Intrigued by both the food industry and the running of a cooperative at large scale I took this role on after being made redundant at Formal Tailors 1885 Ltd. My main role has involved picking, building/ stacking and wrapping customer orders all while working to high pick targets, and low error thresholds. I have had the opportunity to learn other aspects of warehouse operations including;• Replenishing stock in the warehouse• Checking and booking stock into the warehouse against purchase orders and delivery receipts• Customer Returns, managing stock from customer returns• Loading; moving picked pallets onto wagons, securing and strapping them ready for drivers arrivals.• Canteen duties; providing a fresh hot cooked meal for up to 30 staff members on the night shift.• Trained Roles; Main pick, Amazon pick, Coop pick, Spark pick, Export Pick, Loading, Returns, Canteen, Replenishment, Checking

Management of three different purchase ledgers; Formal Tailors 1885 Ltd, Jaeger Retail Stores Ltd, and Puzzle Retail Stores Ltd. All three companies were working to different procedures, and using different software. Day to day running of the purchase ledger department (myself and one assistant) Liaising between various departments and 3 different companies, across many different sites.• High volume invoice input; processing of invoices across three different companies, and forwarding on for the approval process.• Weekly payment runs; Organizing three weekly payment runs, across three different companies.• Supplier queries: main point of contact for all supplier queries across all three companies. Confirming payment schedules, managing invoice queries, etc.• LC management; day to day management and payment schedule through Santander LC facility• GRNI; matching of purchase orders, invoices, received goods and payments• HMRC Intrastat; Responsible for the HMRC intrastat filings of an EU arm of the company in Hungary.• Expenses etc.; Journaling and paying inter-company loans, and invoices, plus processing employee expenses for approval and arranging payment.While in this position I had the opportunity to learn and use Dream, Aptos, and SUN accounting and stock management systems.

Financial Accounts Manager - Responsible for every penny moving in and out of the business. Cashflow management and planning, maintaining the accounts ledgers and budgets, and constantly reviewing spending to make sure the business was running as efficiently as possible. While working here I moved the Sales ledger away from invoice factoring to being able to manage the Sales ledger and cashflow myself. I created and implemented a very successful self-billing process for all of our freelance contributors. To take the stress out of the cashflow and to help me to manage my workload, I moved the business HMRC VAT accounting scheme from Cash Accounting to Annual Accounting. I also instigated moving the business accounts from Sage 50 accounting software to Xero accounting software.Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger, Banking and bank reconciliation, Budgeting, Annual Accounts, Management AccountsPayroll Manager - In charge of all admin relating to payroll. Recruitment, employee set up and induction, day to day admin, pension management, holidays, HMRC, staff reviews, cycle to work scheme, director payments, pensions and dividends.Subscription Management - Management of all things relating to subscriptions. I was responsible for bringing the subscriptions away from a third party subscription management provider to run it in-house.Learned all of the BACS Direct Debit Scheme and became BACS Direct Debit and Direct Credit qualified. Responsible for; Sales (new sales and renewals) and Marketing, Customer Service and Support, Magazine distribution Office Manager - Annual renewal of utility contracts and quotes to get the best rates. Annual renewal of travel, business, and property insurances, building maintenance, fire safety, and office first aid.Organising any building works, improvements and maintenance needed internally and externally.

Full time maternity cover for the Subscription Manager. Daily customer services, management and payment of subscription orders.

Reception duties - answering phone calls, greeting visitors, taking on any other small tasks assigned to me.

Opening and closing of shop. Arranging and updating the window displays. Stock control. Workshop management, (all clothing was cut and made in the shop) cutting and sewing skirts, jackets, and tops. Creating one off pieces for sale or made to order. Ordering of fabrics and threads. Co-ordinating stock between the London shop and Oxford shop. Working any show or exhibition as required.

Barista - taking orders, making coffee, clearing the cafe, rotating food stock.