Donna Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, On, Ca

Toronto, Canada Area

Ontario

❖ CANpitch - Regional Pitching Instructor❖ NCCP Coach Developer - Learning Facilitator and Evaluator

Mississauga

❖ Responsible for the day to day management and execution of business processes to maximize sales and gross margin objectives, while managing inventory objectives for specific brands. Works actively with the Category Director in developing strategic objectives to ensure long term sustained growth.❖ Supports category management process by researching, analyzing and drawing conclusions from customers, data, vendors, needs, and task analyses to provide a concise, logical merchandising focus… Show more ❖ Responsible for the day to day management and execution of business processes to maximize sales and gross margin objectives, while managing inventory objectives for specific brands. Works actively with the Category Director in developing strategic objectives to ensure long term sustained growth.❖ Supports category management process by researching, analyzing and drawing conclusions from customers, data, vendors, needs, and task analyses to provide a concise, logical merchandising focus. Identifies and promotes new products and trends in a timely manner to maximize sales potential. Collaboratively builds and executes strategic business plans to en-sure overall success of the category to achieve company objectives.❖ Contributes to and supports the category management process to achieve sales and man-agement objectives. Actively manages the flyer building and buying process ensuring that all deadlines are adhered to. Measures the effectiveness of the advertising offer through sell through. Manages the pricing process to ensure accuracy and a competitive position.❖ Supports category team in the negotiation with vendors to reduce costs and increase margins. Negotiate special terms, discounts, allowances and payment dating in all appropriate opportunities.❖ Identifies and devises profitable exit strategies, including vendor participation, of slow selling items, discontinued items, package changes and poor promotional sell through.❖ Attends vendor meetings and tradeshow presentations to identify sales opportunities through new products, trends and competitive strategies.❖ Purchase store supplies Show less

Mississauga

Secured a promotion from previous role as a district manager to be the sole Canadian point of con-tact for everything pertaining to planograms for all Canadian stores. Effectively streamlined infor-mation to US head office and significantly reduced preventable errors. ❖ Responsible for inventory control and merchandise availability for 98 stores across Canada in relation to active planograms.❖ Utilized AS400 to create and edit store models for assisted replenishment. ❖ Work… Show more Secured a promotion from previous role as a district manager to be the sole Canadian point of con-tact for everything pertaining to planograms for all Canadian stores. Effectively streamlined infor-mation to US head office and significantly reduced preventable errors. ❖ Responsible for inventory control and merchandise availability for 98 stores across Canada in relation to active planograms.❖ Utilized AS400 to create and edit store models for assisted replenishment. ❖ Work closely with buyers for all categories to ensure revisions and updates are communicated to the visual merchandising team in the US head office for planogram creation.❖ Acquire merchandisers, create plan-o-guides for product displays and promotions and com-municate the success stories across the chain.❖ Regularly prepared cover letter communication for all Canadian stores identifying changes to the planogram and inventory delays/ out of stocks❖ Assist Territory Managers with store set up and floor plans. Show less

Toronto Area

❖ Motivate, coach and strengthen store managers as team leaders, retail operators and business owners. ❖ Managed controllable store expenses and initiated action to reduce shrinkage.❖ Developed strategies for recruitment and training of store managers and staff to inspire perfor-mance excellence.❖ Achieved sales goals targets monthly.❖ Provide expertise on key customer issues, team staffing and management, store operations and company policies and procedures.

Ontario/ Parts Of The West Coast

❖ Measured and evaluated territory business (KPI’s, trend gaps/opportunities) provided solutions where gaps exist and executed solutions accordingly. ❖ Responsible for developing district level strategies to achieve each store’s financial, operational and customer-service goals, while addressing each stores unique strength and challenges. ❖ Supervised store activities for 23 locations across Canada. ❖ Created profitable store level promotions and advertising materials.❖ Hired… Show more ❖ Measured and evaluated territory business (KPI’s, trend gaps/opportunities) provided solutions where gaps exist and executed solutions accordingly. ❖ Responsible for developing district level strategies to achieve each store’s financial, operational and customer-service goals, while addressing each stores unique strength and challenges. ❖ Supervised store activities for 23 locations across Canada. ❖ Created profitable store level promotions and advertising materials.❖ Hired personnel for all new stores.❖ Reported directly to the VP of stores located in Canada. Show less

Kitchener / Mississauga

Maintaining the stores appearanceMaking store budgets Controlling inventoryHiring /firing staffKeeping the staff trained and updatedScheduling hours

Instructors Diploma, My Certificate To Be A Qualified Instructor

Received my Trades certificate to teach a trade- hairdressing

Grade 12, General

Activities and Societies: Field Hockey Volleyball Basketball Track and Feild Graduated grad 12 Participated in many sports activities

Hairdressing Lience

Achieved my complete licence