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Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Collaborating with the North American and Global supply chain teams I refine and maintain the supply chain system of Shimano Bike and Fish divisions for the Canadian market place.Responsibilities Include:+ Working with the sales teams to develop demand plans and forecast models across a rolling three year plan with refinements on a monthly basis across various levels of customer hierarchy.+ Proactively review plans to identify potential issues with forecast models and intervene… Show more Collaborating with the North American and Global supply chain teams I refine and maintain the supply chain system of Shimano Bike and Fish divisions for the Canadian market place.Responsibilities Include:+ Working with the sales teams to develop demand plans and forecast models across a rolling three year plan with refinements on a monthly basis across various levels of customer hierarchy.+ Proactively review plans to identify potential issues with forecast models and intervene as required to adjust models/plans to meet sales objectives.+ Provide feedback to the organization on actual forecast performance and collaborate with sales and product management teams to achieve continuous improvement.+ Recommending and developing process improvements to demand planning and forecast model preparation I drive sales performance and reduced logistics cost.+ Track demand plans versus actual results to identify key variances and work with sales team to develop and drive corrective actions to improve plan to actual performance.+ Track warehouse performance to support sales and adjust logistics to maintain profitability.+ Develop high functioning Power Bi models to automate and disseminate information across all stakeholders. Show less

Vancouver, Canada Area

Directing daily operations, accountability to store sales targets, visual merchandising and high-level customer service associated with a premium boutique outdoor brand, with four direct reports. Working to modernize the back-end planning, product sourcing and logistics to align with significant brand growth initiatives.Responsibilities Include:+ Working to modernize in-store merchandising to improve productive dollar per square foot, while elevating the premium boutique in store… Show more Directing daily operations, accountability to store sales targets, visual merchandising and high-level customer service associated with a premium boutique outdoor brand, with four direct reports. Working to modernize the back-end planning, product sourcing and logistics to align with significant brand growth initiatives.Responsibilities Include:+ Working to modernize in-store merchandising to improve productive dollar per square foot, while elevating the premium boutique in store visual experience. Packaging up product to create a narrative for why each piece is relevant in the assortment, how collections tell stories and influence customer purchasing decisions. Working to balance colour + texture, product adjacency to build a vibrant multi-sensory consumer experience. Ultimately working to help a customer see themselves in product and get them inspired by an image of the vibrant adventure they’ll have. + Building a high preforming sales driven team. Working to elevate the tool kit of all sales associates to best reflect the premium expectations of Fjällräven and elevate the in-store experience of consumers+ Creating a local community plan to build grass roots brand awareness; employing small business partnerships, regional guides and events. Managing a marketing budget to execute annual store event schedule, focused on generate ROI+ Developed comparative micro-regional brand/store analysis to help global buying teams better plan individual store Canadian relevant seasonal assortments.+ Continually championed in-depth sales focused understand of the business with all front-line staff to help each team member feel connected and driven for collective success. Creating simpler visual tools that help staff to grasp immediate needs, balanced with longer term corporate targets.+ Developing high level understanding of ADP software for all HR needs+ Managed Staff: conducted annual performance reviews, recruited, trained and supported all direct reports Show less

Vancouver, Bc

Responsible for creating the product architecture for apparel and hard goods departments covering 22 brick and mortar locations and a significant online presence, with 14 indirect reports. Developed strong relationships with Global Suppliers and collaborated with internal Design and Production teams to curate compelling assortments, all while maintaining a big picture view on market evolution and opportunities.Responsibilities Include:+ Designed, developed and executed seasonal… Show more Responsible for creating the product architecture for apparel and hard goods departments covering 22 brick and mortar locations and a significant online presence, with 14 indirect reports. Developed strong relationships with Global Suppliers and collaborated with internal Design and Production teams to curate compelling assortments, all while maintaining a big picture view on market evolution and opportunities.Responsibilities Include:+ Designed, developed and executed seasonal merchandizing plan to generate on average more than 20 million dollars in annual sales.+ Identified product opportunities through global and local markets, competitive analysis and trend forecasting that addressed and aligned with high level corporate strategy.+ Acted as an ambassador for MEC within the marketplace, cultivated professional relationships to discuss retail and consumer evolution. Keeping MEC at the forefront of influencing and understanding change.+ Consistently met or exceeded company targets; held to within one percent of budget for success. Business targets included sales, margin, turns, category evolution and increased overall GMROI.+ Continuously improved margin return on direct departments throughout my career.+ Coordinated a very broad stakeholder supply chain, from planning, design, production, logistics, marketing, operations and stores, in the successful execution of seasonal merchandizing plan.+ Developed strategic regionalized marketplace understanding to directly support IA team and create department mapping for new store openings. Show less

Vancouver, Bc

Created a positive environment of collaboration and a language of change. Helped to re-define a corporate culture through change management practices. Oversaw a portfolio worth over $100 million dollars covering a rapidly evolving omni-channel retailer, with over 18 direct and indirect reports.Responsibilities Include:+ Performed this role while still maintaining Product Line Manager duties listed above.+ Led teams through significant corporate culture identity… Show more Created a positive environment of collaboration and a language of change. Helped to re-define a corporate culture through change management practices. Oversaw a portfolio worth over $100 million dollars covering a rapidly evolving omni-channel retailer, with over 18 direct and indirect reports.Responsibilities Include:+ Performed this role while still maintaining Product Line Manager duties listed above.+ Led teams through significant corporate culture identity change.+ Worked with a core team to redefine how MEC saw itself, the results were a new corporate mission statement and the rapidly evolved in-store brand mix and MEC product line. This effort helped both the retail space and MEC brand grow dramatically. + Facilitated workshops, cross department design, development, marketing and operations meetings to provide direction, discuss challenges, follow-up on performance and strengthen a culture of change and resilience.+ Created a framework to analyze and quantify the market place, discuss opportunities and shape three, five and 10 year goals.+ Continually championed an emotionally disciplined collective, capable of honest critique. Pursuing excellence with both the resolve to work hard to make something right, or the conviction to voice when to let go and not push something to market. + Managed Staff: conducted annual performance reviews, recruited, trained and supported all direct reports. Show less

Vancouver, Bc

Supported a single Product Line Manager directly in executing product allocations across entire chain of stores. Managed store inventory levels and refined inventory assortments for new stores, all with an eye on lost sales, budget flow and sell through.Responsibilities Include:+ Analyzed store, regional, and product trends to effectively maximize productivity of product flow and profit.+ Presented analysis on performance by category, seasonal open to buy opportunities and… Show more Supported a single Product Line Manager directly in executing product allocations across entire chain of stores. Managed store inventory levels and refined inventory assortments for new stores, all with an eye on lost sales, budget flow and sell through.Responsibilities Include:+ Analyzed store, regional, and product trends to effectively maximize productivity of product flow and profit.+ Presented analysis on performance by category, seasonal open to buy opportunities and strategy recommendations around regionalized assortment.+ Supported new store openings and rapid evolution of omni channel retail experience. Show less

Vancouver, Bc

Supported a team of three to five Product Line Managers and corresponding Inventory Analysts for system setup of seasonal merchandizing plans. Heavily relied on to prioritize work, think independently and fill in the blanks to efficiently keep ahead of the constant buying deadlines.

Vancouver, Bc