Experience

THE STEVENSON GROUP

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Buying Manager

  • Jan 2021 - Present

• Assistant Merchandising Manager

  • May 2019 - Jan 2021

  • Managing 4 Merchandisers• Working with European factories and managing logistics from Lithuania to UK• Sales forecasting for seasonal business• Working closely with warehousing operations

• Merchandiser

  • Jan 2017 - Apr 2019



Debenhams

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Established Assistant Merchandiser

  • Apr 2016 - Dec 2016

  Womens Accessories Division, Footwear Department• Faith Footwear• Debenhams Designer Brands• External Brands incl. Clarks, Skechers, Puma, Superga & Hotter• Monday sales analysis incl. responsibility for Senior Management reports• Creation and Maintenance of Category/section Cards• Creating and Maintaining Line Cards to flag opportunities & risks on continuity lines• WSSI & Margin Monitor • Costing markdown• Liasing with Wholesale Partners incl. ASOS & Lipsy• Building relationships with external brand partners from major footwear brands incl. Clarks, Skechers, Puma, Superga & Hotter• Liasing with and building relationships with supply base• Training new AMs:• AM Focus Group Rep for Accessories Division• Megaday Brochure Rep for Accessories Divison Show less

• Assistant Merchandiser

  • Jan 2015 - Mar 2016

  Womens Accessories Division, Footwear Department• Faith Footwear



Arcadia Group Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Experienced Merchandise Associate

  • Jun 2014 - Jan 2015

  BHS Womenswear• Denim• Casual Coats• Responsible for Divisional Monday Reports for Womenswear• Training new associates:• Contributing to sign-off and strategy packs incl. ‘Key Stats’, ‘Performance through Grade’, ‘Postmortem Analysis’• WSSI and line cards

• Merchandise Associate

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

  BHS Womenswear• Casual Coats• Casual Tops/Dresses• Denim.• Monday trade packs & daily sales• Maintaining critical path:• Liaising with suppliers and processors• Buy sheets and contracting• Allocation• Liasing with Franchise• Monitering the website



Krisp Clothing

• Sales assistant

  • Aug 2007 - Sep 2009

  • Delegating workloads amongst staff members throughout the day • Organising breaks and ensuring the minimum amount of staff were always present on the shop floor • Cashing up at the end of the day, counting float, counting takings, filling out cashing up forms and filing daily paperwork. I was also responsible for filing all of the week’s paperwork whilst in charge of the store on a Sunday, ready to be sent to Head Office • Banking – checking the cash, filling out the banking book and taking the money to the bank • I was a key holder, enabling me to open and close the shop, and accept deliveries • I was given a Management code for the till enabling me to authorise other staff members transactions, such as exchanges, refunds and discounts • I received training in visual merchandising • I was given the opportunity to organise, prepare and lead training sessions. I led a training session on customer service and a session on till procedures • I completed three training booklets to a high standard whilst working at the shop, for which I was commended in the company’s newsletter. I also started the Management Training booklet Show less