Stephanie Bonifacio

Buying Assistant @ Blue Diamond Garden Centres

About

I am passionate about clothing, lingerie, sleepwear, and the way it’s personal, empowering and always evolving. I spend a lot of time on Instagram, Vogue and fashion blogs keeping updated and educated on fashion trends and its effects on the environment. I am driven and self motivated, ensuring any job, big or small, is done to the best of my ability. I am focused and take directions well, especially under pressure. I can work independently or as part of a team. I am organized, reliable, approachable, able to use initiative and always willing to help.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Woking

Industry

Retail

Skill

Build Strong Relationships, Commercial Awareness, Product Development, Supplier Management, Critical Path Method (CPM), Problem Solving, Product Sampling, Pricing Negotiations, Negotiation, Supplier Negotiation, Communication, Spreadsheets, Interpersonal Skills, Organization Skills, Fabric Selection, Sustainable Design, Range Building, Fashion Retail, Product Costing, SWOT analysis

Experience

Buying Assistant

Blue Diamond Garden Centres

2025-3 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Product Assistant

Univar Solutions

2024-9 - 2025-3 · 7 mos

Assistant Buyer

H.Samuel

2023-6 - 2024-1 · 8 mos

I assisted my buyer with range building and suggesting new styles within our budget and target margin. Analysing and reviewing weekly performance and creating trade packs, highlighting sales on new/ special collections and any missed opportunities for my senior buyer. As well as supporting admins with weekly critical path meeting

Buyers Admin Assistant

Nobody's Child

2022-1 - 2023-3 · 1 yr 3 mos

I gained valuable knowledge on sustainable fabrics, trims and the correct legal certifications needed. Having had previous experience working as part of an 'In House' team', I was able to suggest better ways of working to meet our wholesale partners deadlines and ensure each collection was shot intime for launch.

Senior Buyers Admin Assistant

River Island

2017-5 - 2021-12 · 4 yrs 8 mos

I worked closely with the "In House Production Team'. Where I gained valuable knowledge on the buying process, from design, creating patterns, fits through to production. Whilst managing my critical path and daily emails with suppliers. I would handover fabric and patterns to team make samples in time for shoots, fit sessions and meetings. As well as meeting fabric mills, choosing prints inline with seasonal trends and ensuring cost prices and margins were accurate and updated across all our documents and orders.