About me
Buyer with 8 years experience across fashion retail and production. Creative thinker with an entrepreneurial mindset and enthusiastic attitude. Proven skills in organisation, problem solving and working in fast paced environments. Keen interest in preservation of craft skills, manufacturing process and luxury product sector.
Work history
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BuyerAIDA Shoreditch
London, United KingdomFull Time
AIDA is multi brand independent concept store both brick and mortar and online retailing menswear, womenswear, footwear, home and lifestyle with a brand mix of global designers. This role involes:
- Attend all buying appointments and trade shows to form part of a joint decision making process for the stores seasonal inventory.
- Selecting products across menswear, womenswear, home and lifestyle categories.
- Keeping up to date and market aware of upcoming brands, trends and market.
- Maintain good relationships with brands and sales agents.
- Complete all administrative duties such as keeping document of buys, checking OCs, communicating pricing, maintaining delivery windows, feedbacking issues to brands and ensuring the stock is as sampled.
- Driving sales via working with store merchandiser and ensuring the sales team have adequate product knowledge.
- Placing in season top ups to maximise sales opportunity.
- Spending regular time in store to gain customer insight and come up with creative ideas for developing the retail space and offering.
Print And Dye TechnicianUniversity of east London
- London, United KingdomPart Time
Print Technician for Fashion and Textiles department at The University of East London. This role was to provide an efficient working screen print and dye workshop. Responsibilities includes:
- Tuition and demonstration of techniques and processes to students of varying levels.
- Maintaining and operating all equipment and machinery.
- Ordering specialist consumables and PPE equipment.
- Complying with health and safety regulations and keeping COSHH records and - - Risk Assessments up to date.
- Encouraging students to experiment with processes and materials in a supportive environment
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Skills
- Fashion Buying
- Sales Analysis
- Buying
- Screen Printing
- Negotiation
- Idea Generation
- Copwriting
- Trend Analysis
- Trend Forecasting
- Curating Content
- Crafting
- Drawing
- Colour