Experience

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  Smiths City Group

  • Christchurch

  • Merchandise Planner

    • Mar 2022 - Mar 2024
    • Christchurch

    Review daily core range stock requirements across the store network of twenty stores for both local and imported product ranges ensuring purchases are in line with budget/OTB as well as agreed store ranging plans. Review daily customer orders, assessing viability against current stock holding. Work collaboratively with Planning Manager and Category Managers on range reviews and new product introductions against budget expectations.

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  Smiths City

  • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

  • Merchandise Planner

    • Jan 2019 - Aug 2021
    • Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Senior role managing a team of three as well as overseeing a team of five Category Managers. Reviewing and approving all stock purchases including ad-hoc promotional buys, tracking performance against budget for both sales and stock. Creating and managing the sales and stock budgets as well as forecasting the monthly stock position.

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  Kathmandu

  • Christchurch

  • Overseas Account Manager, Critical Path Analyst, Merchandiser

    • May 2008 - Dec 2019
    • Christchurch

    Three roles spanning ten years in the product team, six years as a Merchandise doing end to end processes from range development, cost negotiations and supplier management to forecasting, purchasing and sales analysis. Moving into building critical path timelines for both product teams, apparel and equipment, facilitating all key milestone meetings. Then into managing all non-ANZ territories and marketplaces working with Product Managers and International Sales Managers to create and supply a commercial range per season.

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  Pacific Brands

  • Christchurch, New Zealand

  • Supply Manager, Planning Team Leader, Planner

    • 2002 - 2008
    • Christchurch, New Zealand

    Three roles spanning six years in the supply chain team, starting as a planner working remotely with a category team based in Auckland. At that time working with the largest category budget circa $24m in spend. The team leader role was created to enable my progress into the senior role of Supply Manager as well as broaden my experience across all categories.