Dedicated professional with proven performance in management, leadership and communication. Detail-oriented in problem-solving and planning. Ready to make an immediate contribution to your organisation. Highly organised with a drive to exceed expectations. Ability to analyse data, develop strategies, and provide solutions to complex problems. Seeking to leverage skills and knowledge to contribute to team success.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
- Monitoring of the retail landscape, identify trends and risks, and addressing market challenges, while effectively resolving any issues
- Collaborating cross-departmentally, acting as champion for all things partner, trade and inventory focused
- Liaising with marketing efforts in regard to opportunities, strategies and stock relevance
- Develop ing an understanding of gaps within the inventory pool and find new partners that can be used to fill these gaps profitably
- Developing a clear sales pitch that aligns the company’s commercial objectives with the issues faced by potential retail partners
- Onboarding new clients
- Financial forecasting that support the company’s overarching goals of profitability and volume sales
- Building relationships with key partners and stakeholders across our retailer base, cultivating a sense of trust and alignment with retail partners
- Developing and introduce commercial strategies on a retailer by retailer basis that leverages their stock and opportunities to yield as high a revenue as practicable
- Monitoring commercial performance across all partnership
Identify, manage and negate commercial risks
- Strong negotiation skills
- Ability to seek out and identify new brands and trends
- Excellent knowledge of all Microsoft packages including Excel, PowerPoint and Work
- Increasing intake margins
- Comprehensive analytical skills
- Managing and developing junior staff members and working as a cohesive team
- Great attention to detail
- Developing and maintaining strong supplier relationships
- Controlling stock levels and minimising average departmental covers
- Ability to make decisions in high pressure environments
- Proactive trading in season
- Creativity
- Confident in presenting to senior management and the wider team
- Driving department performance through a passion to exceed targets
Work history
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Head of Partnershipslovethesales.com
London, United KingdomFull Time
Senior BuyerZalando
Berlin, GermanyFull Time
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Skills
- Buying
- Trend Forecasting
- Fashion Menswear
- Sales Analysis
- Brand Strategy
- Fashion E-commerce
Education
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2:1 BSc (Hons) Business and Retail ManagementUniversity of Surrey
- United Kingdom
University of Surrey Student of the Year nominee