Buyer

• Oct 2022 - Present

Responsible for over 1500 products sourced from the UK, Europe and International Suppliers. Ensuring stocks are kept at appropriate levels to avoid loss of sales.As well as sourcing these products I am responsible for managing the working relationships with these suppliers: negotiating costs, generating and placing purchase orders and following up on supplier performance.Managing the productivity of the manufacturing department within our warehouse. Giving the team a product list and quantities of "GateMate" branded items, along with some POS items, which need to be assembled and put in to stock. Alongside this I must ensure they have the relevant bill of materials in stock and accessible to complete.Collaborating with the wider procurement team and other stakeholders across the business to ensure business goals are aligned. Specifically taking on the responsibility of working closely with Marketing to source quotes, order marketing materials and fulfil the procurement function on larger marketing projects.Key contributor to project work regarding Customer Satisfaction, Quality Control, OTIF and more.Bringing analytical support to the wider team in the form of Jet Reporting, Excel and PowerBI. Formatting KPIs, showcasing trends and performing other data extraction/presentation using these tools.

Junior Buyer

• Sep 2021 - Oct 2022

Responsible for ensuring all top 100 & 500 lines of Birkdale 'GateMate' are in stock / planned into production causing minimal loss of sales.Managing our UK & European suppliers: negotiating costs, generating and placing purchase orders (giving us good stock availability at all times), following up on supplier performance and building strong working relationships to benefit both parties. Collaborating with the wider procurement team and other stakeholders across the business to ensure business goals are aligned.Key contributor to project work regarding Customer Satisfaction, Quality Control, OTIF and more.Bringing analytical support to the wider team in the form of Jet Reporting, Excel and PowerBI. Formatting KPIs, showcasing trends and performing other data extraction/presentation using these tools.

Supply Chain Category Co-Ordinator

• Apr 2021 - Sep 2021

Working with production team and buyers to ensure all Birkdale 'GateMate' items are available. Using forecasting tools to plan help plan weekly production schedule. Instructing production team on which product lines to make up and to what quantities.

Supply Chain Administrator

• Sep 2020 - Apr 2021

Customer Loyalty Executive

• Oct 2019 - Sep 2020

Research Consultant

• Jun 2019 - Oct 2019

Henderson Scott is an international provider of award winning recruitment services, delivering outstanding results to clients and candidates within the following core technical markets: • Cyber & Information Security• IT Infrastructure & Data Centre • Cloud & Enterprise Software• Business Transformation • Agile Development Henderson Scott is an international provider of award winning recruitment services, delivering outstanding results to clients and candidates within the following core technical markets: • Cyber & Information Security• IT Infrastructure & Data Centre • Cloud & Enterprise Software• Business Transformation • Agile Development

Senior Retail Operations Coordinator

• Nov 2018 - Jun 2019

Roles and responsibilities of the role included but were not limited to- Managing store communications- Liaising with business contactors to manage and maintain required job standards- Develop & organise the bi-annual Store Managers Conference held at Head Office- Producing internal communications including company newsletters and incentives- Ensuring all stores met the company "WOW" standards- Fulfilling requests from stores and Area Managers to help maintain "WOW" standards- Supporting Learning and Development team with distribution of tools and employee engagement- Logging invoices against department budget and querying costs with business contractors where necessary

Retail Operations Coordinator

• Mar 2017 - Oct 2018

Concession Manager

• Jun 2016 - Mar 2017

Visual Merchandiser

• Sep 2013 - Jun 2016