5 year career plan by

Stage 1: Reflective skills in education/ values and interests

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During my time at the FRA, the modules were extremely industry based, using real-life scenarios. The modules which I felt I gained most use from were:

Range planning and the advanced use of excel for example, balancing, pricing, manufacturing, sourcing / trend vs core.
Financial range planning follows on from this whereby more numerical skills were learnt and taught e.g units, formulas, margins, options.
6 week excel programme - I achieved a first e.g trends within data, amending errors.
Creating presentations and performing them - how to break down and present professionally at industry level.
Global brand extensions with real briefs e.g The White Company and Harrods with trading module.
Boden brand extension - children's shared - exploring new areas of the industry.
Learning how to use data and statistics to support our work.
Sourcing and supply chain.

Work experience

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Mulberry Product merchandising and buying - 3 month industry work placement; able to put my taught academic skills into industry use.
Skills I have acquired in my first three weeks are; price tracking, advanced comp shop, sitting in trade meeting, assisted in making buying presentations, attended buying and merchandising meetings.
Primark - retail assistant; customer service, analysing best and worst sellers in the fitting rooms, till training staff, maintenance, stock, delivery, orders.
Lifeguard: ability to remain calm under pressure, life saving and first aid skills, critical thinking.

Stage 2: knowledge/ talents/ strengths and skills

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Some of the modules I achieved highest in were;

Internationalisation and globalisation
Merchandising for fashion retail
Fashion Retail Landscape and Environment - magazine
Fashion Retail Landscape and Environment - brand extension report
Hard skills;
ADOBE - e.g photoshop, creating ranges etc
Microsoft
Edited
WGSN
Excel - financial range planning
Soft skills;
Communication
Organisation and prioritising, presenting, financial range planning

Stage 3/4: analysing skills needed for industry and best fit for me

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Stage 5: steps to creating a visual career plan

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Taking all this into consideration I would like to look for a hybrid job combining both Buying and Merchandising - these types of jobs are becoming increasingly popular and I have experienced this during my time at my Mulberry placement.

Creativity mixed with numerical aspect
Working alongside design teams
Reviewing samples
Creating and presenting buying presentations including price tracking for competitors etc.
Good team working skills
Negotiation
Monitoring sales strategies and budgets

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Career assessment screenshots

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