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Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

• Category Manager … Landscaping1. Responsible for end to end review of product portfolio including sourcing, range, pricing, promotional activity, instore display and signage2. Liaise, manage and control supplier.
• Introduction of additional suppliers with several different ranges new to the NZ market
• Improved YOY growth across key categories following 3 years of decline

Auckland, New Zealand

National Inventory Manager1. Key member of the Operations team,2. Working closely with branches, I am responsible for c.$85M of inventory across 60 PlaceMakers, from Kaitaia to Invercargill3. After 2 years of being on hold, I took on responsibility and accountability for the inventory mobility project (use of tablets) for cycle counting and inwards goods.

Royal Leamington Spa

Responsible for c.£25M of inventory covering the Pipe & Climate Center brands. Ensuring that inventory levels were kept to a premium to maximise availability whilst hitting stretching KPI's with regards inventory levels. I managed a team of 6 inventory planners, 1 Central Branch Replenishment Analyst, 1 Field Inventory Manager and a cleanse centre with 3.

Instrumental in ensuring the smooth UK exclusive launch of c.150 new lines with availability of over 99%.Responsible for the forecasting of over 2000 lines, with annual sales of more than £50M.Took on responsibility for new line and promotional forecasting from the buyer and merchandiser, including key Back to School and Christmas periods. This was.

Managed INFOREM ambient ordering system to ensure all Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) were achieved.Instrumental in achieving a £61M YOY reduction of depot stock holding to surpass a very stretching targetResponsible for smooth transmission of purchase orders to suppliers via EDI system and updating supplier database as necessary.Headed up a major.

Hayes

Managed all KPI’s within all areas within the Produce department, with responsibility for supply of stock worth £500M p.a, and reporting to the Category Supply Manager (CSM).Updated remodelling process to allow lower level changes, resulting in initial savings in wastage of £30k per week and improved sales and availability.Created and re-wrote a number of.

Hayes

Responsible for the forecasting within a number of area’s in the Produce and Delicatessen departments, to ensure all KPI’s were achieved.Heavily involved in a number of major range reviews, liaising closely with the trader and a number of suppliers, resulting in smooth implementations.Carried out numerous quarterly supplier reviews with key suppliers to.

Integral part of team that opened flagship Clapham store.Managed team of up to 25 people, ranging from 18 years of age to 65 years.Responsible for all aspects of the day to day running of the Grocery shop floor operations, such as delegating areas to staff to ensure constant replenishment of key aisles and overseeing shelf plan changes.Deputised in the.

1 of only 3 (out of 30) Management Trainees to be promoted directly to department manager.Responsible for all aspects of running 3 departments, with annual sales of over £1M, ranging from product ordering, health and safety and hygiene.Managed team of 51 full and part time staff.Heavily involved in store refurbishment project resulting in new departments.

Covered all aspects of Fresh Food and Grocery operations within the largest store in the Sainsbury’s groupTotally responsible for ensuring clear and concise layout for major stock take’s within the 100,000 sq ft warehouse.Deputised in the absence of Fresh Food/Grocery managers and carried out duty manager role

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