Dionne Popplestone Ltd

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Cheltenham Yurt Hire

Business Development Manager

Dransfield Properties Limited

Centre Manager at Five Valleys Shopping Centre

Tommy Hilfiger

Flagship Store Manager

kate spade new york

Store Manager Bicester Village

Juicy Couture

Store Manager for one of the busiest stores, located in Bicester Village.
Main responsibilities involve:

• Developing business strategies to raise our customers’ pool, expand store traffic and optimise profitability, currently on track to achieve £4million turnover;
• Oversaw the process of closing down and re-launched a brand new shop fit;
• Manage a team of 24 staff members and manage the budget set by the ASM and responsible for reducing shrinkage and stock loss.

Store Manager

Value Retail

Recruited by Value Retail to be the Store Manager of the British Designers Collective, responsible for:
• Relaunching menswear during the summer and closed ladies wear within a six month turnaround;
• Ensure high levels of customers satisfaction through excellent service whilst maintaining outstanding store condition and visual merchandising standards;
• Developed my team through training, motivating, mentoring and providing feedback.

Store Manager Pop Up Store

Oska

Recruited into Oska as they required someone with extensive fashion retail management experience to manage the management and marketing of the stores outside of London.

• Acted as Store Manager for the Bath store and in my first month exceeded the monthly sales target by 100%;
• Successfully project managed the opening of a brand new flagship store in Cheltenham;
• Managed a third struggling store in Ludlow, increasing the revenue and efficiency;
• Buyer for the three stores which entailed flying out to Germany twice a year and attending trade shows in London where I had full responsibility over the choice of collections to go in store.

Area Manager

All Saints Retail Limited

Store Manager / Area Manager for a 7000 square foot store with a revenue of circa £45-50k a week and with a team of 37 staff members.

• Opened and managed a brand new concept store which is the 3rd biggest in the company;
• Oversaw the Operations including managing deliveries, PNL, back office, store, security and stock loss, snagging and maintenance;
• Recruited the team and dealt with all HR, training, development and performance management issues.

Zara

Store Manager for the woman’s department with an annual turnover of £2.3million and a team of 22 staff members. Prior to this I managed the men’s department which had an annual turnover of £1.3million and a team of 14 staff members.

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Despite being based remotely, my services span the breadth of the UK, effectively supporting small business owners and individuals alike. In an increasingly digital world, I'm here to provide professional, friendly, and highly efficient remote assistance, making your day-to-day operations run that much smoother

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