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Driving improvements in product availability and margin within a newly established supply chain department supporting STARK UK brands. Delivered impactful results, including clearing £7.5M of dead stock, implementing a successful route-to-market for doors (delivering over £1M in sales), and redesigning reporting with Power BI to streamline operations. Played a key role in the business sale transition, assisting with data migration to Azure and creating actionable dashboards for supply chain analytics. Recognised as a high-potential employee, mentored by the Chief Strategy Officer, and contributing to strategy discussions at departmental leadership meetings.

Delivered data-driven solutions to reduce inventory by £6.5M during a company sale, including creating a stock rebalancing algorithm and tools to optimize inventory management. Transitioned to Jewson following STARK Group's acquisition, continuing to develop tools and reports to empower stakeholders with actionable insights.

Led a data-driven project from strategy to execution, utilising R to source, clean, and analyse data. Delivered actionable insights to stakeholders, tailoring presentations to improve the customer journey and drive web sales growth.

Gained early exposure to a commercial finance environment, enhancing Excel proficiency by digitizing rebate deals and developing an understanding of the merchanting business.