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Markham, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Digital In-store Technology
• Deliver store mobile app upgrade from Angular to Flutter on time and on budget (2.5M).
• Lead and Coach a team on 23 scrum members to perform at the desired velocity and grow on a personal and professional level
• Anticipate and remove blockers so the project continues to progress.
• Effective relationship management with all stakeholders and cross functional teams to create a win situation for the project.
• Improve SAFe agile management best practices within the chapter to migrate over to SAFe methodology.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Managed multiple medium – large size capabilities improvement projects for Instore Technology and Procurement team, engaging several stake holders across the corporation. Delivered on key features on the android TC-52.
• Build and communicate project vision, objectives, and scope to the enterprise stake holders.
• Gather requirements, develop user stories and acceptance criteria, and establish definition of done.
• Lead the product Scrum team to meet delivery objectives by removing blockers and coaching team members.
• Prioritize and own the backlog to select features and stories that will maximize value for the product and stakeholders.
• Work closely with the project manager / scrum master to manage budget and present project status to steering committee.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

Delivered an industry leading collaboration platform VFE – Vendor Financial Explorer / Vendor Analytics Dashboard, leveraged by internal and external users. Designed and developed future state capabilities such as Vendor MDM. Managed continuous development activities while navigating with ambiguity and changing priorities across multiple project teams.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Design, build and implement new procurement capabilities
• Work with stakeholder business units and cross functional teams across all Canadian Tire banners to understand business requirements and guarantee smooth transition of capabilities from design to implementation
• Accountable for the end to end delivery of targeted small-medium sized IT Projects, including investigation, analysis, design, development, implementation, and Change Management.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Lead a team of 3 Analysts to deliver quality, on-time deal letters. Lead operational activities such as scheduling, workflow management and problem solving.
• Quality Control of deal letters prior to publication. Maintained 92% quality score with repost rate under 2%
• Lead process improvement initiatives by conducting impact analysis and gaining alignment across merchandising, cross-functional and dealer groups.
• Subject Matter Expert for project work involving Line Reviews and LRO governed programs. Provided consultative services on LRO processes / systems for IT projects.
• Designed and delivered consistent reporting to senior management providing visibility to current state line review status and score card.
• Supported merchandising teams on issue resolution relating to LRO governed activities.

Toronto, ON, CA

• Developing, maintaining and analyzing sales and inventory budgets to meet corporate financial objectives.
• Building class/line-level forecasts for sales, gross profit, inventory & receipts thus managing open-to-buy.
• Leading monthly business review process and re-forecasting above parameters based on current sales performance and making suggestion to manage deviations.
• Managing markdowns process by detail sales analysis and developing inventory management strategies while meeting inventory turn targets and maintaining in stock positions.
• Monitoring chain wide inventory and developing allocation and replenishment strategies to ensure in stock position.
• Conducting regular and ad hoc data analysis, at the appropriate level of detail, to monitor business and product performance and develop proposals that capitalize on opportunities and mitigate risk.

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• Planning and executing online and print marketing campaigns including product selection, concept creation, proofing and supplier approvals.
• Creating an exciting redemption experience for the collectors by managing online merchandising of airmiles.ca
• Building redemption value of the rewards to maintain margins and convey value to the collectors
• Creating and maintaining supplier contracts pertaining to product cost, co-op program allowances, back-end rebates and payment terms.
• Liaising with suppliers to obtain competitive prices, favourable contracts, unique products and timely product deliveries to minimize back orders.
• Providing operational support to accounts receivables & payables towards vendor billings, markdown and promotional support.

Toronto, ON, CA

Developing, maintaining and analyzing category budgets to meet financial and inventory goals while responding to current trends.Creation and Analysis of product level forecasts to maintain high accuracy in replenishment.Ensure all data management pertaining to forecasts, product and vendor attributes are maintained and updated to reflect recent initiatives.

Allocated accessories to nearly 100 stores while maximizing the ability of each store to generate sales and margins.Determined store rankings for the department and each commodity by class based on sales budgets and sales performance.Managed and developed weekly reports to monitor the business at store level and maintained desired stock levels to meet.

Retail Management & Merchandising, Retailing And Retail Operations

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing

Bachelor'S Degree, Bachelor Of Commerce - Accounting And Statistics

Diploma, Diploma In Garment Production & Fashion Design