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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

•Optimizes option counts and inventory levels in store and warehouse to meet or exceed sales, margin while maintaining option and inventory unit capacity.• Uses raw data to create reports & conduct analysis to support operations of the business.• Allocate new product to stores on time, ensuring a premium consumer experience with complete size runs and depth available.• Working on new store openings, creating & planning the assortments.• Replenish inventory to stores based on sales trends, anticipating demand to ensure stores capitalize on opportunities.• Monitor inventory levels by age of inventory, top sellers, and brand to quickly identify OTB opportunities. Working closely with buyers and planner to capitalize on these opportunities.• Working with buyers and planner to create and implement exit strategies that maximize profit and ensure inventory turn targets are met.• Executes the buyer and planner’s merchandising strategies in store through allocations and replenishment.• Working closely with visual merchandising to ensure standards of excellence are met in store by keeping product in stock.• Incorporates marketing efforts into weekly allocations and replenishment activities to ensure maximum impact and capture sales opportunities.• Creates tools and ad-hoc reports to manage allocation process effectively and efficiently.

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Building and maintaining excellent relationships with the vendors- Acquiring knowledge of various Brand’s sales strategies for the Canadian market- Monitoring Brand performance and developing sales strategies- Ensuring products are placed with well-matched customers- Communicating with vendors to identify new products, road maps, price lists, etc.- Issuing new product announcements that create excitement- Sourcing and managing and supplying the sales team with samples- Assisting with the launch of new products, coordinating initial orders and deadlines- Securing vendor funding for promotional activities and other marketing campaigns- Ensuring marketing discounts and special pricing are documented and approved- Organizing sales and vendor meetings and giving product presentations- Assisting with negotiating new vendor contracts- Negotiating and creating competitive pricing structures with good margins- Analyzing potential new vendors and researching competitors’ activities- Ensuring purchases are aligned with annual vendor purchase targets- Preparing reports and pricing analysis including sell through of Brand products- Assisting with the setup of new products in the ERP system and monitoring accuracy

Vancouver, Canada Area

• This was a contract position to support for the Holiday season• First point of contact for stores - Answering procurement operational questions and resolving emergency issues within the day to day operations of the team• Working with leadership, stakeholders and other department partners to identify and translate business needs & requirements into solutions• Owner of weekly shopper bag allocations to stores, using internal sales forecasting vs inventory data.• Maintaining relationships with vendors across the business and third-party service providers on the execution of contracts for goods and services • Working with Store Development and external partners, ensuring delivery of all operational supplies for New Store openings.

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

- Managing & processing all returns that came back into the business.- Working with leadership to control and implement loss prevention for different types of returns- Working efficiently with cross-functional teams to ensure client satisfaction

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

- I worked with the Buying team to cover a period of Maternity Leave.• Category management for Travel & Luggage - establishing & maintaining vendor relationships and product selection. • Implementation of streamlining daily processes.• Looking after accounts for many worldwide suppliers including Samsonite, Rolex and Fossil, among many others. I communicated with both local vendors & ones based overseas. • Managing stock flow in and out of the business through forecasting sales, ordering stock & ensuring suppliers are delivering on time.• Communicating with vendors daily, either face to face or via email; negotiating various topics such as margin, quantities, deliveries, joint business proposals etc.• Complete product set up including the copy-writing for all SKUs

London, United Kingdom

• Category management for Travel, Jewellery, Accessories & Watches - maintaining vendor relationships• Implementation of streamlining daily processes.• Looking after accounts for many worldwide suppliers including Samsonite, Rolex and Fossil, among many others. I communicated with both local vendors & ones based overseas. • Managing stock flow in and out of the business through forecasting sales, ordering stock & ensuring suppliers are delivering on time.• Communicating with vendors daily, either face to face or via email; negotiating various topics such as margin, quantities, deliveries, joint business proposals etc.• Complete product set up including the copy-writing for all SKUs

• I worked alongside the Buying, Marketing, E-commerce and Supply Chain teams to ensure the Mail Order catalogue was completed on time with excellent product availability to maximize sales.• Planning and managing stock intake based on sales history and weekly sales.• Review product pricing and promotions for each campaign to remain competitive within the market.

London, United Kingdom

• Manage stock levels across all channels with agreed targets & budgets. Complete allocations and replenishment in order to maximize availability and drive sales across all channels, whilst optimizing stock holding and supply chain costs• Building and maintaining strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders; Communicating effectively within the buying office, Branches, Online Selling teams, Systems, Suppliers and Supply Chain• Managing the department’s OTB, WSSI, planning and managing forecasting and stock intake• Working with different functions across the business, including Space Planning and Implementation for new branch builds

Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

• MAA for the Franchise side of the business, managing the stock allocations & movement to our foreign clients. Developing new store line lists.• Analyzing past sales figures to anticipate future product needs• Completing day-to-day administrative duties, creating daily reports & dealing with queries• Training new team members to an excellent standard

Essex

London, United Kingdom

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Preston, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Harlow, Essex

Ba (Hons) Fashion Promotion With Styling, Fashion, Upper Second

Activities and Societies: Skills gained in PR, Marketing, Styling, Photography, Business, Entrepreneurship, CAD, Adobe Creative Suite.

A-Levels, Photography, Textiles, English Language