Stephen Mcdermott Email & Phone Number

East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Brussels Area, Belgium

Appointed for a new retail concept for Mens Division.

Brussels

Global Sourcing Manager, responsible for mens' & boys' category knitwear, liaising with European buying teams in both Brussels & Dusseldorf.

Vilvoorde, Belgium

Senior Buyer & Product Manager on mens' knitwear, experienced in both circular knit as well as flatknit articles. Current tasks include European range planning, garment design, Far East buying & sourcing. Specialist liaison with 7 countries out of the current 19 C&A retail countries. NL - B/Lux - F - E/P - TR. Secondary liaison with D / A / CH /.

Moved from VIM to Corporate Packaging Manager for total C&A Europe. All merchandise related packaging requests concerning suitability, design, cost, worldwide market sourcing & final implementation on the garment. This job encompassed all C&A's buying divisions located in both Brussels & Dusseldorf. Tasked as well to maintain & develop C&A's corporate.

Change of job from buying to marketing to diversify skill set. Visual merchandiser (VIM) for mens accessories department for total Europe. Developed central European strategy & policy of the department, liased with regional VIMs to impact the retail countries.

European buying team leader for mens' nightwear. Macro level -> Managed the transition from 8 individual national countries' ranges into one European range. Micro level -> Achieved maximum European synergies, whilst still identifying important elements of country national focus - where relevant - to maximize turnover and profit.

One of the first group of executives in 1989 to start the C&A European buying project under the title EBSCO. European Buying mens socks (pilot team).European Buying mens accessories.

UK National Buyer Mens Division 1986-1989. Formal wear buyer - mens suits, jackets & coats.Accessories buyer - mens accessories.

Joined C&A from F.W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd as a graduate management trainee, with the sole ambition to move out of stores into buying. Fast tracked though several stores in the South-East into C&A head office as a trainee buyer.

Joined as a retail management trainee direct from secondary school. Advanced to Assistant Store Manager of two of the largest London stores, namely Brixton, South London & Hounslow, West London, before leaving to C&A in 1982.

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Activities and Societies: First XI football team. First team water polo.Graduate - School of Common Sense & Pragmatism.

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