Experience

LOOKFANTASTIC.COM

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partnerships Buyer (ELC)

  • Apr 2022 - Present



SEPHORA

• France
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Buyer

  • Jun 2021 - Apr 2022

  Looking after key groups including L'Oréal, Shiseido, Estee Lauder brands. Also overseeing Body / Tan / Sexual Wellness. Additionally to Buying role, also part of: Inbound Workstream - Improving processes any identifying better ways of working to improve stock availability through ensuing smoother handling of stock from A-Z from Sku set ups to Stock receipt. Sustainability Action Group - Reducing our Carbon Footprint, finding sustainable solutions for internal operations. Also looking at ways to incorporate a more sustainable message to the customer, not exclusive to, but including product packaging + shipping packaging. Show less



Superdrug

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Buyer

  • Apr 2020 - May 2021

  Responsible for curating, managing and developing the Trend Zone space in store and growing the Cosmetic 'Trend brands' Portfolio. Also managing accounts including Collection, Barry M, Flower by Drew, EX1, NYX, Nails Inc, Sally Hansen, Essie. Responsible for curating, managing and developing the Trend Zone space in store and growing the Cosmetic 'Trend brands' Portfolio. Also managing accounts including Collection, Barry M, Flower by Drew, EX1, NYX, Nails Inc, Sally Hansen, Essie.



QVC

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Buyer - Beauty Tools, Health & Fitness

  • Jul 2015 - Mar 2020

  Some of the brands I have managed during my time on the Beauty Dept include Bath & Body Brands: Philosophy & Neom. Beauty Tools: Simple Human, Babyliss, LAB Life & Beauty, Hayo'u, Danielle Creations. Health & Fitness: Your Zooki, Imedeen, Prime Fifty, Vitality4Life, JML. Highlights include: • Grew Beauty Tools sales by 38.7% vs last year largely driven by nurturing key accounts. • Grew Health & Fitness sales by 61.9% vs last year by implementing quarterly strategies to maintain fitness focus year round. • Created a supplements focus with Auto Delivery subscription program and transitioned suppliers to a drop ship method to improve inventory management and stock rotation to reduce risk to business and better fulfill needs of the customer with more flexibility through online extended assortments. • Responsible for launch of CBD Supplements at QVC. • Sourcing new brands and leading NPD ideas with existing vendors. • Drove margin growth across both categories LY through strong negotiation of costs and seeking cost contributions against slower moving inventory to protect margin on clearance activity. • Offer daily trading solutions in response to live sales. • Communicate regularly with international counterparts to share results, product and contacts. • Submit monthly, quarterly and yearly sales reports with supporting financials and commentary. • Oversee day to day management of Assistant Buyers to ensure critical path is on track to support with both TV & Digital promotional activity. • Regular contact with Senior Buyer & Director to update on buys & strategies. • Developed & led our Calculations course for all graduates, new starters and existing Buying & Merchandising employees, delivering sessions on a monthly basis. Prior to moving onto the Beauty Dept, I worked within the Jewellery Dept working with Fine Silver & Fashion Jewellery from Links of London, Pilgrim, Bill Skinner, Love Rocks, Bibi Bijoux, Frank Usher and many more. Show less



OZSALE

• Australia
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• International Assistant Buyer - Luxury RTW & Accessories

  • Feb 2014 - Jul 2015

  Assisting the Italian Office with expansion by sourcing Italian brands & suppliers whilst acting as a link to our Head Office in the UK, with the aim to elevate the brand profiles on Mysale sites with Luxury Fashion Labels.Skills & responsibilities in my current role include:- Assisting the category buyer to reach monthly target whilst ensuring target margin is maintained.- Generating new leads and sourcing new accounts to grow our brand profile on the site.- Preparing sales offers and presenting to our planning team, negotiating with the merchandising team for the trialing of new brands and products.- Negotiating cost prices with suppliers.- Reviewing uploaded sales and advising juniors to make sale amendments prior to sale launch.- Analyzing sales results and identifying ways to grow revenue on future sales.- Managing the Buyers Admin Assistants to ensure payments & deliveries are in keeping with deadlines.- Resolving any accounting issues.- Offer support and training to the juniors on new processes Show less

• Buyers Admin Assistant - Menswear

  • Feb 2013 - Jan 2014

  Working for the largest private members online flash sale retailer in the Australasia Region - MYSALE GroupWe offer our rapidly growing membership base the chance to buy branded products at excellent value through 4 to 6 day flash sales. We have 40 sales starting daily on each of our websites in all the countries we currently operate in: • Australia- www.ozsale.com.au and www.buyinvite.com.au • New Zealand- www.nzsale.co.nz and www.buyinvite.nz• Thailand- www.thaisale.co.th• Malaysia- www.mysale.my• Singapore- www.singsale.com.sg • Philippines- www.mysale.ph• Hong Kong – www.mysale.hkWe have recently also launched in the US and UK.We have also bought Cocosa and have begun relaunching the site for premium luxury branded sales.I am responsible for uploading sales to meet tight deadlines, working closely with the supplier to maximize sales potential, reviewing results and planning future events. I also cover brand research and like to keep an eye out for new brands we can introduce to the Australasian Market.Skills & Achievements:Generating new supplier relationships and contacts to broaden the categories range of brands on offer.Effective communication with existing suppliers, building a positive working relationship.Reviewing and preparing a brand/supplier sales offer.Negotiating cost price discounts to maximise sales potential and revenues.Structuring the offer pricing to find the balance between margin per unit and volume of product to be sold.Achievements include recognising the potential in sales and taking an under performing sale from under 4k in Feb to over 35k in June for a sale that holds no brand equity.Employee of the month May ‘14.Bringing on new brands and accounts.Contributing to lead generation, establishing new contacts for branded sports stock and men’s fashion lines.Successfully bringing new and existing suppliers onto terms.Advanced Excel user.Web designDreamweaver - Html code and CSS ScriptAdvanced Photoshop Show less



Apacsale

• Senior Photographer

  • Oct 2012 - Feb 2013

  Working for the leading online private members shopping club in the Asia Pacific region; Ozsale.com. Alongside shooting, setting up lighting and sets, styling outfits, sourcing props, maintaining equipment and training the juniors, responsibilities include managing and scheduling product and fashion photography shoots in line with upload deadlines and sale dates. I also set targets for the junior photographers and monitor their work, offering regular feedback and critiques to maintain consistency across the board, reporting to the studio manager. Also responsible for organising castings and developing our model data base whilst maintaining relations with multiple agencies across the UK, handling model bookings. I kept a close link with the buying teams to ensure we as a studio team produced the correct images to best promote each of their sales for maximum interest and revenue and keep them involved from confirming choice of model, to chosen image for the online sale banner prior to the edit. Skills include: - Photoshop – inc. Colour correction, masks, layers, airbrushing, removing objects - Adobe Lightroom - Adobe Bridge - DSLR Cameras including both Nikon and Canon. - Bowens & Elinchrome Lighting - Mac and PC Literate - Microsoft Office Software Including Word, Excel, Powerpoint Show less



Lumiere Ltd

• Photographer

  • Feb 2012 - Oct 2012