I would sit in on teams call meetings in the morning as catch ups with the department and what would need doing on the day I would check Trello to for any products or price approvals available to do as well as doing online checks for the company website
Monitoring and updating data sheets such as intake trackers and approving shipments and vessels accordingly Analysing CAT analysis data to interpret performance and learn lessons for future forecasts Chairing critical path meetings and managing th
Helping the Buyer on the department and working alongside the Assistant Buyer and Trainee Assistant Buyer Tasks included organising samples attending team meetings attending supplier video conferences and gathering data from other retailer039s web
During my time with the People Services team I gained valuable insights into the world of human resources and people management My role involved shadowing other colleagues whilst they completed a variety of tasks including recruitment processes onboar
I shadowed many different people working across many different channels such as affiliates ATL SEO and paid socialPPC I created concise competitor analysis reports wrote copy for the autumnal product pages and analysed how the retail brands approach
Shadowing the design team on daytoday tasks Creating social media reports on popular items and using Adobe illustrator to create mood boards
Throughout the year I rotated around 10 different teams within the Marketing department I took on an assistant level role within each team in order to practically learn from colleagues The teams included Customer and Trade Planning Website Content P
Attending Garment Tech fit meetings taking notespictures offering solutions anduploading into the Product LifecycleManagementPLM system Assisting with thedevelopmentof samples from initial to gold seals including amending patterns grading and
Assisting the teams trainee buyer with general admin duties like comp shops sample management and marketing packs
There is no daily routine everyday is different Projects are constantly changing as well as the work I support with larger scaled projects and managed third party projects I have improved governance projects at the beginning of the placement and this i
I really enjoyed helping the team with jobs going to the mock shop writing articles for the monthly magazine checking colour Pantones listening in on meetings and watching how the team use programmes
Creating amending and recolouring print and pattern and applying this to Homeware product briefs Assisting with trend forecasting research and developing trend packs and colour palettes with the homeware design team Providing sample checking feedback
Communicating with suppliers via email or video calls Managing critical path ensuring everything is on time and correct to avoid delays Ensuring all products are downloaded to the ecommerce website Managing fits of garments Managing samples and deali
During my time at Matalan I have also completed online activity reports range plans competition benchmarking and weekly sales reports and have assisted in fitting samples with models for sizing style and fabric approval
Involved researching Matalans current wellbeing offer and evaluate this against other retailers giving recommendations of how they can improve for their colleagues A survey was given to colleagues of Matalan which it was anonymously answered and the
Shadowing employees that worked in garment technology and buying I attended live fittings as well as attended buyer and merchandising meetings discussing products Meet and interact with buyers and models whilst being able to ask questions which has aide
My role involves supporting the AB and Buyer in trading tasks such as pulling data for Monday trade competitor analysis reports sample sealing and management I regularly communicate with suppliers regarding critical path and sample stages to report to
I joined the Design Team in researching trends and building up ideas for AW24 collections The role involved physically and digitally compiling research and reviewing successes of previous collections I had a chance to create imagery for potential use in
I spent four days on a work experience placement during which I had shadowed and had conversations with various employees from a variety of departments including Finance HR Marketing Retail Store Development Store Operations and Property
My role involved assisting head designers on the kids wear team to develop graphics research develop colour palettes and create prints and AOPs to use within childrens fashion I was also in charge of creating TIK TOK trend reports monthly to feedback
