Planning Manager

• Feb 2023 - Present

Senior Merchandise Planner

• Aug 2022 - Feb 2023

Merchandise Planner

• Sep 2020 - Aug 2022

Global Assistant Merchandiser

• Feb 2020 - Sep 2020

Global Assistant Merchandiser

• Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

During my time at ASOS I worked in the Women’s High Street Branded department. Specifically the Missguided & Simply Be brands where I managed a sizeable portfolio with a £57 million combined OTB across 2,000 options annually across Clothing, Specialist and Non Clothing departments. Working at ASOS has equipped me with a strong understanding and ability to positively trade online trading avenues and well a Specialist sizing areas such as Plus, Tall & Petite. During my time at ASOS I worked in the Women’s High Street Branded department. Specifically the Missguided & Simply Be brands where I managed a sizeable portfolio with a £57 million combined OTB across 2,000 options annually across Clothing, Specialist and Non Clothing departments. Working at ASOS has equipped me with a strong understanding and ability to positively trade online trading avenues and well a Specialist sizing areas such as Plus, Tall & Petite.

Global Merchandise Planner

• Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

Global Category Planner for Ladies Apparel Jersey Bottoms & Fleece Tops.• Analysing weekly trade and presenting to management team with buyer, outlining key outcomes and actions to maximise category performance• Constructing realistic and achievable budgets with the focus of maximising sales, profit, mark downs and stock• Managing 24 WSSI’s across both categories replanning sales, profit, purchases, stock and mark down spend• Managing OTB regularly ensuring spend and intake margins are in line with budget• Assortment planning on a bi-monthly basis across all regions building a realistic strategy using hindsight analysis of previous year, working with the buyer to incorporate forward trends and strong intake margins• Present top line category strategy to executive management alongside buyer for final sign off.• Quantify option plans based on agreed top line strategy, sales plan and OTB budgets• Managing and forecasting a healthy stock flow and WOC of all volume lines by region, category, style and style-colour level• Conduct regular size curve analysis, maintaining and analysing the size curves for each region by style, style-colour, attribute, and category to ensure the stock in stores is maximising highest sales potential for the customer• Training Planning Analyst’s, assisting in encouraging learning and development• Recommend products for mark down and communicate lifecycle of key items to country teams• Conduct pricing architecture analysis and price elasticity modelling by region in line with FX changes, inflation & purchase margin Show less

Global Assistant Merchandise Planner

• Dec 2017 - Jan 2019

As an Assistant Planner I was responsible for managing a 40 million OTB. In addition to assisting my Senior Planner with the the strategic direction building up new woven pants category, my focus was planning the Jersey bases basics category.Experience in fast fashion with a global retailer has successfully prepared me to grow and thrive in a fast paced, high pressure and agile environment. Accustomed to planning bi-monthly ranges, requiring quick turnaround of milestones, containing 3 individual global ranges (Southern Hem, Northern Hem and Asia) and further planned at the micro level by 17 countries (12 DC's and Merchandise Plans/WSSI). Assortment Planning both Woven and Jersey bases categories/ranges has instilled a well rounded merchandising skill set. Consisting of an even mix of volume line planning, fast fashion lines and managing categories in growth, maintenance and decline. Show less

Global Planning Analyst - Ladieswear

• Aug 2015 - Dec 2017

Planning Analyst for Jackets & Knitwerar categories within the Cotton On Ladieswear business globally (Australia, New Zeland, South Africa, Brazil, USA, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Middle East & Indonesia).• Advanced level of Excel skills.• Report building and maintenance.• Running key reporting.• Confidently analyse, identify and highlight performance indicators to Planner for items within product range.• Attending trade and presenting on Jackets performance to leadership team.• Managing Line Plans and recommending actions of stock flow based on sales.• Make recommendations to Planner on suggested actions to correct poor performers or maximise strong performers.• Analysing detail of each region and DC splits, colour performance and size curves to advise and make recommendations to Planner on forward plan.• Keep all product and order information up to date and consistent across the assortment plans, buying plans, OTB and order systems. • Knowing the status of items within the product journey.• Support the Planner in all day to day tasks and manage meaningful communications between buying and merch.• Manage key areas in Planners absence. Show less

Digital Marketing Intern

• Nov 2013 - Dec 2013