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Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Led, planned, and developed the execution of corporate initiatives in alignment with internal & external departments.
• Managed $7m signage budget from production to execution
• Reduced overall costs averaging 5-10% savings per year.
• Translated the strategic design concepts into executable in-store programs.
• Supported project stores including Architectural store layouts and Store Communication

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Brought corporate initiatives and marketing strategies to life by planning and executing the customer marketing strategy and signage tactics for corporate, seasonal and category campaigns..
• Managed signage budget of $15M.
• Created innovative function and form solutions through signage and fixtures.
• Oversaw the development of creative with in-house graphic designer, vendors, and agency partners.
• Project Managed signage print production including: quoting, proofing, scheduling, risk and resolution management.
• Developed and implemented communications, directives, procedures, and post-mortems.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Oversaw company-wide visual merchandizing and presentation under 6 sporting goods corporate banners and inherited a mandate to improve Canada-wide merchandising for a 200-store network.
• Managed and developed a team of 17 Regional Merchandisers across Canada.
• Developed and coached store employees
• Partnered with Construction, Marketing and Operations on store plans, projects, and initiatives.
• Allocated resources for store openings, store renovations, and special projects.

• Translated the corporate brand and marketing vision to in-store environment, coached and trained sales associates on merchandizing guidelines and assisted with store openings.
• Built a visual merchandising department for the GTA stores which involved successful implementation of new corporate guidelines and merchandising standards.
• Collaborated extensively with senior operations management to create training documents for new merchandisers and introducing tracking tools for field expenses, project budgets, and schedules
• Created and launched training sessions for district and store managers Canada-wide to improve presentations, shape relationships, and pinpoint training needs.
• Developed succession planning for the Regional team to support company wide revitalization of visual presentation and merchandising standards.

• Communicated with stores and operations team within the region to ensure all visual standards, initiatives, and ad setups, set out by Operations and the Visual Department, were executed efficiently and effectively
• Lead contact for the Sport Chek, Atmosphere, Nevada Bob’s, and Hockey Experts brands on all aspects of visual presentation and merchandising-related inquiries to provide timely and appropriate visual solutions.
• Creates and launches training sessions for district and store managers Canada-wide to improve
• presentations, shape relationships, and pinpoint training needs.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Developed a clear understanding of Roots Visual Merchandising vision and standards
• Partnered with head office, the regional merchandising team, and stores to ensure corporate merchandising standards were communicated and successfully executed.
• Ensured all visual elements such as bust forms, mannequins and props are displayed with current merchandise and reflect current market place trends.
• Maintain store presentation through visual displays, stock replenishment, and product placement
• Ensure store promotions are set up accurately, aggressively and follow the standards set out by operations to maximize sales
• Communicate and work closely with store manager to plan and execute seasonal changeovers

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