shona thomas

* A varied role supporting buying, merchandising and marketing departments. * Duties include: * Range planning & selections. * Selection meetings and trade shows. * Purchase orders. * Supplier/ account and product management. * Liaising with content and marketing departments on upcoming ranges. * Creating and scheduling email marketing campaigns. * Sales reports and stock replenishments. * Creating and managing the internal product catalogue. * Planning and booking stock deliveries. * Analysing sell through information and competitor pricing. * Website merchandising. * Product design & development of house branded footwear. * Creating specification sheets & brand guidelines. * Liaising with factories to obtain samples and maintain critical path.

* Part-time Sales Assistant during university. Reason for leaving: offered a job in chosen career path. Sales: * Providing excellent customer service. * Maximizing sales opportunities in store. * Regularly top performer for KPI targets and incentive competitions. Visual Merchandising: * Maintaining in store displays. * Installing seasonal window displays. * General store maintenance. Other: * Key holder in the absence of management. * Sales reports. * Staff training.

* Trainee scheme position taken after redundancy from Cruise in 2013. Reason for leaving; re-employed by Cruise when they opened a new store. Customer service: * Servicing customers in branch for hire vehicles. * Collection and delivery service driver. * Making new reservations. * Telephone handler. Sales: * Selling retail products to meet KPI targets. * Corporate sales. Administration: * Communicating with bodyshops for both customer and branch vehicles. * Corporate reservations. * Branch diary management. * New enquiries. Training: * Management skills. * Business development. * Marketing. * Fleet control. * Sales and service.

* Department Manager of luxury product multi-brand retail store. * Reason for leaving 2015: lack of internal career progression opportunities. * Reason for leaving 2013: redundancy. * Store management: * Preparing store sales reports. * Key holder with cashing up responsibilities. * Organising stock deliveries and internet sales. * Stocktake preparation and involvement. * Branded product training, * Staff management: * Recruitment and training. * Staff reviews. * Store rotas. * Daily teamtalks. * Visual Merchandising: * Window displays. * Shop floor product arrangement. * Sale preparation. * Sales: * Promoted to Department Manager from Fashion Adviser in 2011. * Regular top sales performer in store.

* 360 consultant for both temporary and permanent positions. * Reason for leaving: to attend university. * Account management & sales; * Maintaining good communication with a portfolio of new and existing clients. * Taking new bookings. * Arranging and attending new client meetings. * Resourcing and administration: * Sourcing and recruiting new candidates. * Ensuring recruitment paperwork meets legal guidelines. * Obtaining timesheets. * Advertising: * Creating new job specifications. * Placing job posts on to various appropriate channels. * Managing applications.

Footwear fashion and design, Production technology, Footwear buying, Supply and management skills, Style prediction and marketing strategies, Manufacturing technology, Product design and development. Activities and Societies: Course representative