Experience

Brown Thomas Arnotts

• Ireland
• Retail
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Buying & Merchandising Assistant

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  Furniture & Lifestyle Furniture & Lifestyle



Mercury

• Ireland
• Construction
• 700 & Above Employee

• Expedite Materials Coordinator

  • Sep 2022 - Jan 2023



TT Agencies

• City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Senior Merchandiser

  • Oct 2020 - Jul 2022

  · Production tracking, costing negotiations, sales, merchandising & QA. · 140 – 160 styles per annum in designated portfolio. · Customers: Studio 88, Jet, Makro. Worked with suppliers from China, Bangladesh, Madagascar. · Production tracking, costing negotiations, sales, merchandising & QA. · 140 – 160 styles per annum in designated portfolio. · Customers: Studio 88, Jet, Makro. Worked with suppliers from China, Bangladesh, Madagascar.



Direkshinz (Pty) Ltd

• South Africa
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Import Merchandiser

  • Jun 2018 - Jan 2020

  · Sales driven position, product development & sourcing (attended 3 Canton Fairs in China), product presentations to management & clients (winner of 2019 Innovation award) price negotiations, order confirmation & critical path management while working with various suppliers from China, India & Vietnam. · Customers: Sheet Street & Jet. · Sales driven position, product development & sourcing (attended 3 Canton Fairs in China), product presentations to management & clients (winner of 2019 Innovation award) price negotiations, order confirmation & critical path management while working with various suppliers from China, India & Vietnam. · Customers: Sheet Street & Jet.



Cieltex SA (Pty) Ltd

• Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Senior Merchandiser

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2017

  · Overseeing of all Woolworths menswear accounts. Managing design & buying requirements across 7 departments. · Frequent trips to Mauritian & Madagascan suppliers for product & fabric developments, price negotiations & order confirmations. · Critical path management, quality control & product presentations. · Overseeing of all Woolworths menswear accounts. Managing design & buying requirements across 7 departments. · Frequent trips to Mauritian & Madagascan suppliers for product & fabric developments, price negotiations & order confirmations. · Critical path management, quality control & product presentations.



Indochine South Africa

• Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

• Assistant Merchandiser

  • Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Woolworths ladieswear: attending briefings, compiling order development & placement reports, communicating customer’s needs to factories in Asia, overseeing submission approvals and attending garment fittings. Woolworths ladieswear: attending briefings, compiling order development & placement reports, communicating customer’s needs to factories in Asia, overseeing submission approvals and attending garment fittings.