GIA TSOULAMANIS

• Product Development Support: Coordinate and support product development and assortment activities, ensuring alignment with category strategy and compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards.

• Purchase Execution: Execute purchase activities and opportunities according to approved product plans and strategies.

• Effective Communication: Facilitate clear communication with all support teams regarding products, and provide stores with relevant information to assist with purchasing decisions and quantification.

• SKU and Assortment Management: Support the completion and production of SKU and assortment-related information within timelines and activities detailed in the Buying or Planogram Calendar to minimize disruptions.

• Strategic Marketing Support: Assist in strategic marketing activities for all commodities to ensure marketing objectives are accurately met. Recommend and implement assortment plans in accordance with category and vendor strategies to deliver planned sales, margin (gross and net), and inventory turns

• Drive customer excitement by initiating and completing activities in accordance with approved assortment plans and company strategy

• Execute domestic deal buying within budget spend

• Initiate vendor meetings, deals, and ensure cross-functional alignment via frequent touch ins with Giant Tiger teams such as Marketing, Global Sourcing, and Stores

• Communicate effectively with the stores to provide relevant information needed to assist with their purchasing decisions and quantification and drive support of various programs

• Produce and complete sku and assortment related information as per the timelines detailed in the Buying or Planogram Calendar to minimize disruptions

• Conduct and complete product related activities to ensure adherence to safety, quality, and regulatory standards

• Align and communicate strategic marketing activities for all commodities to ensure marketing objectives are accurately met

• Process and update Purchase Orders.
• Follow up on orders and issues with vendors regarding deliveries, fit samples, missing information etc.
• Sample management.
• Prepare buying reports for analysis (as required).
• Support advertising and marketing administration.
• Maintain positive relationship with buying, planning, vendors, warehouse and stores.
• Provide administrative assistance to other buyers.

• Define marketing priorities and build seasonal marketing needs for key countries.
• Drive brand in territory and collaborate with internal and external teams to achieve their targets.
• Collaborate with Brand teams to create and adapt campaigns considering the regional diversity.
• Coordinate and create all marketing needs with AGI graphic designer.
• Ensure marketing share-out excellence in-store and on digital.
• Elevate marketing within AGI including brainstorming new ideas for campaign and regional activations.
• Create and share product descriptions for all digital needs.
• Invoice partners quarterly on all campaign relevance.
• Organize sharing portal for all external teams and regional partners.
• Create briefs for all campaign and regional activations while assuring a true 360 approach to marketing tactics.
• Assist AGI partners by elevating marketing to forefront of digital capabilities.
• Assure all product facing images have been captured seasonally.
• Create Regional Brand Calendars which include clear visibility of all activations.

• Ensure on time and accurate order management of sample orders, including tracking and delivery.
• Update and maintain status of samples on PLM.
• Distribute orders to key departments and maintain communication throughout the process.
• Insert data of all sample adjustments throughout the process.
• Weekly meetings with team on Global Brand Calendars.
• Assure all product facing images have been captured seasonally.

• Serve as the customers’ primary point of contact on chats, incoming calls, emails and properly document every customer’s interaction for the ALDO Group Banner ALDO, Call It Spring and Globo for North America.
• Handle and own customer purchase need & post purchased issues from start to finish.
• Expert at product knowledge & procedures by exceeding key performance metrics.
• Collaborate and participate in team meetings with Team Leaders.

• Assist product developers in confirming their samples have been received.
• Dispatch samples and swatches to the correct department.
• Track packages & respond to suppliers requests.
• Manage all previous season samples.