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Accrington

Richmond, England

This position was a supporting role reporting to the director, similar to that of an Assistant Buyer due to the small scale office team of only 3. The company operated with 9 retail stores and 12 Debenhams shop-in-shop concessions. I assisted in the buying and merchandising of 4 lifestyle brands in apparel, accessories and footwear across all locations.• PO creation on all forward orders and in-season purchases.• Liaising with suppliers regarding final order confirmations• Development and management of a critical path – inputting delivery dates, style codes and category codes.• Attending UK trade shows to further develop my knowledge of the market and aided in the creative process of product development with Denmark to help fill category gaps.• Weekly and quarterly sales reports on brand lifestyles to analyse range performance.• Liaising with suppliers, logistics and marketing to resolve delivery or discrepancy issues.• Monthly trend analysis and catwalk reports to support product meetings and category reports.• Managing OTB budget • Implementing quarterly budget strategies• Sourcing Travel to Italy including factory visits and fabric development.• Daily communication with store and concession managers to delegate jobs.• Weekly VM store visits to underperforming locations.• Creation of VM packs to support locations.

Leeds, United Kingdom

The role was a supporting role, reporting directly to the senior buyer and in his absence, the company director due to the small nature of the team. • Weekend work in the Leeds store to understand the customer profile.• Ordering, delivery and management of all own brand and branded samples.• Development of critical path to ensure supplier deadlines was kept.• I raised all purchase orders and inputted data onto JD systems.• I worked in other areas of the business; E-com, Marketing and Merchandising.• Provided weekly and daily reports by brands, season and category to accurately measure sell thru.• Liasied with a number of high profile brands include Fred Perry, Carhartt, Original Penguin, Farah Vintage and Pretty Green.• Assisted buyer on all own brand production through trend reports, competitor analysis and attending sample meetings.• Liaised with suppliers and negotiated cost prices and mark downs.• Stock level monitoring to ensure correct buying ratio for re-orders.• Regular trips to stores to ensure stock packages were visually appealing to customers and portrayed the correct message.

Leeds, United Kingdom

• Assisting managers in create a unique shop layout every week with visual merchandising.• Had the opportunity to work at head office to manage the warehouse outlet sales.• Build a good knowledge of the customers and their connection to certain brands including Fred Perry, Carhartt WIP & Superdry.• Further developed my customer service skills and was considered a valuable sales member.

Cheshire Oaks

• Developed knowledge of tailoring and suiting to further understand the menswear market.• Working as part of a team to create a high standard of service and promote the brand against its competitors.• I understood the fashion trends that had led to the design of the Ted Baker collection and started to see influences from the catwalk.

Bachelor'S Degree, Event Management, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Volunteering and an unpaid full-time Internships (6 months)

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