Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Custom
Personal Information
Timeline
Generic

Gabriella Hart

11 Meldola Yard,City of London

Summary

Accomplished Senior Planner with 10 years experience in analysis, strategy and people management. Demonstrates strong analytical thinking and leadership skills, ensuring seamless project execution and team collaboration with a keen ability to manage complex projects and communicate effectively. Poised to deliver impactful planning solutions that drive organisational success.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work history

Senior Planner

lululemon
London
06.2024 - Current
  • Lead Accessories and Footwear divisions by prioritising sales opportunities, managing seasonal flow, and overseeing inventory levels through weekly trade meetings and monthly Open-to-Buy.
  • Execute top-down financial plans and strategies, collaborating closely with buying counterparts and senior leadership to maximise assortment potential and sales growth.
  • Planning and execution of seasonal buys, ensuring assortments are balanced and aligned with past successes and future growth opportunities.
  • Built custom tools and reports to optimise and accelerate the buying workflow.
  • Refine and streamline processes, leading the team through business-as-usual and seasonal buys with clear strategic direction, fostering a culture of agility, growth, and continuous improvement.
  • Lead weekly trade meetings, resetting priorities, guiding actionable outcomes, and communicating risks and opportunities effectively to leadership.
  • Manage inventory objectives by focusing on item in-stock levels across all guest touchpoints.
  • Mentor and manage a direct report with clarity and care, promoting a balanced, growth-oriented team culture.
  • Actively contribute to cross-functional working groups to identify opportunities, enhance productivity, and drive incremental sales.
  • Champion the Chase planning process as superuser, providing system support and resolving team queries during monthly cycles.
  • Maintain a proactive, curious, and positive approach to workload management, problem-solving, and peer collaboration.

Senior Merchandiser

Percival
, London
09.2021 - Current
  • Built and implemented merchandising and buying function in a fast-paced start-up.
  • Strategy planning, range building, sales budgeting, WSSI and markdowns, terminal.
  • Execution of product strategy, increasing revenue 3x in under 2 years with reduced returns and increased profit.
  • Demand forecasting and overseeing line cards, ensuring sales potential of continuity lines is fully maximised.
  • Built trade analysis packs, WSSI and range planners in Excel.
  • Hired and developed team of data focused and innovative people.
  • Implemented critical path reducing airfreight by -40%.
  • Working closely with c-suite to form business strategy and trading calendar aligned with global retail market.
  • Implemented PLM system, to reduce admin and increase productivity for product development team, ensuring all business needs are accounted for.
  • Actively trade the season, maximising on opportunity and limiting risk.
  • Working collaboratively with design team to ensure produced range is balanced and commercial.
  • Operational responsibilities, project managing warehouse move and sample sales.
  • Overseeing store replenishment and visual merchandising.

Merchandiser

Boden
, London
09.2019 - 09.2021
  • Budgeting of key KPIs and delivery of product strategy, increasing sales +25% annually.
  • Design and execution of marketing calendar for the division.
  • Trade analysis, working with c-suite to inform actions to maximise opportunity and minimise risk.
  • Relationship building, working in a small part of the business, ensuring stakeholders investment in growth of the division.
  • Working closely with buying and design teams to drive out a commercially balanced range.
  • Lead, manage and develop a team.
  • Lead change within the business, building and testing new systems.
  • Representative for the Mental Health arm of the Boden Diversity & Inclusion Group.

Merchandiser

Sainsbury's
, Coventry
09.2015 - 09.2019
  • Management of largest Clothing category in the business.
  • Delivery of seasonal strategy and key KPIs.
  • Planning and trading 428-store estate split by 15 grade classifications.
  • Working closely with insights & stock flow teams to actualise optimum stock mix in-store.
  • Optimisation of online offer and delivery of growth strategy.
  • Working with buying & design teams to build a balanced, commercial and trend focused range.
  • Experience in both near and far-east business travel to build relationships with suppliers and deliver strategy whilst range building & signing off remotely.
  • Designed in Excel a supply base forecasting tool, supporting senior management by collating forecasts for £200m Sainsbury's clothing function.
  • Development of strong and efficient merchandising team.

Education

Level 4 Merchandising And Buying -

Fashion Retail Academy

2:1 Law LLB -

University of Westminster

3 A-Levels Grades A-C -

Rugby High Grammar

10 GCSEs Grades A-C -

Bilton School

Skills

  • Budget planning
  • Demand forecasting
  • Systems - Excel, Power BI, Oracle, WSSI
  • Leadership
  • People management
  • Strategy planning
  • Relationship building
  • Retail expertise
  • Product knowledge

Custom

Gabriella, Hart, gabriellalouisahart@yahoo.co.uk, 07915405267, Flat 204, City of London, 11 Meldola Yard, E9 5NW

Personal Information

Timeline

Senior Planner

lululemon
06.2024 - Current

Senior Merchandiser

Percival
09.2021 - Current

Merchandiser

Boden
09.2019 - 09.2021

Merchandiser

Sainsbury's
09.2015 - 09.2019

Level 4 Merchandising And Buying -

Fashion Retail Academy

2:1 Law LLB -

University of Westminster

3 A-Levels Grades A-C -

Rugby High Grammar

10 GCSEs Grades A-C -

Bilton School

Similar Profiles

Create profile
Gabriella Hart