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Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia

Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia

Central Coast NSW

Specialising in Retail Space Planning & Merchandise Services - including planograms, floorplans, retail data, process design, system integration and business transformation.

Macquarie Park NSW

Berkeley Vale

In this role I led the Category Review process, working closely with the Breakfast Cereal CDM to execute the range and layout strategy for the Breakfast category. Through the use of Path to Purchase levers (eg. layout, merchandising) and appropriate ranging, we turn vision into reality leading to category growth and positive revenue & profit opportunities.

Sydney, Australia

Consulting to Consumer & Retail companies in the areas of space & category management including system design, process developement, system integration and retail optimisation.

Clayton

- Managing the development, maintenance and review of planograms for retail partners- Influencing and coaching broader business and retailers to understand the benefit of category management processes and principles- Developing strategies by category and working cross-functionally with stakeholders to ensure continued relevance and performance- Assist.

Specialising in space, data and range management solutions.- Commenced own company providing Space Management and database solutions- Contracted to Nielsen to support and enhance their client’s space management capability- Designed databases to work with Nielsen’s Spaceman & Advisor tools providing additional services options for their clients.- Consulted.

- Manage and develop a team of 5 Micro and Macro Space Specialists- Responsible for the development and implementation of the National Planogram Structure for Australia & New Zealand- Ensure an accurately maintained database of planogram information for planning, inventory and analysis purposes- Plan new stores including bay allocation and category.

Worked through the following positions during 8 years:- Business Machines Specialist, P/T- Business Machines Specialist, F/T- Business Machines Assistant Merchandise Coordinator- Product Placement Coordinator - Stationery- Product Placement Coordinator - Business Machines- Product Placement Coordinator - Paper & Furniture- Product Placement Coordinator.