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United Kingdom

* Deliver outstanding merchandising and buying solutions to clients across clothing, footwear, home and living, including Forever New, Target, Spotlight, SRG, Best and Less, Kmart. * Applying merchandising principles and building tools to support commercial decisions and facilitate growth. * Deliver global buying and merchandising best practice training and mentoring packages, in person and online. * Best practice process mapping to drive maximum efficiency. * Leading the merchandise planning division of the business. * Creating an industry-leading merchandising assessment centre. * Responsible for sales, marketing, strategy, financial planning and forecast management of the business.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leading the Merchandise Planning division of the business.Deliver and develop global best practice training packages and courses.Responsible for sales, marketing, strategy, financial planning and forecast management.Implementing and Managing client relationships across our CRM management system. Creating an industry-leading planning assessment centre, measuring skills across retail knowledge, excel, analytical and problem-solving. Responsible for ensuring we create an expert reputation within the industry, including understanding the retail industry and learning advancements, writing marketing material and managing social media.

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

* Managing/mentoring a team of 3 - implemented a development plan focused on growth and feedback.* Lead merchandiser in building online start up Medley. Responsibilities included establishing all strategy and financials and setting up all the ways of working including new systems. Medley took $1M in the first year.* Managing 34% of the business (+200 Million) we drove incredible sales growth through strategic initiatives, Diamond Fashion FY21 +23%, FY22 +10% & Coloured Stones FY21 +10%, FY22 +7%. * Silver and Gold, responsible for the reconstruction of the departments, redefining the company strategy including customer base, product strategy and improving the instore experience. Silver FY21+22%, FY22 +14%, Gold FY21 +11%, FY 22 +13%. Grew Silver from 2.6% to 6% of company mix. * Project manager, for launch of the wholesales division for Michael Hill. Establishing and managing the project, financials, processes and relationships * Continuous tools and process improvements, projects included excel based category WSSI, range plan tool, revised strategy and range planning pack.

Brisbane, Australia

* Managing clothing and footwear across own bought and branded, managing/mentoring a team of 2.* Responsible for the strategy and financials including sales, margin, stock and budgeting. * Implemented a company level option tool, OTB management, bottom-up builds, brand performance management, markdown recommendations based on exception reporting and product order sign offs tools. * Manage the stock position of the business, developing strategies to profitably manage overstock position.* Manage, mentor and develop direct reports and development of the buying team.

Sydney, Australia

* Recuriting and managing/mentored a team of 8.* Responsible for establishing the buying and merchandising team, managing branded and own bought.* Implemented best practice buying and planning principles, processes and tools. * Responsible for moving the business from counter-intelligence system to AP21. * Presented the financial budget to the board for 38 new concession stores. * Successfully launched the stores in one day through meticulous planning, doubling the store count.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

* Overall financial responsibility for 62% of the Company across branded and private label, managing 2 Planners, 2 Junior Planners and 2 Assistants. * Leading/empowering/mentoring the team to succeed, consistently ensuring we monitor sales, risks and opportunity to deliver strong financial results. For S15 Women’s Apparel +25% budget, Women’s Shoes +2%. * Driving my team to think outside the box, stay motivated and deliver results. Focusing on individual development plans, growth and career paths. * Regularly driving change throughout the Planning/Buying department* Working closely with the Planning Director to produce Company level business plans, promotions plans and deliver ad hoc analysis for CEO and global CEO. * Full responsibility of planning team and tasks in Planning Director’s absence* Direct responsibility for managing company intakes and reporting to finance. Ensuring cash flow is efficient and delivered in the optimal time.

London

New Look is the UK market leader for Jeans. Whilst on the department we were voted the UK's best Jeans by Prima Magazine. 2012 financial year Woven’s and Jeans was responsible for 14% of womenswear’s clothing sales,selling on average a pair of jeans every 8 seconds.Responsible for trading the Fashion Jeans Department, we saw exceptional grown for the financial year (forecasted to be +37% LY), driven by the coloured denim trend (mark down -16%). Throughout my time on fashion jeans I showed I was competent in managing a complex range of tasks; balancing long lead time planning, with short lead time trading, ensuring fabric is booked, capacity placed and that we are as flexible as possible to react to the market.

London, United Kingdom