Experience

EGO OFFICIAL

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Buyer

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Boohoo Group PLC

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Assistant Buyer

  • May 2021 - Apr 2022

  • Working on long lead and short lead times, with suppliers from a range of territories, working closely with the merchandiser, to plan and fill options and OTB on a £20 mil + department • Prepping for and presenting in trade meetings to senior management and the full buying and merch floor • Staying on top of the critical path at all times from fits, to chasing bookings and orders and reviewing cancellations as and when needed in line with intake and budgets • Going abroad on buying trip visiting suppliers factories



Missy Empire

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Buyer

  • Mar 2020 - May 2021

  • Heading up the buying department for Missy Empire, covering all categories. Presenting all meetings and sign offs to the company MD and Head of brand of all future products and ideas• Managing the team ensuring processes are complete in a timely manner, from idea creation, to delivery of goods. Holding team meetings, catch ups and personal reviews• Working with and building strong relationships with a wide range of suppliers, short and long lead, UK and overseas, across all fabrics and product types• Highly creative, with constant idea creation for campaign themes and products for 2-3 launches a month• Working with budgets, analysing sales and reviewing stock levels for newness, offers, pushes and sale• Managing and overlooking all buying and product processes including product development, weekly fit sessions, sign off meetings, price negotiation, order making, chasing in stock and ensuring all is shot ready to go online, when it’s delivered • Working closely with other departments across the business to ensure the business is working as commercially as possible to gain sales• Managing weekly regular newness to drop on wholesale sites, such as ASOS, to help push sales and brand awareness

• Assistant Buyer

  • Feb 2019 - Mar 2020

  - Buying assistant for all departments - Keeping bestsellers in stock and deciding when to sell through and markdown - Future trend planning, creating trend boards based on what is popular and actioning development to create and launch new ranges- Being highly reactive to what the customer wants, using social platforms, customer reviews and feedback, bestsellers and search terms- Constant trend research into what the customer wants now www.missyempire.com



Missguided

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Buyers Admin Assistant - Outerwear and Knitwear

  • Dec 2017 - Feb 2019

  - Looking after the critical path of two departments, ensuring all lines are arriving when expected- Sample management of samples from fit stage through to shoot- Liaising daily with suppliers- In charge of the collecting samples for shoot, of the companies 'Key Shouts', 'Big Deals' and retail POS- Being aware of competitor trends and sending suppliers developments where needed

• Retail Planning and communications Coordinator

  • Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

• Retail Allocator

  • Oct 2016 - Jul 2017



Cloggs.co.uk

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Merchandiser

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2015

  - Looking after the success of a given set of brands, by overlooking their presentation and availability both online and instore. Action this information with the relevant departments, in order to react and respond to sales - Provide Weekly Trading Packs to both the Merchandiser and Senior Management Team to aide in weekly decision making - Manage the booking-in diary to ensure that intake is maintained throughout each week - Work with warehouse team to ensure that all stock coming into the business is received seamlessly



Claire's

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• European Allocations Analyst

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

  - Working closely with the European Merchandiser and European Assosiate reviewing sales from the previous week and reacting appropriatly with repeats, cancellations and rephrasing of stock - Accurately allocating products to stores through detailed ananlysis of stock sales data - Working closely with the European Merchandiser and European Assosiate reviewing sales from the previous week and reacting appropriatly with repeats, cancellations and rephrasing of stock - Accurately allocating products to stores through detailed ananlysis of stock sales data



H&M

• Sweden
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visual Merchandiser

  • Dec 2013 - Jan 2015

  As a Visual Merchandiser I was also part of the management team, overlooking the enire stores team and was in charge of sale, store planning and season meetings.

• Sales Advisor/ Extra Responsible

  • Aug 2009 - Dec 2013

• Admin Trainee

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

• Visual Merchandiser Trainee

  • May 2011 - Jul 2011