Experience

10DAYS

• Netherlands
• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Retail Manager

  • Apr 2019 - Present

  Reporting to CEO Reporting to CEO



Suitsupply

• Netherlands
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Category Buyer Jackets

  • Oct 2018 - Nov 2018

  Reporting to senior buyer • Responsible for the production cycle from fabric to jackets • Keeping direct communication with fabric producers and manufacturers • Contributing to improve the quality of the product and the efficiency of the production process • Taking final QTY’s from buying and placing orders with the fabric mill • Order processing • Factory capacity planning and management • Managing fabric call offs and shipping forecast • Management and Planning of seasonal production • Managing supplier relationships” clear communication between fabric mills. Factories, supply chain and buying teams • Ensuring on-time delivery of final garments to store • Weekly analysis on assortment performance



G-Star RAW

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Category Merchandiser Woven - WMN

  • Nov 2017 - Oct 2018

  Reporting to buying manager womenswearResponsible for woven women's wear (dresses, jumpsuits, other5pocket, shirts, shorts and skirts:* Taking care of planning and placing buys for both retail (company owned, consignment, CMA) and online channel each season* Carry out competitor analyses, end-of-season analyses, market trends/developments overviews* Planning and briefing collection needs to design department* Work closely with design & production departments, follow up the development/evolution of the collection* Briefing VM department and allocation on in-store activations, and monitoring in-store translation of buying strategies* Briefing e-commerce team on online activations, and monitoring online translation of buying strategies* Weekly analysis on assortment performance, monitoring KPI’s* Optimize in-store performance by advising allocation on product- and stock transfers, maximizing turnover/profitability/stock turn* Identify commercial opportunities, bring to market through quick-to-market process, while safeguarding healthy margin* Tracking deliveries* Drive alignment with key departments (e-commerce, marketing, styling, operations)* Travel to stores to engage accounts, area managers and consumers.

• Retail/Online Junior Buyer

  • Dec 2015 - Nov 2017

  Reporting to senior buyer and buying manager* Together with Senior Buyer taking care of planning and placing buys for both retail and online channel* Taking care of alignment with marketing- and styling department; Provide input for the seasonal retail calendar based on seasonal product relevance and sales opportunities* Monitoring multi-channel product performance in order to optimize allover performance, reporting on performance weekly* Preparing and carrying out (together with Senior Buyer) seasonal collection- and selection briefs to Online Product Merchandiser, VM department and Area Managers* Together with VM department monitoring in-store translation of buying strategies; Supporting Buyers and Allocators in assortment performance optimization (best-/slow sellers management) maximizing turnover/profitability/stock turn* Optimize in-store performance by advising Allocation on product- and stock transfers;* Tracking deliveries* Providing input for in-store seasonal kick-off, designed to energize and trainstore staff on collections* Managing the process of testing key styles in selected stores

• Retail Visual Merchandiser (Project/Planner)

  • May 2014 - Nov 2015

  Reporting to Retail Manager* Coordinate planning schedule for the VM team (5 VM Members)* Coordinate VM Shoots: furniture shoot, Mannequin shoots, seasonal VM Guide shoots* Calculate capacities of furnitures* Define buying clusters and check floorplan for new stores and refurbishments* Design VM manuals for new furnitures* Set up live tests in test store* Insure correct realisation of different concepts by the interior architect (flagship, mono brand, shop in shop, showrooms)* Control, review and evaluate all results together with the Retail team* Analyze blueprints (monobrand, shop in shop, q-stores)

• Retail Operations: Store Opener

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

• Floor Manager Women PC HOOFT

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2013

  * Be a Brand Ambassador of the G-Star RAW brand for staff and customers.* Ability to deliver all agreed P&L targets and to achieve Key Performance Indicators for the womens department.* Responsible for the daily operation and progress of the womens department.* Full understanding of provided guides such as: VM, Mannequin, P.O.S., WRT (web reporting tool).* Excellent time management skills.* Recruitment* Development and training of store team.* Lead by example.* Making sure the G-Star RAW experience transmits to the end consumer, potential newG-Star customers.

• Verkoopassistant

  • Jul 2009 - Apr 2010



Blue Blood International

• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Verkoopassistant

  • 2009 - 2009