Improver

Jeremy Stacey

Commercial / Business Transformation Leader

Greater Leeds Area

• An astute and adaptable commercial leader with a wide spectrum of experience in delivering improved business performance for market leading brands.
• Successfully operated in a variety of organisation types – from global PLCs to private equity owned SMEs, and from co-operatives to family led businesses. Industry experience in Retail, Financial Services, Travel and Management Consultancy.
• Classically trained in Buying/Trading with full P&L accountability. Has successfully led commercially focused teams across a variety of disciplines to achieve significant improvements in commercial performance – Buying, Account Management, Retail Operations, Space Planning, Quality Assurance, Returns Management, Promotional Planning & Execution, Pricing, Drop Ship Vending, Data Management.
• Driven P&L improvement in omni channel retailers through process improvement, systems and people change, clear category planning; customer led range development & effective supplier management.
• A qualified PMP (Project Management Professional) from the Institute of Project Management – dealing with complex matrices of stakeholders across different organisations & locations, (both domestic & international). Comfortable with Waterfall and Agile approaches.
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Leadership • Strategic Planning & Delivery • Buying & Trading • Programme Management • New Business Development • Business Transformation • Change Management • Retail Operations • Omni Channel Retailing • People Management & Development

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Experience:

• Interim Portfolio & Programme Manager - Business Transformation (Nisa Retail)
• Interim Head of Commercial (Coop Funeral Care)
• Interim Senior Commercial Programme Manager (Co-op)
• Interim Business Transformation Manager (Co-op)
• Interim Commercial & Operational Change Consultant (Studio Retail Limited)
• Interim Business Development Director - Groups and National Accounts (Costcutter Supermarkets Group Limited)

Skills:

• Operations Management
• Cross-functional Team Leadership
• B2B
• Strategy
• Supply Chain Management
• Profit
• Competitive Analysis
• Retail Buying
• Sales Management
• Global Sourcing
• Leadership
• Change Management
• Sales Operations
• Project Management
• FMCG
• Store Management
• Fashion
• Business Development
• Supply Chain
• Kiosk Development
• Marketing
• Merchandising
• Program Management
• E-commerce
• Account Management
• Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Visual Merchandising
• P&L Management
• Income Statement
• Pricing
• Time Management
• Customer Experience
• Strategic Planning
• Negotiation
• Business Strategy
• Management
• Business Planning
• Team Management
• Inventory Management
• Purchasing
• Retail
• Sales
• Multi-channel Retail
• Sourcing
• New Business Development
• Process Improvement
• Product Development
• Project Planning
• Coaching