Mihaela Caravan

• Identify trends in category (from suppliers and competitors) and introduce/rationalise product as required; • Identify and working with our clients marketing promotions for the category; • Manage the updating of the design of the product; • Identify and implement cost reduction projects (low cost sourcing - particularly in new countries, specification change, volume consolidation, tendering, negotiation); • Manage and reduce excess stock (linked with promotions).

• Regularly reviewing performance indicators, such as sales and discount levels; • Managing plans for stock levels; • Identify overstocked and slow moving lines; • Making orders ; • Reacting to changes in demand and logistics; • Meeting suppliers and negotiating terms of contract; • Maintaining relationships with existing suppliers and sourcing new suppliers for future products; • Maintaining relationship with the suppliers;

• Identifying potential suppliers, visiting existing suppliers, and building and maintaining good relationships with them; • Negotiating and agreeing contracts and monitoring their progress, checking the quality of service provided; • Processing payments and invoices; • Keeping contract files and using them as reference for the future; • Forecasting price trends and their impact on future activities; • Ensuring suppliers are aware of business objectives.

• Maintains financial records for subsidiary companies by analyzing balance sheets and general ledger accounts; • Reconciles general and subsidiary bank accounts by gathering and balancing information; • Provides financial status information by preparing special reports; completing special projects; • Corrects errors by posting adjusting journal entries; • Maintains general ledger accounts by reconciling accounts receivable detail and control accounts;

• Greeting customers who enter the shop; • Be involved in stock control and management; • Assisting shoppers to find the goods and products they are looking for; • Being responsible for processing cash and card payments; • Stocking shelves with merchandise; • Answering queries from customers; • Reporting discrepancies and problems to the supervisor; • Giving advice and guidance on product selection to customers; • Balancing cash registers with receipts; • Dealing with customer refunds;

• Arranging travel, visas and accommodation and, occasionally, traveling with the manager to take notes or dictation at meetings or to provide general assistance during presentations; • Meeting and greeting visitors at all levels of seniority; • Organizing and maintaining diaries and making appointments; • Dealing with incoming email, faxes and post, often corresponding on behalf of the manager; • Taking dictation and minutes; • Carrying out background research and presenting findings;