Mark Edwards

Experience

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  Toronto Public Health

  Sept 2009 - Apr 2010

  Consultant and Project Manager

  Managed a project and led a small team of other students in designing and launching a web-based interactive portal for AIDS and Sexual Health Infoline information. I also negotiated with multiple vendors for project support.

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  EResearch Corporation

  Jul 2010 - Mar 2011

  Research Analyst

  Researched small cap companies in the technology and mining industries; created and published reports published internationally through Scotia iTrade, Baystreet.ca, and Financial.de.

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  HBC Group (Hudson's Bay Company)

  Mar 2011 - Feb 2012

  Compensation Analyst

  Queried and summarized confidential data into tables, charts, and reports for senior management. I supported accounting, information systems, and retail departments by developing and sharing salary recommendations for new hires, transfers, and individual promotions.

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  Bell Mobility

  Oct 2012 - Mar 2013

  External Compensation Analyst

  Managed compensation processes in collaboration with other team members, and I completed manual payment calculations and ensured proper documentation and validation controls. I also processed large amounts of data in Access and Excel and created payment files to process in SAP.

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  CIBC

  Jul 2013 - Apr 2014

  Business Analyst & Reporting Analyst

  Worked with senior leaders, IT and vendors to design and implement a system to quickly and accurately distribute and record employee performance reviews. In my second role I evaluated the accuracy of the Predictive Index System to screen and rate potential candidates. I also interfaced with recruiters and managers to improve applicant tracking templates, and I created systems and dashboard-style data summaries for senior management to improve recruitment processes.

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  Shred-it

  Mar 2016 - Oct 2016

  Compensation Analyst

  Collaborated with senior leadership to redesign, automate, and implement quarterly bonus calculation and pay-out process. I built regular and ad hoc reports for business units, managers, and individuals interfacing with HR. I also assisted in the redesign of market review process to ensure competitive compensation, and I developed and implemented a system to automatically generate and send letters and e-mails that informed over 500 employees of their bonuses.

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  Rexall Pharmacy Group Ltd.

  Jan 2017 - Jul 2019

  Assisted corporate leaders in a contract role to realign business and improve profitability. I prepared pro forma financial statements and helped to estimate profitability of green field stores, relocations, renovations, and redevelopments of existing stores. I also collaborated with C-level managers to close down 40 unprofitable stores, saving company over $20M per year.Improved company’s location intelligence systems in collaboration with the Market Development Director. Tracked and reported metrics, forecasts, and KPIs to improve company performance. I also analyzed the performance of drugs and services to gather insights for division owners, store operators, and other company officials. I created two new reports for C-level managers on company-level and store-level performance to improve decision making processes.

  • Business Analyst, Market Development

    Jul 2017 - Jul 2019

  • Business Analyst, Pharmacy Services

    Jan 2017 - Jul 2017
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  Sobeys

  Jul 2019 - May 2021

  Promotions Analyst

  Used SAP and Excel to ensure prices in the weekly flyers are reflected at the till. Validated costing data by cross-checking SAP against vendor negotiated documents. Re-designed time-consuming tasks to enhance accuracy and save the company time and resources. Address variances with buyers & ensure solutions are quickly remedied.

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  OEG Inc.

  May 2021 - now

  Manager, Market Development (Real Estate) - OEG Retail Cannabis

  -Conducted over 15 studies and analyses to determine our preferred site characteristics, centre types, demographic groups, distance from competitors and customer travel times-Worked with 3 real estate brokerage firms to build a robust pipeline of sites for potential new stores-Performed over 200 full site reviews including demographic analyses, competition analyses and proforma financial statements, with over 40 being selected to build-Aided in the analysis of over 100 potential acquisition stores, with over 20 being purchased-Designed and implemented a company wide operations and category reporting system using Microsoft Power BI-Frequently designed reports and presentations for our executive team Show less