About me

Currently working as a Senior Assistant Buyer for Topshop Dresses. Responsible for identifying seasonal trends, maintaining awareness of global competitors, sourcing and developing woven dresses range for all of Topshop’s ‘Girls’ alongside Senior Buyer and Designer. Looking for a career change within fashion, keen to work for an exciting company and to make a difference. Passionate about all things fashion, beauty and interiors.

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Work history

Assistant BuyerTOPSHOP TOPMAN
Oct 2015London, United KingdomFull Time
Senior Assistant Buyer on the Dresses department. Previously worked on the Blouses department. Key Skills and Responsibilities; - Negotiation - Trading department; reviewing daily sales, proactively responding to product sales and trade in order to help drive department sales. Main point of contact for all suppliers; Lead supplier meetings on a weekly basis. Action new product development, select fabric, trim and prints. Negotiate cost prices and delivery dates whilst ensuring department margin is achieved. - Managing departments Buyer Admin Assistant; overseeing smooth running of the departments critical path to ensure departments key dates are achieved. - Ownership of the departments sustainability range, working with suppliers and mills to drive development of new fabrics. - Lead bi-weekly fit sessions - Conduct regular shopping trips in order to remain competitive and find new first to market ideas. - Departments point of contact for PR, Marketing, Social and Styling, regularly holding meetings in order to help maximise departments sales across all channels.
Buyers Admin Assistant InternASOS
Jun 2013 - Jun 2014London, United KingdomFull Time
During my third year at university I had a year’s internship at ASOS working across 2 buying departments; Tailoring and Skirts. This role gave me an insight into a fast-paced buying office, in one of the UK’s largest online retailers, strengthened my administrative skills and gave me a strong eye for detail. - Responsible for all department admin; raising departments SKUs and POs, PDFs and PORFs, managing new supplier set ups. - Ownership of the critical path. - Technical clothing knowledge obtained from weekly fit sessions. - Worked with the marketing, press and in-house magazine teams to maximise commercial opportunities. - Learnt the importance of online styling and model choice. Helped with the model selection for the department. - Gained an understanding of consumer purchasing trends and habits, both nationally and regionally.

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Skills

• Fashion Buying
• Fashion Styling
• Negotiation
• Range Building
• Adminstration
• Creating

Education

BA (Hons) Fashion Buying & Brand ManagementUniversity of Westminster
Sep 2011 - Sep 2015London, United Kingdom
A 4 Year Sandwich Course. I developed the analytical knowledge, commercial awareness and creative skills needed to work in a fashion environment Final Year Modules included; Luxury Fashion, Supply Chain Management, Trend Forecasting and Consumer Behaviour Law.
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A Level & GCSEChatham Grammar School for Girls
Sep 2004 - Jul 2009Chatham, United Kingdom
A Level / Product Design (A) Media Studies (B) Psychology (B) English Literature (C) GCSEs: 11 Grade (A - B) English Literature (A) English Language (A) Maths (B)