James Stuart Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Advanced manufacturing startup

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A member of the cofounding team with a focus on strategy, partnerships and finance

Toronto, Canada Area

• Created and implemented comprehensive marketing strategy to generate deal flow into the Launch Lab program resulting in 4 new teams entering into the program
• Assisted with creation and review of business proposal documents of Launch Lab teams’ for investment committee pitch
• Coordinated and supported the Launch Lab teams advisory boards, selection committees and investment committees

Richmondhill, Canada

• Compile monthly performance analytics for Trimark and Polyconcept North America executive leadership teams providing insights for the evaluation and development of strategic plans
• Provided analytics and insights from large data-sets for the Production, Product Development and Marketing departments to make strategic decisions about staffing, new product launches, and marketing initiatives
• Support the Pollyconcept executive leadership team and the Trimark department mangers by designing and creating excel models to assist in resource allocation and strategic decision making
• Manage and deliver special projects for VP of Supply Chain that provide analytics, insights and feedback to production and marketing departments

Richmondhill, Canada Area

• Coordinated and managed major projects during the garment decoration process between internal departments and external stakeholders to ensure objectives and deadlines were met
• Served as Trimark SME during North American-wide ERP integration; identified gaps between proposed and existing ERP systems and provided insights and recommendations to C-suite leadership
• Interviewed and trained new hires for production control department with minimal disruption to business operations
• Led search, selection and integration of new vendor for external decoration resulting in a reduction of errors to <1%

Toronto, Canada Area

• Provide sales assistance to customers in person and over the phone
• Responsible for receiving inventory, placing PO's and creating and maintaining accurate inventory systems including hard counts of seasons inventory
• Address issues of defective products, short shipments, and RA from vendor partners
• Consult on seasonal menswear line purchases
• Act as senior staff member for escalated customer complaints and disputes
• Responsible for training new staff members on store policies and POS and ERP systems

Toronto, Canada Area

• Developed and implemented the go-to-market strategy for corporate clients resulting in 150% growth over 3 years
• Produced financial reporting statements and quarterly reports that effectively communicated company performance for shareholders to maintain investor confidence and funding
• Established and managed all B2B relationships and retail accounts growing revenue by 150% annually, quintupled the number of consignment stores and doubled the number of wholesale accounts over the course of four years

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Design And Innovation

Activities and Societies: Business Design Club, Toronto Experience and Learning Lab, Outreach Committee, Rotman Student Ambassadors•.

User Experience, Research And Design Certification

A 10 week in-class course that covered the principals of User Experience Research & Design. Specifically covering: - User research and.

B.Kin, Kinesiology