Doncaster, England, United Kingdom
Specialties: Purchasing, Importing, Inventory Management, Category Management, IT Hardware, Etail, Online Retail, Product Sourcing, Retail, Product Ranging, contract negotiation, market analysis, buying, vendor relationship management, strategy, insight, planning, leadership
Leading the buying and commercial team at AV.com.
Leading the buying function at Target Components. Includes managing the buying team, driving range development and category strategies and controlling stock profiles to support the sales team. Developed and implemented a significant change program on ranging/pricing and approach, to improve efficiency, analysis, supplier relationship management and ultimately profit. Target now in significant revenue and profit growth with annual sales growth at 40%
Full P&L responsibility for a range of product categories of £65m value per year, primarily networking hardware, hard drives and home entertainment ranges. Mixture of branded and own brand sourcing. Re-engineered in-store and online product ranges to support maplin store and online growth. Responsible for setting commercial plans and strategies and managing, motivating 3 direct buyer reports. Responsible for managing, cultivating supplier relationships and negotiating commercial agreements and contracts. Significant experience of managing non dominant market shares but still leveraging maximum benefit for Maplin.
Responsible for researching / sourcing / purchasing / selling / marketing / inventory management / Revenue, Profit, Margin Management for a range of IT hardware product categories at Ebuyer.com. Involves direct far east sourcing / supplier relationships and importing as well as locally (EU and UK) sourcing of well known branded products to build a successful category product range.
Stock management and purchasing role to support large sales teams.