Philippe Cardinal

• Managing a budget and Improving productivity throughout the years despite a challenging market.
• Building a successful management team and providing a stable and healthy environment for staff.
• Adapting to three different Canadian Tire Dealers over the years:

Claude L'Heureux

Jean-Claude Leroux

Mark Vandzura

• Running a successful merchandising project in 2015 (Smart Store concept)

• Training and supervising a team of Field Merchandisers (mostly new employees).
• Managing the team through various projects in Western Canada and in Ontario.
• Insuring that quality of work and timelines are respected.
• Providing assistance to FMs, stores and Dealers that require additional help.

• Providing assistance to Canadian Tire stores and Dealers in the Georgian Bay area (Ontario).
• Adapting, negotiating and building relationships with Dealers (variety of personalities and philosophies on how to run their store).
• Implementing strategies and best practices to stores that were encouraged to participate.
• Documenting potential best practices in stores and sharing information with other stores and colleagues.
• Assisting stores with merchandising projects and other tasks when needed.

• Developing and documenting Best Practices such as receiving, filling, warehousing, promo set-up, etc...
• Brainstorming ideas and issues with our dynamic team.
• Implementing Best Practices in new 20/20 stores.
• Assessing stores current practices and building a road map to implementing Best Practices.
• Sharing information and assisting Regional Managers with their stores.
• Directly involved with the creation and development of the Promo Planning Excel Tool.

• Managing various merchandising projects (new builds, expansions, retrofits) throughout Canada.
• Planning and implementing various merchandising strategies in different markets.
• Assisting Store Planning on floor plans.
• Assisting Retail City on various merchandising challenges.
• Training new Field Merchandisers.
• Built the first 20/20 B store without B size POGs (Pembroke, Ont.)