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Oakville, On, Ca

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Lead the sales, product category and customer service teams. Create product innovation and customer sales strategies to rapidly grow company sales. Collaborate cross functionally to launch new customers and bring product innovation to market.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lead the sales, category marketing and customer service teams. Create product innovation, customer, channel and sales strategies to rapidly grow company sales. Collaborate cross functionally to launch new customer acquisitions and bring product innovation to market.

Developed category marketing strategies, innovation, assortment optimization, margin enhancement and marketing plans for the US and Canadian donut markets. Led cross functional teams including insights, sales, R&D, manufacturing and supply chain to develop and commercialize product innovation and productivity initiatives.

Mississauga, On

Partnered with companies in the retail and food service industries to develop strategies and action plans to grow and optimize their business. Integrated strategy and execution to maximize results. Specialized in building end to end solutions including strategic planning, assortment planning, product innovation, marketing, sourcing, supply chain optimization, distribution solutions, field operational tools and implementation plans.

Toronto, Canada Area

Responsible for leading the beverage and food strategy development, assortment planning, pricing, vendor selection and promotions. Works cross functionally with internal teams and Franchise Partners to deliver innovation, optimize the supply chain and enable field execution in order to grow sales and profit.

Toronto, Canada Area

Oversaw a team of 20 and the development of visual planograms across multiple business units to ensure that planogram designs and processes were executed effectively to support business unit strategies and operational standards in order to maximize sales and profit.

Toronto, Canada Area

Led the Canadian product strategy team and the development and integration for all product categories, including beverage, retail merchandise and entertainment, with primary focus on food. Ownership included product assortment, food product innovation, marketing programs, vendor sourcing and pricing strategies.

Toronto, Canada Area

Led a $91 million Canadian food program and team of 5, included ownership for all bakery, prepared foods, ready to drink and eat products. Responsible for product assortment and innovation, vendor sourcing strategies, marketing plans and store implementation. Exceeded all sales and profit targets.

Toronto, Canada Area

Supported product development, assortment, inventory planning and visual merchandising for the product categories of whole bean coffee, retail merchandise and Starbucks Entertainment. Developed field implementation and marketing plans to grow sales, margin and customer awareness.

Toronto, Canada Area

Multi-store supervisor of 10-12 high volume downtown store locations. Responsible for all aspects of manpower planning and people development, providing great customer service and strong sales growth. Improved profitability through effective cost of goods and expense management.