Ben Brodie
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I had the pleasure of working with Ben for 2 ½ years. This was his first foray into Merchandising and a huge career change for him, which he handled with warmth and professionalism. Ben brought with him a vast knowledge of retail, which along with his excellent attention to detail, enabled him to quickly progress up the Merchandising ladder. At DCK Concessions, Ben developed and honed his skills for analytics and forecasting, making him a highly regarded member of the team. On top of all this, Ben is a true ‘people person’ who easily builds fantastic rapports with colleagues, suppliers and customers. People trust his ideas, follow his proactive measures, and rely on him to manage tough situations.
Ben is a switched on, savvy and commercial Merchandising professional who understands how to drive and deliver commercial activities to achieve retail & multi-channel key performance indicators and imperatives. With an implicit understanding of brands and the demands of multi-channel retailing he is an all round and accomplished professional. I would highly recommend Ben.
I had the pleasure of working with Ben for 2 ½ years. This was his first foray into Merchandising and a huge career change for him, which he handled with warmth and professionalism. Ben brought with him a vast knowledge of retail, which along with his excellent attention to detail, enabled him to quickly progress up the Merchandising ladder. At DCK Concessions, Ben developed and honed his skills for analytics and forecasting, making him a highly regarded member of the team. On top of all this, Ben is a true ‘people person’ who easily builds fantastic rapports with colleagues, suppliers and customers. People trust his ideas, follow his proactive measures, and rely on him to manage tough situations.
Ben is a switched on, savvy and commercial Merchandising professional who understands how to drive and deliver commercial activities to achieve retail & multi-channel key performance indicators and imperatives. With an implicit understanding of brands and the demands of multi-channel retailing he is an all round and accomplished professional. I would highly recommend Ben.
I had the pleasure of working with Ben for 2 ½ years. This was his first foray into Merchandising and a huge career change for him, which he handled with warmth and professionalism. Ben brought with him a vast knowledge of retail, which along with his excellent attention to detail, enabled him to quickly progress up the Merchandising ladder. At DCK Concessions, Ben developed and honed his skills for analytics and forecasting, making him a highly regarded member of the team. On top of all this, Ben is a true ‘people person’ who easily builds fantastic rapports with colleagues, suppliers and customers. People trust his ideas, follow his proactive measures, and rely on him to manage tough situations.
Ben is a switched on, savvy and commercial Merchandising professional who understands how to drive and deliver commercial activities to achieve retail & multi-channel key performance indicators and imperatives. With an implicit understanding of brands and the demands of multi-channel retailing he is an all round and accomplished professional. I would highly recommend Ben.
I had the pleasure of working with Ben for 2 ½ years. This was his first foray into Merchandising and a huge career change for him, which he handled with warmth and professionalism. Ben brought with him a vast knowledge of retail, which along with his excellent attention to detail, enabled him to quickly progress up the Merchandising ladder. At DCK Concessions, Ben developed and honed his skills for analytics and forecasting, making him a highly regarded member of the team. On top of all this, Ben is a true ‘people person’ who easily builds fantastic rapports with colleagues, suppliers and customers. People trust his ideas, follow his proactive measures, and rely on him to manage tough situations.
Ben is a switched on, savvy and commercial Merchandising professional who understands how to drive and deliver commercial activities to achieve retail & multi-channel key performance indicators and imperatives. With an implicit understanding of brands and the demands of multi-channel retailing he is an all round and accomplished professional. I would highly recommend Ben.
Experience
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AMARA
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Merchandiser
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May 2021 - Present
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Brand Machine Group
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United Kingdom
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Apparel & Fashion
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1 - 100 Employee
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Retail Merchandiser
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Oct 2020 - May 2021
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JoJo Maman Bébé
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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200 - 300 Employee
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Merchandiser
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Jan 2018 - Jul 2020
My role as Product Merchandiser at JoJo is a newly formed role. I am responsible for every item that is non clothing, the annual turnover for my department is around £20m and has seen YOY growth. I manage approximately 1000 own brand skus, with 6 month lead time and very season products. Along with OB I also manage around 2000 branded item, with lead times that vary from 2 weeks to 2 months. In my time at JoJo I have implemented various strategies covering option planning and tighter stock management.
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Heal's
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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100 - 200 Employee
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Merchandiser
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Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
Working for one of the UK's most famous brands, with over 200 years of experience of retailing, and known throughout the world as being at the forefront of cutting edge design.My role as merchandiser is on the lighting department which has an annual turnover that exceeds £5.5m and has seen year on year growth for the last 3 years. Overseeing over 500 stocked sku's which vary from own brand, with 4 month lead time to branded items. Also overseeing over 1000 sku's that are "special order" which involve managing an order progressing team to ensure all items arrive on time. I am responsible for presenting 4 annual sign off budget packs to directors, CEO & chairman. Managing WSSI & OTB along with working closely with the buyer to recommend, through detailed analysis new buys, re buys and forward strategy.
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Blue Inc
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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100 - 200 Employee
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International Merchandiser & Retail Ops Manager
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Feb 2013 - Dec 2014
I oversee the planning and trading of the Blue Inc international stores. This includes analyzing weekly sales and manually selecting both replened lines as well as new products.I also oversee the set up of new stores, being heavily involved in ever single aspect of from store plans, to fixtures & graphics to planning training requirements and traveling to store openings.
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M&Co
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United Kingdom
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Retail Apparel and Fashion
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300 - 400 Employee
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Assistant Merchandiser
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Mar 2011 - Jan 2013
Started at M&CO as AM on the newly created Web department where my main responsibilities where to have to correct allocations of stock and trade that stock effectively.After that I was moved onto Lingerie where I assisted the merchandiser on the day to day running of the department. I was also give charge of the 'flow lines'
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DCK Group
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United Kingdom
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Retail
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300 - 400 Employee
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Assistant Merchandiser
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Apr 2008 - Mar 2011
Started as an Allocator and worked my way through the ranks to AM in 2 years. Here I worked on Matalan, Miss Selfridge, DP, Topshop, Topman, Burton & Wallis as well as being coordinator or Outfit and Online
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GAME Digital
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Area Manager
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Jun 2005 - Apr 2008
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Gamestation
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Area Manager
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Jan 2003 - May 2005
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Virgin
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United Kingdom
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Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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700 & Above Employee
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Store Manager
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Sep 1999 - Jan 2003
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Education
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1982 - 1989
Eastcliffe Grammar
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