Head of Buying / Buying Consultant A strategic and supportive leader, with 20+ years of experience in senior buying roles for premium brands, who has successfully led, developed and inspired results-driven, high-performing product and technical teams, fostering cross functional collaboration, managed key stakeholder relationships, while making data-driven decisions that enhance profitability and market positioning. Skilled in strategic planning, negotiation, and critical path management, optimising supply chain processes and performance improvements, driving product enhancement and ensuring cost efficiency and quality control, with the ability to balance creativity with commercial success, achieving significant sales and financial growth, and enabling opportunities for flexibility. A solution-driven professional, with strong analytical and decision-making skills, ability to be agile, resilient and lead change initiatives, always customer focused, thoughtful of purpose, product and people to drive success.