Jasmine Li

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EXPERIENCE

Walmart Canada, Nov 2004 - Present

(Walmart Canada operates a growing network of more than 300 stores across

the country with annual revenue more than 20 billion, employing over

85,000, headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario)

Senior Financial Analyst, Commercial Finance Division, (Mar 2007 -

Present), Ontario, Canada

. In charge of Merchandise planning and analysis for General Merchandise

Departments with 65 categories and CAD 700 million annual sales

. Partnered with VP Merchandising, directors and category managers to

deliver sales, gross profit and inventory targets across the business

units

. Prepared annual and quarterly budget at department and category level;

liaised with finance and merchandise divisions to negotiate

adjustments and achieve final commitments

. Provide Merchandising team with comprehensive product analysis to help

support future line plans

. Prepared monthly and quarterly financial and merchandise forecasts;

achieved high forecast accuracy, actively contributed to merchandise

teams in developing action plans,

. Responsible for pre-season and in-season sales/inventory analysis,

maintained monthly markdown and open-to-buy processes

. Provided value added information and advice to VPs, directors and

category managers in developing timely promotion, inventory and

purchasing strategies,

. Performed ad hoc analysis for various merchandise initiatives such as

ROI analysis for new product line and modular; inventory risk control;

category performance improvement; price parity and price gap analysis,

etc.

. Developed various Excel models to perform sales/inventory analysis,

mark-down/profit analysis, trend analysis, seasonal sell

thru/liability inventory control analysis and "what-if" scenario

analysis

. Trained Merchandise teams in utilizing finance reports, understanding

budgets and preparing forecast

. Trained fellow Merchandise Planner and summer interns

. Successfully completed a finance transformation project in Walmart

China during summer of 2012; helped establish its Merchandise Planning

team and system and train the Planning team based on Canadian HQ

planning model

Project Manager, Store Planning Division, (Nov 2004- Feb 2007), Ontario,

Canada

. Managed eight store opening, relocation and renovation projects

throughout Canada

. Responsibilities include project budget control, time and resource

planning, business training, system setup and intensive cross-

department coordination

. Managed project teams with about 20 people

. Obtained excellent performance reviews

Walmart China, Dec 1995- Oct 1998

Senior Fixture Buyer, Store Planning/Fixture Division, Shenzhen, China

In charge of fixture and equipment procurement for Wal-Mart Supercenter

fresh food department

. Performed start-up planning for the first five Wal-Mart Supercenters

and Sam's Clubs in China

. Established a fixture vendor network based on long-term relationship

and highest ethic standard

Mickey's Corner Stores Ltd., China, July 1992- Nov 1995

Operations Manager Shenzhen, China

. Managed eight Mickey's Corner stores, duties include merchandising,

distribution, store display, employee training and accounting

. Successfully turned around two unprofitable stores through marketing

campaigns, operation optimization and expense control

EDUCATION

University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

MBA, Dec 2000

Major: Information Systems Minor: Accounting

Wuhan University, Hankou Campus, Wuhan, China

BA, July 1992

Major: Chinese Language and Literature

COMPUTER SKILLS

Advanced MS Excel, MS Essbase, MS Access, Quaryman(SQL based), PowerPoint,

Retail Link, P4P, SAP,APT

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