MEGAN PILLING

• Drive and support the development of seasonal collection strategy and range plan for the Shoes category
• Deliver and present weekly trade reports, providing performance trend analysis, including actions to best support regional needs and in-season trading decisions. Prepare and use of Sell-in reports to support analysis and decisions.
• Built close, collaborative relationships with Product Development, Design, Sourcing, and Pricing teams to deliver product integrity, achieving margin targets while balancing commercial with runway-led design.
• Present the collection clearly and confidently during market, act as a trusted and consistent point of contact with any regional queries and feedback, and working cohesively with the wider teams on any changes and updates.
• Responsibility for ensuring accuracy and consistency across PLM, line sheets, and in-market systems and documents by maintaining up-to-date data and imagery - minimising risk of error and ensuring the Shoes category is correctly represented across all channels, with close working relationships with Visual Showroom and Pricing teams.
• Monitor competitor trends and market insights (e.g. Fashion week) to support seasonal development, pricing strategy, and product positioning.
• Responsibility of pricing band updates and implementation, making strategic decisions based on product sales history, regional insights and competitor pricing analysis.

• Prepare and deliver weekly trade reports with sales analysis and actions based on current performance and trends. Present confidently and clearly end of month trade.
• Successfully and proactively create newness and carry forward sales forecasts, through sales history knowledge and analysis
• Champion of the raw material booking process; co-ordinating teams to collate files for weekly sign off by senior management, as well as improving efficiency of files through advanced Excel skills and attention to detail
• Running and building of ad-hoc files and use of PLM, navigating calmly, constructively and as a team player in high-pressure situations
• Understanding of planning seasonal collection assortment and ranging with the merchandising team, providing historical data and analysis to form decisions
• Responsibility of running total department margin updates in an accurate and efficient manner
• Management of delivery reporting through critical analysis and adapting to management needs, act as a reliable and trusted contact for the latest updates
• Responsibility of end of season hindsight for all divisions, ensuring files are updated and deadlines are met, as well as completing Menswear in-depth analysis, demonstrated through organisation and time-management skills and building positive relationships with all divisions.

• Ownership of Women's outerwear
• Built long-lasting and effective relationships with all outerwear suppliers globally, internal outerwear team and wider team's; with an approachable and positive attitude, always pushing myself and others for results
• Proactively leading development and range build meetings, including analysing sales history and current performance, latest trends, supplier and geo mix, providing actions and coming up with new creative ideas
• Strong and well-equipped negotiator, face to face, zoom and via email with focus on margin target
• Manage critical path dates and team diary
• (Women's Bottoms and Denim) - May 2021 - May 2022
• Total department responsibility of Women's Bottoms
• Ownership of buying a fully sustainable capsule denim range, working closely with the supplier, sourcing and marketing teams to creatively produce an innovative and result orientated range
• Women's market share and sustainability champ; acting as point of contact and presenting back to management monthly on total Women's updates
• Management of all marketing requests, samples, fit and aesthetic approvals with effective time and organisational skills.

• Women's Denim
• Effective ownership of supplier critical path management; action based and maintaining positive relationships
• Management of marketing requests and samples
• Raising purchase orders
• Responsible for aesthetic and fit approvals
• Involvement and contribution within the full buying process.

• Knitwear and Swimwear
• Critical path management, updating buying manager of any risks and providing solutions
• Proof the catalogue and Ecommerce; ensuring images best represent the product and correct information
• Weekly trend and competitor analysis
• Daily supplier liaison and relationship building to ensure a smooth process
• Support the buying manager in day-to-day tasks and meeting preparation

Emilia Wickstead

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• Women's Footwear - Placement year