Experience

APP Group

• Canada
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Merchandise Allocator/ Analyst

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  Implemented strategic methodology for moving merchandise to stores to maximize sales Allocations based on performance, needs, capacity, setting min/max parameters to maximize turn-over and profitability Implemented strategic methodology for moving merchandise to stores to maximize sales Allocations based on performance, needs, capacity, setting min/max parameters to maximize turn-over and profitability



Wolverine Worldwide

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Line Developer

  • Aug 2014 - Feb 2016

  Develop footwear collections for the specific needs of the Canadian market Analyze trends to inspire fashionable and evolving product Create merchandising stories around color, materials, and trends Key link on all aspects of product knowledge, development and competitive landscape between national sales team and US product teams Seasonal product line presentations for national sales team Drives big idea strategies with Marketing and Sales Analyze sales forecasts while maintaining a cost template, FOB costs/margins for Canadian retailers



Groupe Dynamite

• Canada
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Allocation Analyst

  • Apr 2014 - Aug 2014

  Analyzing size curves to better serve the customer's needs Forecasting sale patterns to liquidate merchandise quickly Strategic analysis of sale patterns by store & by market cluster Analyzing size curves to better serve the customer's needs Forecasting sale patterns to liquidate merchandise quickly Strategic analysis of sale patterns by store & by market cluster



ALDO Group

• Canada
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Market Analyst/Allocator

  • Aug 2010 - Nov 2013

  Analyzed sale patterns by store & by market cluster to optimize sales Quantification & allocation based on performance, needs, capacity, & open-to-buy (OTB) Formulated data to help pinpoint necessary markdowns Collaborated with buying to pick the most appropriate product Controlled inventory with tabulated min/max recordings to maximize turn-over and profitability Analyzed sale patterns by store & by market cluster to optimize sales Quantification & allocation based on performance, needs, capacity, & open-to-buy (OTB) Formulated data to help pinpoint necessary markdowns Collaborated with buying to pick the most appropriate product Controlled inventory with tabulated min/max recordings to maximize turn-over and profitability



ALDO Group

• Canada
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Buyer

  • 2008 - 2010

  Negotiated with suppliers, confirming purchase orders and prices Studied sales to strategies markdowns, promotions, and necessary repeats Collaborated with product development to improve product design to be relative to specific markets Built a delivery pattern based on open-to-buy (OTB) Conducted best seller presentations Negotiated with suppliers, confirming purchase orders and prices Studied sales to strategies markdowns, promotions, and necessary repeats Collaborated with product development to improve product design to be relative to specific markets Built a delivery pattern based on open-to-buy (OTB) Conducted best seller presentations



Share the Warmth Foundation

• Youth Centre Director

  • Jul 2007 - Dec 2007

  Created various programs to help enrich the youth of Pointe-St-Charles Managed a staff of four Fundraisng Created various programs to help enrich the youth of Pointe-St-Charles Managed a staff of four Fundraisng