Experience

Switchd

• United Kingdom
• Retail

• Senior Software Developer

  • Oct 2022 - Present

• Software Developer

  • Jun 2021 - Oct 2022



Self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Food Business, Travel and Work Abroad

  • Jun 2019 - Sep 2020

  • Whilst working, volunteering and travelling in South/South-East Asia, I taught myself to build Wordpress website from scratch following a desire to help amatuer other cooks. Now an ongoing outlet for my love of food that attracts 1000 unique visitors a month. • Returned to the UK and set-up up a business selling fridge-cake in East Surrey. Learned aspects of marketing, product development, packaging, delivery and food safety to deliver up to 160 slices/week. • Whilst working, volunteering and travelling in South/South-East Asia, I taught myself to build Wordpress website from scratch following a desire to help amatuer other cooks. Now an ongoing outlet for my love of food that attracts 1000 unique visitors a month. • Returned to the UK and set-up up a business selling fridge-cake in East Surrey. Learned aspects of marketing, product development, packaging, delivery and food safety to deliver up to 160 slices/week.



Sainsbury's

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Buyer - Cafe

  • Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

  • Owned the design and execution of trading strategy for 2 full range reviews at Sainsbury’s Cafe, affecting 350 stores. Managed suppliers and a £60m annual spend in conjuction with the Trading Manager.• Developed strong interpersonal skills working in an Agile team, and building supplier relationships. • Teamwork and pragmatism - designed a salad range to improve customer experience. Discussed the idea with Operations, who were cautious about difficulty for colleagues. Collaborated to find a pragmatic solution, reducing complexity elsewhere on the menu to launch (sales increased 20% YoY).

• Category Assistant

  • May 2017 - Apr 2018

  • Responsible for technical implementation of Cafe range changes (pricing, promotions, tills, menu boards, POS design and production, store communications) and acted as technical point of reference for the trading team.• Drove a menu board tender saving the category £300k annually