Day 21

I was so tired last night I didn't even get a chance to write!
It was a busy day, we had a strategy meeting for my departments so hats, scarfs, jewellery, bags all 'true accessories'. We were sat in the meeting room for about 3 hours. It was great to see all the new AW13 product though! The hats are absolutely amazing!!

But because if these meetings it was my responsibility to print off all the packs which actually takes longer than you think!

This afternoon I had to do some size analysis on some belts as the supplier made the wrong ratio and we had to decide how we wanted the stock.

Then I moved onto the planning of some glasses. This is a lot harder than I thought! There is so much to bare in mind, such as stock, when deliveries can come in, cover, open to buy and how many stores it is going to this year!

I will relook at this morning to make sure I am happy with it and then show y merchandiser.

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Day 22 later on today...

Day 20

Today was a busy day!
Wasn't sure I was going to get everything done!
I started by finishing off the last of the socks analysis to send to the buyer. At least that was one thing to tick off my list.
Then I wanted to finish off the other lessons learnt packs for the meeting tomorrow but could only do half of it as the buyer for accessories needed to finish his bits before I could do mine.

Half way through doing this, of course other things came up. My merchandiser asked me to set up a new line projection for some glasses, which actually is harder to do than I thought! Having to plan in sales when you haven't had the product before is difficult! This took me most of the day and it's still not 100%. Whilst doing this though I also had to chase in deliveries, this does take a while as there are so many different departments.

This afternoon though, me and one of the other girls went out to buy birthday decorations for put director as his birthday is tomorrow!

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Day 21 tomorrow...

Day 19

So it's Monday again, I made sure I was in early enough but get to the printers first!
Monday is always busy and everyone is always running around!
I had to print some of the packs and hand them out to the team.

Once this was done I went through my packs and made notes on my departments ready for the trade meeting. When it was time for the meeting it was my turn to go through the figures to everyone.
It was good to show off and that I know what is going on!

This afternoon, based on trade there are always things to do. I had some regrading to do as well as putting through the markdowns and hotboxing.

Then lastly I helped out with one last pack which is needed for tomorrow.

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Day 20 tomorrow...

Day 18

End of my second full week!

Today I got on with finishing off some of the sock analysis, which took me a while!
I went through the daily sales and how to do them with Tanaka, it is hard as you have to forecast how much each department might take...

I then sat with 2 of the trainee buyers and went through the critical path and at what stage everything was at, so if there were any issues these could be sorted before the stock comes in late.
I am looking forward to next week as I feel like I am getting stuck in and actually know what I'm doing.

Lastly I sat with one of the buyers and went through the sunglasses grading to make sure there was enough stock. I went through the grading and changed what I could :)

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Day 19 on Monday...

Day 17

This week has absolutely flown by!! I started this morning with helping finishing off the accessories pack ready for the meetings.
Then I sat with Amanda and did the sizing for the belts and sent them over to the buying ready to be raised. I enjoy things like this as what I am doing does make a difference :)

This afternoon I started on some sock analysis, which you don't realise can be done in so much detail for socks until you look! For each style of sock a different age customer goes with it and therefore the correct sizing need to be bought to reflect this. I will continue with this tomorrow as well as sitting with my assisstant merch to do some more training.

I feel like I am getting on ok and am starting to understand how things work and I know what people are talking about when they ask me questions!

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Day 18 tomorrow...

Day 16

Today has been interesting!
This morning I came in and started by looking at sunglasses and whether we had enough stock to keep us going... I know it is January!

At 10.30 we went over to the Reading Football Club to see the new range. This is something Primark do every 6 months to show the stores what to expect.
It was great to see all the product together! There are some really strong lines!

This afternoon I finished off looking at the sunglasses and then moved on to gathering information to size some of the belts that we are continuing for AW13. I will sit with Amanda tomorrow and go through this :)

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Day 17 tomorrow...

Day 15

Today was a busy day!
I started with chasing the suppliers and getting stock in on time, if this isn't done then without stock we can't make the sales.
Then I sat with Amanda and as I now have access to the line projection system I was able to have a look at quantities for belts and how much stock we have and need going forward. This, surprisingly, took up most of my day. Purely because the system is one you need to get your head around. I spent it over to the relevant buyer for him to have a look at and see how he wants to go forward with this section.

I then sat with Louise, one of the other buyer to explain that socks in actual fact could be raised in boxes of 40 instead of 50.

I finished off by chasing some more commitment and have been set more tasks for tomorrow :)

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Day 16 tomorrow...