Richard Thompson

Richard's story

I started as a sales assistant in store with numerous opportunities to develop in many different roles. I had a lot of support in developing my skills in a management position, with aspiration to be a store manager. I then attended the supervisor fast track scheme, which in turn led to my appointment as assistant manager. Once reaching this point in my career I was heavily involved with games in store and from that interaction, plus my large long running interest in games, I decided to change my goals to becoming part of the games head office department.

currently I am an assistant buyer for the head office games department. I am involved day to day in meetings with numerous accounts who are responsible for supplying our stores in the UK & Ireland with games product. This includes working with the relevant accounts in organising marketing strategies in store and also regular maintenance of the company stock levels with specific suppliers to hit stock targets.