Christopher Mcmahon Email & Phone Number

Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Oversight of Sales Planning for Key Accounts including Wal-Mart. Ensuring the key business initiatives are aligned and executed in the interests of all entities. Manages fiscal budgeting responsibilities on both the distribution and customer side. Leads strategic content planning for the customer. Including placement of new release titles and curation of promotional mix to maximize sales opportunities. Champions the integrity of the product lifecycle and margin requirements by fostering strong relationships and communication with the key business stakeholders. Delivers senior management an array of reports and postmortem reviews that provide pivotal insights geared towards mobilizing for agile and decisive action.  Provides integral support in the tactical execution of content strategy within the customer and operational landscapes, assuring that key content goals are top of mind. Implemented and maintains best in class forecasting methodology to maximize sell thru and reduce cost exposure. Contributes to in depth business reviews, tailored to a myriad of cross functional audiences.

Toronto, Canada Area

Applied extensive analytics and strategic planning for Key Retailers and Brands across North America governing that corporate objectives, both commercial and financial, were achieved.Optimize sales for both the distribution and retailer side in a category facing perpetual decline with best in class forecasting tool management.Conduct content acquisition analysis to determine financial viability both at a title level and for potential label on boarding. Perform in depth analysis of film labels on a quarterly basis to determine ROI and profitability.Liaise with partners, both internally and externally, to provide the business with innovative solutions to the challenges of sales decline.

Toronto, Canada Area

Engage in entrepreneurial thinking and planning while achieving primary business sales and profitability goals.Partner with Senior Management and Category Directors to develop annual budgets for Apparel and Beauty departments.Collaborate with Category Managers to breakout the top down budgets with cohesive bottoms up sales plans.Manage team of allocators with the goal of providing optimal inventory targets in line with buy plans.Act as administrator of all planning documents, ensuring relevant information flow and data integrity.Provide feedback and recommendations on new software rollouts impacting the planning team.

- Create, trend and own unit (ladder) plans for several departments.- Provide buyers with an Open to Buy by subclass while capitalizing on trend.- Perform a variety of analysis including size, brand, sell through, vendor performance, and others.- Develop and maintain store rankings and stock models.- Allocate and replenish merchandise based on unit plan, weeks of stock and units per square foot.

- Oversee daily operations of independent video store.- Order all new release and catalog product and ensure prompt delivery.- Research new product according to viewing of clientele.- Conduct all bookkeeping of the store.- Offer excellent customer service to a wide variety of customers

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Film/Cinema/Video Studies

Grip & Rigging Certificate