• Member of the Exec team to cover trade, planning and product reviews across all brands and platforms ensuring a focused, cohesive strategy and communication across all functions• Implemented strategies to maximise sales and full price sales, based of in-depth analysis

• Recruited to lead set-up of Merchandise Planning and allocation team in creating top down and bottom up sales, inventory and margin budgets, assortment, buying and planning, pre/in season product performance monitoring, trend analysis, trading and markdown planning across 3 channels including creation of all SOP’s facilitating growth which tripled the size of the business since 2015 • Set up of all merchandising and store / stock sales reporting, also the stores daily takings reconciliation across 60 doors at peak• Selection, set up and contract management of a new 3PL to support our e-commerce platform, also working with the web team on cover and promotional strategy

Managed UK Customer Services and Demand Planning Teams• Streamlined the CS team from 10 to current 5; implemented a Graduate Recruitment Program• Reduction of PRUK Cost to Serve by over £200k• PRUK Customer Service maintained at 99.5% - Won JS Best Supplier AwardUK Demand Planning • Continued to improve FA by ~1% and reduced stock holding ~-10% annually to 2014• Reduced Obsolete stock by 35% over the last 2 years• £5 Million third party logistics (3PL) distribution budget, ensuring contractual service levels are met and costs are controlled within budget (transport)• Implementation of INFOR (Supply and Demand Planning tool); DF, RP, IP • Automated excel based Cost to Serve, FA and Demand Planning Volume reporting into Qlikview

Implemented Demand Planning function into PR, processes and team – template used across PR globally, set up all business processes, reporting tools and recruitment (2 Demand Planners) and fully integrated into the wider business• Introducing and improving Forecast Accuracy by 13% over the period, enabling lead-time improvements on our top 5 lines• Implementing collaborative planning with the top 4 retailers, improving customer service to these key customers by ~ 5%• Implemented Intelligent EPOS system consolidating our retailer data for analysis• Worked with Supply Planning to reduced stock holding by 20% annually over this period; eliminating outside storage

UK Demand Planning and S&OP Process:• Line manager of UK Demand Manager • Reduced stock destruction by 69% vs. ’07, network transport costs by 10% vs. ’07• Day to day management of the £15 million third party logistics (3PL) contract across 7 sites in the UK (1.5 million HL’s): Contractual Service levels are met, and costs are controlled within budget (warehousing and transport)• Managed 3rd party Customer Service, Stock Deployment and Planning teams

Working with the Logistics Director on the tender and implementation process for ABEL’s outsourced logistics contract. Contract value £14 million, delivering savings vs. the old contract of £2.5m. • Direct responsibilitieso Tender evaluationo ABEL Implementation Project Manager: Depot openings, IT, HMRC, Business Processes, Financeo Customer Services, Stock Deployment work stream leads, Go-live operational support• On-going Logistics Support for all Customers, 3PL, Sainsburys PCC Contract Mgmt, inventory, cost/budgets, efficiencies, CS

• Managed the UK Demand Planning process• Implementing new freshness policy 180 days – 110 and forecasting models to reduce bridge buying• Reducing annual stock write off from £700k in ‘01 to £300k at the end of ‘04• Integrating the demand forecast into a web-based data-warehousing package