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A strategic Retail Executive with extensive experience at driving market penetration, establishing market leadership and contributing multi-million bottom line profitability. Proven success in mentoring and developing high performing teams within fast paced, progressive environments. ★ Strategic Planning & Tactical Execution ★ Building Award Winning Teams ★ Talent Management ★ P&L Management ★ Business Analysis & Forecasting ★ Budgeting ★ Vendor Management ★ Global Sourcing & Procurement ★ Retail Buying ★ Category Management ★ Sourcing

Senior Director Merchandising - OmniChannel @ From February 2014 to Present (1 year 11 months) Senior Director Merchandising; Menswear @ ★ Transformed men's apparel and developed divisional merchandising strategies within corporate strategy through study of market influence, business progress, brand management direction, O.T.B. and communications with the SVP. ★ Excellent market knowledge to building a concise and focused assortment in regard to the target customer through optimization of space and clothing size. ★ Promoted strong partnerships with buying teams, key vendors, marketing, product development, sourcing and financial planning. ★ Employee engagement scores of 100% year over year ★ Delivered consecutive year over year growth in sales and GP From March 2010 to January 2014 (3 years 11 months) Buyer @ Children's apparel From July 2009 to March 2010 (9 months) General Merchandise Manager - Ladies Apparel Zellers @ ★Devised seasonal merchandising strategies for a 200M business focusing on maximization of the top line sales through product excellence and complimentary strategies by creating and maintaining competitive advantage. From March 2007 to September 2008 (1 year 7 months) Assistant General Merchandise Manager - Intimates and Sleepwear @ ★Built strategies for the Zellers Intimates and Sleep business resulting in 6% YOY growth on a 165M business. From March 2006 to March 2007 (1 year 1 month) Assistant General Merchandise Manager - Torino 2006 Olympic License - HBC @ ★I had the fortunate opportunity to lead from the ground up, the Hbc/COC Apparel and Corporate program for the 2006 Torino Olympics and Paralympic Games. Supervised the sourcing team, designers, and buyers which resulted in flawless execution and over 30 Million in retail sales. From January 2005 to March 2006 (1 year 3 months) Director of Sourcing - Childrens Apparel @ ★Building exceptional long terms partnerships with our overseas factories resulted in long term import growth for the company. I led the entire sourcing of all Children's Apparel, Intimates and Sleepwear with annual booking of over 150M. Led a team of 3 sourcing managers and 3 production managers. A 20% cost reduction YOY was achieved. From February 2003 to January 2005 (2 years) Progressive Roles @ Store Operations, Merchandise Assistant, Buyer, Merchandise Manager for Randy River Division From 2001 to 2003 (2 years) Progressive Roles @ From 1989 to 2001 (12 years)

Diploma, Fashion Merchandising Retail Management @ Elegance School - London Ontario From 1988 to 1989 Lori Ronald is skilled in: Competitive Analysis, Marketing, Strategic Planning, Microsoft Excel, Import, Merchandising, Retail, Management, Leadership Development, Trend Researching, Strategic Financial Planning, Teamwork, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Strategic Partnerships, Cost Planning