Experience

Hortology.co.uk

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Purchasing Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Present



EDINBURGH WOOLLEN MILL LIMITED

• Sourcing Coordinator

  • Apr 2017 - Jul 2020

  Sourcing ladies knitwear, cashmere & sleepwear. Tracking selected styles from procurement, to order placement, to delivery in the warehouse. Liaising with suppliers - both UK and overseas – to develop and maintain relationships. Raising styles & purchase orders and navigating through necessary systems. Comfortable with Microsoft packages including Excel to a level 3 standard. Data entry & logging samples. Creating a critical path and ensuring everything is on time. Resolving any issues in quick and efficient manner. Checking off invoices. Working outside of my tasks to assist others. Given a larger workload due to capabilities. Show less



FSH Group

• United Kingdom
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Administration

  • Mar 2016 - Apr 2017

  Independently managing all admin within the office relating to reinstatement and insurance works following on from the floods. General telephone duties, data entry, handling petty cash, organising meetings, minute taking. Diary management of the Contract Managers. Planning where trades will go, creating necessary job sheets and signing off wages. Building and maintaining relationships with clients and policy holders. Creating H&S site files and collating final accounts. Raising purchase orders for necessary materials. Invoicing and amending job costs. Use of Microsoft Office packages and coordinating several portals for FSH and external clients. Show less



Sports Direct

• Textile Supervisor

  • 2012 - Mar 2017

  Controlling the entire textiles and accessories department across 3 floors after two promotions and a degree. Leading a team of 30+ with enthusiasm and dynamism. Ensuring compliance according to staff memos/layouts, merchandising plans and H&S. Experience in exceeding KPIs, targets and tasks. Staff training and progression, staff retention, and rotas. Cashing up and loomis cash banking. HR paperwork, recruitment and interviewing. Supporting store installations across the county and management store cover when required. Show less