Ashleigh Shaw
Commercial Director @Country Style Foods
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WORK HISTORY
Commercial Director @Country Style Foods
Leeds, GB
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ABOUT ASHLEIGH SHAW
Ambitious and results driven Buying Manager with 14 years’ experience in a food and drink retail environment.Proactive self starter and a clear communicator with a proven track record of achieving results whilst under pressure. I have a real passion for being creative and delivering consumer focused, award winning and commercially viable products from concept to launch-A few of my achievements are:*Full development from concept to launch of The Best Mince Pies which won double gold awards 2018 - BBC good food and Good housekeeping.*Full development from concept to launch of The Best Christmas Cake which won gold award 2018 - BBC good food award.*Major category relaunch on Celebration Cakes, trend led and category innovation from concept to launch. Feb 19 - resulting in +£2m annual sales increase.*Significant annual saving on own label tender negotiations-Experience:*P&L management*Negotiating with suppliers and agreeing annual JBPs*NPD development from concept to launch including writing product briefs and managing key stakeholders to deliver the plan*Tender processes delivering the best quality products at the most competitive costs *Development and management of highly relevant seasonal ranges - Christmas, Easter, Halloween*Category range reviews delivering positive sales and customer focused ranging*Category and promotional management *High level of Nielsen and Kantar understanding *Leading ongoing quality and benchmarking reviews to ensure products meet specifications *Working in a fast paced and challenging market - retail and wholesale*Meeting tight and demanding deadlines*Training and people management -Contact: s••••••••@gmail.com07•••••••85
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