An experienced retail trends and customer insights expert across multiple categories and markets, helping shape how retailers present themselves and their products to market. Key Strengths include:• Identifying customers needs and implementing transformational retail strategies to meet those needs, across multiple businesses, geographies and formats.• Able to create understanding of the market place, driving strategic alignment and provoking challenging conversations, gaining commitment to change and improvement. • Leading global marketplace immersions and retail safaris to support key business and department initiatives.• Ability to collate insight generated from CX Programmes (Mystery Shop and Communities) and the lead in communicating to key stakeholders ranging from Board members to Business teams via presentations, reports, dashboards and videos.• Experienced team leader with teams not just in the workplace but internationally and remotely in addition to the management of external agencies and suppliers.• Financial planning and roll out of initiatives to improve store / network engagement. • Highly driven with a passion for unlocking the true potential of a brand, with the insight, impact and experience required to create and implement new strategies effectively. • Analysis of in-store, online and mobile customer experience and insights across global retailers, identifying market trends.• Senior stakeholder communication delivering insights and recommendations to achieve corporate strategies, values and visions. • Power BI designer and proficient user facilitating reporting and KPI / objective requirements.• Being the point of contact for senior VP's from multiple departments requesting insights within their particular categories.• Customer journey mapping and associated key drivers.• Creation of 'Best in Class' briefs on individual key drivers, ensuring CX and customer engagement is a priority. • Strong engaging leader, known for being creative, open minded, enthusiastic, organised and hands-on.
Listed skills include Leadership, Customer Experience, Visual Merchandising, Social Media, and 35 others.