Steve Jukes Email & Phone Number

London, Ontario, CA

Acting as a pivot point throughout the organisation, I am responsible for the go-to-market Category strategy for international markets.

London, England, GB

• Fostered retail category management principles through a time of significant organisational change, integrating Product Management, Buying, Merchandising, Pricing, and Planning under a cross-functional structure.
• I developed and coached a team of 14, including 5 direct reports where we had P&L responsibility for £100m annual revenue and a curated portfolio of 10,000 products sourced from over 200 worldwide suppliers.
• My team created and executed the international business plan, defining product and supplier strategy, achieving consistent outperformance of the company and wider market, driving 100% growth over 4 years
• Spearheaded new technologies, securing exclusive and early to market launches benefiting customers and establishing RS as market leader.
• Achieved best-in-class ROI and stock turns whilst improving customer service levels.
• Recruited, mentored, and developed several Buyers to more senior positions.

London, England, GB

Served as the Global Head of Category, overseeing a team of Senior Category Managers and 20+ International buyers.

Wellingborough, England, GB

With two reports and a small cross-functional team I was accountable for trading Comet's £100m+ online Home Appliance business. Additionally, I was the commercial lead for developing a number of Company wide supply chain, Pricing, and BI initiatives

Wellingborough, England, GB

Supporting an international initiative, I operated across four buying categories and, working with Operations, rolled out a ‘Care for it, Perfect it, Enjoy it’ shop-in-shop concept across 250 stores. The focal point of this range was eco-friendly & sustainable products. A first for major UK retail stores, this positioned Comet as a first choice destination.

Wellingborough, England, GB

• Buying, ranging and trading responsibility for 1/5th of all Tumble Dryer and Washer Dryer sales within the UK.Secured a number of first-to-market and exclusive positions to deliver record market shares.
• Comet Vision award for deploying new BI systems within Product Management.

Wellingborough, England, GB

• Reporting into the Senior Buyer, I had buying responsibility for Comet’s £50m single door refrigeration business.
• Comet Star winner in 2008 for delivering record market shares driven by innovative approach to in-store click and collect over peak season. In addition, sourcing and refreshing own brand appliances to offer market.
• Comet Star winner in 2007 for detailed supersession planning of the refrigeration store relay that delivered record revenues in 2007.
• Comet Vision team award in 2007 for delivering significant stock and cost saving during the implementation of the European WEEE legislation