A Highly sport driven, innovative, brave and authentic individual. Relentlessly dedicated to finding the right Eco-driven role that aids 360 change in the clothing industry and supports self-activism towards the planet.  Intensely motivated for working to enhance life outdoors and within nature globally. Great Soul thrill for new adventures and challenges.

• Set New strategic procedures to maximize inventory and utilize old season stock and prevent new factory orders
•  Direct the new Unite Store Concept design and execution for kids to elevate shopping experience.
• Liaise closely with Assortment Planning, Allocation, Inline, Global and Outlet squad on a daily basis
• React to stock weekly store patterns and customer behavior
• Range develop with Assortment Planning based on Category performance, Inline Success, WH Inventory, Historic sales

Merchandise Buyer Outlet Kids EMEA

Liase with the B & V dedicated Global recycle warehouse teams to retrieve damaged and over worn  vintage garments to renew and restore fit for purpose to ensure no waste; Utilising trims and fabrics for re-use if neccessary to build a sustainable fabric range with the B&V owned factory in India
• Work closely with the Renewal circular designer and garment tech to ensure maximise entire garments re-use and build ranges according to most prominent trend stories sourced for Uni-sex ranges
• Worked with the brand representative on the Converse & Urban Outfitters renewal range collaboration for fabric fulfillment, design and strategic vision.
• Preventing Large Bales of 'Waste' going to landfill
• Source local fully circular sustainable independent innovative emerging brands; ie. Duvet days for UK & Stockholm collaboration in store and e-com for Beyond Retro
• Build and maintain great brand relationships based on trust and loyality with having circularity sustainabilty as main focus.
• Review and Monitor sales weekly to react in most sustainable way for renewal range and brand performance.

Vintage Renewal Buyer & Local Independent Collaborator EU

• Ownership of Product development Process and Profitability across main Jersey & Woven detail Cats; achieving same margin for recycled Poly and Lyocell fabrics.
• Refined the trims and materials selection across whole of womenswear to collaborately drive more ecological choices
• Enforced the re-use of a print errors on mass production to illuminate waste
• Inniated & Drove the more concious collection for Divided Department
• Drove Signoff every week alongside 6 month strategy reviews with sustainability improvement at the heart
• Liaised very closely with HM Production office & PR Marketing; to enable new supply chain perspective
• Gained Intercultural Mindset from Global Store Buying Office
• Weekly trade in H&M SEK Value
• Heavily impacted the Global Market Planning Per Type, including quantification and range reaction
• Trained Buyers assistants and jointly managed buyer calendar
• Driver of Team Spirit

Acting Buyer For Fancy Tops & Concious Global Collection

Departments;
-Tailoring
-Casual Trousers, Shorts Jumpsuits & Playsuits
-Day Dresses
-Early Responsibility for full end to end product development process for my category areas within these departments across woven and jersey;
-Design influence and inspiration with fabrics, prints and shapes in order to range build for the target customer -Fitting the Garment and making alterations according to the lay plan efficiency
-Signoffs with management for EU and China
-Production and critical path milestone management
-Supplier Rating Reviews on Ethicality
-Weekly Trade
-Supplier Negotiations and Order management
-Liased very closely with our suppliers, designers and merchandisers for all above
-Inntiated Womenswear Side Project with Sourcing to find more ethical alternatives for mass production
Award Gained:
ASOS Ace of aces for innovation for festivals and sourcing relationship from WW Director

Assistant Buyer EU & China

ASOS Market Place
Product: Hand Dyed Vintage Fabric Pocket T-Shirts
-Designed and created my own independent label 'Zo-Bo'; providing plant dyed and organic vintage pocket T-shirts and crop tops; featured and sold on ASOS Marketplace.
-Hosted numerous Market stall's one being at Old Spitalfields Market in London with my t-shirts and customised vintage bags with bows I created from my tshirt pocket fabric off-cuts, and reworked dungarees

Host

Ealing, London
Riverisland: Buyers Assistant Placement Year
Department: Jersey Tops & Celebrity Range Collaboration

Buyers Assistant Placement Year

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Frederick Gough High School

Manchester Metropolitan University