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Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sales & Financial Forecasting - Prepare store sales and ecommerce plans, projecting and updating forecasts on a quarterly basis to ensure that store sales plans are feasible and attainable given inventory availability and constraintsAssortment Planning - Create and implement seasonal assortment with optimal mix of styles, colours and sizes, through research and historical sales analysis to maximize sell through and mitigating inventory risks at the end of the seasonBuying - Prepare buy quantities using the forecasted sales and target sell through, flagging opportunities to increase or reduce purchasequantities based on actualized sales.Sales and Inventory Analysis - Provide weekly business updates to senior management and cross-functional partners, highlighting sales revenue and inventory ownership, providing analysis related to any variances to weekly, monthly and quarterly sales targets

Toronto, On

Forecasting and Budget Management - Manage the overall performance of the PWP category, including open-to-buy, sales forecasting, inventory plans, markdown budgets and receipts to maximize sales and net margin dollarsMarkdown Management - Monitor and project both in-season and markdown sales, reviewing on-hands, on orders and sales trends on a weekly basis, creating markdown strategies to drive in-season sell through, maximize in-season sales and minimizing residual stock ownership at the end of the season.Reporting Integration - Worked on a team of three to create a centralized report for the Planning, Merchandising and Visual teams, reporting on all relevant KPIs required to make business decisions for feature planning, maximizing front-of-store sales and feature productivity

Toronto, Canada Area

Inventory Management - Monitor and manage store stock levels by reviewing store orders on a daily basis, analyzing display quantity, store on hand, on order, and sales, and adjusting and creating store orders accordingly to ensure all stores have sufficient inventory to maintain displays and achieve sales and inventory plansCore Product Order Management - Identify reorder or PO move-up opportunities for core and seasonal product, based on sales velocity, store and DC on hands and on order, to ensure that replenishment is available to restock stores in order to drive sales and maintain inventory levels throughout the season, while mitigating the risk of stockouts

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

- Perform analysis of sales and inventory position at the store level, looking for opportunities to consolidate and reallocate merchandise where necessary, to ensure that each store has the optimal commodity and brand assortment in order to achieve store and overall sales and inventory plans.- Create and maintain model stock on a weekly basis by generating POs and following up with vendors to ensure each store maintains a strong presentation of core product and avoid stockouts.- Communicate RTVs and consolidations to stores each week and following up consistently to ensure that stores are accurately executing RTVs and consolidations in order to drive sales, mitigate markdowns and maintain maximum profitability.- Manage on order on a weekly basis, following up with vendors and reallocating product based on store performance to ensure product arrives at the right store at the right time in order to achieve sales, inventory and GM plans.

- Creating weekly shipping strategy by analyzing sales performance, both on a commodity level and a vendor level, and trending weekly sales, both in dollars and in units, to ensure the right product is allocated to the right stores at the right time in order to hit both sales and inventory plans for the month.- Communicating consistently with planning managers, associate planners, buyers and peers to create and execute strategies to attain sales and inventory plans- Assessing inbound flow to determine which units to allocate based on commodity and vendor performance in order for stores to have appropriate inventory levels and create an exciting assortment of product for customers visiting a Winners location. - Escalating flow issues to manager and merchant partners and suggest solutions by opening up future product in order to attain weekly flow plans - Weekly tracking of individual store performance to identify any stores which are outperforming sales plans, as well as stores which are under-performing, and creating solutions and modifying strategies in order for all stores to achieve or surpass their sales and inventory plans- Analyze department performance by looking at sales vs inventory contributions, turns, average tickets, etc. and presenting opportunities to planning manager in order to diversify the mix in stores - Visit stores and assess the competition using SWOT analysis to identify strengths and opportunities in stores by comparing the merchandise mix and value to the competition, and evaluating and modify shipping strategies to maintain competitive

Oakville, On

- Led a team of five through the execution of new product launches, clothing displays and accessories by drawing or creating example displays and teaching how to create a story through the clothing on racks and in walls, enhancing the esthetics of the store - Prepared and maintained merchandising standards by dressing mannequins and creating merchandise displays, increasing customer counts and consequently increasing sales- Interacted with customers by suggesting merchandise, adding-on and upselling, thereby successfully achieving store sales, sales per transaction and units per transaction goals- Cleaned, organized and maintained the sales floor, fitting rooms and stock room by folding and placing merchandise, resulting in perfect secret shop scores and exceptional audit scores thus reducing shrink

Parry Sound, On

- Instilled life-long values, including goal-setting, leadership and teamwork, in underprivileged youth aged 9 to 12 through challenging camp activities and the GREAT beads initiative; assisted in achieving THMC’s mission to foster a brighter future within every child who attends camp- Provided youth with a positive role model through developing personal connections by challenging, encouraging, and communicating during debriefs; motivated youth to always strive to achieve- Executed challenging camp activities which included aspects of problem solving, critical thinking and physical exertion in order to support youth in discovering and utilizing strengths and capabilities; promoted the quest for excellence within youth

Oakville, On

- Communicated directly with customers in store and over the phone and addressed comments and inquiries in order to enhance the customer experience, increasing individual conversion by 10% - Promoted the HBC loyalty program, the HBC MasterCard and HBC Rewards, through explanation of the benefits and rewards associated with the program, resulting in increased credit blend and loyalty- Liaised with upper management after performing reference checks to discuss the suitability of potential employees to ensure the best fit with the company and the position; as a result, clients received exceptional customer service

Education record

CPA Candidate expecting to write the CFE in May 2023

Continuing Education, Accounting

Completed CPA Accredited Accounting prerequisite courses required to begin CPA PEP program

Bachelor Of Arts, Business Administration

Activities and Societies: University Students Council Soph Team, Social Science Student Council, Foot Patrol, LiTStudied abroad.