•Principle buyer for a growing wholesale business. A diversified work load consisting of sourcing, shipping and warehousing 45,000 + product lines across 70 brands, controlling a spending budget in excess of £10 million.•Setting and monitoring company Purchasing policies and procedures. •Working and liaising a daily basis with suppliers from the United State, Asia and Europe to enable stock availability and supply chain management for the business.•Forecast and plan inventory to meet demand and achieving specific departmental objectives centred on stock turns, core line availability and margin expectation.•Monitor usage and seasonality to produce forward orders. Manage and implement category Range Reviews.•Monitor and continuously seek to improve freight terms, and oversee ITAR procedures. Manage customs audits.•Implementing pricing structures from raw material cost to full to retail.•Identify and communicate overstocked, obsolete, slow moving, superseded and dormant inventory and implement suitable exit strategies.•Managing a team of two assistants, setting individual KPI’s based on departmental objectives.

•Carrying out many different skills within F.S.A. (Financial Services Authority) guidelines to efficiently deal with customer's who may have been miss-sold a personal pension•Using a high level of attention to detail in order to minimise any potential regulatory breaches.•Redressing personal pension client’s lump sum or annuity payments.•Train and check the work of other members of the team