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Southampton, United Kingdom

South West England

I had accountability for improving the General Merchandising operation across large format stores turning over £250m annually. I worked alongside four Store Directors to analyse store performance data and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. With clear strategy, impactful communication and coaching I led and developed Store Managers and Department Managers to reach their full potential and improve commercial and customer focused metrics.

Welwyn Garden City

With sound project management methodology I delivered multi-stream projects which removed complexity, built and standardised operations and process across functions to ensure we delivered ‘what mattered most’ for customers and colleagues. Project titles; 1. General Merchandising Visual Merchandising & Equipment Transformation and 2. Streamline Retail Expenses.

South West, England

Selected by the Store Director to deliver retail excellence and consistency across the Non-food, Click and Collect, Clothing and Health and Beauty operation in 23 stores. Using a mix of shoulder to shoulder coaching and structured workshops I inspired store teams to deliver improvements in capability, stock loss, trade, productivity, vacancies and visual merchandising standards.

Welwyn Garden City

I led a team accountable for building and maintaining merchandising plans for stores. Analysis of space, sales, customer and product hierarchy was constant and helped to shape plans which balanced and satisfied commercial, customer and operational needs. Investment in my teams capability, strong process and stakeholder management along with a confidence to challenge decisions when misaligned from task objectives supported my team to deliver a quality and timely output.

2:1 Ba Hons, Retail Management

The four year course developed skills of analysis and critical evaluation, an understanding of the retail industry and the environment.

• 2003 - ‘A’ Levels Psychology & Business Studies B | Technology C

• 2002 - ‘AS’ Level Sociology B • 2001 - GCSEs History A | English, Art & Technology B | Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Maths C | German D