Ealing, England, United Kingdom
International branded buyer
Senior assistant buyer on branded highstreet womenswear
Buy and range on Outerwear and Suede and Leather department Help manage the tailoring department with my Senior buyer • Present all weekly trade meetings to the company highlighting all relevant KPI’s • Sign off all my own ranges with Directors • Manage 2 buying coordinators across the departments • Work closely with senior members of my team o Senior Merch on OTB, option plans, spend and range build o Senior designer on development, trend and range build o Senior buyer on range build and critical path • Manage all supplier accounts with product development and cost price negotiation • Manage all fit sessions with QC on all product
• Maternity covered the Accessories department for 10 months whilst my senior buyer was on mat leave • Managing an average spend of 8.3mill per season with a total of over 600 options across all departments • Over achieving on margin for the AW12 half with a plan of 70.3 and achieving 71.4 • Deputised and managed turnover • Successfully launched a new nail varnish range – sourced supplier base, developed colours, packaging, visual merchandising in store, currently launching its 3rd season, initially launched into 15 stores, planning to role this out to further stores • Buying bag trials which have been successful resulting in rolling styles out to All store
Owned own area on belts Managed all areas of the CPS Headed all fit sessions with QC Supported the junior buyer on Footwear
Managed all accessory areas with my AB and senior Buyer on all areas of the CPS Play.com, Cambridge Work
Worked as an intern assisting the fashion/accessory shopping editor in, researching, selecting and calling in products that were to be featured in the magazine. My responsibilities included producing call sheets, product lists and to create a plan for week on week features in beauty, womenswear and accessories.