Product lead covering home and garden categories valued at over £150m. Responsible for the development of new products and implementation of garden ranges in our retail outlets (B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama and Brico Depot) across 6 countries. Special consideration given to each market's requirements, national and international regulation (UK, Ireland, France, Spain, Romania & Poland) and maximising efficiencies across the international supply base. Particular emphasis on developing private label ranging through far east and European buying offices.Key member of a cross-functional product development team including; buying, marketing, supply chain, quality engineers and finance - I am responsible for the successful completion of all projects ensuring full buy-in from each function is achieved.Working closely with vendors and market managers from each of our retail outlets across Europe to understand specific customer needs, local and national regulations and commercial terms is key to the successful implementation of product ranges.

Promoted to buyer with responsibility for Bedding plants and Christmas tree categories with total turnover of £22m.Acted as business lead under NDA for all horticulture categories during store sale / store disposal process.Key responsibilities• Developed ranges and strategies for high volume bedding and vegetable categories requiring significant reserves across multiple national growers selected for their ability to produce crops to a high specification. Special consideration given to supplier geography to maximise efficiencies.• Traded and pre-programmed bespoke ranges of bedding containers and baskets. Core ranging and seasonal product development including bespoke colour themed, mother’s day and Christmas ranges.• Curated industry leading vegetable plant ranges through detailed review of range and pricing to ensure maximum appeal to the customer. • Completed fixed buys for Christmas trees and stands. Required complex trading agreement terms and conditions to ensure 100% delivery of product on time and in full to the full estate. Conducted in-flight management of tree stock to ensure maximum sales and margin across the estate.• During the sale / store disposal process, dealt specifically with commercially sensitive aspects of the supply chain and stock commitments for each individual and group store buyer to ensure a smooth transition of store ownership whilst protecting commitments made to WGCL suppliers.

Promoted to Junior Buyer with additional responsibility for the Houseplant category, taking responsibility for £20m of turnover over the two categories. Acted as new store trading integrations and acquisition business lead for Horticulture and Garden divisions.Key responsibilities• Managed both categories employing a new level of efficiency and assertiveness whilst ensuring KPI’s remained on track to deliver budgeted targets.• Managed the day to day trading of a trending houseplant category, satisfying customer demand for newness, trending plants and attachment products.• Communicated and steered the Mother’s day and Christmas Houseplant strategies ensuring all stakeholders delivered agreed objectives.• Worked with the online team to deliver a compelling seeds & bulbs and Houseplant proposition• Acted as Horticulture and Garden business lead for the successful acquisition of new stores and their integration into the core estate. • Performed detailed analysis of potential acquisitions to determine their feasibility for purchase and integration into the core estate. Reported to Director of estates and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions.

End to end responsibility for the ranging and marketing of a highly seasonal category delivering sales of over £10m. Delivered the trade plan, ensuring all KPI’s were achieved through monitoring and evaluation of in-flight category performance.Key Responsibilities• Primary responsibility to deliver all sales, margin and stock KPI’s• Efficient communication of all category commercial performances on a weekly bases, communicating to the Category manager recommended actions where required. • Fixed buys for spring and autumn seasons through detailed range reviews signed off at executive / director level.• Continuous product / range development to ensure ‘newness’ and ‘exclusivity’ targets are achieved• Communicated the strategy to internal stakeholders ensuring all marketing, visual merchandising and operational budgeted spend were allocated to the category in full.• Negotiated supplier trading agreements - including service level agreements, intake margins, back end terms (rebates – fixed and stepped) promotional support (fixtured space and volume driving promotional price investment) Ownership of stock, fixtures and display items. Sale or Return agreements and stock cleansing funding to include cash lump sums paid at key trading periods during the trading agreement window.