Profile: A Senior Category Manager with extensive experience in buying, merchandising, product and people management. Good interpersonal skills and a confident communicator, able to analyse data and draw conclusions that can be formulated into plans and driven as actions for improvement.Post graduate degree educated with over 30 years working experience.Key Skills:• Category Management tools and techniques by managing categories as strategic business units and using pricing, assortment management, promotional planning, merchandising and data analytics to achieve this (Ideal Shopping, Staples, Dental Directory) • Leadership and Management by inspiring and planning with individuals and teams to deliver outcomes and results (Store Management, Homebase, Harveys, Ideal Shopping, ACF)• Commercially Astute in having the ability to understand what is needed to make an organisation successful, through buying and selling products or supplying services (Store Management, Harveys, Dreams, Ideal Shopping, Staples, Dental Directory).• Supplier Management by negotiating, formalising, monitoring and obtaining maximum value for money spent and keeping this aligned to the organisations’ needs and aspirations. (Store Management, Homebase, Dreams, Ideal Shopping, Staples, Dental Directory) • A Good Communicator with the ability to deliver not only good interpersonal communication in all forms, but also presentation and writing effectively. (All employment and ACF)