Bethany Sexton Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Published author; share experiences writing and publishing to local Twin Cities Schools for audiences of 50-150 students, faculty and parents. Recognized as a role model for students as they learn the value in reading, writing and telling their own unique story.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lead the Field and Supply Chain Learning and Development team of 28 to build and implement training strategy and talent competencies for Target's 1800+ Stores and field offices, as well as the Supply Chain Organization representing all distribution centers and headquarters, a total combined audience of 330k+. Ensured team delivered on both core and future strategy, consulted with business leaders and HR to drive alignment across priorities and delivered on the company's strategic purpose and values. Regularly facilitated and presented at C-level Store Executive meetings to influence and drive alignment on training vision and approach. Examples of work achieved: leader financial acumen and decision making, supply chain transformation, guest service, grocery process transformation, visual merchandising transformation, Human Resource process changes, assets protection, property management, compliance and safety. In addition to aforementioned items, lead cross functional training creation and implementation for Vice Presidents, District Managers and Store Managers at our two National meetings for audiences of 1,200 and 2,500, respectively. This is a three day experience with a multimillion dollar budget.Selected as one of an elite group of 40 across Target to participate in a fast paced, highly challenging training program reserved for those leaders who are known to be thought leaders, who approach problems with an open mind and who think outside the box. Was a year long, entrepreneurial development program which ended with a presentation of our work to Target's CEO, CMO, Chief Innovative Officer, Chief HR Officer and Chief Learning Officer, among others. Received high praise for work achieved and influential learnings for the company.

Minneapolis, Mn

Lead the store communication strategy and delivery team of 10 to deliver relevant, strategic and timely store process communication across 1800+ stores and offices, an audience of 300,000+ team members and leaders. Liaison between Stores and Headquarters to ensure gaps experienced on either end were followed up on and understood, consulted with Headquarters teams to help them prioritize their strategy deliver to achieve maximum output. Efforts to align partners resulted in millions of dollars achieved toward Target's bottom line. As a leader, built new capabilities within team to strengthen performance, promoted 5 members and served as a mentor to 10 outside the team. Responsible for hiring, coaching, training and developing my team as well as the broader Communication team. Included in this portfolio but not limited to are: Supply Chain, Flexible Fulfillment, Sales Floor Processes, Business Intelligence, Finance, Guest Experience, Property Management and Technology. Responsible for editing and publishing a weekly internal strategy magazine which highlights the major priorities and innovations across all stores.

Minneapolis, Mn

Built and executed Target Stores'​ 5 year business intelligence strategy. Influenced store operating model evolution and educated leaders on how to leverage big data, technological innovation, and predictive analytics to achieve top results. Advocated for the Stores and ensure Headquarters strategies appropriately addressed the demands of our team, guests and shareholders while driving sales growth and managing stores' expense. Built vision and developed strategy to test and implement myPerformance Mobile, a real time mobile reporting solution for 2500 Stores and HQ leaders. This application rolled to the chain in Fall of 2014 equipped with sales, credit, payroll and service data, and has thousands of visits daily from Store Team Leaders to the C-level executives. As of 2016, this strategy was still in place and being executed upon as initially laid out and was a success in Stores.

Woodbury, Mn

Managed the total store operations of a $55 million dollar business including: 250 Team Members and 11 salaried direct reports. Oversaw the development and promotion of store executives to store team leaders, financial responsibility of store budget, including payroll, sales, markdowns, margin, and expense, execution of 3 major store remodels, collaborative partner to headquarters and 9 district stores to ensure flawless execution of company strategies, succession planning for 100+ executives in the district, human resource liaison to ensure all legal, company, and store policies are upheld consistently and all Team Members feel valued and a positive sense of morale. While in role achieved 49 improvements in Target’s annual Best Team Survey, a measurement of team culture, morale and leadership effectiveness. Developed and promoted one salaried executive to Store Manager, Pharmacy Manager to a multi district Pharmacy Business Partner, and six executives to higher level pay grades. As succession planning captain for the district, created strategies to recruit and retain top tier talent in the district of 10 stores. In 2012, led the district to be the top in the company for executive promotions.

East St. Paul, Mn

Lead all aspects of a $35 million store including a team of 150 employees and nine salaried executives. Lead store through major, multi-million dollar remodel to promote profit growth and increased guest traffic. Developed and promoted five executives within my store to the next level including one to Store Team Leader and served as a mentor to seven executives outside my store, four achieved pay grade promotions, 2010-2011. Achieved 18 improvements in Target’s annual Best Team Survey as well as a 20% reduction in store annual turnover.

St. Paul Midway, Mn

Lead a team of 200 Team Members and three salaried executives to properly execute store replenishment nightly at a 100 million dollar store. Effectively turned around a three year struggling logistics process from both an operational and team culture standpoint, made significant improvements in productivity, morale, profitability, and overall results of the process and the store.

Woodbury, Mn

Executed and oversaw all company rollouts for Apparel and Accessories. Managed a team of three hourly direct reports and ran day to day business objectives in the store of $60 million annual sales. Wrote store schedule for 250 Team Members, allocated store payroll of approximately 5000 hours a week and was a district trainer and resource for new talent.