Lincoln Trudeau Email & Phone Number

Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Key Responsibilities1. Manage stock levels (wireless devices, accessories) for 4-6 retail locations and a small corporate team: annual purchasing of $4 - $6 million wireless devices and $150K - $200K wireless accessories2. Work on various promo/advertising copy/graphic design (print advertising, in-store signage, banners, flyers, radio scripts for special events and promotions)3. Evaluate/process all defective devices, also overseeing trade-up device and repair processing and… Show more Key Responsibilities1. Manage stock levels (wireless devices, accessories) for 4-6 retail locations and a small corporate team: annual purchasing of $4 - $6 million wireless devices and $150K - $200K wireless accessories2. Work on various promo/advertising copy/graphic design (print advertising, in-store signage, banners, flyers, radio scripts for special events and promotions)3. Evaluate/process all defective devices, also overseeing trade-up device and repair processing and managing escalations as needed4. Frequent reporting (sales, various other key metrics, gross profits earned by region/store/sales rep, promo tracking) and reviewing data/highlights of reports with regional managers5. Product training with staff (wireless devices, accessories)Key Accomplishments1. Significantly reduced losses on obsolete product (including the achievement of zero subsidy loss on discontinued devices since 2012), created successful incentive program to reward staff for selling older devices before subsidy loss occurs2. Worked with management, detectives and Rogers loss prevention team on several occasions to gather evidence (video footage, invoices, customer account activity) which led to arrests of armed robbery suspects and arrests of employees committing fraud/theft3. Recovered $20K of credits on defective devices that were thought to be lost, tightened controls on defective device processing to prevent future issues4. Coordinated all aspects of major store renovation and also coordinated aspects of the opening of a new kiosk and the relocating of another Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Key Responsibilities1. Develop and maintain good rapport with key media contacts to maximize promotional opportunities and secure positive press coverage and promotional tie-ins2. Monitor all media coverage and obtain copies (clippings, TV/radio snippets, web) and extract positive quotes3. Manage content on company website: submit info for product launches, promotions, maintain artist tour info and artist blog posts, media quotes sections4. Writing and layout for regular… Show more Key Responsibilities1. Develop and maintain good rapport with key media contacts to maximize promotional opportunities and secure positive press coverage and promotional tie-ins2. Monitor all media coverage and obtain copies (clippings, TV/radio snippets, web) and extract positive quotes3. Manage content on company website: submit info for product launches, promotions, maintain artist tour info and artist blog posts, media quotes sections4. Writing and layout for regular consumer e-newsletter, writing press releases (product launches, seasonal events and other opportunities)5. Proofreading all printed material (ad copy, catalogues, sell sheets)6. Continuation of inventory management duties from previous roleKey Accomplishments1. Secured $45K in promotional tie-ins for “This Is Daniel Cook” debut children’s album (radio, print, web) plus media coverage in over 80 sources (including CBC Newsworld, ET Canada, Canadian Press, L.A. Times, Scholastic, TV Guide)2. Secured $106K in airplay value for “A Classical Kids Christmas” album between 187 radio stations (U.S. and Canada), a 40% increase over the previous year3. Point person for revamped website: extracted music samples and artwork for all albums in product catalogue, copywriting for many web pages, ran cost analysis on all U.S. and Canada shipping locations for shipping calculator on website’s shopping cart to determine pricing model Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Key Responsibilities1. Inventory Management: purchasing, gathering quote requests regularly for new/existing projects, daily monitoring of inventory levels at multiple warehouses and forecasting2. Project Management: schedule new releases, plan deadlines for all tasks, design sell sheets, frequent contact with planning team for updates (co-workers, graphic designers, distributor, translators, web designer, suppliers)3. Create and maintain Excel sheets for funding application… Show more Key Responsibilities1. Inventory Management: purchasing, gathering quote requests regularly for new/existing projects, daily monitoring of inventory levels at multiple warehouses and forecasting2. Project Management: schedule new releases, plan deadlines for all tasks, design sell sheets, frequent contact with planning team for updates (co-workers, graphic designers, distributor, translators, web designer, suppliers)3. Create and maintain Excel sheets for funding application budgets, quote comparisons, order forms, sales reports and gross margin analysis for various products4. Process customer orders, packing product for shipping, determining most efficient way to ship each package then arranging shipping (domestic and international)Key Accomplishments1. Coordinated all aspects of production (planning, printing, graphic design, manufacturing) for 14-disc digital teacher’s resource collection2. Complete redesign of gross profit analysis Excel sheet for all products including updated costing/SRPs across all channels (consumer, distributor, web, educational, international) Show less