Paul Laukkanen

CEO

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada24 yrs 5 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven success in corporate strategy execution.
Strong leader with a passion for team development.
Extensive experience in retail planning and business intelligence.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in Retail and Business Intelligence management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Demand PlanningBusiness IntelligenceMerchandise Planning

Other Skills

ExcelMultiDev ChainDrive SFSAP R3ShopifyMicroStrategyCPFRAnalysisTrend AnalysisAnalyticsCross-functional Team LeadershipManagementLeadershipTeam BuildingMentoringTraining

About

My career in: Merchandise Planning/ Business Intelligence Management: Progressive, bottom-line oriented manager with a breadth and depth of experience in the retail industry. Proven success in the development and execution of corporate strategy along with the planning and management of large-scale change initiatives. Recognized as a strong leader with a passion for team development and coaching as well as excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills. Utilizes cross-functional expertise to build strong partnerships between the IT organization and other areas of the business to manage project teams and achieve results on budget and on time. Specialties: • Retail Planning and business proficiency, • MS Excel experience is extensive, • Business Intelligence reporting/ analytics, • Project Management, • Requirements solution delivery, change management, communication • Team building/ coaching and mentorship, • Systems experience: Retek, MultiDev ChainDrive SF, SAP R3, Shopify,

Experience

24 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

6 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Laukkanen karting

Retired

Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · Mississauga, Ontario, Canada · On-site

Karting
2026: This will be year 18!!… and I am still having a blast!!
Watch this space: #CanadianMiniIndy! [ https://canadianminiindy.com/canadian-mini-indy-rookie-series ] "If you enjoy racing, get off the couch, they have a Kart seat waiting for you to participate in, for the 2026 season. Come on out and participate. It is a great bunch of fun!"
2025: 4th place. Very competitive and bumpy season.
2024: 4th place. Tough season.
2023: 1st place for my schedule! Finaly, back on top!
2022: 3rd place for my schedule
2021: 2nd place for my schedule
2020: 2nd place for my schedule
2019: 2nd place for my schedule
2018: 3rd place for my schedule
2017: 1st place for my schedule
2016: 2nd place for my schedule
2015: 1st place for my schedule
2014: 1st place for my schedule
2013: 3rd place for my schedule
2012: HRKC TV series. 3rd place for my schedule
2011: 1st place for my schedule
2010: 2nd place for my schedule
2009: 3rd place for my schedule
Travel and exploring
Photography
Yard-work
Odds and ends

Look beauty inc

Demand Planning Manager

Oct 2018 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Greater Toronto Area, Canada

Reporting to: VP and GM of Sales
Develop and support worldwide Wholesale demand Planning
Support demand planning for several strategic key vendors
Collaborate with all stakeholders on all aspects of supply chain deliverables

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Nine west canada

2 roles

Director of Planning and Allocation

Promoted

May 2014 – Aug 2018 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Reporting to: VP of Nine West Retail Buying. [formerly Sherson Group]
Develop and support Merchandise Planning and Business Intelligence analytics
Creation of Banner to Class Merchandise Plan and Assortment Plan tools and reports
Develop and implement replenishment strategies and methodology
Supported Operations, Retail and Wholesale buying teams of BI reporting and analytics utilizing Excel, MultiDev ChainDrive SF, SAP [R3], Shopify
Supported and influenced Nine West Canada Ecommerce platform

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Manager, Merchandise Planning

Jul 2010 – Apr 2014 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Reporting to: GMM of Nine West Retail Buying. [formerly Sherson Group]
Develop and support Merchandise Planning and Business Intelligence analytics
Creation of Banner to Class Merchandise Plan and Assortment Plan tools and reports
Inventory delivery, currency tracking
Supervise Retail allocation team
Support of both Retail and Wholesale buying teams of BI reporting and analytics
Supported and influenced Nine West Canada Ecommerce platform

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Hudson's bay company

3 roles

Manager, BI Business Solutions

Jan 2005 – Nov 2009 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Reported to: Director of Hbc Business Intelligence [BI]
Managed daily operations and support for the BI Customer Service team
Coordinated the development of corporate BI reporting and analytics using MicroStrategy BI software
Prioritizd strategic and business ad-hoc requests
Co-ordinated specific decision support analytics

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Manager, BI Development

Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 · 2 yrs

Reported to: Director of Hbc Business Intelligence [BI]
Business SME during the development/ implementation of MicroStrategy BI project
Project liaison between the business, software vendor technical support and executive management team
Team lead during the development/ implementation phase of the project
Co-ordinated meetings and change management communication
Capture, development and translate business requirements for I.T. development
Goal: "to deliver one version of the truth with an enterprise wide reporting tool"

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Manager, Merchandise Planning

Jan 2001 – Jan 2003 · 2 yrs

Reported to: GMM Footwear and Accessories
Contributed to different areas of the Buying Office including Footwear/Accessories and Menswear, approximate sales volumes of $300M annually
Managed several special projects designed to enhance and streamline a variety of planning and reporting processes

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