Experience

ProGARM

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Supply Chain

  • Mar 2017 - Present



FlamePro Global

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Supply Chain

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Supply chain expansion, strategical planning and process improvements. Focus on main areas of the business strategy plans, S&OP implementation and demand planning tools Supply chain expansion, strategical planning and process improvements. Focus on main areas of the business strategy plans, S&OP implementation and demand planning tools



Cartwright & Butler

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Supply Chain Strategy Consultant

  • Apr 2018 - Feb 2019

  Fantastic opportunity to have worked with this family owned business with vision and desire of product excellence. At times of rapid growth I worked on strategies to strengthen the Supply Chain and secure effective performance through:-Forecast and demand planning implementation - Data and trend analysis - Waste reduction and margins improvements - Capacity planning - ABC product ranking -Cost saving and efficiency strategies Fantastic opportunity to have worked with this family owned business with vision and desire of product excellence. At times of rapid growth I worked on strategies to strengthen the Supply Chain and secure effective performance through:-Forecast and demand planning implementation - Data and trend analysis - Waste reduction and margins improvements - Capacity planning - ABC product ranking -Cost saving and efficiency strategies



ELLE SPORT

• Production Manager

  • May 2012 - Mar 2017

  • Point of contact for all aspects on bulk order planning and processing . • Completing and confirming orders to agent/factories • Critical path management -working closely with the factories, buying and technology team to ensure accurate dates are planned for the production process • Chairing weekly meetings on Critical Path progress ,resolving issues affecting delivery dates• Season planing and range analysis • Intake, delivery and stock management • Analyzing customer manuals and extracting information related to the product packaging, boxing, labeling, delivery standards and other related to the order customer requirements • Confirming to factories Outer packaging, container load planning and shipping instructions • Budgets and cash flow analysis • Linking Sales and operational planning to cash flow records



Next

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Import Coordinator

  • Jan 2009 - Apr 2012

  Far East and Subcontinental Seafreight and Airfreight Import planning - Container loading plans- Systems control and updates - Arranging warehouse bookings - Monitoring capacity levels and following intake procedures - Establishing cost effective and swift loading - Communicating cut offs and planning to merchandising teams- Customs paperwork and invoice processing

• Merchandising and Buying administrator

  • Jun 2004 - Dec 2009

  Role:•Assisting in all aspects merchandising and buying•Full responsibility of supplying Girlswear ranges to the Visual Merchandising team (ordering, chasing and receiving of samples from suppliers worldwide)•Working and communicating with Visual Merchandising team to maximise and target better performance for store lay outs and meet deadlines for store layouts photography•Working with tight deadlines •Covering trainee buyer and merchandiser positions on temporary basisMerchandising:•Liaising with foreign and domestic suppliers to ensure production lead times are achieved•Ensuring delivery schedules and updating systems for Merchandising teams such as Supplier analysis, range plans, best sellers, production schedules, stock transfers, intake progressing etc.•Monitoring best/worst sellers reports and communicating with stores to identify better sale strategies Buying•Fabric and colour swatch approvals, garment costing, identifying key trends, preparing lay outs for selection meetings and range building•Working closely with the designers to identify the season colour palettes, ensure designer CADs are send to the relevant suppliersAchieved:•Better deliveries for mock shop samples and better supplier communication•Achieved major cost savings in office procedures•I identified a problem in Designer to Supplier communications, so I researched, created and proposed a project to improve costs and time. This utilises internet based communications, which cuts costs on courier and office supplies. The plan was implemented in 2009 with dramatic cost savings