Experience

First Friday

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Consultant

  • Apr 2002 - Present

  With over 30 years’ experience in Retail, I work as a Principal Consultant at First Friday. I have worked with a wide variety of retailers from major supermarkets to High Street fashion chains to department stores. I enjoy the challenge of immersion in a variety of different businesses, finding out how they operate, evaluating how we can make a difference, and working alongside the client to make things happen for them . My specialties are in Buying, Merchandising, Planning and Trading – Process reviews and recommendations, software selection, systems implementations, capability improvements and training.



Arcadia Group Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Consultant within Systems Division

  • 1993 - 2002

  Liaison between Buying and Merchandising, I.T Project Teams and the Training Team to develop and deliver Business Systems.In this role I facilitated agreement by the brands to a best practice way of working to be built into the planning system. I worked with developers and the project team to translate B&M requirements into system design, undertook system testing, briefed the training team and regularly briefed senior management within B&M on the progress of the solution.

• Merchandising roles to Senior Merchandiser

  • 1985 - 1993

  From Corporate Trainee to Senior Merchandiser via roles in Top Man, Burton Menswear, Dorothy Perkins and Principles.



Sainsbury's

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Retail Management

  • 1983 - 1985

  Graduate Retail Management Trainee and subsequently Assistant Departmental Manager. Graduate Retail Management Trainee and subsequently Assistant Departmental Manager.