Amanda Cox-Harris

Ran a team of 50+ staff to deliver retail store standards of customer service and product merchandising.

Control of staffing budget and managing stock control to maximise profit and negate losses

Recruiting ,training and developing a team of staff to be multi functioning across a very busy and diverse retail environment.

Planned and implemented seasonal changeovers within the store and involved in the planning stages for this across the group providing operational expertise to the buying and supply team.

Managed a team to deliver great customer service and merchandise quality products across a busy retail environment.

Adapting to the challenges of an old under invested store after working in other more modern Homebase stores. I was at Basingstoke before moving to Eastleigh due to it being closer to home

Managed the store at Badger Farm in Winchester on the Sainsburys site.

Recruiting, training and developing staff to deliver a great product and a welcoming environment for customers to relax in.

My main responsibilities were running the stock control team to manage the stock accuracy. This involved spot checking goods received and matching invoices.

Weekly counts were conducted and investigated alongside a 6 monthly full stock take schedule.

I started my career at Homebase as an office manager in Hedge End Southampton but was promoted within 18 months to Customer Service Manager in Fareham. From there I moved to one of the Portsmouth stores as the Shop Floor manager approx 2 years later. This was a larger store with a much bigger team and more responsibility.