Trinity McDonald

o Ownership of Kitchenware, Laundry and Ironing Board Covers and departments campaigns/Promo delivering over +£11million turnover and over 500 SKU count.

o Drove a new departmental strategy to create more trend led product offering, delivering over 50% ahead of forecast through new product development aligning with customer demand.

o Working cross functionally with Design, Tech, Merchandising and Marketing teams continuously to deliver right first time product launches.

o Built strong relationships with UK and FOB suppliers to deliver strong, commercially successful products whilst ensuring quality, value and on time delivery.

o Mentored and developed Buying Assistants through to successful completion and sign off of their traineeship.

• Led the development and delivery of AYR Gifting and Christmas Gifting ranges for No7 Cosmetics, the UK's #1 Beauty Brand and Gifts. Managing the process from initial concepts, gift box design and final sign off.
• Owned annual category budgeting process - preparing commercial plans, sales forecasts for NPD and financial budgets.
• Working with Marketing, Design and Product development teams to identify beauty trends across premium and mass market brands then translating into commercial gifting concepts.

• Supported buying team in managing relationships with leading global brands including Dior, Benefit Cosmetics andLoreal Group, assisting with range development, commercial planning and supplier communication.
• Acted as financial lead at Buying Assistant level, taking ownership of weekly trading reports, presenting Monday morning performance and managing the promotional rebate process.
• Managed day to day administration of category, including article creation, product set up, sample coordination and critical path reporting.