Jane Fletcher

• By-vintage - Co founder of a vintage clothing business @lovebyvintage, selling through private clients and at the best vintage fairs in London.
• Louisa Maybury Home - Consult on several aspects for this local business, including website and website maintenance, styling and photography, range building, and visual merchandising.
• Greenhous - Freelance Driver - Feb 2025 - Current - Delivering electic vehicles to customers in the UK
• Blenheim Palace - Christmas Events Host - November 2024 - January 2025 (seasonal contract)
• Burford Garden Centre - Sales Assistant - October - December 2023 (seasonal contract) working for this creative and inspirational privately owned business

• DESIGNER BOUTIQUE - BRANDS BUYING - 10/2021 to 08/2022
• Responsible for sourcing, buying and managing over 35 boutique and designer brands. Aspects included strategy, recruitment and onboarding of new brands, launch and marketing, establishing and maintaining strong relationships with key brands.
• LABEL MIX - 08/2016 to 10/2021
• Part of key team that conceived, created and launched premium collaborative Label/Mix brand on Next digital platform
• Set up product team and supply base to deliver multiple product categories across clothing, shoes, accessories and children's wear.
• Responsible for brand critical path, set up and managing lead times and key deadlines, supplier liaison, packaging and labelling, and management of assistant, admin, and garment technician across women's and children's wear.

During this time I worked on several different projects -

• Lisa Taylor Design - Consulted on several different aspects for this small on line sustainable brand
• Miss Selfridge - Brief to research, source and deliver a collection of premium embellished dresses
• Wishbone - Fit consultant for newly launched brand
• Freelance lecturer - FRA - Fashion Retail Academy - short courses - Post-Graduate Fashion Retail Programme - Buying - Advanced Buying and Merchandising

• Worked for a branded cosmetics and giftware company, specialising in design, manufacturing of health and beauty products under the Hello Kitty licence.

• Successfully recruited to turnaround underperforming departments of Tailoring and Occasionwear. Tailoring sales for A/Winter 2010 +26% on previous year. S/Summer 2011 +34% on previous year. (S/Summer +1.5m additional profit)

• Management of diverse product teams, Formal Jersey, Blouses and Shirts, Dresses, Knitwear, Demin and Casual Wovens, Outerwear, Tailoring.

• Set up own buy department exceeding initial target by 100%, including sourcing supply base, building effective team across QC, design and buying. During this time I also worked on the selection and UK launch of 2 Parisian brands (Maje and Sandro) through solus stores and concessions.

• Management of Knitwear, Jersey and Soft Wovens departments, strategic yet hands on role accounting for 50% of over turnover
• Analysis and restructure of underperforming departments

• Played a vital part in the expansion of the company from 30 stores to over 180.