Anastasia B.

Responsible for execution of sourcing, category management and procurement activity in the F&B category. Bourne Leisure: Wherever you are in Bourne Leisure, you’ll always be impressed, amazed and delighted. Last year, over four million people chose to spend their time at our parks, resorts and hotels. And there’s a good reason for that. It’s because every single one of the 16,500 team members who work here shares the same mission: give our guests a great time with memories that last a lifetime. All working together to create the UK’s most loved holiday and holiday home business.

Lupa Foods is a UK based full-service B2B partner to the food industry importing ingredients globally. Trusted by some of the largest food manufacturers, recipe box companies and retailers to assist them not only with great quality products, but service, support and value. My role: To drive growth through innovation, bringing new products to market. To develop and deliver the NPD (new product development) strategy for the business. Working with sales team to ensure buy in of the NPD products.

SPAR is a ‘symbol’ group, which means individual SPAR members (of which there are 5 in the UK) retain their independence but enjoy the advantages of belonging to a global brand. My role: To develop, implement, and review a trading plan for a specific product range that leverages Spar’s scale and efficiency with suppliers to reduce cost of goods, optimise terms and increase income whilst reducing the risks and conditionality for the RDCs and delivering measurable benefits to the Group.

Ocado.com, the UK’s fastest-growing grocer, and Zoom by Ocado, our almost-as-fast-growing, same-day grocery service. As the world’s biggest and best online-only grocer, we work tirelessly to bring more of what matters to our customers: unbeatable range, fair value, and effortless convenience. Role: - Managing sales, margin, promotions and range - Develop key supplier relationships - Ensure the product range (within my category) is optimised to the customer and matches Ocado's business strategy - Be heavily involved in supplier account management and negotiation - Co-ordinate and manage promotional and media activity - Work closely with Analysts to implement and achieve agreed targets and support the roll out of new frameworks, processes and reporting systems

Assisting the Buyer in all areas, maximising profitability for the group by ensuring products are ordered and delivered on time, within budget and to the correct specification. Negotiating with suppliers whilst maintaining and creating strong relationships. Sourcing new products from the far east and understanding product licensing costs. Managing new projects with the technical team to ensure product quality and specification. Provide assistance to Sales team with supply of quotations, costs and margins. Working closely with the marketing team informing them of all new products and launch dates. -Managing products by monitoring life cycles and sourcing new products to complete our ranges -Working closely with the marketing team informing them of all new products, availability and SRP -Sharing knowledge and managing the database for product features and benefits Role: -Sourcing new products -Product range decisions -Maintain a close relationship with Stock planning to ensure customer intake dates are met. -Managing the Far East Team to ensure POs are raised -Proactively chase and update planned quality control (QC), mass production (MP) and shipment dates for all brands within Audio and Set Top Box (STB), daily update and maintenance on internal NAV system to ensure Stock Planning and Sales Team are aware -Produce and maintain iLuv Range document for sales and PR purposes (Product Roadmap), this is to be used to identify priorities for sample arrangements etc -Upkeep of product price lists, entering all costs into a document and informing Sales of the sell prices and SRPs based on margin requirements -Inform iLuv of new customer opportunities and negotiate accordingly to secure customer listings -Completion of outstanding purchase order report for trading meetings to illustrate purchase value against budget -Produce supplier delivery performance report for CEO and other relevant persons.

-Evaluating new products in the market -Monitoring stock levels -Processing sales orders -Purchasing hardware, software and all peripherals. -Liaising with all suppliers regarding all products. -Setting up and maintaining supplier’s records. -Purchasing Licences for software. -Ordering stock on a daily basis. -Forecasting and planning

-Liaised with stores on a daily basis via emails and telephone calls to ensure delivery dates were met, to chase deliveries and to re-place orders, providing outstanding customer service which ensured relationships were maintained. -Worked closely with managers and stores to monitor sales and manage the visual merchandising in stores. -Maintained relationships with all major suppliers .This involved dealing with enquiries, resolving problems and monitoring stock. -Maintained all personnel records, and database specific to the organisation needs. .

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