Ryan Harper Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Manage end to end the fresh private brands team overseeing product conception to launch

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for developing and presenting new fresh food HMR concepts to senior leadership for approval. Managing new product launches and analyzing financials to identify profitable trial concepts for national rollout. Management of a complete fresh HMR production business from sourcing product, developing SOP’s, working with food safety, to managing the operations of the business

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Managed a cross functional team including operations, and replenishment to execute seasonal based strategies. Built Omni based e-commerce strategies to both improve sales and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Lead a team consisting of demand and fulfillment planning, private label development, and financial planning, to achieve the common business goal of driving sales and profit. Worked closely with vendors and cross functional teams to strategically plan out all customer facing platforms.

Mississauga

Mississauga

Created and maintained merchandise financial plans and forecasts, highlighting risks and opportunities used to formulate action plans for leadership approval. Accountable for the planning and analysis of product selection and allocation, to meet financial profitability targets while mitigating risk

Mississauga

Mississauga

• Hold full accountability for all P&L metrics such as sales, market share growth, gross profit, inventory targets, and budget• Key tasks and responsibilities include supplier negotiations, assortment selection, market research, promotional planning, and financial forecasting• Responsible to select domestic & import vendors, negotiate costs, vendor allowances, quality, delivery terms and drive supplier performance.

Mississauga

Spending 4-8 weeks completing rotations in seven core areas of the business, including: • Store Operations• Merchandising• Modular Planning• Supply Chain• Merchandise Planning• Marketing• Transportation and Logistics

Hamilton

• Mentoring a youth by engaging in recreational activities that promote a fun and challenging atmosphere

Provide knowledgeable product, marketing, sales and service support to Financial security advisors and inter-corporate representative, in order to help them grow their current book of businessResponsible for providing input to help ensure products meet the changing needs of clients and the marketplacePresent product training sessions to large audiences, including preparing marketing material and creating new sales toolsResponsible for managing and developing an existing block of businessHandle management and administrative tasks in order to successfully assist advisors in building long-term relationships with their clientsAttended extensive training sessions on customer focused selling conceptsBuilding meaningful relationships with financial advisors to drive sales results