Christina Piggott

 Successfully establishing a newly formed Menswear and Womenswear Non-Clothing department  Recruiting, managing and developing the team, including mentoring a Junior Buyer long-term  Achieving £43M sales, an increase of £10M and growth of 35% in the first season despite Covid-19  Sourcing territory specific brands for the UK, EU and USA to optimise sales  Managing a portfolio of around 200 brands and onboarding new brands including Hunkemoller, Aeropostale, Karl Lagerfeld, NA-KD and Ted Baker, which generated over £1.5M in incremental sales  Delivering growth of 49% in Summer Season ‘23 for the Outlet Swimwear Department  Doubling the profitability of my departments from 6% RSV contribution in AW22 to 12% in SS23, outperforming Total Branded Divisions by +25%  Achieving the highest promotion rate for the last 18 months due to mentoring junior staff members

 Worked on Womenswear and Menswear Trend Clothing, Fast Fashion and Going Out Clothing  Identified trends on Instagram for Unisex dressing and successfully establishing a new department to incorporate WW and MW Trend and Unisex  Delivered £67M in Gross sales in AW19, increasing sales by 29% vs previous Year  Represented 25% of total Outlet sales revenue, becoming the largest department on Outlet

 Joined a newly formed Womenswear Lingerie & Beauty team, setting up the UK territory  Reporting to the UK Country Manager, sourcing and organising appropriate sales events for 11 million members across UK, France, Germany, Spain & Italy, by utilising the brand's excess inventory  Delivering ‘Flash Sales’ with revenue values ranging from £40K to £3M  Increasing multi territory lingerie revenue by 26% by negotiating discounts and securing extra stock  Generating sales revenue of £1.8M during the period from April-December 2010

 Joined as Assistant Buyer and was promoted to Junior buyer, pursuing and onboarding new branded suppliers, by pitching the company philosophy, and tailoring presentations for clients  Created exciting flash sales for members by selecting appropriate, seasonal, good value products  Liaised with Fashion Editors and securing features in ‘Fabulous’ magazine and ‘The Sun’ newspaper  Controlled sign-off for on-site visuals to guarantee that these represented brands' identities  Contributed to a team that delivered a 62% increase vs. Year One Sales targets  Grew the lingerie business from 9% of total monthly gross revenue (October 2008) to 20% (June 2009), by forward planning of one lingerie sale a week, expanding into categories such as swimwear, and onboarding new brands

 Joined as a Buyer’s Administrator and was promoted to Associate Buyer, young fashion and lingerie  Managed branded accounts with an annual retail value of £3.5M

 Winner of Elle Magazine/Tk Maxx School of Buying competition, a six-month buying internship at TK Maxx, with one day a week at Elle magazine to produce a TK Maxx supplement  This was a national competition with a high calibre of other applicants