A creative retail professional with strong experience in supplier management, hard lines buying, product development, sourcing, quality control and team management. Has the ability to deliver a return on the investment of employing such experience through improved product and range offer, profitability, strategic management of sourcing process and brand direction.Has lived and worked in China running a successful PD, QC and export office managing the direct Asian supply base. • Motivated and highly commercial with a passion for product across all home and fashion accessories product areas.• Extensive direct-source Far East , Pan Asian and European cooperation and PD experience and strong cultural awareness of supplier relations.• Quality and social compliance standard management with far East factories.• Directs product development and design from concept to retail-ready so as to minimise cost, improve manufacturing efficiencies and logistic delivery.• Technical understanding of manufacturing processes across a wide spectrum of products.• Manages product category profiles through SKU optimization and efficient costing.• Buying experience from Blue Chip retail and independents, wholesale and e-commerce.• Practical approach with realistic and hands-on strategic planning at macro and micro levels.• Reactive to market trends and initiates change management in fast paced high turnover fashion and FMCG propositions where reaction to market trends is key to maximizing profitability and opportunity.• Research of new market initiatives and products.• Brand and identity management through quality, design, marketing and visual merchandising in store.• Strategic planning strengths for most new retail , buying and logistics initiatives.• People development, motivation and mentoring….passing on the baton of 20 years experience in Buying, PD and Supplier Management.