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Saint Paul, Mn, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

• Lead, manage and develop the global retail/marketplace softlines businesses; responsible for entire multi-billion category P&L ownership; provide direction and leadership around vision, goals, and success metrics as related to business growth strategies; develop key category strategic plans to maximize sales, margin and profitability.• Develop new business growth opportunities for further expansion into new or existing categories; create new product strategies/business models; build multi-year long-range vision/strategy/plan, anticipate opportunities and risks and execute.• Provide technology vision to complement the business vision, set the tone and direction for the company’s technologies; serve as a thought leader and trusted advisor.• Lead strategic planning to achieve business goals by identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of new products/platforms; align technology to business strategy, and proactively drive technology direction throughout the organization; drive and influence organizational change.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Key advisor to CIO/CTO and ELT for strategic business initiatives throughout the Enterprise; provides strategic fit assessments; establishes business case analysis (market analysis, value proposition, strategic fit, economic and financial models and technology strategy) for Enterprise ROI to optimize current and link future growth to in partnership with cross functional business teams.• Accountable to identify and understand the priorities of IT and business strategies and can translate high-level business vision, ideas and strategic goals into solutions; owns the relationship with corporate strategy.• Lead and develop practice for IT Mergers & Acquisition which includes: Advisory Services, Business Development, IT Due Diligence, and Integration that extract and maximize business value from investments. • Direct Enterprise Architecture and Business Architecture teams to develop multi-year technology roadmaps by capability and drive architecture simplification agenda. • Leads IT Portfolio planning and prioritization and the end-to-end development of Multi-Billion Technology Long-Range Plan in collaboration with the executive leadership team, business units and cross functional leaders and manage/adjust annually.• Leads the identification of new technologies (R&D) which support the business and IT drivers and can efficiently move organization forward. Leads “proof of concepts” for these new technologies.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Lead and develop technology investment strategies for Healthcare business.• Direct and manage team and execute plans and delivery for Healthcare Pharmacy Systems, Healthcare Initiatives, and Release Mgmt. • Responsible for leading cross-functional teams to review business capability health and evolve and maintain technology systems and platforms. • Establish and manage business client relationships to identify current business challenges, provide business analysis, develop technology solution options, gain consensus/alignment on key delivery initiatives.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Accountable for performing the function of strategic planning for omnichannel/ecommerce/digital/mobile and marketing technology portfolio and set of business capabilities. This includes developing a strategic technology roadmap, finding innovative ways technology can create new value, understanding the technology health and TCO of our platforms, and understanding how technology needs to evolve to meeting the capabilities for the future• Lead and develop the technology strategy, business case/ investment options and approach for Canada Digital market entry options for ecommerce/mobile capabilities. • Establish relationships with key Business Partners to identify key technology strategies for Canada.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Lead and develop the IT Global Vendor Strategy which includes: IT Outsourcing Strategy, Partnerships & Alliances, Vendor Management, Global Workforce Management, Global Sourcing Principles, and Global Risk Management. • Direct and manage IT Strategic Partnerships & Alliances that enable IT to better leverage its partners to gain greater efficiency and agility that drives competitive advantage.• Partner with global leaders and executives while being at the forefront of the strategy definition.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Responsible for overall strategic planning and technology portfolio strategy for Corporate Functions Business Units which includes: Finance, Human Resources, Assets Protection/Legal, and Property Development.• Direct and manage overall technology investment portfolio, business case development, total cost of ownership, return on investment (ROI), NPV/NOP models, strategic business alignment, prioritization planning, and portfolio management across multiple business units.• Establish and manage business client relationships to identify current business challenges, provide business analysis, develop technology solution options, gain consensus/alignment on proposed investments on key delivery initiatives.

Anywhere, Us

• Lead business development efforts to build consumer division within the organization and introduce new product offerings to customer segments seeking technology services. • Responsible for identifying, evaluating, developing and executing strategic relationships in support of the Consumer Services Business.• Responsible for potential M&A and strategic alliance opportunities and develop recommendations based on detailed strategic analysis, and alignment with the division's overall strategic goals.

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

• Responsible for driving strategic planning and new business development for Services Business Unit which includes: Geek Squad Services, Magnolia/Home Theatre Services, Repair Services, Store Operations, and Systems Platform. • Accountable for creating the overall strategy, securing investment funds, forecasting & P&L management, vendor management & negotiation, performance management, leading cross-functional team members, and executing the operations for new business ventures within Services Business Unit. • Lead and negotiate multi-year strategic partnerships to build/expand product offerings, catalyst for business growth, portfolio diversification, and greater market share.• Provide decision support to executive leadership on strategic investments, acquisitions, partnerships through commanding knowledge of industry trends, strategic partners and competitive intelligence to ensure BBY is meeting the needs of our consumers and shareholders.

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

• Responsible for defining the target, creating an innovative strategy, and building/running the New Ventures Business Unit (includes driving new and disruptive business models for future and existing digital device/content/services businesses).• Develop and lead teams to create and execute industry, business and operational activities in order to optimize market penetration as well as diversify and grow revenue streams/profitability/P&L Impact. • Develop strategies that achieve existing and drive future business objectives which includes leading the development of customer strategies, partnerships, investment strategies, and operational and integration strategies.

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

• Provide deep analysis around customer, technology, market intelligence, profit pools, retail, non-market insights to surface new ideas and business opportunities.• Product Management - planning (including roadmaps), and management of requirements, design and development phase of products and services. Decisions include P&L impact, supply chain, sourcing, distribution, inventory, trend and technology implications, and branding and marketing for vendor branded and/or private label products.• Support consumer segment strategy for market testing and implementation of new customer product solutions/experiences across multiple channels. • Provide support and drive partnership and contract execution, and the development of analytical models, strategic planning, new opportunity pursuit, and negotiation support.

• Developing and presenting business cases, providing cost/benefit analysis, planning and setting project direction, estimating and scheduling projects, managing the analysis, design, development, testing and implementation phases, leading and coaching team members, developing and tracking project and team budgets, and coordinating activities across IST and functional areas. • Managed the Data Warehousing /Business Intelligence team, assist with all phases of the DW/BI project lifecycle (requirements gathering/definition, design, development, and deployment).

• 18 Month Project resource as Accenture Consulting Partner.• Examined business strategy, operations, and competition of clients. Recommended ways to cut costs, increase productivity, and increase sales through business process redesign and deployment of Internet technologies.• Developed a phased implementation approach that optimized client resources by initially selecting those business processes that make the greatest bottom line impact to redesign and launch on the Web. • Consulted and trained: Fortune 100 companies on new market trends and technologies. Developed a training program for web development of intranet, internet, and extranet. • Analyzing, designing, developing, implementing and maintaining moderate to complex websites and portals (Internet / Intranets / Extranets) that incorporated latest web technologies.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Designed and developed the University of Minnesota-Study Abroad Program internet site.• Created a new computer/network system for department computers and databases/technical support.