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Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

• Working at board room level with Directors and Senior Management team to develop business policy, strategy and procedures.
• Managing all aspects of Procurement, Logistics and Customer Services, including managing Operational and Warehouse staff.
• Producing, manipulating and analysing MS Excel reports for all levels of the business.
• Ensuring the company has the correct stock profile in line with the business strategy and franchise expectations
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with all product and service suppliers.
• Negotiate pricing with all suppliers to ensure gross profit margins are maximised and company is commercially competitive.

• Responsible for team of 3 Purchasing staff members.
• Ensuring key purchasing and import functions are implemented in accordance with set timelines.
• Travelling to Europe and the Far-East to develop relationships with external suppliers and inter-company offices.
• Providing accurate landed costs and cost comparisons to Sales/Product Managers in order to determine pricing and sales strategies within the European Sports market.
• Ensuring documentation requirements are met in relation to imports/exports.
• Producing and maintaining procedures internally and externally with suppliers, buying agents and freight forwarders.

Co-ordinated the replacement program of credit card payment terminals for all UK retailers on the Streamline platform

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba) Honours, International Business

Business Policy, Strategy, Planning and Control. Business Law. Marketing. Spanish, Economics, International Human Relations. European Law

A Levels, Economics, Computing

A Level Economics and Computing. AS Level Maths (Pure, Statistics)