Miriam Simon

Experience

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  Arcadia Group Ltd

  Jan 1992 - Jan 2000

  Store Manager (various Brands)

  - Store Management across several Facia, spending time in UK Northwest, London and Ireland.- Business 'Fast track candidate' 1997/8. ( One of Ten Managers selected across entire Group)- Project managed launch of 'Racing Green' Brand in Irish Market. (Relocation to Ireland 1998)

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  River Island

  Jun 2000 - Jul 2002

  Flagship Store Manager

  - Ultimate responsibility for entire operation and achievement of Sales targets within Company's highest turnover Store.

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  Monsoon Accessorize

  Aug 2002 - Oct 2007

  Director - Monsoon Accessorize Ireland

  - Responsible for Strategy / Growth plan for Republic of Ireland. - Development of Store portfolio, tripling store estate and increasing sales fivefold over five year period.- Top performing Sales district - 3 consecutive years - Appointed Irish Board - February 2004- Self sufficient Talent management & succession within fast growing brand during Celtic Tiger.

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  TJX Europe

  Nov 2007 - Jun 2012

  Assistant VIce President, Retail Operations

  - Direct accountability for Strategy, Operation, Sales & Profit for Ireland Business.- Regional Management of Estates highest turnover ‘Maxx Maxx’ Stores across Ireland, Wales & UK Midlands. - Spearheaded Ireland Task Force to protect Sales & Profit within volatile market. - This involved networking & influencing across all corporate functions, to fully potentialise Irish Business, and delivered record trading.- Project Management / delivery of most successful Store launch in TJX history.(Galway, Oct' 09) Show less

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  B&Q

  Jun 2012 - Jan 2013

  Director - B&Q Ireland

  - Headhunted to support people plan / Creating the Leader Strategy- Appointed to Irish Board in August 2012- Directly responsible for all Republic of Ireland Stores.

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  Enterprise Ireland - where innovation means business

  Feb 2013 - now

  Business Accelerator / SME Mentor / Horizon 2020 Support

  Enterprise Ireland helps companies identify and overcome obstacles for growth and export. Mentors in the network provide tailored advice, guidance and support to help accelerate development and build management capability. Mentors are senior executives drawn from the private sector with a proven success record an a wide an influential network of contacts.

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  Coast Stores

  Jan 2014 - Nov 2014

  Country Manager

  - Recruited to support Coast Ireland Strategy- Top Performing Sales Territory 2014

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  Life Style Sports

  Nov 2014 - Jan 2018

  Head of Retail Operations

  Member of SeniorTeam, reporting directly to CEO.Management of Retail Operations Strategy & Team Leadership of estate of 55 stores and >700 Team members, for Ireland largest (and best) sports retailer. / Yielding double digit sales growth across 3 consecutive years.

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  MiriamSimon.ie

  Jan 2018 - now

  The Retail PowerHouse is a private trading support group for ambitious SME retailers. This commercial forum has been set up specifically to support Independent Retail Business Owners. Our focus is on commercial and effective trading strategies to help SME Retailers thrive, with retail tips, tactical and agile trading strategy, expert advice, peer to peer support - and much more. At MiriamSimon.ie we specialise in Consumer & Trading Strategy. We support and accelerate your business and also your leadership growth. Whether you own a B2B or B2C business - We are happy to help you to be your best and achieve!

  • Founder - The Retail Powerhouse

    Oct 2020 - now

  • Owner: Miriam Simon.ie Consultancy

    Jan 2018 - now
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  Drogheda & District Chamber

  Jun 2018 - now

  Council Member (Voluntary)/ Vice President 2020/21
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  Foróige

  Nov 2018 - Dec 2018

  Mentor, Panel Judge

  The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) is a cutting edge, world recognised, youth entrepreneurship education and development programme. It is managed and provided by Foróige in Ireland and is affiliated to NFTE International. The programme is delivered to young people from 12 to 18 years of age through schools and youth centres throughout Ireland. The programme runs from September to May. In order to equip new teachers/youth workers with the necessary skills and resources to successfully deliver the programme directly to young people, they must attend a two day training. See less Show less

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  Ovagen Group Limited

  Feb 2020 - now

  Non Executive Director
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  The Mill Enterprise Hub Drogheda

  Sept 2024 - now

  Independent Director