Daisy Cracknell

33 years oldProcurement Specialist/SupervisorCome from United Kingdom Living in Shanghai
Language: English
Daisy Cracknell daisy.cracknell@btinternet.com +86 131 6709 8267 British, 11 aug 1991 An ambitious and professional Assistant Buyer with experience in buying for an international fast fashion retailer, currently seeking a new position. A highly organised individual, who has gained knowledge of a variety of product types from working on a multi-product department. Additionally, gained vital insight into further functions within retail industry as the sole buying representative in market. Employment History June 2017-Present Senior Assistant Buyer – China Department, New Look Head Office, Shanghai • Successfully reduced prices and lead times through working closely with key suppliers in market. • Significantly improved on time deliveries versus the year from building key relationships with supply base and weekly supplier visits. • Manages local team in market whilst working closely with buying team in the UK, self-managed where line manager is based in London office. • Focuses on improving speed to market by carrying out regular buying trips, identifying key trends and developing product with design team. • Works across functions and key contact for buying, across ecommerce, marketing, photography and press, merchandising, IT and HR. • Supports marketing team by styling product in most recent SS and AW campaign photo shoots • Collates regular pricing analysis to assure pricing strategy is correct for the market versus key competitors March 2015 – Jun 2017 Assistant Buyer – China (international) Department New Look Head Office, London • Managed three admins including one in market, responsible for their progression and personal development. • Improved critical path management so that the newly established department is inline with the core business which has resulted in all orders reaching the business level ‘on time’ target of 65% - a 10% increase on the year. • Demonstrates commercial and customer awareness by developing product specifically for the China market and regularly conducting in market reports. • Negotiates with supplier to maximise sales and profit where the China BIMU target is much higher than the business overall. Jan 2013 – March 2015 Buyers Admin Assistant - Outerwear Department New Look Head Office, London • Successfully built and developed the formal AW15 range along side Buyer that resulted in Outerwear achieving their best Q2 ever with sales plus 20% on the year. By negotiating with suppliers and developing key price points through cross costing resulted in profit also being plus 28% • Personally developed and bought top profit style/line for the business which was a seasonal best seller for the team and in turn translated to the international markets. Aug 2012 – Dec 2012 Sales Advisor - New Look, Ely, Cambs 2008-Dec 2009 Sales Assistant - Impressions, Sudbury, Suffolk Education 2009-2012 De Montfort University, Leicester, UK Bachelor of Arts (Honours): Retail Buying Fashion Second Class (Upper Division) 2000-2009 Gosfield School and Sixth Form, Essex, UK 3 A levels in; Art, English, Maths 12 GCSEs including Maths (A) and English (B) References Available upon request