Kirk Emery Email & Phone Number

500 Lakeshore Blvd

• Owner of Capital Planning and strategy Supporting multiple lines of business including PC Financial Pavilions (Bank)(~200), The Mobile Shop (Multi Carrier Telecom)(~200) and ATM’s (~800)• Collaborate cross functionally with key stakeholders from Finance, Design, Construction, Merchandising & Operations to execute annual $5M-10M capital investment in store builds• Creating & Developing a predictive modeling to support location decision making. Partnering with industry leading vendors on location analysis while leveraging robust internal customer data.• Manager the maintenance process for all supported assets. Includes solutioning ongoing issues, vendor negotiations and monitoring execution• National store visits: Travel across Canada reviewing our distribution and physical assets within the bigger context of the grocery business. A vital tool for understanding what makes each location successful and how to replicate within new opportunities

Toronto, Canada Area

• Create, develop and present store performance and strategy recommendations at regional workshops nationally. Requires a strong ability to work independently and collaboratively. Considerable organizational skills are required to ensure accuracy of database information and recommendations for entire real estate portfolio. Results from workshops drive the current year retail store build plan and long term distribution strategy.• Manage and mentor 2 direct reports and influence change cross functional to achieve company objectives.• Owner of cross-functional workgroup containing corporate real estate, legal, financial, regional directors, design & constructions). Manages the approvals process driving the branded retail store build plan. Ensures alignment with all stakeholders to achieve optimization for build plan implementation (new builds, relocation, retrofits or closures & lease renewals).• Manage the end to end process of planning; securing funding, executing the current and long term branded store build strategy. Present regular updates on progress and performance summaries to senior level executives. Budget range is $30M-$40M.• Oversee the evolution and output of a predictive model, forecasting & analyzes location intelligence. Team is best known for high quality, fast turn around results.

Toronto, Canada Area

Key areas of focus and expertise• Manage vendor relationship• Align internal partners to achieve results• Keep team focused on key tasks and initiatives • Achieving high integrity & quality results enabling the department to be a high value commodity withing the organization

• Created sales forecast reports and made investment recommendations that drove 2 million dollars in real estate spending and store openings. This resulted in over 50 new stores annually with average sales per store of 4 million dollars.• Developed key market strategy recommendations for urban markets, generating 10-15 additional retail opportunities above and beyond the existing market plan. Worth 60-90 million dollars at maturity in 6-8 years. Additional locations resulted from the creation and administration of a primary survey to further understand clientele in Canadian urban markets. • Presented sales forecasts and demographic summaries to Executive and Senior Vice-Presidents, Real Estate Directors and the Legal department during monthly Real Estate Committee meetings. As a trusted advisor, recommendations were heavily weighted in the approval process for the opening or relocation of over 100 retail locations annually.• Modified and enhanced sales forecasting model. Enabled a time savings of 40% by reducing user input and increasing functionality through automation and development of macros. • Established solid relationships with Real Estate Directors, Lease Administrators, Legal, Design/Construction and Store Concept teams as well as external vendors. Developed strong working partnerships, increased trust and open communication.• Supervised, trained and developed the co-op team, ensuring projects were completed on time and facilitated a highly efficient and balanced working environment. • Achieved a sales forecasting accuracy rate of over 90%, through proactively monitoring sales. This enabled recommendations for ongoing adjustments and enhancements to the forecasting model and sales assumptions reducing investment risk.

• Organized, prepared, and presented timely and accurate market study reports at departmental meetings. Generated 2-3 proposals a month by visiting potential sites and surrounding trade area competition enabling a more accurate sales report. • Developed a market strategy for new urban market stores. Conducted detailed observation of pedestrian traffic flow and acquired daytime population data from outside vendors. Made recommendations for 8-12 new urban locations in Toronto. To date 8 of the proposed locations have become operational. • Contributed to the analysis of potential acquisitions in the Canadian marketplace. Worked under tight deadlines to prepare market overview presentations that aided in the evaluation process while in discussions with the Competition Bureau. • Created monthly sales variance reports reflecting new store openings and changes in the total sales area nationally. Report was integral in gauging competitive advantage.