Toni Skoglund Email & Phone Number

Winnipeg, MB, CA

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Winnipeg, Canada Area

As a founding member of the Gargoyle management team I was responsible for the purchasing team that sourced new vendors and over 4000 new products for the startup e-commerce site www.mindoddity.com.

Winnipeg

Managed Dufresne's wholesale business for furniture and appliances. My responsibilities included sales, category management and budgeting.This dual role required me to work with the Dufresne team while performing Category Manager duties as an implanted supplier in the corporate offices at The Northwest Company. At Northwest I worked alongside their teams.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Responsible for the overall performance of the retail hardlines programs at McDiarmid Lumber.Provided leadership to the purchasing team at McDiarmid Lumber (between 3 and 6 buyers and 1-2 support staff).Accomplishments:Improved sales, profits, turns and store appearance through a complete refresh of all assortments.Improved promotional performance.

Responsible for the overall stores' performance (started with Alberta/Saskatchewan then moved on to Southern Ontario):Southern Ontario - 9 stores - $100,000,000 sales - 250 employeesAlberta and Saskatchewan - 6 stores - $80,000,000 sales - 200 employees

Winnipeg, Canada Area

Senior Buyer in the retail hardware industry.Member of Princess Auto's Marketing Team.Won Princess Auto's Buyer of the Year.Won Princess Auto's Peer Choice Buyer of the Year.Planned and executed sales budgets that netted annual sales and profit increases up to 20% over previous year.

Overall profitable retail store performance.I was responsible for leadership, staffing, training, sales, merchandising, expenses, profits, adherence to company policies and procedures, loss prevention, inventory, etc.Worked in 4 stores over 7 years - all recognized as corporate Stores of the Year.