Jo Prior Email & Phone Number

Australia

Lead the team to innovate and bring amazing product for everyday use into everyone’s home here in Australia and around the world.

Australia

Introduced, curated, developed bought and launched Small Electrical Appliances for Baccarat.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leading a team to curate and develop on trend and functional kitchen ware from gadgets to small electrical appliances for the Australian market. International and own brands.

Preston, Melbourne

Accomplished Brand Manager and Kitchenware Buyer.Work with a host of international brands where relationship building is key and communication vital.Building Brands and Brand strategy to maximize potential sales, sharing information and developing brands to ensure growth in our market place.Product develop and buy for our internal kitchenware brands, creating packaging, styling and photography. Experienced in all areas of Buying, Product development, Stock management and SalesI really enjoying looking at all areas both creatively and analytically. Working out the best strategic way to go forward. Finding new Brands that fit and will work with our portfolio. Seeing my products in retail and selling.

Scoresby

Responsible for managing lunch and Hydration, Coolers, Baby and Cleaning categories spanning over 200 active skus and over 100 seasonal skusWon role of Category Captain Introduced new speciality products into category from concept to launchDrive NPD, creative input and project managing new product design end-to-endAchieved significant category growthRelaunched realseal kitchen containers as match-upsConduct consumer research for all new product conceptsMaintain detailed knowledge of local and international trendsSet retailer pricing, manage product lifecycleDrive incremental sales initiativesCategory reviews, buyer presentations, retail ranging strategy'sCoordinated communication materials across catalogues, POS material and newslettersLiaise with offshore manufacturers

Scoresby

Managed high value accounts for business including Coles, Kmart and SpotlightGrew major subcategories substantially, with performance uplifts Developed and introduced promotional packs driving incremental growthImplemented business plansCategory reviews, buyer presentations, retail ranging strategy's

Contributed to strategy development and execution as key member of Senior Management Team Led Australian and New Zealand sales divisionOversaw National Account Managers and sales support staffImplemented business plans and national account objectivesManaged largest national accountsIncreased sales considerably Won new accounts with leading retailers, thanks to quality value propositionIncreased Back to School Lunch sales significantly

Headed up leading apparel accountsHandled significant portion of national salesOverachieved budget for account considerably Evened split between menswear and womenswear from, resulting in brand growth Formulated strategic business plan with product mix to regain businessOversaw strategic analysisSet clear briefs to design to develop new opportunities to fill sales gaps Developing other Account Managers

Led budgeted sales across major accountsDrove performance across success metrics, particularly sales and stock-turns Mentored new team to become high-performing unit Recovered lost business through rebuilding relationships Executed benchmarking matrix in China Streamlined company vendor management practices Instigated new promotional event, driving sales for major account to fill gapsImplemented reductions in amount of excess products designed and produced