Ontario's largest furniture store. It began in the early 60’s and has grown to span an entire city block boasting 80,000 square feet of showroom. Ontario’s best quality, largest selection, and guaranteed best prices.

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Responsible for operations of $10 million+ portfolio. This includes financial and logistical reporting, inventory management, purchasing, and product management.• Maintains projected brand margins and constantly working to improve profitability through best practices.• Responsible for producing and maintaining accurate weekly, monthly and yearly sales/unit projections.• Responsible for creating/maintaining sales and inventory reports.• Partnering with vendors and internal departments to ensure that all inventory is delivered accurately, within the negotiated time frame whilst maintaining cost effectiveness.

Responsible for anticipating and planning for change by determining the gaps between the current workforce and optimal future workforce needs. Provided a scheduling service to the Retail Division, to ensure the correct staff members are being utilized at the most optimal time. Continually assessed and improved upon the scheduling process in order to maximize both employee and customer experience while maximizing sales and controlling costs.• Part of a team of 7, scheduling thousands of Aritzia employees across North America, maximizing sales force productivity and efficiency.• Responsible for scheduling a region of stores exceeding 1million in weekly sales• Responsible for forecasting future workforce needs while taking into consideration strategic company objectives• Analyzed historical data and recent trends to forecast goals down to specific hours of the day• Provided analysis and weekly reports on key performance indicators for the retail division

Successfully executed operations support to 150+ stores and the National Team by providing reports and analysis to achieve set goals, and produced accurate information and solutions to the field and management. Often collaborated with the National Team to articulate high - level, abstract business objectives into definable action items for internal and external communication and action planning• Responsible for tracking sales activity from a variety of perspectives as well as helping manage store level expense activity• Monthly, Quarterly and YTD financial/P&L analysis, investigation and problem resolution • Supported Annual and Mid -Year FS Division budget submissions, and analysis• Supported the Retail Operations National Team in research initiatives to develop a more efficient Future Shop operating model• Initiated the Launch and development a new automated scorecard reporting process

Sales team management, providing exceptional service for the entire customer experience, along with analytical and strategic management of sales, inventory, asset protection and wage budgets to exceed goals.• Hired, trained and supported a sales team that consistently surpassed goals• Produced timely and optimal schedules, utilizing trends in order to schedule effectively • Problem solved issues such as customer concerns, cash discrepancies, and shipping irregularities