Gareth Anderson

 

Gareth Anderson - Professional Summary:     [

Accomplished Product Manager with strong commercial sense and extensive knowledge of all European markets ]

 

 

Gareth Anderson - Professional Experience:     [

Lee Jeans October 2005 - Present
Product Manager

 Responsible for female tops, youth and accessories
 One direct report - Junior Product Manager Youth
 Daily management of product line and line performance
 Build conceptual assortments versus volume targets
 Develop seasonal tactics and build conceptual assortments versus volume estimates
 Manage line to achieve SKU efficiency and to achieve line size targets
 Monitor gross margin performance and take actions if needed
 Specify sample requirements and responsible for country sample selection
 Analyse market trends and historical product performance as an aid to future line development
 Work closely with deign team on fabric and colour card selection
 Present product ideas to markets and participate in pre-line to key accounts
 Work with garment development team to achieve required product costs
 Organise production of line freeze and internal documentation for presentations
 Review and amend product related marketing material and sales tools

 

Lee Jeans October 2003 - October 2005
Store Manager

 Responsible for opening the worlds first Lee Store
 Recruitment and development of all staff
 Achievement of store sales and profit budgets through consistent sales motivation and expense control
 Achievement of store payroll budget goals through effective staffing and sales productivity

 Communication and enforcement of all retail loss-prevention and inventory control policies and procedures with all members of the store team in order to achieve inventory shrink budgets
 Implementation of customer service training
 Analysis of product sales performance and inventory needs
 Selection of the store stock from the European collection

 

Sefton February 2003 - October 2003
Store Manager

 Opened and recruited all staff for a new store in Battersea selling brands such as Comme des Garçons. Helmut Lang, Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs & Costume National
 Daily, weekly and monthly administration
 Calculation and breakdown of store targets
 Implementation of all visual merchandising schemes throughout the store including window displays
 Responsible for recruitment, training and development of team
 Monthly scheduling
 One-on-one customer service with high profile clients
 Personal shopping
 Set targets and incentives to achieve commission and bonus

 

Diesel September 1997 - February 2003
Sales Assistant - Store Manager

 Started my retail career with Diesel working my way up from Sales Assistant to Store Manager
 Worked in Harrods, Hype DF, Selfridges, Covent Garden flagship store and Bluewater

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Gareth Anderson - Education:     [

University of Glamorgan 1993-1997
BSc (Hons) Applied Sciences

Banbridge Academy 1991 - 1993
3 A-Levels

Banbridge High School 1986 -1991
7 GCSE's

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Gareth Anderson - Interests:     [ Fashion, travel, art, reading, music, film] 

 

 

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