Canada
Experienced in the retail industry, having a comprehensive understanding of retail, wholesale, merchandise planning and allocation, product lifecycle, and inventory control.
• Escorted a group of visitors (from China) on outings through the Lower Mainland for 7 days, traveled by a coach bus, and acted as a tour guide to various sites. • Tried my best to cope with emergencies and ensured the activity plan was carried out as scheduled.
• Visited showrooms, selected best-fit merchandise based on historical data analysis, trend analysis, OTB, and assortment plan, executed new and seasonal buys for over 100 retail stores. • Tracked orders, distributed merchandise to assigned location timely. • Provided sales and inventory reports weekly which down to every location, replenished fast-selling products, relocated merchandise according to its sales performance, gathered short-in-sized merchandise into best-selling locations monthly. • Adjusted in-season merchandise price and distribution channel periodically. • Analyzed the overall inventory monthly, worked with the retail manager to make a plan for accelerating the disposal of the outdated stock.
• In charge of a district including 6 wholesale clients, worked together with the district supervisor, gave clients informative support, in terms of sales analysis, inventory analysis, and merchandise replenishment, to help clients grow. • Built up and maintained a healthy relationship with clients for mutual benefit. • Assisted clients with their OTB calculation, gave them advice on the new and seasonal buys, gathered and submitted clients’ orders into specific system, informed clients of merchandise arrival and collected goods payment, communicated with warehouse regarding shipment once getting payment, supervised the overall progress of order execution.
• Assisted retail manager and supervisors in operating almost 100 retail stores. • Collected previous day revenue of all stores every morning, compared it with last year and competitor, formed a brief report, and sent it to senior managers daily. • Calculated sell-through rate, year-on-year growth, discount rate, etc. monthly for KPI assessment. • Set up several shared documents regarding store-related information, kept them organized and updated, especially the one recording store promotions, which was helpful for future reference. • Relayed messages to retail stores and cross-functional teams via email or phone. • Recorded retail manager’s and supervisors’ job-related expenses for budget control. • Ordered office supplies, and maintained the inventory, and recorded minutes of meetings.