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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

- Attain cross-functional alignment on short/long-term S&OP forecast through chairing monthly Demand Review Alignment meetings- Initiate action plans to close gaps to growth targets- Led and executed S&OP monthly rhythm process improvements- Onboarded new management without S&OP experience through taking on management duties such as running senior.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Coached two Business Operations Managers who led demand forecasting on 50% of total business- Leveraged team's analysis to engage and provide recommendations to senior leadership on areas of strength and opportunity in the operational plan

Toronto

- Liaised with Loblaw Supply Chain to identify business issues- Successfully crafted and executed action plans to mitigate risk- Delivered 30% improvement in SKU forecast accuracy by embedding customer’s best in class forecasting tool into our forecasting workstreams- Developed two analysts responsible for improving forecast accuracy

Toronto, Canada Area

- Successfully led demand forecasting through cross-functional collaboration and gaining stakeholder alignment to forecast at Monthly Demand Review meetings- Built Excel-based tools to speed up and simplify analysis- Interfaced with senior leadership team to justify forecast proposals

Mississauga

- Shaped short and long-term retailer strategy by providing relevant fact-based insight, assessing upcoming trends, and identifying actionable category growth opportunities - Leveraged Canadian and U.S. Nielsen data, assortment incrementality tools, and category expertise to build optimized product assortment and shelving strategy with merchant.

Mississauga, Canada

- Successfully led 3-month planogram redesign project for across all regions- Managed customer negotiations and communications with the planogram design team- Worked closely with customer buyer team to ensure buy-in at project milestones- Supported negotiations regarding fair space allocations across manufacturers- Crafted category-focused and fact-based.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

- Successfully led high-priority vendor project in Nutritious Portable Foods - Overachieved National shelf space target by 9%- Designed Snacking planograms to be executed 100% across all banners* Crafted banner-specific planograms that provided fair Share of Shelf to top manufacturers

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

- Developed Sales Forecasting tool to improve Key Account Manager forecasting accuracy- Created nationwide store-by-store Retail Scorecard for Field Sales Team use during in-store selling conversations with Wal-Mart store management- Recognized by Wal-Mart Canada Senior Management as being best practice scorecarding tool provided by a supplier; rolled out.

Toronto, Canada Area

- Rotated through different management roles at The Bay and Zellers stores to to learn the basics of retail management from an in-store perspective- Led team of 20 associates at The Bay and Zellers banners to execute corporate initiatives- Achieved 10% sales increase vs. Prior Year as Toy Manager at The Bay Queen Street flagship store during the 2005-2006.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Marketing

4th Year BBA International Exchange Term January - May 2005 IESEG School of Management in Lille, France

Ecommerce, Level 1: Essentials

Completed Level 1 of the eCommerce accredited online course delivered by eConsultancy

International Exchange Term