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ABOUT

I am a Merchandise Planning & Operations Executive with global apparel experience. 

BUYING, MERCHANDISING 
& PLANNING

I have lead the end-to-end concept to consumer product life cycle which has  included product merchandising, working with the design team and finance teams. Guiding the wholesale & retail teams in all elements of forecasting from building a merchandise range plan to calculating manufacturing capacities and the bill of materials needed, through to creating visual line plans for retail space planning.​

STRATEGIC CHANGE & PROJECT MANAGEMENT

I have been both a sponsor and key stakeholder in many transitional change projects which included collaboration between myself, business owners and consultants on new investments of upgraded and new system implementations. This has been inclusive of process mapping, best practice identification and strategy execution. With one-to-one coaching for my teams, we establish personal development plans designed to realise their career opportunities.

OMNI-CHANNEL
OPERATIONS

With a rich background in customer service & operations, my experience spans across all channels including wholesale, retail (owned & operated, full price, outlet, concession and franchise partners) and e-commerce within the premium branded sector.  I have lead requests for quotations (RFQs), merged multiple warehouse facilities and partnered with both 3rd party logistics (3PLs) and joint ventures (JVs).

Great to

    meet you.

EXPERTISE

Areas of Expertise

LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

DEMAND FORECASTING & ANALYTICS

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

MERCHANDISING

PROFIT AND LOSS BUDGETS

STRATEGIC PLANNING

OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS & PROCESS RE-DESIGN

BRAND PORTFOLIO

A Collection Of Lifestyles

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Keep it 

simple.

Dare to

begin.

CAREER PATH

Experience

TODAY

PRIVATE CONSULTANT

Omni-Channel Operations

Strategic Change & Project Management

Buying, Merchandising & Planning

Industry Expert

DIRECTOR MERCHANDISE & PLANNING, EMEA WHOLESALE

Regional Sales & Operations Planning

Order Fulfillment

Go-To-Market Optimisation

GLOBAL DIRECTOR MERCHANDISE, PLANNING & CONTROL

Global Price Harmonisation

Omni-Channel Alignment

Pre & In-Season Financial Planning

Concept To Consumer Merchandising

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL RETAIL PLANNING

Transitional Change

Regional Best Practice

Career Development Mentoring

2019

Home sweet home, I'm back London!

Chocolate heaven! Time to pack my bags for Belgium.

2017

EU RETAILISATION INTRODUCTION

Project Manager

Yay, I've bought my first pair of skis!

All these mountains & ski lifts? I must be in Austria.

2015

Group hug to Omni-channel!

GLOBAL RETAIL JDA IMPLEMENTATION

Project Manager

Guten tag! Ich bin in Deutschland

Salut! Welcome to Switzerland.

2014

GLOBAL EPICOR & ORACLE IMPLEMENTATION

Stakeholder

DIRECTOR PLANNING & RETAIL MERCHANDISING

Demand Planning

P&L Forecasting

Range Planning

Business Strategy

PLANNING & PROCESS IMPLEMENTATIONS

Integration of Wholesale & Retail Planning

DIRECTOR PLANNING & RETAIL DEVELOPMENT

Inventory Management

New Store Expansion Plan

Customer Service

EU Profit & Loss

IT Development

Warehouse & Logistics

Introduction of Bill of Materials for PD & Sales Planning for wholesale

RETAIL EXPANSION PROJECT

EU Operating Income Budgets

From 21 to 600 owned & operated doors

2006

WAREHOUSE & DISTRIBUTION CENTRE PROJECT

From RFQ to the execution of the consolidation of 3 facilities to 1 facility

SENIOR DIRECTOR OPERATIONS & ADMINISTRATION

Customer Service

Allocation & Distribution

Supply Chain

EU Sales Budgets

Warehouse & Logistics

Demand Planning

2002

Cheers! Here's to my first family home in London.

GLOBAL SAP IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT

EU representative based in New York, USA

1998

Supply Chain

DIRECTOR OPERATIONS & PLANNING

Financial Planning

EU Operating Income Budgets

1996

EU Customer Service Manager

Customer Service

Order Fulfillment

Allocation & Distribution

Welcome to the world of Branded Premium Fashion Wholesale & Retail.

1993

UK SALES ADMINISTRATOR

 Wholesale Customer Service

Order Fulfillment

Sales Support

Ciao! I'm living in Italy.

PLANNING MANAGER

Manufacturing Demand Planning

Sales Forecasting

How's it going Production?

ASSISTANT BUYER

Retail Maths

Merchandising & Allocation

Range Planning

Hello Retail!

1984

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