James Noel Edward Parker
Summary
Detail-oriented professional with expertise in advanced Excel usage, stock management systems, and statistical analysis through Power BI. Proficient in networking applications, Bloomberg terminals, and Stata, with a strong numerical aptitude and a solid understanding of the critical path method. Experienced in visual merchandising, auditing, floor leadership, and training new staff members while maintaining exceptional organisational and coordination skills. Demonstrates punctuality and a commitment to excellence in all tasks undertaken.
Specialise in administrative support with focus on organisation and customer service. Can streamline office operations, ensuring smooth workflow and optimising productivity. Unique skills in time management and multitasking combined with aptitude for problem-solving make it possible to meet and exceed business objectives.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Merchandising Admin Assistant
Argos
11.2023 - 03.2025
- Company Overview: Under Sainsbury’s, supporting the merchandising team
- Supported the merchandising team with full order book maintenance
- Managed end-to-end order processing
- Maintained key reports
- Coordinated with suppliers to resolve delivery queries
- Ensured accurate data management to meet business deadlines
- Maintained and regularly updated key reports, including line-level reports, line cards, and the repository report
- Managed full order book maintenance for department ranges
- Handled the end-to-end order process: raised, amended, and cancelled orders
- Conducted order forecast checks to support inventory planning and availability
- Updated promotional indicators and inputted uplifts for upcoming promotional activity
- Utilized systems such as Storm DB2 and RMS to raise dummy orders against unprocessed GRNs
- Coordinated supplier meetings to address delivery queries
- Distributed regular order book updates to suppliers
- Under Sainsbury’s, supporting the merchandising team
Merchandising Admin Assistant
Net – A - Porter
09.2023 - 07.2024
- Responsible for all Merchandising admin assistant responsibilities within the Lingerie and Sport department
- Prepared and updated weekly intake reports
- Presented intake updates in meetings with senior company members
- Liaised with brands for intake updates, resolving discrepancies in the VEX delivery system
- Addressed discrepancies in Jira, including chasing credit notes/invoices
- Organized return-to-vendor deliveries
- Refreshed various departmental reports
- Ensured smooth delivery of goods by resolving merchandising-related issues
Merchandising Assistant
Wit fitness
03.2023 - 08.2023
- Responsible for ensuring profitability of the firm via Purchase orders, transfer orders, sales and stock analysis
- Carrying out transfer orders via company software
- Carrying out sales and stock analysis to contribute to weekly sales meetings
- Amending any problems on the ecommerce store via Shopify
- Creating parent and child SKUs for new products
- Posting product samples to other companies
- Creating the sales and stock report to send out to the buying and merchandising team
Sales Representative for Sony
John Lewis
Brent Cross
07.2022 - 11.2022
- Company Overview: Brent Cross
- Responsible for sales and auditing of Sony TVs and home entertainment systems
- Full in-depth knowledge of all products Sony has to offer
- Sales of Sony entertainment systems through a strict sales process
- Responsible for all the visual merchandising in store
- Reporting of any stock discrepancies to my manager
- Negotiating with store managers to ensure optimal product placement
- Audits of products in store to ensure standards are met
- Brent Cross
Sales Representative for Miele and Hisense
John Lewis, Currys
01.2022 - 07.2022
- Company Overview: Brent Cross, Sloan Square
- Responsible for sales and auditing of Miele and Hisense products
- Full in-depth knowledge of all products Hisense and Miele has to offer
- Sales of Hisense televisions and Miele white goods through a strict sales process
- Management of the sales areas in all three stores
- Carrying out Audits within store to ensure standards are met
- Brent Cross, Sloan Square
Territory Manager for Microsoft products
John Lewis, Currys
09.2021 - 01.2022
- Company Overview: 9 stores within London
- Responsible for the management of Microsoft products within 9 stores
- Creating training packages on Microsoft products
- Analysis of sales data to maximize company revenue
- Demonstrating retail etiquette while representing Microsoft
- Negotiating with management about product placement
- Creating a contact list of all managers in 9 stores
- Use of Power BI to ensure targets were met
- 9 stores within London
Christmas Temporary Sales Assistant
H Samuel
Brent Cross, London
11.2019 - 01.2020
- Company Overview: Brent Cross, London
- Responsible for sales and service of watches, silver, gold and diamond jewellery
- Learning about all products in store within a week
- Giving customers a welcoming, friendly, informative and proactive service
- Helped customers with product repairs and service
- Filled out in store deliveries and customer home deliveries
- Visual merchandising of products in store
- Brent Cross, London
Customer Experience Expert
Samsung Experience Store
Oxford Street, London
06.2018 - 07.2019
- Company Overview: Oxford Street, London
- Responsible for roles in sales of Samsung devices
- Being a concierge for customers looking for device repairs and training
- Giving customers a welcoming, friendly, informative and proactive service
- Assisting store engineers and giving valuable information about products
- Contributing to the delivery of the store teams’ weekly targets
- Proactively keeping product and service knowledge up to date
- Oxford Street, London
Education
MSc - Investment and Finance
Middlesex University
01.2018 - 01.2020
BSc Hons - Economics
Middlesex University
01.2015 - 01.2018
Skills
- Advanced use of excel
- Advanced use of stock management systems
- Analysis of statistics through power BI
- Proficient in networking applications
- Understanding of critical path method
- Visual merchandising
- Auditing
- Proficient use of stata
- Proficient use of Bloomberg terminals
- Strong numerically
- Floor leading
- Training new staff members
- Organized
- Coordinated
- Punctual
Custom
- Market trends
- Economic climate
- Company performance
Timeline
Merchandising Admin Assistant
Argos
11.2023 - 03.2025
Merchandising Admin Assistant
Net – A - Porter
09.2023 - 07.2024
Merchandising Assistant
Wit fitness
03.2023 - 08.2023
Sales Representative for Sony
John Lewis
07.2022 - 11.2022
Sales Representative for Miele and Hisense
John Lewis, Currys
01.2022 - 07.2022
Territory Manager for Microsoft products
John Lewis, Currys
09.2021 - 01.2022
Christmas Temporary Sales Assistant
H Samuel
11.2019 - 01.2020
Customer Experience Expert
Samsung Experience Store
06.2018 - 07.2019
MSc - Investment and Finance
Middlesex University
01.2018 - 01.2020
BSc Hons - Economics
Middlesex University
01.2015 - 01.2018
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