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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Data Analysis: Leveraged data analysis tools and software to extract insights, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions for space planning and optimization strategies.• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Worked closely with merchandising, operations, and marketing teams to align space planning initiatives with overall business objectives, ensuring effective execution and implementation.• Project Management: Led and coordinated space planning projects, including new store setups, remodels, and space expansions, ensuring timely and accurate execution while managing multiple priorities.• Performance Tracking: Monitored and evaluated the performance of space planning initiatives, utilizing key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure success and identify areas for improvement.• Space Optimization: Utilized data analysis and market research to optimize product placement and store layout, resulting in increased sales and improved customer experience.• Planogram Development: Developed planograms for various product categories based on consumer demand, inventory levels, and promotional strategies, ensuring optimal product assortment and placement.• Fixture Planning: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to plan and design fixtures, displays, and signage, aligning with brand standards and maximizing space utilization.• Assortment Planning: Conducted analysis of product assortment and category performance to identify opportunities for assortment optimization, ensuring the right mix of products to meet customer needs and maximize sales potential.• Space Allocation: Managed the allocation of retail space across different departments, ensuring efficient use of space and adherence to merchandising guidelines.• Store Layout Optimization: Conducted store layout analysis and made recommendations for improvements to enhance traffic flow, increase product visibility, and drive customer engagement.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Key business partner and advisor to Merchandising cross-functional team related to space planning and analytics• Leader in development of planogram automation techniques that deliver localized and optimized planograms to stores• Implemented and reviewed quality assurance processes, ensuring projects meet merchandizing standards and space productivity goals• Developed practices that supported the growth of departments; pushing the team to be an industry leader in space planning analytics • Participated in special projects to assess and design processes that contribute to continuous improvement of the team• Travelled overseas to work collaboratively with multiple merchandising teams and vendors to create future assortments• Lead presentations with regards to department development and analytics• Assessed deliverables for all assigned projects to ensure timelines were adhered; resolving and negotiating conflicting issues with a high sense of urgency • Manipulated and translated data from multiple strategies to be reflected in store executed planograms

1970 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto, Ontario

• Coordinated efforts with an international team to replace over 20+ products, increasing average product sales by 25% • Created a planogram for all stores, allowing for up to 20% increased revenue in gross sales• Attended client meetings concerning implantation of new products and building new business relationships• Communicated directly with executives with regards to store logistics, implementation of new directives, and provided valuable store feedback to ensure optimal store performance• Led sophisticated reviews and analysis of data, reports and monthly statements to ensure company objectives were met• Acted as lead inventory manager by maintaining adequate sales floor stock levels, performing regular overstock inventory checks, and overall store merchandising with regards to self-created planogram• Managed sales floor and drive retail by addressing customer issues, decreasing loss prevention at store level and coaching employees• Confirmed that deposit slips, spreadsheets, deposit bags are correctly completed and discrepancies are reconciled and cleared with accounting and district manager• Executed lead manager on duty responsibilities such as returns, exchanges, custom orders, and product specific discounts• Adept in using inventory systems such as Excel, ADP, JDA, Citrix, Kronos, iCIMS, and Enfatica

Toronto, Canada Area

• Demonstrated effective and efficient teamwork skills by coordinating sales with various branches to generate optimal sales per location • Registered and finalized car rental purchases productively ensuring customer satisfaction in the process• Educate clients about the services offered by Alpha Car Rental i.e. car insurance• Run various reports using the analytics system as requested by clients and employer

Toronto, Canada Area

• Responsible for assisting the managers and supervisors in deposit accounting• Contributed valuable ideas and applied problem solving techniques to guarantee maximized customer relations