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London, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

I worked across stakeholders to ensure Heathrow was attracting, retaining and developing talent, and designed and developed new initiatives to improve the airport's performance via its people to improve the internal colleague experience and engagement.

London, England, United Kingdom

I headed up a team of passionate designers and was responsible for all design programme delivery and budget management across major strategic projects to enhance the store estate. I was known for being a motivational leader of both internal teams and external agencies to achieve programme milestones and produce quality solutions in retail design.

I returned to John Lewis to work alongside the Director, Buying and Brand to pull together ideas and themes on store reinvention, setting the direction for future scoping strategy. I used my my knowledge of the retail industry and experience internationally to bring a fresh look at what John Lewis should be doing in their stores and build future growth.

Hong Kong SAR

I was responsible for all space changes and department refurbishments across HK and China in a dynamic retail group. No two days were the same. I achieved the successful opening of the Chengdu store in Mainland China, coordinating store design and supporting buying teams on set up. During my time there I also improved the relationships across buying and.

London, England, United Kingdom

I was responsible for the delivery of new department stores plus major refurbishments, from design to opening day. I led a cross functional team to develop retail design for 4 new stores and successfully delivered the opening of a new store in the Trafford Centre in Manchester, England in May 2005. I managed, coordinated and motivated across teams, and up.

London, England, United Kingdom

I headed up the retail design element of the £100m refurbishment of Peter Jones in London and successfully implemented the first phase of the project in June 2002. I was responsible for whole project lifecycle from design development through to successful delivery.My key contribution to this project was to build a strong team across all touchpoints, both.

London, England, United Kingdom

I managed the fashion departments in the John Lewis stores in Brent Cross and Peter Jones, each with an annual turnover of over £30m. The most satisfying part of these roles was motivating department managers to maximise their turnover and productivity, and building strong relationships with the Buying teams to get the right product in front of these two.

England, United Kingdom

I held various operational positions across 3 stores, earning 4 promotions in 4 years and across all GM groups.

Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Part time roles across various lending libraries in the county.

Cipd Level 5, Strategic People Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics