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Faye Belben
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Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom
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Innovative individual with outstanding communication, interpersonal and organisational skills. Adept at quickly assessing people’s needs, developing plans and effectively delivering solutions that meet company or client needs. Dedicated to exceptional service and high levels of performance in every task. Excellent excel skills.
Markets
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2017 - 2020
job
Wholesale Operations and Merchandise Manager, Mothercare
Mothercare.
Responsible for operations and merchandising for the wholesale business development department, implementing and reviewing the department merchandise strategy to support development of the overall wholesale department business initiatives and growth plans. Focused on optimising sales and profit by retailer through a balance of planning fulfilment and trading. Covering all 3 divisions, Mothercare, ELC and clothing for domestic and international partners.
Accountable for managing the range forecast, working collaboratively with the sales team to ensure accuracy, influencing the overall seasonal range buy.
- Analysed and reviewed past performance, providing insightful recommendations.
- Responsible for the processing and monitoring of all partner orders from placement to delivery.
- Accustomed to adhering to business wide critical paths.
Continuously supported the Wholesale business development strategy, identifying opportunities for improvement, facilitating operational efficiency & encouraging an agile, commercial environment.
- Successfully implemented processes to manage stock and improve visibility of stock holding and excess across the 3 divisions.
- Remodelled weekly sell through reports.
- Introduced phased ordering to manage order book intake, regulate stock levels and reduce excess.
- Refined weekly allocation procedure to enhance efficiency.
- Supervised the team, demonstrating best practice and evolving ways of working.
Supported partners to drive consumer sales, developing and nurturing relationships.
- Effectively communicated with our partners, listening, sharing and reacting to feedback.
- Reviewed and delivered optimal distribution for each individual partner aiming for 95% on time in full fulfilment.
- Ensured our DC and third party warehouses are fully briefed on all partners operational and delivery requirements.
- Worked closely with supply chain to analyse, report and reduce operational costs.
An experienced leader with strong management skills.
- Managing a team of 5, recognising and encouraging great performance and supporting career development.
- Motivating, inspiring and creating a strong team.
Accountable for managing the range forecast, working collaboratively with the sales team to ensure accuracy, influencing the overall seasonal range buy.
- Analysed and reviewed past performance, providing insightful recommendations.
- Responsible for the processing and monitoring of all partner orders from placement to delivery.
- Accustomed to adhering to business wide critical paths.
Continuously supported the Wholesale business development strategy, identifying opportunities for improvement, facilitating operational efficiency & encouraging an agile, commercial environment.
- Successfully implemented processes to manage stock and improve visibility of stock holding and excess across the 3 divisions.
- Remodelled weekly sell through reports.
- Introduced phased ordering to manage order book intake, regulate stock levels and reduce excess.
- Refined weekly allocation procedure to enhance efficiency.
- Supervised the team, demonstrating best practice and evolving ways of working.
Supported partners to drive consumer sales, developing and nurturing relationships.
- Effectively communicated with our partners, listening, sharing and reacting to feedback.
- Reviewed and delivered optimal distribution for each individual partner aiming for 95% on time in full fulfilment.
- Ensured our DC and third party warehouses are fully briefed on all partners operational and delivery requirements.
- Worked closely with supply chain to analyse, report and reduce operational costs.
An experienced leader with strong management skills.
- Managing a team of 5, recognising and encouraging great performance and supporting career development.
- Motivating, inspiring and creating a strong team.
Business development, Operations, Agile, Management, Sales, Growth, Support, Monitoring, Development, International, Planning, Wholesale, Forecast, Processing, Manager, Processes
2016 - 2017
job
Wholesale Merchandiser
unknown.
Radley is a loved and trusted British accessories brand with an ever expanding global presence specialising in retail, wholesale and international channels.
Deliver sales and margin targets across all wholesale channels through detailed planning, trading and inventory management.
- Provide daily, weekly and monthly sales analysis for UK, International and travel customers. Including House of Fraser, Debenhams, P&O and Heinemann.
- Produce and roll up all channels buys and ensuring maximum stock availability across the business.
- Identify specific market needs, review lessons learnt, proactively bringing proposed solutions to identified problems, challenges or opportunities.
- Update and monitor line cards on key lines.
Play a key role in the developmental and implementation of a new planning systems.
- Set up and maintaining Wholesale WSSI's
- Redesign trading reports to work more efficiently across all wholesale customers.
- Create a central product listing document.
Partner with retail teams.
- Accurately forecast excess stock and produce margin enhanced stock packages where applicable.
- Manage RTV's, redistributing stock appropriately.
Direct contact for all UK and International Account Managers.
- Collate range review packs and attend relevant range selection meetings.
- Prepare Sales meeting and wholesale strategy packs and producing subsequent review packs.
- In season trade review, highlight under and over performance.
- Recommend replenishment and potential markdown lines.
Deliver sales and margin targets across all wholesale channels through detailed planning, trading and inventory management.
- Provide daily, weekly and monthly sales analysis for UK, International and travel customers. Including House of Fraser, Debenhams, P&O and Heinemann.
- Produce and roll up all channels buys and ensuring maximum stock availability across the business.
- Identify specific market needs, review lessons learnt, proactively bringing proposed solutions to identified problems, challenges or opportunities.
- Update and monitor line cards on key lines.
Play a key role in the developmental and implementation of a new planning systems.
- Set up and maintaining Wholesale WSSI's
- Redesign trading reports to work more efficiently across all wholesale customers.
- Create a central product listing document.
Partner with retail teams.
- Accurately forecast excess stock and produce margin enhanced stock packages where applicable.
- Manage RTV's, redistributing stock appropriately.
Direct contact for all UK and International Account Managers.
- Collate range review packs and attend relevant range selection meetings.
- Prepare Sales meeting and wholesale strategy packs and producing subsequent review packs.
- In season trade review, highlight under and over performance.
- Recommend replenishment and potential markdown lines.
Retail, Management, Sales, Implementation, Inventory management, International, Accessories, Redesign, Wholesale, Forecast, UP
2010 - 2016
job
Merchandiser
MPL Home.
MPL Home is a small supplier specialising in home textiles, small domestic appliances and branded hair care, supplying some of the largest high street retailers. I worked at MPL for 6 years being promoted from Assistant Merchandiser to Merchandiser.
Efficiently worked across all divisions of the business. Looking after 35+ customers, including Argos, BHS, Tesco, Debenhams and Next. Interpreting their data, planning and forecasting their lines into the business to maintain their individual service level targets.
- Responsible for managing stock whilst meeting demand from all customers, maximising sales.
- Competently work to strict deadlines and manage critical paths for multiple clients.
- Developing customer relationships, attending regular meetings with clients to ensuring optimal process management and service.
Directed 50+ suppliers, organising their shipments and phasing into the business as necessary.
- Effectively communicated with factories in the UK, Far East, India and Pakistan to negotiate prices and payment terms.
- Reviewed shipping documents to ensure they are in order for delivery and invoicing purposes.
- Planned shipments in accordance to company demand whilst minimising shipping costs where possible.
Accountable for and successfully managed stock, delivery and supply chain.
- Analysed trading patterns to ensure appropriate action is taken.
- Recorded monthly closing stock figures and report against budgeted stock. Flagged any potential issues and major discrepancies to the business and suggested ways in which to alleviate these.
- Managed online stock and identified new lines to be added.
- Re-phased deliveries where necessary in accordance to business need.
- Provided stock information to the sales team as requested.
- Contributed to re-forecasting of sales and stock in preparation for submission to the bank.
Frequently supported the wider business strategy, improving cross-departmental processes.
- Contributed in the development of a company-wide reporting system enabling the team to view and analyse sales and stock accurately and efficiently.
- Collaborated with the sales team making suggestions in ways to sell through terminal stock minimising impact to margin and freeing up space and OTB for new lines.
- Supported expansion strategies into the European, Russian, US and Mexican markets.
- Involved in supporting and training new employees to ensure they understand business processes and systems.
- Worked closely with the finance team for opening of LC's, invoices and payments.
- Forecasted monthly stock levels for our warehouse to enable them to plan space and resource for the year.
Efficiently worked across all divisions of the business. Looking after 35+ customers, including Argos, BHS, Tesco, Debenhams and Next. Interpreting their data, planning and forecasting their lines into the business to maintain their individual service level targets.
- Responsible for managing stock whilst meeting demand from all customers, maximising sales.
- Competently work to strict deadlines and manage critical paths for multiple clients.
- Developing customer relationships, attending regular meetings with clients to ensuring optimal process management and service.
Directed 50+ suppliers, organising their shipments and phasing into the business as necessary.
- Effectively communicated with factories in the UK, Far East, India and Pakistan to negotiate prices and payment terms.
- Reviewed shipping documents to ensure they are in order for delivery and invoicing purposes.
- Planned shipments in accordance to company demand whilst minimising shipping costs where possible.
Accountable for and successfully managed stock, delivery and supply chain.
- Analysed trading patterns to ensure appropriate action is taken.
- Recorded monthly closing stock figures and report against budgeted stock. Flagged any potential issues and major discrepancies to the business and suggested ways in which to alleviate these.
- Managed online stock and identified new lines to be added.
- Re-phased deliveries where necessary in accordance to business need.
- Provided stock information to the sales team as requested.
- Contributed to re-forecasting of sales and stock in preparation for submission to the bank.
Frequently supported the wider business strategy, improving cross-departmental processes.
- Contributed in the development of a company-wide reporting system enabling the team to view and analyse sales and stock accurately and efficiently.
- Collaborated with the sales team making suggestions in ways to sell through terminal stock minimising impact to margin and freeing up space and OTB for new lines.
- Supported expansion strategies into the European, Russian, US and Mexican markets.
- Involved in supporting and training new employees to ensure they understand business processes and systems.
- Worked closely with the finance team for opening of LC's, invoices and payments.
- Forecasted monthly stock levels for our warehouse to enable them to plan space and resource for the year.
Business strategy, Training, Forecasting, SoMe, Management, Finance, Sales, Service, Shipping, Russian, Development, Patterns, Online, UP, Processes
2010 - 2010
job
Senior Allocator
Signet Group.
2009 - 2009
job
Sales Associate/Visual Merchandiser
Harding Brothers.
Sales
2006 - 2007
job
Merchandise Assistant
French Connection.
Responsibilities included chasing shipments and coordinating deliveries, working closely with the design and buying teams, generating purchase orders and component sheets. Processing and organising lab dips and strike offs, checking weekly productions schedules. Attended regular fit sessions and fed back design changes. Collaborated with the development of product and arranged salesman samples.
Design, Development, Processing
2005 - 2007
job
IT Administrator
GlaxoSmithKline.
It administrator, It, Administrator
2003 - 2005
job
Sales Assistant
Ann Summers.
Sales
2002 - 2003
job
Sales Assistant, Topshop
unknown.
Sales
2000 - 2001
job
Sales Assistant, Next
unknown.
Sales
My education
Southampton Institute
Bachelors, Fashion Promotion and Communication
Bachelors, Fashion Promotion and Communication
Kingston College of Art and Design
Hndhncorequivalent, Fashion and Clothing
Hndhncorequivalent, Fashion and Clothing
n/a
Secondary, English and Mathematics
Secondary, English and Mathematics
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