Caroline Zack Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater New York City Area

• Pioneered reusable bag business; buyer for bags at both retail chains - Ross & dd’s; delivered $1.5M in 2015, +10% to last year; created vendor partnership; developed 100+ designs; negotiated 15% cost reduction of.
• Headed a cross-functional team to reexamine food supply chain; explored 6+ new operating models to achieve targeted growth over the next 4 years; reviewed loaded margin to do a total business cost benefit analysis.
• Hired, developed and managed 1 Project Manager; created sustainable 12 week orientation training program.
• Overhauled execution model for 10+ store events in order to meet operating budget constraints; simplified store workload while maintaining merchant vision for in-store product presentation.

Greater New York City Area

• Launched pilot & rollout of 5+ merchandised fixtures per store for 1,200 stores offering product for purchase in the checkout queue line; impacted businesses generated $55M in Spring 15, +68% year over year.
• Identified supply chain constraints for lamp business resulting in missed sales opportunities; collaborated with 4 teams to institute an end-to-end network solution eliminating constrictions & generating an incremental.
• Orchestrated communication between 6+ teams with individual priorities through regular project checkpoints, consistent documentation, and ability to speak the unique lingo of each group to ensure smooth merchandise.
• Established monthly executive tracking & reporting for events, trends and brand penetration.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Managed 3 direct reports; drove vendor partnership with Apple; created presentation for electronics floor pad.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Managed $862M checklane sides business in 2011; plan to deliver +7% over last year in 2012.
• Generated $182M in incremental sidecap sales in 2011; plan to deliver +8% in 2012.
• Analyzed cross-company product submissions; awarded products based on sales, margin & vendor income.
• Increased seasonal presence and segmentation in awarded programs to drive incremental sales.
• Developed training toolkit focused on routine, financials & strategic partnership for 250+ team members.
• Captained team’s finance committee; created annual financial plans & monthly forecast; tracked results weekly.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Drove $163M Savor Spot business in 2011; delivered +18.6% over last year, +7.8% to plan.
• Oversaw 6 store walks and CFT’s for assortment & pricing strategies; implemented reporting efficiencies.
• Led the team in financial comprehension and trained new team members on basic financial metrics.
• Collaborated with merchants, vendors & division leaders to gain SVP signoff on 14 events in 2012 at $190M.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Executed planogram versions for 24 categories and adjacency execution transitioning 7x annually.
• Communicated wins of new planogram proofing process to merchants & inventory planners to gain buy in.
• Implemented Pets 2011 planogram transition resulting in planogram online deadline extended by 1 month.
• Mentored January & September 2010 Business Analyst Trainees and a Summer 2010 Intern.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Completed planogram versions for 23 grocery categories transitioning 2x annually and revising monthly.
• Created a category optimization strategy for 12 Hispanic Super Target stores; annual sales lift of $556k.
• Championed planning and flawless execution of a soup fixture re-set in 975 stores with no store disruption.