General Manager

• Apr 2022 - Present

Owner of F45 Crows Nest

• Oct 2019 - Present

Product and Purchasing Manager

• Mar 2018 - Dec 2019

OMNI Trading Group has speciality retail and wholesale businesses including Digital Camera Warehouse, Excess Camera Gear, After the Fact and fine art print lab Kent St Studio. In my role as Product and Purchasing Manager, my key responsibility is overall margin management, inventory levels and stock movement across all business channels including multiple online channels, retail stores, and a central warehouse facility. This requires: - Building lasting and profitable relationships with suppliers and stakeholders; - Collaborating closely with Marketing and Operations Managers to take advantage of buying opportunities in support of day to day sales strategies and promotional activity; - Planning, executing and finalising purchasing strategies for all product across all categories.

Florist

• Nov 2016 - Mar 2018

With a personal passion for floristry, I pursued my studies through Pearsons School of Floristry and applied my retail commercial knowledge to floristry businesses. I further developed my commercial and operational knowledge of small retail business and utilised my previous experience to successfully engage with team, customers, and product. Key Achievements - Completing my Floristry certification within a swift timeframe to be operational within 3 months.- Applying my commercial and entrepreneurial skills to improve product, service and efficiency. - Built strong and loyal relationships with customers and team.

AUS Category Manager Product & Planning (wholesale)

• Feb 2016 - Nov 2016

Utilising my experience from European and APAC expansion, I managed the automatic replenishment program (STARS) for the Australian market. This included strong relationship building, management and negotiation to ensure key account adoption and successful use of the program to increase sales and profitability. Key Achievements - I grew the business from 30 stores to 99 by the end of 2016.- The majority key account customers were on the STARS program by the end of 2016, including David Jones and Optical 1001.- The contributing mix to the total wholesale business by the end of 2016 was 20%.

APAC Category Manager Product & Planning (wholesale)

• May 2014 - Jan 2016

My role was to introduce the automatic replenishment program (STARS) to the Asian market. Locations included mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. I managed a team of 5 direct reports in Singapore (2 Buyers, 2 Planners and a Coordinator) and had functional reports based in each country whose role it was to grow the business in their country location. Key Achievements - Grew wholesale sales from 0 to 30 million euro’s in 1.5 years.- I grew the business from 6 stores in 2014 to 750 stores by early 2016.- I successfully developed my team capability in commercial knowledge and behavioural skills sets to achieve their growth plans.

Global Category Manager Product & Planning (STARS program)

• Jan 2011 - Jun 2014

Managing a team of 16 including 7 direct reports between Milano and our factory in the northern area of Italy, my role was responsible for the product selections and inventory management utilising the automatic replenishment program (STARS) program across Europe, Middle East, Australia, SE Asia and South America. All activities need to be in line with both Luxottica’s strategic needs and the expectations of our customer. Key Achievements - Grew sales from 60 million 2011 to in excess of 190 million euro in 2014.- Grew store numbers from 1500 to 6000.- Negotiated key relationships to grow confidence and capability within our vendors to successfully utilise the STARS program for their commercial performance.- Developed direct reports who have since been recognised for their achievements and promoted in their careers.

Category Director (Sunglasses)

• Apr 2004 - Jan 2011

Luxottica Retail had 6 retail businesses in 4 (Australia, NZ, Hong Kong and South Africa) countries with approximately a total of 800+ retail outlets. My role was responsible for the strategic direction of the sunglass category to meet company financials. My team included 2 Buyers, 2 Merchandisers and an Admin- Assistant. Up until 2010, the planning function reported to me. As a member of the Strategic Senior Management team I sat on all the weekly “run the business” teams, whose responsibility was the day to day running of each retail business. In addition, I played a key role for the acquisition and strategic direction of the Luxottica owned SGH (Sunglasses Hut) business in South Africa, as well as SGH franchisees in Thailand and The Philippines. Key Achievements I played a key role in the following acquisitions: 2006 Acquisition of 25 stores in AU and NZ into SGH 2007 SGH launched into Hong Kong and South Africa 2008 Oakley and Bright Eyes retail chain acquisition 2009 launched SGH @ Myer 65 concession stores

Acting Merchandise Manager (APAC)

• 2006 - 2007

Acting Director

• 2005 - 2006

Senior Buyer

• Jun 2004 - Dec 2004

Buyer

• Mar 2004 - May 2004

Merchandise Manager

• Apr 2003 - Feb 2004

Buyer

• Jun 2001 - Apr 2003

Womenswear Buyer

• Sep 1998 - Apr 2001