: re-orders, stock swaps, returns, cancellations. Placing SS18 mid season re-orders over £200k to drive sales• Overseeing end of season RTVs to improve on final pre-sale sell thrus• Managing the sale and markdowns, proposing lines for promotions and discount depths, signingoff to Merchandising and Planning Manager level• Monitoring delivery performance and actioning cancellations, SOR or discount agreements forlate deliveries accordingly• Monitoring core lines and liaising with the Merchandising Team to action reorders and stockswaps• Managing the Buying Clerk and training new Buying Team staff when required• Creating buying analysis for market appointments; summarising key messages to Head ofWomenswear level• Liaising with Press, Marketing and Personal Shopping to update on new brand and exclusivelaunches• Nominated as a Superuser for the new AX inventory system and training other team membersfor their Go Live dates as well as supporting afterwards• Managing the move onto AX system of two departments Show less

Bond Street

The buyer’s assistant role involved providing support to the buyer of the Women's Contemporary departments at Fenwick of Bond Street.Key responsibilities:- running daily and weekly sales reports- analysing sell-throughs to maximise stock potential- working closely with the Merchandising Team to maximise re-order opportunities and minimise end of season markdown- checking order confirmations and managing delivery schedules- building and maintaining relationships with… Show more The buyer’s assistant role involved providing support to the buyer of the Women's Contemporary departments at Fenwick of Bond Street.Key responsibilities:- running daily and weekly sales reports- analysing sell-throughs to maximise stock potential- working closely with the Merchandising Team to maximise re-order opportunities and minimise end of season markdown- checking order confirmations and managing delivery schedules- building and maintaining relationships with suppliers, investigating any arising order issues and liaising with brand representatives to improve trade- working closely with the Retail Team regarding quality issues, customer orders, organising brand trainings and helping with visual merchandising during floor moves, pop up installations etc. - managing and developing interns Show less

My role as a Merchandise Assistant for Denim & Knitwear departments involved maintaining all system information in an accurate and timely manner, entering markdowns as well as running daily & weekly sales reports. A crucial part of my role focused on supplier queries and intake management as well as any ad hoc duties to help the Merchandising Team effectively run the department.

Harrods

A part-time role of a brand specialist for an exclusive Harrods boutique of the very popular French footwear label. The role involved providing the highest standard of service to the boutique’s customers in a busy and demanding environment. Detailed product and brand knowledge, as well as good customer relationship management skills were essential for my role in Roger Vivier.

Master'S Degree, Fashion Retail, Merit

Dissertation topic: A Practice-based Investigation: proposing an Online Fashion Platform to Promote Emerging Lithuanian Designers

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature With Minor In Psychology, 10/10

Final project topic: The Construction of Englishness in British Fashion: An Analysis of the Burberry Prorsum Fall/Winter 2012 Collection