Maura Duffy

Buying & Merchandising Assistant at Brown Thomas Arnotts
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Galway, County Galway, Ireland, IE

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Experience

    • Ireland
    • Retail
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Buying & Merchandising Assistant
      • Nov 2022 - Present

    • Ireland
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Textile Buying Administrator
      • Sep 2021 - Nov 2022

      Duties • Assisting our buying teams in developing and delivering a range of quality products that meets the needs of our customer.• Raising and tracking orders, ensuring correct samples and information have been received from suppliers.• Ensuring stock is available in a timely format, in line with forecasts and sales history.• Analysing past sales patterns to anticipate trends in consumer buying pattern• Being aware of where each product is at any given time from product concept to final production and shipping to make sure our products reach our stores and online website on time.• Communicating with our stores on a regular basis.• Liaising with our online and photo studio teams.• Fitting garments, approving quality & style - making amendments to spec/ style.• Filling & reviewing Test reports & Risk Assessments. • Manage Kronos & yearly working schedule for the department - 60 people.

    • France
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sales Consultant
      • Aug 2020 - Sep 2021

      Duties: Greet and engage with customers, respond to questions and provide styling options. Operate cash registers, manage financial transactions and daily stock movement. Satisfy company KPI requirements, aim for 2.0 UPT & assist in the tracking, monitoring, and communication of business results.Skills gained: Communications, Sales, Problem Solving, Time Management and Working with KPIs & CRM. (Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Sandro Software) Duties: Greet and engage with customers, respond to questions and provide styling options. Operate cash registers, manage financial transactions and daily stock movement. Satisfy company KPI requirements, aim for 2.0 UPT & assist in the tracking, monitoring, and communication of business results.Skills gained: Communications, Sales, Problem Solving, Time Management and Working with KPIs & CRM. (Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Sandro Software)

    • Ireland
    • Retail
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Visual Merchandising Assistant
      • Jan 2021 - Feb 2021

      Duties: Dress mannequins, create eye catching window displays, design ornaments for the window, sort decorations from previous display & style mannequins according to the season.Skills gained: Creativity, analytical skills, commercial awareness, understanding of brands and strong communication and teamwork skills. Duties: Dress mannequins, create eye catching window displays, design ornaments for the window, sort decorations from previous display & style mannequins according to the season.Skills gained: Creativity, analytical skills, commercial awareness, understanding of brands and strong communication and teamwork skills.

    • Sales Assistant & Visual Merchandiser
      • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

      Summer Job - Duties: Visual Merchandising - window display and mannequins, create social media content - daily look books, provide styling options to customers, engage with customers & answer any questions. Skills gained: VM experience, expanded my styling knowledge, social media, communication & sales. Summer Job - Duties: Visual Merchandising - window display and mannequins, create social media content - daily look books, provide styling options to customers, engage with customers & answer any questions. Skills gained: VM experience, expanded my styling knowledge, social media, communication & sales.

    • Ireland
    • Retail
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Sales Assistant
      • Nov 2018 - May 2019

      10 months experience. 2 Christmas Seasons. I returned to this role in Nov 19 - Jan 20 as a Christmas temp.Brown Thomas is a luxury retail store showcasing some of the best designers from across the world. I've worked in their Accessories department (Mulberry, Marc Jacobs & Michael Kors etc.), Lingerie department (Calvin Klein, Spanx & Maison Lejaby etc.) & Womenswear department (Max Mara, Rixo, Ganni & Samsoe & Samsoe etc.). Duties: Assisting customers, stock room runs, replenishment, inventory management (deliveries) & operating cash registers. Skills gained: Communication, how to provide a high level of luxury customer service, language to use with VIP customers, understanding invoices & styling.

    • United States
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Fashion & Film Camp Counselor
      • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

      Summer Job - Steve & Kate's camp is a art tech summer day camp for children aged 4 - 12 years old. My role as a camp counselor found me in charge of the fashion and film studio. In the fashion studio I taught children to sew on sewing machines, crotchet and create outfit designs. It was an exciting role and had a lot of responsibility due to the health and safety aspects of sewing. In the film studio I taught children how to make stop motion films as well as how to edit movies on new and exciting software.I also worked as apart of a team each day to serve children breakfast and lunch. We organised lunch time sports events and afternoon water sport activities. It was important we all worked together to achieve a smooth and successful event.

    • Sales Assistant
      • Jun 2014 - Feb 2018

      Mostly Just 2 Euro is a discount store which caters for birthdays, weddings & party's to everyday household purchases. During my time here my role consisted of assisting customers, managing deliveries, creating balloon structures, serving ice creams etc and stocking the shop floor. I was able to train in new staff and also managed daily. Mostly Just 2 Euro is a discount store which caters for birthdays, weddings & party's to everyday household purchases. During my time here my role consisted of assisting customers, managing deliveries, creating balloon structures, serving ice creams etc and stocking the shop floor. I was able to train in new staff and also managed daily.

Education

  • Galway Technical Institute
    Advanced Certificate in Fashion Buying, Styling & Visual Merchandising
    2020 - 2021
  • National University of Ireland, Galway
    Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Human Resource Management
    2018 - 2020
  • Waterford Institute of Technology
    Bachelor of Business
    2017 - 2018

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