Experience

Pro-Pac Packaging (Aust) Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Packaging and Containers Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Homeware Product Developer and Sales - Tabletop and Kitchenwares

  • Nov 2014 - Present

  Pro-Pac Packaging Limited (ASX:PPG) is a national company, with a diversified distribution and manufacturing network throughout Australia. The company provides a vast array end to end solutions of products and packaging for a diverse range of customers and services. Within this parent company is a smaller division responsible for sourcing and selling home ware products to large retailers both here and overseas with clients in the US and UK as well as stocking over 300 retailers here in Australia. My key role and responsibilities include market analysis and trend forecasting, developing briefs and presentations to submit to clients, international travel to source manufactures and develop relationships to ensure developed lines are of a high standard, ethically produced and exceed customer expectations. I look after the process from sourcing and sampling products, to developing new and innovative ranges, liaising with factories to negotiate on specifications and pricing, costing and tendering the product out to client and managing the orders from pre-production through to meeting FOB cut off dates. My focus is on keeping up with the international market trends, the buying patterns of the Australian consumer and trends within the Australian retail market to ensure that my products are going to have a good sell rate for my customers. In my role here i have extended our client base to include customers from Europe, UK and USA and have exceeded both my budget and KPI's as well as exceeding customer expectations by ensuring that all their requirements are met on time, to specification and withing budget as well as developing strong relationships with suppliers is of the highest priority and a key reason for the success of this department and my role in it. My range includes but is not limited to tableware, serving ware, kitchenware and cookware and now have products supplied to over 2000 stores world wide.



Marmilade

• Food, Home and Event Styling

  • Jul 2012 - Present

  As a part time vocation to my role with Papaya I offer a service of home, event and food styling to a range of clients across Sydney and Adelaide. Some of the work I do through this developing recipes with small food business and helping them launch their labels in NSW, Christenings, Wedding receptions, hens, birthdays, residential styling projects and recently i was offered the contract to do the cooking for the personal styling rooms at Topshop Sydney. Through this business I am also working on a Children's birthday party range including custom made post packages of all the basic needs for Children's parties.



Papaya Homewares

• Sales, marketing and product development

  • Oct 2010 - Oct 2014

  Papaya in a high-end boutique manufacture and retailer of handcrafted homewares, furniture, lighting and dinnerware. With less than 30 full time staff, four retail stores in NSW, one showroom, an online store and representation in over 500 stores nationally it is one of Australia's premium home decor labels. As a small company for which I work in a myriad of roles my main responsibilities include product development including producing two core ranges and one Christmas range per year, trend forecasting and buying including sourcing trips overseas, store and concept development, sales, marketing, social media, event coordination, showroom management, logistics and managing a data base of 1800 active clients (designers, retailers, developers, stylists and event coordinators) across Australia and overseas.



James Richardson

• Business and product development

  • Jan 2009 - Feb 2010

  Ran marketing schemes to boost brand profile, organised the styling of the showroom for industry events, business development for NSW and assisted with the development of commercial grade fabrics for the company. Ran marketing schemes to boost brand profile, organised the styling of the showroom for industry events, business development for NSW and assisted with the development of commercial grade fabrics for the company.



Jardan

• NSW sales and showroom manager

  • May 2008 - Jan 2009

  Showroom sales, management, coordinated all representation industry events in NSW for the the company and liaised with retailers and domestic designers of projects. Showroom sales, management, coordinated all representation industry events in NSW for the the company and liaised with retailers and domestic designers of projects.