Peter Rolt Email & Phone Number

Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Southampton, United Kingdom

Swindon, United Kingdom

Reading, United Kingdom

Ownership of combs & brushes, scissors, wigs & extensions and barbershop categories.

Southampton

First year included looking after Ferts & Chems, Hanging Baskets, Decorative Aggregates, Landscape Fabric, and Birdcare (annual COGs of £50m).Implemented full in store range reviews on Hanging Baskets, Landscape Fabric and Birdcare.Second year focused on Ferts & Chems and Growing Media (annual COGs of £50m).Development of own brands, including Verve and Diall. Working with the brand development and packaging team to create the identity of the brand.Have managed tendering process, on both domestic and import supply route, to mitigate CPI and identify strategic partners.I've been involved with the setup and responsible exit of vendors; this includes annually negotiating trading terms and plans.

Southampton

Main responsibilities included weekly trading reports / meetings, market reviews, and trading plans.Project manager for the launch of the JCB range into B&Q as part of a licensing agreement - this included cross-functional working both internally and externally with JCB brand managers.Experienced in the development of brands (JCB) including factory visits, packaging development, developing and managing critical paths for import products, setting up customer helplines, setting bespoke websites, and co-ordinating people across numerous businesses.

Milton Keynes

Promoted to assistant buyer on Garden Furniture within Seasonal categories. Lot of experience working with imports; working with both import agents and more predominately with the HRG sourcing offices in the Far East going directly to factories.Working on developing multi-channel offer, through the website and garden brochure.Complete packaging review identifying improvements and cost savings - working with both product development and customer insight teams.Managing Buying Assistant - assisting with career development and managing workload.Managing budgets, forecasts and promotions.Presenting new ranges to stores colleagues through 'roadshows' and DVDs.Managing the Monday reporting process for the previous weeks performance - creating reports and identifying strong performers and issues.Working on product areas with a combined annual turnover of £60m.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Duties: Managing branded and unbranded suppliers, collating information for staff and customer facing brochures. Strong understanding of products, customers and how they shop.High level of team work, working with different areas of the business from supply chain to visual merchandising, to ensure effective implementation of new ranges.