Experience

Online Commerce Ltd.

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Games buyer (www.hit.co.uk formally base.com)

  • Oct 2012 - Present

  Working on behalf of Online Commerce Limited managing the video games category to optimise sales and increase profitability, while working to deliver ongoing customer base growth on their first party site Base.com. Delivering continued revenue and achieving margin targets from a number of third party sites including Amazon, Play.com (Rakuten) and eBay. Responsible for negotiating new release purchases with publishing and distribution partners, ensuring that cost prices optimise sales via first and third party sites. Negotiating day one trade marketing with suppliers and liaising with the marketing department to ensure conformance with agreed plans. Daily back catalogue stock purchasing and management, including reviewing sales patterns and working with publishers to negotiate promotional activity to capitalise on all sales opportunities. Management of stock though the business by internal promotional activities and/or via externally supported exits (SOAs and write-downs) to ensure profitable sales continue post launch. Negotiating marketing (internally and externally) to deliver funds to support online product launch strategies and bespoke back catalogue campaigns. Website administration including selection of products to feature on homepages making decisions on key new release and back catalogue product features, promotions lines and general uploading of product assets. Liaising with the wholesale, mailorder and marketing department to select key product ranges to feature in newsletters, catalogues and other marketing tools.



CentreSoft Ltd

• Product Manager

  • 2004 - Oct 2012

  Working on behalf of Advantage’s publishing partners to manage their external sales to maximise games market presence and sales volume within the Independent Retail sector. Direct sales to online and bricks and mortar national accounts along with key independent retailers. Responsible for management & motivation of the sales team to achieve both publisher and internal targets on monthly, quarterly and annual basis. Responsible for negotiating day one stock purchases with publishers and management of sales-out post-launch, to ensure continued sales/stock sells through, by internal promotional activities and/or via publisher supported exits. Back catalogue stock purchasing and management including reviewing sales patterns,forecasting revenue targets and working with publishers to negotiate promotional activity to capitalise on all sales opportunities. Planning, actioning, and negotiating product launch marketing strategies to deliver both in-store and online coverage of new releases, and bespoke back catalogue campaigns. Website administration including making decisions on key product features, promotions lines and general uploading of product assets. Editing bi-monthly product catalogue, which is sent to independent and national games buyers within the UK, to highlight unique sales opportunities on a wide range of products.



Barclays

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Service Assistant

  • Oct 2003 - Sep 2004

  Providing support to Barclays larger corporate customers within the servicing team at Colmore Row, Birmingham. Providing support to senior members of the corporate banking team. Daily placing of Treasurers funds to ensure customers were given the best possible advice on investing funds. Providing support to Barclays larger corporate customers within the servicing team at Colmore Row, Birmingham. Providing support to senior members of the corporate banking team. Daily placing of Treasurers funds to ensure customers were given the best possible advice on investing funds.



ZF Group

• Germany
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Conformance Technician

  • Aug 2001 - 2003

  Liaising with suppliers on non-conforming parts and ensuring that replacement parts were made available to continue 24-hour production of product. Dealing with all admin around non-conforming parts. Long term planning and administration of the supplying of all parts by external companies. Liaising with suppliers on non-conforming parts and ensuring that replacement parts were made available to continue 24-hour production of product. Dealing with all admin around non-conforming parts. Long term planning and administration of the supplying of all parts by external companies.