Billy Hegeman

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Digital & Omni-Channel Executive, Operating Partner, Board Member @ Norwest Equity Partners (NEP)
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States, United States
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About Billy Hegeman

With over 20 years of diverse strategic and general management leadership experience, I am a seasoned executive who delivers results in building and scaling businesses and products across retail, manufacturing, distribution, and tech sectors. I have a proven track record of leading company turnarounds, large-scale transformations, and operational excellence at startup and enterprise scale, maximizing value creation for customers, employees, and shareholders.As an operating advisor at Norwest Equity Partners, a leading middle market investment firm, I provide strategic guidance and operational support to our portfolio companies spanning retail, B2B SaaS, manufacturing and more. This includes servicing as a board member at recteq, a fast-growing and innovative grill manufacturer, where I leverage my expertise in digital and omni-channel commerce, product management and innovation, data driven execution, and business development to support the company's growth strategy and vision. Previous experiences include serving as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Digital & eCommerce at Phillips Pet Food & Supplies, Senior Vice President of Consumer Experience (Marketing & Tech) at Georgia Pacific, and several diverse business and product leadership roles over nearly a decade at Amazon.

Billy Hegeman's Current Company Details
Norwest Equity Partners (NEP)

Norwest Equity Partners (Nep)

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Digital & Omni-Channel Executive, Operating Partner, Board Member
Billy Hegeman Work Experience Details
  • Norwest Equity Partners (Nep)
    Operating Partner
    Norwest Equity Partners (Nep) Apr 2022 - Present
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
  • Recteq
    Board Member
    Recteq Aug 2023 - Present
    Evans, Georgia, Us
  • Phillips Pet Food & Supplies
    Senior Vice President And General Manager, Digital & Ecommerce
    Phillips Pet Food & Supplies Jul 2020 - Jan 2022
    Easton, Pa, Us
    Transforming the nation’s largest pet supplies distributor into the industry leading service, delivery and technology platform. Operating P&Ls spanning distribution (B2B eCommerce, Chewy/Amazon), SaaS (phido.io), and D2C eCommerce (petflow.com).
  • Georgia-Pacific Llc
    Senior Vice President, Consumer Experience
    Georgia-Pacific Llc Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
    Designed, proposed and secured C-level alignment on transformation roadmap for 100+ year old manufacturing and CPG company
  • Georgia-Pacific Llc
    Vice President Ecommerce
    Georgia-Pacific Llc Jul 2018 - Sep 2019
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
    Recruited to build consumer products sales and direct to consumer organization and technical capabilities, with multiple P&L responsibility reporting to the President of Consumer.
  • Amazon
    Coo - Fabric.Com
    Amazon Feb 2016 - Jun 2018
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Promoted to Chief Operating Officer to provide strategic and tactical oversight for P&L, retail, and operations functions of a subsidiary of Amazon with 300 employees and $100M in revenue. Lead a cross-functional team of business, tech and operations staff to meet demanding objectives while consistently delivering and sustaining a positive operating profit for the first time in company history. Mentor and manage performance of 6 direct reports.✔ Built an engaged, high-performance employee culture; attracted internal talent from Amazon, hired bar raising external talent and utilized ‘voice of the associate’ mechanisms to increase employees’ morale and retention.✔ Led successful implementation of improvement projects to the e-commerce storefront and Amazon.com, warehouse management system improvements and scaled operational efficiency to offer Prime shipping. ✔ Revamped organizational structure to reduce fix costs while providing development paths for top performers.
  • Amazon
    Senior Manager, Instock, Kitchen
    Amazon Aug 2014 - Jan 2016
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Managed supply chain and operations for a $2B business within Amazon with 11 staff members. Hired, mentored and provided leadership to 4 direct reports.✔ Spearheaded the vision, development, and execution of pallet ordering for US Hardlines, realizing $4.4M in annual savings while concurrently securing future year resources to scale-up company-wide.✔ Drove a 222bps YoY reduction in unhealthy inventory and delivered $1.4M in savings from vendor returns.✔ Scaled direct import program 162% over prior year via vendor negotiation while defining and leading additional requirements for central tech teams.
  • Amazon
    Senior Manager, Prime Pantry
    Amazon Jan 2013 - Aug 2014
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Selected to launch and grow new online CPG business entity on Amazon.com. Hired and managed performance of 2 direct reports. Steered bottoms up competitive analysis, selection, and pricing strategy as well as 10-year P&L.✔ Established new international business from the ground-up and exceeded product demand expectations by 4-fold; developed organizational roadmap to scale-up operations, realizing more than $2B within 5 years.✔ Planned and managed negotiations with 50+ stakeholders and secured strategic engagements with the world’s largest CPG manufacturers.✔ Provided thought leadership for supply chain and customer experience innovations in collaboration with operations, transportation, and technical teams.
  • Amazon
    Senior Manager, Vendor Management, Outdoor
    Amazon Sep 2011 - Jan 2013
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Led and mentored a team of 4 category managers to manage 1200+ vendor relationships for Outdoors categories with annual revenue in excess of $500M. Accountable for P&L, hiring and mentoring staff across the organization.✔ Delivered top-line growth, margin and customer experience improvements ahead of projections annually.✔ Invented analytical tool, giving business teams visibility into product cost changes over time. Ran company-wide implementation and negotiations resulting in $7M in COGS savings within first year.✔ Drove selection expansion initiatives, signing premier hold out brands and moving distributor relationships to direct, realizing $2M in annual COGS savings.✔ Provided business POV and leadership on a cross functional team building and launching RUP - Amazon's first Retail Recruiting program targeting undergraduates at top tier universities
  • Amazon
    Senior Vendor Manager, Sports & Outdoors
    Amazon Apr 2010 - Sep 2011
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Recruited and hired to accelerate progress on vendor terms and partnership negotiations for a $2B+ Sports and Outdoors business.✔ Grew category top-line by over 50% YoY via executing joint business planning framework with top strategic vendors with a focus on supply chain improvements, selection expansion, and increased vendor investment.✔ Delivered more than 100bps improvement in vendor contributions by prioritizing negotiations across strategic vendors and creating cross-department accountability and performance expectations
  • Car Toys
    Director Of Wireless Merchandising
    Car Toys Jun 2008 - Apr 2010
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Reporting directly to the CEO, advanced to a Director role for consistently achieving company’s budgeted expectations and executing category growth strategies leading to revenue and profit growth. Owned $100M+ brick and mortar eCommerce P&L. Hired, mentored, and led 5 direct reports and provided support to ~1100 field team members. ✔ Partnered with the SVP of Stores and Training departments to drive an innovative front-line sales strategy✔ Led development of financial forecasting model that enabled team to maximize total and per unit profitability
  • Car Toys
    Senior Wireless Merchandising Manager
    Car Toys Aug 2006 - Jun 2008
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Promoted to Company HQ leadership role, owning the company’s existing wireless business and execute strategic plans to sustain profitable growth. Provided leadership and ongoing support to store personnel and carrier merchants while managing communications and negotiations with carriers, vendors, and sales floor personnel.
  • Car Toys
    General Manager (Multiple Locations)
    Car Toys Dec 2001 - Jul 2006
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Managed sales operations and customer service with a focus on turning around multiple underperforming stores. Led up to 40 direct reports and assumed P&L responsibility of ~$5M per store. Named General Manager of the Year for navigating multiple stores to top ranking based on revenue and profitability.

Billy Hegeman Skills

Vendor Management Management Leadership Negotiation Retail Sales New Business Development Marketing Strategy Cross Functional Team Leadership Competitive Analysis B2b E Commerce Market Planning Training Sales Management Forecasting Sales Operations Product Development Business Development Merchandising Strategy Marketing Start Ups Pricing Product Marketing Account Management Strategic Partnerships P&l Management Product Management

Billy Hegeman Education Details

  • Harvard Business School Executive Education
    Harvard Business School Executive Education
    Disruptive Strategy Certificate (Executive Leadership Development)
  • University Of Colorado Colorado Springs
    University Of Colorado Colorado Springs
    Management
  • Colorado State University
    Colorado State University
    Marketing

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