Nick Trainor Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Australia

Experienced project manager with a strong track record of successfully overseeing both minor and major internal fitout projects. Adept at managing contractors, ensuring safety compliance, optimising merchandise layouts, and cost management. High focus on business-wide communication, stakeholder engagement, operational involvement and ensuring the implementation of rigorous business standards to drive excellent results and outcomes.

Strategic planning, forecasting and budgeting, competitor monitoring, merchandise planning, inventory management, develop annual business plans, reduce CODB through tight expense controls and contract negotiations, network with internal support functions, team development, driving a positive culture and strong vision and values store wide, community engagement, and whole store safety.

Management of 60+ team members, deliver on business plans and strategies, drive compliance through both OHS policy and procedures and strong admin processes, drive stock and range mgmt through efficient GIR practices, reduce stock loss through team training on entry and exit checks, deliver merchandise standards, cost control in line with budget and P+L.

Melbourne, Australia

Management of 25 stores nationally (flagship and shop in shop formats), forecasting and budgeting range selection and buying for seasonal collections, strategic and merchandise planning, inventory management, develop annual business plans, competitor monitoring, execute global merchandise standards, liaise with global shop construction team for new store plans and openings, negotiate lease agreements with shopping centres and shop fitters for contracts and building timeframes, team recruitment and development for both management and team member roles, plan and facilitate national conference for store managers, develop and role out a Store Operations Manual nationally, travel to Germany for bi-annual conference.

Wholesale account manager for various brands and ranges within the Hugo Boss brand, our client base included Hugo Boss stores, David Jones, Myer, and various menswear stores across Australia and New Zealand, develop build and maintain client relationships across 200 sites, travel to Germany to view seasonal ranges, liaise with range designers and merchandise managers, organise product delivery windows to clients, assist with store set up and global merchandise standards, work with clients to train their teams on new ranges and products, meet sales KPI’s, competitor monitoring (both Nationally and Globally).