Jade Acey Email & Phone Number

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Led the Retail Supply team for the Thorntons Brand• Oversee Demand and Supply planning for 4x Retail Channels • Drive in store, warehouse and transport efficiencies• Manage cross functional projects and cost saving initiatives• Manage product lifecycle processes• Item & store level forecasting• Long term demand planning• S&OP planning• Logistics planning and management• Supply chain systems development & implementation• Support store openings, conversions & closures

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Inventory management for Boots own brand cosmetics display aids and show materials. Including usage forecasting, stock run down plans, monthly and yearly spend and supplier pricing negotiations• Development of display aid and show materials with internal and external stakeholders for new product developments on a four weekly cycle. Working with agencies to deliver robust solutions on time, within budget.• Project manage the merchandising operations for product launches each month. To ensure the correct kit of parts is sent to each store, within a specific time frame. I work with multiple suppliers, kitting agents and transport providers to ensure stores receive what they need to trade effectively.• Act as the liaison between display aid suppliers, and stores to ensure all parties are kept up to date on developments in a timely manner, through excellent customer service skills

Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Provide supply and marketing teams with vast amounts of data each month from an internal system to allow them to effectively allocate stock and show material to stores running various promotions.• Manage a small group of assistants within the team. Offering support where necessary and providing them with initial new join training and then ongoing training as new systems were introduced.• Process improvement lead for Salesplan Merchandising. Where it was possible to make time or cost saving changes, I mapped out new procedures and communicated these to senior stake holders, the wider business, and trained my immediate team on the new developments.• Working within a team and also independently to make important deadlines. I also gained valuable experience in maintaining the utmost professionalism and discretion when dealing with sensitive promotional information