Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Operates as a senior business manager with Merchandising Manager, delivering profitable departments irrespective of fluctuating tends.
• Operates as a strategic business manager, overseeing the teams and their processes, demonstrating best practise.
• Analyses trading patterns, advises teams and ensures appropriate action is taken to unforeseen sales reactions.
• Identifies promotional / marketing opportunities for brand and manages the process.
• Demonstrates views on current key trade activity that potentially impacts the company / brand.
• Guides teams and agrees department strategies.
• Operates an effective / timely product sign off process, appropriate for product lead-time.
• Develops a sound supply policy for the Brand, striving for consistent best practice partnerships.
• Foresees future weaknesses / needs and suggests possible solutions.
• Offers advice and helps find solutions to the wide range of issues encountered by the teams – acts as trouble-shooter 
• Builds a strong team with a focus on growing future talent.