Olivia Whiting
Bodicote, Banbury,Oxon
Summary
A highly organised and detail-oriented administration professional with experience in order processing and stock management. Demonstrates exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, alongside proven problem-solving capabilities. Committed to optimising time management to achieve strategic goals and enhance operational efficiency.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Assistant Merchandiser
Juice
Banbury, Oxfordshire
02.2024 - 07.2025
- Varied role centring on analysis, planning and problem solving at the UK’s largest cable provider.
- Resourceful and proactive in a fast-paced environment, as a team of just two full-time workers myself and the Head of Planning ensure smooth order administration, maintain sales reporting, and assisting the operations and supply chain teams on a wide variety of administrative tasks.
- Managing relationships and communicating effectively with external retailers and stockists, collaborating closely with internal teams of sales, operations and marketing
- Currently I handle Juice’s relationship day-to-day with the merchandising teams at Boots, Exertis and Lyreco and assist on the major Argos and Amazon accounts.
Operations and Research Intern
Clic
03.2021 - 07.2021
- Following success in House Hack’s Innovation Challenge 12.0, I was selected from my team by the founder of nerworking Start-Up Clic for an internship
- Gained experience in operations administration and developed research skills. Researched best strategy for the start-up to upscale, while maintaining Clic's quality for members
Winner- Consulting Innovation Challenge 12.0
House Hack
03.2021 - 03.2021
- Successfully adapted as a team of 3 to learn and apply a new problem-solving technique (Learn, Solve, Build).
- Selected by Clic’s founder as the winning team and received the House Hack commendation.
Project Manager
York Community Consulting
01.2021 - 03.2021
- Oversaw project management of a marketing project for our client, Good Organisation, a tourism CIC. My team of five student consultants evaluated current marketing campaigns before researching a new marketing and communications strategy.
- Developed communication skills by managing relationship between my project team, the client, YCC's committee and our external consultancy mentor
- Ensured my team met project deadlines, completing deliverables at high standards
- View Good Organisation’s co-founders’ 5* Review of my team’s work here.
Management Consultant
York Community Consulting
10.2020 - 12.2020
- Worked collaboratively to deliver industry-standard recommendations tailored to our client’s key goals.
- Independently conducted extensive research into digital marketing strategies and evaluated the efficacy of their current strategies.
York Strengths Programme
University of York
02.2020
- Achieved the most ‘gold strengths’ in my cohort on career development programme featuring assessment-centre style team tasks.
Customer Adviser
Boots UK
10.2018 - 01.2020
- Fast-paced role which gave me invaluable experience in working under pressure as a team.
Education
Master of Arts - Early Modern History
University of York
09.2022 - 09.2023
BA - History
University of York
09.2019 - 06.2022
A-levels -
Stratford Girls Grammar School
09.2016 - 06.2018
GCSES -
The Warriner School
Oxfordshire 09.2011 - 06.2016
Skills
- Organisational skills
- Time management
- Effective communication, written and verbal
- Administrative skills
- Excel proficiency and Microsoft Suite
- Proactive problem-solving
- Quick learner
References
- Gavin Taylor, Head of Planning at Juice, gavin@juice.co.uk
- Natasha Keyani, Colleague, salesperson of the accounts I manage orders and stock for, natasha@juice.co.uk
Affiliations
Reading, yoga and professional catsitting
Timeline
Assistant Merchandiser
Juice
02.2024 - 07.2025
Master of Arts - Early Modern History
University of York
09.2022 - 09.2023
Operations and Research Intern
Clic
03.2021 - 07.2021
Winner- Consulting Innovation Challenge 12.0
House Hack
03.2021 - 03.2021
Project Manager
York Community Consulting
01.2021 - 03.2021
Management Consultant
York Community Consulting
10.2020 - 12.2020
York Strengths Programme
University of York
02.2020
BA - History
University of York
09.2019 - 06.2022
Customer Adviser
Boots UK
10.2018 - 01.2020
A-levels -
Stratford Girls Grammar School
09.2016 - 06.2018
GCSES -
The Warriner School
09.2011 - 06.2016
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