Richard Murrell Email & Phone Number

High Wycombe, GB

With a focus on the mission of "customers eating within our stores and channels" leading a new team which brings together operations of our Sainsburys Cafes with our third party food service partners - including Boparan Restaurant Group (The Restaurant Hub), Starbucks, Costa, Greggs and more - with cafes and restaurants in our supermarkets and kiosks in.

Leading a team of nine colleagues responsible for our Food to Order business (party catering and Christmas ordering), concessions in store (e.g. sushi counters) and Sainsburys Cafes. Full P&L accountability for each area down to EBITDA level and working closely with a number of cross-functional business areas including, but not limited to, marketing.

Leading a buying team of five to manage the £2.1bn Kiosk category, working across a number of complex industries including Tobacco, Newspapers & Magazines, Gift Cards, Lotteries and Sainsburys Business Direct (B2B Gift Cards & Reward). Focused on setting the strategic direction and delivering bottom line commercial performance in a very challenging.

Holborn

Responsible for the value and ranging strategy of the £650m Frozen Food category, as well as owning the Category Plan and delivery of the objectives within this. Led a team of three to support the buying function with insight, range management and project management. I led a large change project working cross-functionally to deliver great execution in.

London, United Kingdom

Accountable for the customer proposition and commercial performance of General Merchandise and Grocery categories within over 700 convenience stores. Sitting within the Convenience division I would set the commercial strategy for the channel and work with the category buyers to deliver this through levers of core ranging, promotional planning, retail.

London, United Kingdom

Acting as the operational link between our stores and the various divisions within our Store Support Centres, I managed governance, planning and communication of retail facing activities ultimately accountable to the Convenience Board.

London, United Kingdom

Managing the supply chain of Dairy, Canned Goods and Frozen Foods into Convenience stores. Key measures of success were delivering great availability in store whilst managing wastage and stock holding to budget, as well as management of seasonal events and range reviews.

London, United Kingdom

My role was to support stores and focus on where we could improve KPI performance. This was done through a mix of pro-active work, responding to store issues and coaching and developing colleagues.

London, United Kingdom

Having worked in Sainsbury's stores prior to attending university, I returned after getting my degree to a Department Manager position. I worked in a number of stores in West London managing different departments including Produce, Bakery and Stock Control with teams of up to 20 colleagues. As well as running my department I was often running the store.