Christopher Smid Email & Phone Number

Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada

GOODLAND is a company producing a line of immersive outdoor living products for the cabin, cottage, or home, meant to enrich our experiences and encourage connection to a simpler way of life. Our foundation products will focus on refined details, quality materials, and our engagement, as well as pay a homage to cultural traditions celebrated around the world.The GOODLAND brand ethos intersects good design, human connection, and nature. We’re all about enjoying the moment and forgetting… Show more GOODLAND is a company producing a line of immersive outdoor living products for the cabin, cottage, or home, meant to enrich our experiences and encourage connection to a simpler way of life. Our foundation products will focus on refined details, quality materials, and our engagement, as well as pay a homage to cultural traditions celebrated around the world.The GOODLAND brand ethos intersects good design, human connection, and nature. We’re all about enjoying the moment and forgetting the noise. Rewarding ourselves in simple ways and seeking moments to break away from life’s hustle.@Hello_Goodland www.hellogoodland.com Show less

Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada

Brand Guardian & Loyalty Expert Supporting businesses and their entrepreneurs focus in Hospitality, Sales and Experience.

Remote

Lead precisely skilled customer facing teams, bridge communications and concepts between public facing and public shielded teams, help merchants accelerate their business and keep their customers, grow managers and roll out multi-team training and skills, use nuanced data to improve every interaction. Thrive on change, get shit done.

Toronto, Canada Area

Lead a Bloor Street Boutique during a massive brand realignment and shop renovations. Focus on elevating brand presentation and prestige while retaining some of the brand's longest standing clients in the country.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Manage the Men's Luxury Collection and Cosmetic businesses, train market wide on our best in class clientelling tools and how to use them, develop top producing sales professionals and chair the joint H&S committee. Grow deep relationships with Canada's most elite clients, implement strategy that moves the needle. Drive out chaos and fiercely defend the customer experience. Partner with the best leadership team going to build accountable, top performing teams, raise the bar on every… Show more Manage the Men's Luxury Collection and Cosmetic businesses, train market wide on our best in class clientelling tools and how to use them, develop top producing sales professionals and chair the joint H&S committee. Grow deep relationships with Canada's most elite clients, implement strategy that moves the needle. Drive out chaos and fiercely defend the customer experience. Partner with the best leadership team going to build accountable, top performing teams, raise the bar on every front and inspire fashion, sales and the internal and external experience. Because the experience is everything. Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

General Manager at Ted Baker's first Canadian locations. Introduce brand to Canadian market, develop marketing and brand partnerships, create the best talent for national expansion, support other stores and company initiatives in Canada and beyond, dramatically exceed sales and contribution plans, affect what tools we have and how we use them, run a proactive business with ferocious managers, the best people and service. Take talent and grow it - comp your people. Then, take care or… Show more General Manager at Ted Baker's first Canadian locations. Introduce brand to Canadian market, develop marketing and brand partnerships, create the best talent for national expansion, support other stores and company initiatives in Canada and beyond, dramatically exceed sales and contribution plans, affect what tools we have and how we use them, run a proactive business with ferocious managers, the best people and service. Take talent and grow it - comp your people. Then, take care or Ted - because if you do he takes care of you. Show less

Bloor Street, Sherway Gardens

Managed a team of high performance sellers in the luxury and designer menswear business. Consistently exceeded annual plans and goals for top line and bottom line results. Nurtured a service and results focused business.Strong focus on clientele development and relationship building, standards and visual excellence, product knowledge, consitent growth and a speciality in luxury and custom apparel.

Leading 6 managers and up to ninety associates, every day involved all forms of coachingand development. This diversified business, and emerging Canadian brand, offered operational andlogistic management challenges on a constant basis. Consistently delivered above plansales and margin. Worked with Regional and corporate management to lead country wideinitiatives including inventory strategies, hiring practices and loss prevention protocols.

Education record

Political Science