Benjamin Yebuga

Experience

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  Ingram Micro

  Oct 2005 - Aug 2007

  Shipping Clerk Assistant

  Handled a wide-array of IT products for shipment to locations all over North America. Accomplished verifying warehouse shipping orders for Purolator, UPS and Canada Post carriers.

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  Urban Behavior, Division of Clothing for Modern Times

  Oct 2007 - Jul 2008

  Stocker

  Departmentalized and tallied product from global shipments.Followed company replenishing standards while supporting the sales team.

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  Club Monaco

  Aug 2008 - Jul 2011

  Stock Associate

  Successfully signed and received global shipments from retail warehouses. Efficient;y multitasked in-between telephoned customer inquiries and processing merchandise while ensuring customer satisfaction and company best-practice is always applied. Effectively followed up customer inquiries via the company's nationwide inventory system. Trained and managed new working associates with theft prevention awareness and in store security measures to reduce in-house shrink, keeping with company targets. Trained to efficiently utilize the store's POS system to perform cashier duties; RF gun trained for inventory purposes. Show less

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  Ryerson University Information Technology Management Student Association

  Oct 2010 - Apr 2011

  Director of Advancement\Markerting

  The Information Technology Management Students' Association (ITMSA) is the course union/students' association for the ITM program at Ryerson University. We run social, academic and advancement events for students in the ITM program and within the Faculty of Business. Accomplishments included successfully delegating faculty business conferences Connect IT 10; Symcor IT CC 10; Case IT 09 and engaging students through flyers, class talks and social media outlets.

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  Virgin Gaming

  Sept 2011 - Jan 2012

  Quality Assurance Support

  Successfully tested gaming consoles running on the company’s servers. Handled a wide-array of products from top names in the gaming industry, ensuring compatibility between users worldwide. Worked interchangeably with tech support and management in testing new online forum developments. Efficiently and accurately made match result data entries and biweekly invoices using Excel software running on an Ubuntu OS.

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  Loblaw Companies Limited

  Mar 2012 - Feb 2014

  Performs analysis and troubleshooting tasks related to POGs, invoicing issues, set size/scan log discrepancies and others -- weekly reports submitted to VP, Sr. Director and Sr. SPMs to drive business decisions. Resolves and tracks issues, maintains and controls pivot tables, prepares daily reports to senior category managers and investigates discrepancies. Works closely with Access databases and Excel spreadsheets to create and update codes, develop and execute queries to develop and produce variable data reports. National POG Team contact for store managers issues, relaying any modifications and updates to both internal and external users; product measurement training when necessary. Show less

  • Bilingual Reporting Analyst, Space Planning

    Apr 2013 - Feb 2014

  • Lab Support - Space Planning

    Mar 2012 - Mar 2013
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  Loblaw Companies Limited

  Jul 2014 - now

  Create, maintain & manage SAP Layout Modules according to the standards set out by the Assortment team while meeting the Category & other stakeholder needs for assortment.Liaise with a variety of internal colleagues in Category, Live Assortment, Space Planning, Floor Planning, Data Operations, Merchandising, Supply Chain, as needed.Manage requests submitted via a Centralized mailbox, and via an SAP workbench.Work with Category teams, store specialists and other stakeholders to understand assortment strategy and ad-hoc requests and incorporate it into existing assortment structure and design according to defined standards/guardrailsEducate teams on the assortment process, options, tool functionality and benefits and identify any training needs where persistent training gaps existLead/facilitate regular touchpoint meetings with category for assortment review for validity, accuracy and completeness.Generate assortment integrity checks (AIC’s) and ensure resolution of issues before processing assortment changes, including processes tied to Planogram releases.Maintain site to cluster/Layout Module assignments for assortment transitions (ex. Store Flips, Banner Conversions, Renovations)Communicate, prioritize and resolve issues in a timely manner, and escalate as required.Identify process or SAP enhancement opportunities and report any defects or issues, as well as lead process improvement opportunities.Support ad-hoc projects, business reporting needs, and other activities as dictated by business needs (This can include MPQ notifications, Assortment notifications, weekly assortment & planogram reporting, etc). Show less Successfully completed over 200 registrations of local Quebec vendors onto the largest global SAP installation (to date) with insurance coverage surpassing $400 mill. Creating SAP articles and integrating EDI supply chain vendors onto ECCNET, navigating through our Retail SAP module and CranSoft as needed. Weekly processing +10k LMV \DNO store listing requests via online portal; seasoned SAP experience obtained through several Vendor, Article and Assortment transaction codes for queries, removals & entries for national banners. Used BI Report software for ad-hoc Cost of Goods reports on Local Vendors nationwide. Show less

  • SAP Analyst - Central Assortment Specialist

    May 2017 - now

  • SAP Analyst - Local Assortment & Flex Team

    Jul 2014 - Apr 2017