Skills and Achievements

• Full knowledge and empirical experience of
  o The definition and application of product lifecycle management principles in retail, footwear and apparel
  o PLM software
  o Links between PLM and marketing channel management (catalogues, web, store POS)
  o Image management
  o Colour management
• Successful delivery of PLM and PDM projects at leading UK and German retailers, global garment manufacturer
• Development of project management methodology specific to retailers and garment manufacturers
• Business and process analysis to identify and deliver improvements to methods of working in Buying and QA functions.
• Design of multi-channel marketing solution to integrate buying and selling activities

Work Background

• Delivery of PLM projects:
  Sara Lee Courtaulds : Product and fabric development (Freeborders PM/FT/Designer/SB/Source + interfaces)
  AGS/Key-Work : Product development, line planning and content management  for sales channels (Freeborders PM/LO + interfaces)
• PLM solution comparison – research project for The PLM Practice
• Six years running projects for Buying, Merchandising and Quality Assurance at Debenhams, a leading UK fashion retailer.
• Development of software and process blueprint for backbone for product development and sales channel management for Debenhams.