Jenny Barnes Email & Phone Number

Manchester, United Kingdom

The ivity business lens and associated services helps business leaders to nurture healthy work systems, so that everyone can use tech intelligently to deliver healthy business results. Download the brochure to read more about the ivity business lens.I founded ivity because I see patterns in all aspects of work activity, creativity and productivity. Early on my career I studied Human Resource Management before testing that good theory in practise in operational management of retail and supply. Choosing to work for tech adopters I now help businesses sweat their tech harder to drive improvements and support their people in creating joyful ways to work. Too few business have a Learning and Development wing to their data and analytics team, with ivity you can have an independent injection of support in this business function.

Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

Category management of multimillion-pound area. In season trading and pre-season planning of food and non-food categories. Measured equally with Buyer on sales, availability, stock turn and margin with great performance. Part of a management team responsible for managing change and improving the skills set of a team of 30 people. Minimum of 2 direct reports in a very hierarchical structure. A key part of my role was building successful supplier relationships.

Similar duties to my Assistant Merchandiser role but without responsibility for Margin and less involvement in the pre-season planning of the range mix.

Delivering all my merchandising planning skills and technical data handlings skills to a supply role. Forming collaborative and successful supplier relationships to drive value and volume growth for Pets At Home.

Assisted launch of new clothing department and trading it for two yearsWeekly trading of department using WSSI and best and worstRange building, sign off and selction of 8 phasesCritical path management, End to end buying and merchandising Intake management

"Wanabe" Management TraineeSales and customer serviceOverseeing good store routinesManaging deliveries and merchandisingTeam leader

Ma, Human Resource Management

Activities and Societies: Graduate member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Understanding Corporate Strategy.

Geography Ba Hons, Social, Economic And Political Research Degree

Ba, Economic,Political And Social Geography

Graduated with a 2:1 Hons degree