Leanne Ling Email & Phone Number

Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Manage time, critical paths and workload effectively in line with agreed business processes to enable successfully delivers of all structured activityUnderstand and utilize all available data and reporting to clearly demonstrate improvements to on shelf availabilitySupport all activity to grow market share, delivery of margin budgets, multi channel LFL growth and end of day availability improvements.Collaborative working with Business Teams to deliver customer-focused planograms that deliver commercial strategies through the use of robust and detailed data analysis that help to promote category growth.

Hilmore House, Bradford

Bradford, United Kingdom

Deli Spicy snacks, pies, quiche, scotch eggs, olives and antipasti.

Bradford, United Kingdom

Buyer on bacon and gammon.

Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Buyer for Prepared foods & Sandwich fillings

Meal Solutions Chilled Foods

My key responsibilities and achievements: Loading and management of promotions ensuring Buyers and Suppliers achieve deadlines with the correct paperwork; Preparing invoices for promotions, new lines and stock withdrawals ; Resolving Invoice queries and discrepancies for Suppliers; Managing and recording the flow of invoice queries between Trading and Finance; Approving artwork, packaging and Point of Sale; Taking responsibility for cultivating positive working relationships with key business stakeholders; Interacting with suppliers both face to face and by telephone; Negotiate cost prices with suppliers, where I have made savings of over £100k a year with one supplier and £139k on another; Heavily involved in Category reviews, Innovation sessions, Focus groups, factory visits and product development; I cover buyers in there absence reporting on sales, waste and markdown,margin, market share and general overview on department performance; Training and coaching of new buying assistants; I organised and ran a team Bakery club which was a good team building exercise and everyone participated; Highly involved in Chilled Christmas party food in the absence of the buyer, I liaised with Suppliers, Supply chain, Marketing and Management to ensure there was clear communication and customer demand was satisfied.

Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

I worked within the Shared Service Centre (SSC) as a Trainer where I trained and coached a number of people in the accounts payable department. I have an excellent rapport with customers (Internal & External). I have attended meetings to discuss issues which impact SSC e.g. (Pricing/Invoicing/Vat issues). Reporting to my line manager my key duties were; Assist team leader with managing workload and any other duties required; Match invoices to purchase orders and process for payment; Liaise with suppliers and trading to ensure invoices are being received in the correct format; Resolve queries that may occur from the trading team and the processing team; Manage my teams workflow reporting figures and attend the weekly department meetings in the absence of my team leader; Producing accurate data for the internal accounts and unmatched invoices; and I was also a valuable member of the SSC charity and social team, where I have organised various fund raising and social events.

Keighley, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

I was an Assistant Manager for two years, where; I balanced the cash float and I was responsible for doing the banking on a daily basis; I was in charge of a small team where I had to distribute duties and keep colleagues motivated by having a positive attitude; I was also responsible for the opening and closing of the property; and I had to liaise with customers and resolve any queries or problems that occurred with a professional approach.