Charlotte Cunningham

Generated £93m annually across multiple departments, including Seasonal, Toys and Homewares.

Drove transition of buying function to Poland and facilitated return to Poundland buying.

Lead the team to achieve business objectives with emphasis on range size and category mixes.

Oversee departmental WSSI maintenance for budget approval and reviews with senior management.

Develop Marketing Activity Planning Calendar to ensure timely execution of key events.

Manage in-season stock through regular performance reviews and plan adjustments, proposing markdowns and promotions throughout the year.

Conduct training for Merchandisers on MFP, Power BI, and Oracle.

Work closely with Finance in building reports to support analytical decisions.

Managing a team of 3 other merchandisers ensuring the departments run smoothly & efficiently.

Generated £44m in gross sales annually through effective management of Celebrations and seasonal categories.

Developed framework for product ranging and grading in collaboration with buying and visual merchandising teams.

Analysed historical data via SWOT assessments to create aligned sales and profit plans.

Identified seasonal building blocks, capitalising on market opportunities to meet objectives.

Maintained departmental WSSI for budget approval, regularly reviewing with key stakeholders.

Managed stock levels and intake to align with budget requirements.

Achieved terminal and legacy targets through strategic range building and markdown control.

Overseeing Footwear & Ladieswear in their 35 EU Outlet stores generating £40million annually.

Managing stock levels and requirements between 'Made for Outlet' stocks and transfers from FP team.

Communicating with FP team throughout MD periods to ensure depths and stocks are protected for outlets, working to ensure stock is sold through most profitable avenues for the business.

Work closely with selection Buyer & US production team to ensure EU requirements are built into the range.

Work closely with other members of the company including Planning Director, Retail VP, Retail Ops, DMs & US Production team.

Managing team of 3 but also overseeing the whole team if Senior Merchandiser is unavailable.

Working over 3 departments generating £8million each season over approx. 650 SKUs

Taking ownership of the Men's Accessories department for the past 2 seasons generating +10% profit and a continuous growth of in-store presence.

Regular interaction with suppliers, building strong working relationships and utilising on these relationships to get the best results.

General Assistant Merchandiser duties including over-seeing the department in the merchandiser's absence and delegating work to MAAs.

I was also a MOS representative, training new starters on pricing and was put on the M&Co 'Spotlight' programme in order to further my career.