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London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Being an independent voice to the business, using analytical and statistical techniques to draw out insight from data, communicating recommendations to the targeted audience

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the accurate and timely delivery of Shrinkage reporting down to component elements, tailoring the level of information to the audience (ranging from Shop Floor Partner, to John Lewis Management Board)Tactical use of our data mining tools to produce exception reports to maximise efficiencyProvide insight and input to the Shrinkage Budgeting processWas a member of the department’s Partner Listening Group (democratic body), being a conduit for Partners to voice their opinions on local matters during the inception of new Profit Protection TeamProfit Protection’s Shrink Star/Roofraiser award in June 2017 (excellence recognition award as voted by peers and leadership team)

Victoria, London

Supported the development of the Shrinkage Strategy and the delivery of the Shrinkage Management Information Project – Project was delivered on time and within BudgetDesigned a new Financial Dashboard for the John Lewis Management Board and Shrinkage Commissioning GroupIncreased our Shrinkage Reporting capabilities with the creation of Daily data feeds, playing a pivotal role throughout the delivery (from design, to user testing, to acceptance)Tracked and managed individual workstreams and stakeholders (eg, Heads of, IT, and Project Managers)Provided Shrinkage insight to the Head of Financial Control

Victoria, London

Identified areas of malicious and non-malicious loss, making recommendations to prevent re-occurrenceUsed data mining tools to create accurate reports and analyse data for trends, providing insight from the raw dataIdentified process errors, process compliance errors, and potential cases of fraudProvided ad-hoc systems/data support to key stakeholders (BP team, Senior management, branches)

Victoria, London

Merchandised stock for sales over £2m per weekImproved stock turn and availability KPIs by extensive and efficient usage of various systemsProduced informed forecast for new buys and in season trading, taking appropriate action to beat budgetsRecognised as a system super user. Line managed, coached and trained new startersIn final financial half year in role, achieved sales of +12% vs LY, stock -12% vs budget, stock turn 3.16 vs 3.00 LY, while maintaining availability above 95% throughout.Turned around underperforming Ink category within half a year with an effective range review (increased sales from -9% vs LY in WK1, to +2% vs LY in WK26)

Victoria, London

Responsible for the Merchandising aspects of CosmeticsMerchandised stock for sales of over £1.2m per weekIntegral member of a successful team who delivered record sales year on year (2009 sales +16% vs 2008), while beating budgeted availability, stock turn, markdown spend, and staying within closing stock targets.