Hannah Ibiwoye

* Freelance recruitment * I can support with end to end recruitment or basic sourcing. * I can tailor my services, and build a package around the companies needs. * Day rate will be in accordance to project or service required (negotiable). * Please get in touch to discuss: * Directtalentconsultancy@gmail.com

Worked with luxury footwear brands starting at Gucci, and Prada. Moved to menswear to help manage the largest men's shoe concession in Europe at the time. Holding over 22,000 pairs of shoes.

* Opened and launched the first ever Ralph Lauren Concessions within Harvey Nichols * Annual Turnover combined £5million across 3 floors * Management for a team of 8 staff * Looking after Black Label, Blue Label, and Denim & Supply * Launched Club Monaco on to the UK market * Implemented all retail structure in regards to KPI’s, target trackers and Client Portfolios * Building a loyal client base and maintain a good trading level * Monitoring and review staff and store performance on a regular basis * Driving sales through maximizing team performance, and building rapport with regular clients * Maximizing sale through effective merchandising with the VM and following Company’s directives * Managed the recruitment process, training, supervising and appraising staff * Writing reports for senior management/Directors and delivering presentations * Delegating work duties to individual staff members

* Concession turnover of £1 million * Staffing compliment of 4 * Recruitment, training and development of the team * Building up a client base * Buying responsibilities for the concession in New York and London * Reporting directly into the retail director * Providing the customers with the highest possible service experience * Ensuring excellent product knowledge amongst the team * Actively introducing new customers to the Theory brand and promoting the brand whenever the opportunity arises * Ensuring that daily procedures are carried out, including sales, stock taking, transfers, delivery and merchandising * Achieving and maintaining the standards set by the department managers within Harvey Nichols and management within Theory * Creating daily and weekly schedules and targets * Acting as an ambassador for Theory and Harvey Nichols at all times

* Built a desk and developed strong client relations * Responsible for recruiting all levels of Retail Management/Head Office and working with a wide range of clients * Being the first point of contact for all CV submissions and assessing their suitability * Created adverts, advertised on job boards, interviewed candidates over phone/in person and assessed their suitability for clients * Registered all CV’s on spreadsheets/databases * Liaised with Clients to obtain vacancy specifics * Checked all CV’s against current requirements before submitting them to appropriate Clients * Chased feedback on CV’s, arranged all interviews, chased interview feedback and managed the coordination of all candidates offers and starts dates * Candidate Head Hunting – Targeting key competitors and headhunting them into business * Using all forms of resourcing to find appropriate candidates, Linked In, Twitter, Facebook and Job Board’s * Created documents/folders to keep track of all relevant information * General market research on our client’s key competitors