sarah colson

lead product manager

About

9 glorious years of FTSE 100 retail experience. A specialist in Supply Chain Product ownership and technology who is skilled in leading multiple and diverse projects in complex environments. A visionary thought leader, ensuring product roadmaps are focused on the customer and delivered using agile iterative releases. Thrives at building relationships and prioritising development based on value. Independent and entrepreneurial with the ability to work with minimal direction.

Country

united kingdom

City

london

Industry

retail

Skill

retail, supply chain, analytics, commercial

Experience

product manager - supply chain

sainsbury's

2016-7 - Present · 10 yrs 3 mos

price and promotions analyst - central operations

marks and spencer

2010-5 - 2012-5 · 2 yrs 1 mo

assistant central planner - food central support

marks and spencer

2009-9 - 2010-4 · 8 mos

lead forecast and inventory analyst - supply chain

marks and spencer

2014-8 - 2015-10 · 1 yr 3 mos

Manage the sales forecast for food products with an weekly turnover of 10m per week Delivered Peak Christmas area sales at +7% yr growth with waste % halved yr on yr.

lead product manager

photobox

2018-12 - Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

store performance analyst - supply chain

marks and spencer

2012-5 - 2014-7 · 2 yrs 3 mos

My previous job entailed identifying opportunities to improve store level sales, availability and waste within the Meat, Poultry, Dairy, Deli and Fish categories and then coordinating and executing these with the relevant forecasting and ordering teams. Resulting in a built up knowledge of both the store estate and internal processes and systems within Food retail.  Analyse of stores performance and providing relevant recommendations to the Trading teams  Co-ordination of store forecasts for major Business events  Excellent excel and BI reporting skills  Working with the appropriate Forecasters to improve store’s sales, availability and waste