Adam A. Email & Phone Number

Surrey, BC, CA

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• Liaise with President and CFO to implement efficiencies, reduce overhead, and provide input of future investments
• Oversee the management of the Managed Print Program. Over 4 years this program has seen an average growth of 35% with an average reduction of 22% of the cost of goods sold
• Assisted with negotiations to become the sole Canadian distributor of Germany’s largest large-format printer manufacturer (Rowe)
• Collaboratively work with the service and sales departments to ensure proper training of staff and management and to oversee training on new technologies
• Work closely with three levels of government to ensure that all regulatory mandates are adhered to, in particular with regard to the Privacy Act

Burnaby

• Responsible for moving and combining the entire IT infrastructure of two separate offices (150 employees) into a single facility
• Liaised with Operations Director and President to move and upgrade Hemmera’s National Data Centre
• Managed an IT team of six people from Level 1 to Senior Systems Administrator encompassing onboarding staff, performance and salary reviews, working as part of a confidential team during staff offboarding to follow.
• Responsible for making decisions related to how technology is used within the company and communicating decisions to staff
• Collaborated with the HR Department to implement policies and procedures related to data management, hardware and network access

Vancouver, Canada Area

Work with a great team to maintain and operate the computer systems and network for Hemmera

Surrey

• I held seven positions at RONA over 12 years, each with increasing responsibility: Resource Protection Officer, Inventory Control Assistant, Retail Department Assistant, Opening/Closing Supervisor, Retail Department.
• Demonstrated to Western Regional and Store managers how to quantify the effect of shrinkage on their profit margins
• Wrote and implemented new policies and procedures to reduce shrinkage; reduced store shrink by over 55% in over two years
• Established and communicated procedures and controls and trained staff in inventory handling
• Managed Receiving and Inventory Control; contributed to reducing inventory by over $1 million, increased margins over 7%
• Provided high-level support for MS Office applications, computer, printer, phone systems, WAN-LAN systems

South Surrey

• Increased Gross Margin $ by 4.7% on department sales that increased by 2.5% while store sales declined by 4.4%. Increased GM % almost a full percentage point; exceeding comparable store increases.
• Helped customers make the best product choice for their specific application, including estimating appropriate quantities, proper installation, use and care of tools, equipment and supplies and informed them of RONA’s.
• Removed slow moving SKUs and worked with vendor reps to credit defective products and buy-back slow moving product.
• Re-merchandized the department; evaluated new products and determined what discretionary products to stock.
• Reduced store shrink by over 55% in the last two years.
• Supervised a junior sales person; assigning tasks to complete in appropriate time.

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