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Nottingham, Gb

Leeds, West Yorkshire, Gb

Member of the Executive BoardIntegrated and led the complete suite of Ecommerce channels (Food, Non Food/GM, Professional Services (Pharmacy/Opticians), other specialist propositions), with full End to End P&L accountability.Ecommerce sales of £4Bn, with growth that continues to outperform the industry across all channels, increasing market share for 7 years straight, reinforcing the no.2 position with 20% share.Full end to end accountability for the Retail and Ecommerce operating model and delivery of the operational cost targets across the entire stores estate with sales of £20Bn, and a cost portfolio of £2.8Bn. Stabilised cost controls through simplification and standardisation.Designed, developed, and led successful delivery of the (Online & Retail) Transformation, Propositional Strategy and Change Programmes to exceed growth, profit, and customer expectations. Translated the strategy into a practical/workable roadmap across Tech, Digital, Operations, Trading, Marketing, Customer, People, other stakeholder teams.Continually look to diversify the proposition keeping pace with emerging trends.Led the Retail Home Office support teams to keep the business Safe and Legal, and across Transformation, the Operating Model Design, Productivity and Wage Planning, Shrink and Security (Loss Prevention, and including Emergency Incident Response), Communication, Continuous Improvement and Simplicity, Service, People Development, Property.Grocer Gold award winning teams across Retail stores and Ecommerce 2020-2023, and Featured in Retail Week Top Digital Leaders, and ‘The Grocer’ Online Power list.

Leeds, West Yorkshire, Gb

Led the £3Bn Grocery Home Shopping channel, with full end to end accountability, increasing sales from circa £1.2Bn to £3Bn. Market share growth from 13% to 21% at peak.Designed, developed, and led delivery of the Online propositional strategy to exceed growth, profit, and customer expectations. International leadership of teams in the UK, India, and United States.Developed efficiency and simplification strategy enabling re-investment and diversification.Grocer Gold award winning team through the pandemic. Partnered with Government and Community groups to advise and steer approach on the ‘Feeding the Nation’ programme.Trusted advisor to Walmart assisting in the accelerated development of the worlds largest Omni channel retailer. Translated world leading practices from the UK market, and integrated across the global Walmart portfolio. Part of the design team for the Online operating model.

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

Led the Ecommerce operations teams for the UK’s biggest Online food retailer across Stores and the Head Office, for Grocery HomeShopping, Tesco.com International, Tesco Direct (GM, Marketplace, Dropship), and Tesco F&F Clothing.Designed and delivered the strategy for growth and service and ultimately EBITDA.Worked cross functionally to introduce and improve multi channel shopping options across stores, creating solutions for ever changingcustomer expectation.At the service of 30000+ Online retail colleagues, iterating process, the operating model, and ways of working to simplify task and improveoutput for colleagues, customers, and business.

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

Designed and led the delivery of the Profit Improvement plan for the complex London Hypermarket division.Refined store propositions, operating model, range, and property, recognising differences such as the high intensity trading of these stores, the cultural diversity, the high labour turnover, and the extreme costs to operate in London.Improved and sustained store profitability and service, for a group of stores that had a legacy of challenging and volatile performance.

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

Led 7 challenging London stores including new store openings and significant refits.Leadership experience from the ‘ground up’ starting at South Tottenham and concluding my Store Management experience at Slough Extra Hypermarket, at the time one of the largest Hypermarkets in Europe with annualised sales of £120m and 700 colleagues.Delivered successful P&L accountability across sales, costs and profit in each business unit.

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Gb

Executive Diploma In Strategic Leadership/Innovation

Executive Development Programme, Business Administration And General Management

Diploma In Grocery Distribution, Retail Management, Distinction