Ian Bignall

Experience

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  W H Lavers & Sons Ltd

  Nov 2000 - Nov 2003

  Pricing Manager

  Responsible for the pricing of all trade orders ready for invoicingThe organisation of deliveries, processing delivery notes and organise vehicle upkeepAnswer telephone enquiries

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  Travis Perkins

  Nov 2003 - Dec 2004

  Order Processing Clerk

  Take and process orders from trade customers and the general publicResponsible for maintaining stock levelsServe on the trade counter as and when required

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  Dixons Retail

  Dec 2004 - Jul 2007

  Property Finance Administrator

  Responsible for update of the property ordering system. Specifically, raise orders for new store projects; adjust for order variation requests and site instructionsRaise and issue store opening notifications, which are then distributed throughout the businessMaintain a holding log of orders placed pre-CER approvalProcess and validate invoices for paymentResponsible for ensuring that all orders and relating invoices are processed correctly as part of an overall new projects spend of £15 million Show less

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  Dixons Retail

  Sept 2007 - Apr 2012

  Category Analyst

  Creation and running of various sales and stock reports to help the category make decisions on pricing and rangeCreation of Excel spreadsheets to track activation rates on Mobile Phone and Mobile Broadband products. Spreadsheets utilise pivot tables, V lookups, information from separate reporting systems and information from various suppliersAlso responsible for the upkeep and updating of pre-existing reports as and when requiredCreate weekly sales figures using several reports and Excel spreadsheets and then send out to suppliersResponsible for the all Mobile Phone, Mobile Broadband and Home Broadband related subsidies, commissions and stock compensationsPoint of contact for the Finance department for any category related finance issues i.e. subsidy reconciliation, debit note payments etc.Monthly reconciliation of mobile phone commission paymentRaise invoices and credit notes via SAP Show less

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  Dixons Carphone

  May 2012 - Apr 2016

  Assistant Category Manager

  Provide category data and analysis as requested by the Category Manager to support category pricing strategy, ranging decisions and the budget setting processCompile accurate Category sales reports for presentation to both the Category team and the Head of CategoryPopulate and maintain product set up tracker and ensure products are set up correctly based on signed off rangeSource product information and images from suppliers and share with Online Content teamConfirm outfit codes are set up and retail prices are correct in the systemCompile and update category promotional plansBrief and check the content of advertising and POS prior to sign offConfirm product set up is complete and accurate in all systemsCreate POS briefs for product deals and submit via the POS team prior to signing offEnsure price changes, status changes, promotional messages and item content briefing (for in-store tickets and the Web) are completed accurately on timeEnsure all supplier funding is set up on the system by monitoring daily Build good supplier relationships by being a key contact for day to day supplier related issues Show less

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  Epson Europe B.V.

  May 2016 - now

  Business Planning & Governance Specialist

  • Support of the business planning operations in co-operation with EEB finance, EEB, BUs, regions and management for all Business Plan and Forecast Cycles• Provide Support for all relevant Epson teams in the business planning cycles in order to maintain appropriate consistency between plan and actuals on key dimensions (percentage stack/usage of pot/channels)• Co-ordinate with other stakeholders to analyse and ensure effective alignment between planned, provisional and actual dimensions related to the business planning cycle• To support the business planning platform development and maintenance to maximise performance and efficiencies• Drive business planning processes evolution and continuous improvement• To support the management of monthly reporting cycles providing accurate and timely reports• Providing key metrics/reporting• To support and co-ordinate the implementation of the governance's KPIs and related metrics for effective sales minus management Show less