Lucy Burn-Devries

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About Lucy Burn-Devries

As a Senior Category Buyer at Findel, I leverage my retail sales expertise and cross-cultural communication skills to source, negotiate, and manage products and suppliers for the Art & Design and Stationery & Office categories. I have been in this role for nine months, and I am responsible for delivering profitable growth and innovation for these categories, as well as developing and executing category strategies and plans.I have more than five and a half years of commercial experience in the industry, and I have progressed quickly in my career, thanks to my appetite to learn, curiosity, resilience, flexibility, and integrity. I started as an Assistant Category Buyer at Findel in 2016, and have progressed to Senior Buyer. I demonstrated my ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and stakeholders, as well as to identify and capitalise on market opportunities and customer needs. I have a First Class degree in International Business, and I am passionate about the industry and the products I work with.