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London, England, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Rarewaves.com are one of the largest online retailers of entertainment products in the world. As well as rarewaves.com, we also sell on Amazon, Ebay, Walmart, Fnac, Rakuten, and OnBuy. Rarewaves are winners of the King’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade (2023) and the Queen’s Award for Enterprise (2018).Built and lead a high-performing team while overseeing the website design, strategy, and marketing efforts to elevate Rarewaves' online presence.

London, United Kingdom

Owned purchasing, stock, pricing, and sales across all retail channels and categories, including Film & TV, Music, Consumer Electronics, Apparel, Books, and Merchandise.Led and motivated a team of 32 buyers and managers, focusing on innovation and USP creation, resulting in multi-million pound sales increases over the past 2-3 years.Restructured the team during a significant period of change, optimizing product mix and pricing to enhance efficiencies, market share, and profit margins.

London, United Kingdom

Managed Home Entertainment, HMV's largest category, overseeing a team of 9 and reporting directly to the CEO.Responsible for purchasing, sales, and margin of all DVD and Blu-ray products for HMV stores and e-Commerce site.Led the company to win eleven British Association of Screen Entertainment Awards in eight years, including eight for Best Retailer and three for Best Innovation.Prioritized constant innovation by building a team with the right attitudes, empowering colleagues, and fostering a safe environment for idea generation, recognition, and reward.

London, United Kingdom

Led the purchasing and retail strategy for over 40 million CDs annually across the UK and Ireland, ensuring a robust and profitable product mix.Pioneered the introduction of album pre-orders bundled with access to ticket pre-sale windows, a first in the UK, enhancing customer engagement and driving sales.Spearheaded the relaunch of HMV’s digital music offering in collaboration with 7Digital, broadening our digital footprint and aligning with emerging market trends.Expanded responsibilities to include Books, Apparel, and Merchandise, managing a team of 18 Buyers and reporting directly to the Commercial Director, contributing to cross-category synergies and driving overall business growth.

London, United Kingdom

Managed team of 10, responsible for all DVD buying for the UK and Ireland, reporting into the Commercial Director.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for all Music promotional offers and campaign mechanics. Negotiating supplier terms contracts, and building the yearly sales forecast.

London, United Kingdom

Management of all non-Rock/Pop Music buying, managing a team of 5. I developed and launched two exclusive ranges of CDs and helped to create HMV's most successful in-store magazine, "HMV Choice", which saw over 2million copies printed over four years.

London, United Kingdom

Managed a team of 8, buying all Games software, hardware, and peripherals for HMV. I stepped up to this role following a major exodus of the existing team and subsequent lack of leadership. I focused on recruitment and team development to bring the performance back up to desirable levels whilst also maintaining relationships with the key games publishers.

London, United Kingdom

Beginning as a sales assistant at HMV's flagship store, I went on to assume several team leader and supervisory roles over a six year period before being promoted to a product buyer at their Head Office in 1996, and then first management role in 2000.

London, United Kingdom

ERA's aims are to ensure the highest standards of retail and wholesale in the Entertainment industry, and to encourage and provide formal and informal contact between members, the public and the industry. Collaborated with the board and key industry bodies, including BASE and BPI, to advocate for ERA member interests, ensuring the highest standards of retail and wholesale in the Entertainment industry.Engaged with partners such as the Official Charts Company (OCC) to amplify ERA’s influence and align on strategic initiatives.Spearheaded the development and promotion of consumer-facing, trade-wide campaigns that united film studios, TV companies, and retailers, driving incremental sales across the industry and enhancing market presence.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

The Official Charts have been a part of British popular culture for over 60 years and the Official Charts Company has been the guardian of those Charts for music and video for more than 20 years.Supported modernizing the Official Charts by collaborating with record labels, retailers, trade bodies, and the OCC team to integrate music streams into the Official Singles Chart (July 2014) and Official Albums Chart (March 2015). Relaunching of the Official Charts website (February 2015), enhancing user experience and expanding digital engagement. Introduced new chart initiatives, including the Vinyl Chart (April 2015) and the global alignment of album release day from Mondays to Fridays (July 2015), reflecting evolving consumer preferences. The incorporation of film digital download data (August 2016) into the Official Charts, expanding the company’s scope and relevance. The revision of Official Singles Chart rules (July 2017), making the chart quicker and more responsive to industry changes.

DB and DC scheme experience. Corporate Governance.

London, United Kingdom

Ba Hons, Political Economy

Majored in Economics & Politics. Minored in Accountancy & Statistics.

Education record

High School