29 years in the Grocery retail industry.25 years training/mentoring/coaching Colleagues and Department/Store Managers.15 years implementing and training of the Computer Assisted Ordering(CAO) system into stores.11 years experience with Health Food Offerings.9 years experience in Beauty/Baby and OTC products.5 years experience SAP in Real Canadian Superstores.Managed a region of 8 stores with 6 departments in each location.Conducted in-store training sessions, staff meetings, coaching, training and facilitator.Wealth of Product Knowledge.Monitor productivity standards, engineering layouts, and marketing techniques to grow sales and business development.Held a 97.5% availability in storesParticipated in calls with Western and National Directors.Influential in inventory controls, category layouts, operations within the departments and colleague engagement.Project Management experience.Key Achievements (Projects):Was instrumental in regional training package preparation for new departmental and store managers.Influential on mapping store layouts and available merchandising areas for promo stock to category managers, reducing excess delivered to stores by 10%.Spearheaded “First Things First” (ordering and replenishment) program, which expedited stock procedures, reduced inventory levels by 12% and freed up managerial time, allowing senior-level focus on other, more pressing, initiativesTaught Backroom programs; demonstrated structural and logistical techniques for ease of stock provision and replenishment in complex warehouse sections, which ultimately produced safer, organizationally-superior environments.Assisted with the SAP roll out to 8 stores in BC.Headed “Grocery Efficiency” project; conducted time studies on warehouse pallet-building, and then presented findings to help front-line industry staff optimize stock delivery, unloading, storage, and rotation.