Jonathan Day Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

- Accounting: Main point of contact for all vendors and suppliers regarding invoicing and payments. Responsible for booking all incoming invoices as well as determining priority order of payments.- Figures & Analysis: Responsible for tracking and interpreting figures for all arms of the business. Margin, Profit & Loss and Financial Position reports from various information systems are combined to form a full picture of the status of the business.- Facilities: Managed Multiple Maintenance and service contracts coupled with the complexities and challenges of a Grade II Listed Building.- Human Resources: First point of contact for staff queries. Scheduling, Holidays, Contracts, Appraisals, Disciplinary Actions and Dismissals are under my remit.- Events: Worked as part of the team to organise and execute in house and client events that ranged from small private dinners and book reading to large scale parties with up to 300 guests and installations.- Retail: Member of the Management Team for the Retail side of the business. Supporting with stock control, sales and ad hoc retail needs.

London, United Kingdom

- Facilities Manager: Ensuring Assouline's First Flagship location is maintained and operated to the highest of standards as regards maintenance and facilities for both staff and clients. - Events Assistant: Aiding the UK Head of Retail and VP of Marketing to ensure all events in Assouline UK run successfully. - Administrative Assistant: Working with Operations, Wholesale, Finance and Press teams at Assouline with various administrative tasks that are both responsive and reactive.

London, United Kingdom

Assistant Manager for the first international flagship for the most sophisticated book publisher in the world. This brand new concept sees Assouline create a complete luxury destination in London featuring Assouline's books along with a curated selection of vintage and antique items. It also houses the new Interiors collection of bespoke office and library furniture. My role as Assistant Manager sees me attend to sales as part of the Sales Team as well as supporting the Higher Management with other responsibilities. This could range from back of house administration, antiques research or support with the various fantastic events that Maison Assouline hosts.

Bershka, Park House, Oxford Street, London

Department Manager for the Cash Desk in the flagship image store in Park House on Oxford Street. Responsible for the Cash Management of the store, as well as the training and management of a team of Cashiers.Upon joining the team at this store I had a lot of work to do as the Cash Desk Department had been without a Manager for nearly three months. Here my priority became Organisation and Administration as well as my previous focus of security and training from my time at Bershka in Stratford.When I arrived at the store there was paperwork spilling out of every space in the office and cash desk, which had led to issues with handovers between managers, impossible follow-ups of tasks and a exasperated team. I quickly sorted through the paperwork of the store and put in place the systems that had worked well in Stratford as well as new ones for the larger flagship store. I became the administrator by default. Supporting the floor managers as well as the team in the external stockroom with any IT issues, stationery orders and even HR and Payroll issues.In this store once again I trained my team to the highest possible standards, including one of whom became the Head Cashier for the Bershka Store in Westfield Shepherd's Bush. I also became the designated trainer for Bershka's Cash Desks, not only training Cashiers, but also training Head Cashiers.

Bershka, Stratford

Department Manager for the Cash Desk in the Westfield Stratford Store. Responsible for the Cash Management of the store, as well as the training and management of a team of Cashiers.Upon taking up the role I made Security and Training my priorities as they were the biggest weakness for the Department.Security was immediately tightened and streamlined. This began with an overhaul of the organisation of the Till Points as well as a thorough checklist of security measures that were to be followed without question at opening, throughout trading hours and most importantly when cashing up at the end of the day. Not only did my Department reduce discrepancies to an absolute minimum, it did so while being a a quick and efficient team.Training was next and this was something I particularly enjoyed because I got to work with and develop members of my team. When I left the Stratford store I moved on leaving behind a strong team of fully trained Cashiers, one of which went on to become a successful Head Cashier for another Brand within the company.

It was a great opportunity to intern at The Sunday Times Style Magazine and learn how the day to day running of a highly polished and highly regarded fashion publication works.While my basic duties were mainly administration and support, I did learn a lot about thinking on my feet and outside of the box. Editors would need samples, transcripts or research with short notice and I learned within the first hour of being at my desk that you have to be quick and concise.This role helped improve my communications skills and my ability to prioritise. Deadlines were a very solid reality. Having different Editors requesting different things, I learned to not only accept a request from an Editor but ask the questions I needed to place it in my list of priorities. Time management was of the utmost importance and I feel I handled this well while still making sure everyone got their mail on time.