Experience

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  Buy-Low Foods LP

  • Saskatchewan, Canada

  • Store Manager

    • Oct 2019 - Present
    • Saskatchewan, Canada

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  Saskatoon

  • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

  • District Manager - Loblaw Companies Limited

    • Jan 1980 - Oct 2017
    • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

    During my tenure with Loblaw, and up until 2014. I managed various types and sizes of retail outlets for the retail business unit. The last 3 years until 2017, I was a able to utilize my experience gained and enjoyed counseling business owners to improve their overall business structure from the customers perspective and also from a financial perspective.Through collaboration with the business unit and the owers I was able to improve the bottom lines of many businesses and set others on the path to prosperity.• Consecutively achieving sales and returns targets as both a store manager and as a territory manager• Consistently executing plans for a territory spanning Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Northern Ontario• Motivating, developing, and coaching teams towards achieving store goals while meeting the needs of customers in the communities served• Developing and maintaining positive working relationships as team leader, corporate store managers, and trusted partner to 34 franchise business owners across four provinces• Generating solutions based on listening and understanding the needs and issues of others• Demonstrating a commitment to innovation and creative thinking leading to changes and new approaches that meet customer needs, reduce costs and increase revenue • Planning, setting priorities, managing time and measuring results. This includes monitoring key performance indicators (ie. wholesale, direct service delivery (DSD), fresh, grocery), analyzing year-to-date trends, adjusting plans, and forecasting results• Pursuing business development opportunities aimed at increasing market penetration in the territory• Coaching the performance of independent business owners, including understanding underlying needs and motivations, proposing plans to build the business and influencing owners to arrive at sound business decisions