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Senior Merchandise Manager (Director or VP) or General Manager Resume
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| Desired Industry: Business/Management |
SpiderID: 21256 |
| Desired Job Location: Toronto, Ontario |
Date Posted: 6/10/2008 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: June 2008 |
| Desired Wage: $125,000 plus |
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U.S. Work Authorization: No |
| Job Level: Management (Manager, Director) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25% |
| Highest Degree Attained: MBA |
Willing to Relocate: Undecided |
Objective:
Target Role: (1) Senior role in merchandising or product development, (2) General Manager leading a multidisciplinary team with P&L responsibilities or (3) Project or contract based role involved in establishing unique competitive positions for companies in business maturity or growth situations & introducing improvements to expedite that growth.
Target Organization & Industry:
• A progressive, customer-centric company of any size ranging from small to large
• Start-up situation or an established company pursuing aggressive growth
• Develops, manufactures or sells solution based products or services
• Channels: Retail, Direct, B2B or e-comm. Industries or Categories: Including but not limited to home improvement, home décor, office supplies, general merchandise, environmentally friendly solutions, health & nutrition, & pet supplies.
Experience:
• Several years’ progressive merchandising & general management experience in the retail, direct selling & B2B channels
• A high energy, results oriented business builder with proven effectiveness in developing customer centric strategic business plans & executing growth programs for a diverse range of product categories
• Integrates quickly & effectively into organizations
• Success achieved on a platform of strong leadership, effective communications & a clear focus on strategic opportunities
Has held several senior roles for well known organizations. Previous roles include General Manager of a strategic business unit, VP Product Sourcing & Marketing, Vice-President Marketing, Director of Merchandising, Category Manager or Buyer, as well as several store operations positions.
Experienced in these product categories: office supplies, stationery and books, cards and wrap, gifts, home improvement, home & garden, decor & crafts, housewares, and seasonal
* Merchandising, Marketing, General Management
* Category Management
* Global Sourcing
* Private Label Programs
* Ad Planning
* Catalogue Merchandising
* Product Forecasting & Replenishment
* Process Improvements
* Vendor Management
* Strategic Planning
* Store re-design and store merchandising
* Chairman of the Board for an industry association
* Cost Management
Education:
Executive MBA, Athabasca University’s Centre of Innovative Management, 2003
Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto
Retail Administration, Retail Merchandising, Marketing, Business Management, Organizational Behaviour, Business Mathematics, Statistical Analysis, & Integrated Computer Applications - Sheridan College & Ryerson PI
Affiliations:
Canadian Office Products Association
Ontario Equestrian Federation
Skills:
Developed effective merchandising & marketing programs
Skilled in category management
Developed sales growth programs for a diverse range of product categories
Developed customer centric strategic business plans
Strong leadership skills
Effective communicator
Global sourcing knowledge & experience
Consistently achieves sales and margin growth
Developed and executed process improvements
Cost Management: always on budget or successful in reducing costs without jeopardizing business success
Effective expense control
Identifies strategic opportunities & builds effective plans to achieve growth targets
Built high margin private label programs
New product development
Catalogue merchandising - increased per page productivity
Has developed effective multi channel integrated marketing programs
Introduced Performance Management to organizations
Helps companies build internal capabilities
Effective store merchandising - increased profitability per linear foot
Store re-design: has developed new high yield concepts
Vendor Management: improves vendor performance by developing & managing vendor performance programs
Strong negotiator
Has introduced and executed operational improvements
Turns analysis into productive plans
Experienced in leading and influencing cross-functional teams to higher performance
Change Management: Proven success at leading others through significant times of change
Multi channel experience:
retail, catalogue, business to business, online (web)
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