Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
References
Voluntary Roles and Interests
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Lauren Abbott

London

Summary

Motivated and experienced Buying professional with an array of experience across teams and categories.

Currently on maternity leave and available for permanent and contract roles, considering full and part time roles from January 2025.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work history

Category Buying Consultant (contract role)

Ebebek
London
12.2023 - 03.2024
  • A business consultant for the UK team
  • Working to launch new baby product brands, negotiating the best products, prices, and financial terms.
  • Provided expert advice on organisational change, resulting in streamlined operations.

Category Buying Lead

Getir
London
01.2021 - 11.2023
  • Part of the original launch team at Getir, building partnerships, negotiations, and leading and growing the full Non-Food range at based on experience, consumer knowledge and data
  • I was employee number 14 in the UK
  • Getir went on to be the leader in Q commerce
  • Entrepreneurial mindset whilst showing resilience through the turbulence of working for a start up
  • Ownership of 6 categories - Home Care, Personal Care, Pharmacy, Pet, Baby, Tech
  • Worked with 50+ suppliers on launch, range, pricing, and promotional plans
  • Achieved a 40% + margin and constantly improving payment terms
  • Oversees and develops a team
  • Collaborative work with Supply chain, Finance and Marketing teams to ensure strong customer offer across the UK
  • Working closely with FMCGs and small companies to drive growth in the partnerships.

Head of Buying

Valley Solutions Group
London
02.2019 - 01.2021
  • Responsible for buying strategy across the Pharmacy business
  • Improved GP 2% and cost savings £75k+
  • Alibaba /far east sourcing for some ranges
  • Built the Giftware range, AW19 collection, annual campaign and SS20
  • Developing and creating own label products - Finesse brand
  • Working with suppliers and forecasting all seasonal ranges to ensure stock for customers
  • Responsible for all sourcing for the business - reactive and proactive
  • Local and International buying trips and trade shows, finding new products and suppliers in line with customer needs.
  • Led negotiations with suppliers for improved trade terms.

Category Buyer

Charles Tyrwhitt
London
08.2017 - 12.2018
  • Manage and develop two Buying Assistants, overseeing their workload including all critical paths across Formal Shirts (60% of business at the same).
  • Made significant cost savings through negotiating better terms with suppliers
  • Cotton prices increased meaning we had to negotiate and make a long-term plan with our biggest shirt supplier, saving the 10c increase on every shirt
  • Working closely with technical team to spot and solve product problems
  • Bi-weekly garment fits
  • Range building AW18, SS19 and AW19 ranges for the largest category (60% business)
  • Present weekly trade to the management team each Monday, making suggestions based on sales
  • Negotiating and finalizing costs to ensure strict margins are met
  • Fabric selection - Italy, India, UK, China
  • Present ranges and new ideas each season.

Product Manager

Portmans
Melbourne

Product Manager

David Jones
Sydney

Assistant Buyer

Toys R Us Australia
Sydney

Buying Assistant

Select Fashion
London

Co-founder

My Fair Baby
Manchester

Education

Hypnotherapist & Integrative Psychotherapist -

National School of Hypnosis & Psychotherapy
London

BSc (Hons) - Management and Marketing with Textiles

University of Manchester
Manchester
09/2011 - 07/2014

Skills

  • Category Management
  • Employee management
  • Vendor negotiation
  • Commercial acumen
  • Data analysis
  • Trend forecasting
  • Project leadership

References

References available upon request.

Voluntary Roles and Interests

Volunteer Coordinator, Traveler not Tourist. Arequipa, Peru. - working in an orphanage for 2 months with children from Newborn up to 12 years old. 


Food Distribution Volunteer, University of Manchester Student Action + Fallowfield Foodshare. Manchester, UK - distributing food to homeless people in Manchester. 


Timeline

Category Buying Consultant (contract role)

Ebebek
12.2023 - 03.2024

Category Buying Lead

Getir
01.2021 - 11.2023

Head of Buying

Valley Solutions Group
02.2019 - 01.2021

Category Buyer

Charles Tyrwhitt
08.2017 - 12.2018

Assistant Buyer

Toys R Us Australia

Buying Assistant

Select Fashion

Product Manager

Portmans

Product Manager

David Jones

Co-founder

My Fair Baby

Hypnotherapist & Integrative Psychotherapist -

National School of Hypnosis & Psychotherapy

BSc (Hons) - Management and Marketing with Textiles

University of Manchester
09/2011 - 07/2014

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