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Charlotte, NC, US

Mooresville, NC, US

Leading the base, markdown, clearance and pro pricing teams at Lowe’s Home Improvement. Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving approximately 16 million customer transactions a week in the United States. With total fiscal year 2023 sales of more than $86 billion, Lowe's operates over 1,700 home improvement.

Mooresville, North Carolina, US

Providing consulting and advisory services focusing on retail technology, marketing strategy, product storytelling, data & analytics, process improvement, organizational design, professional development and digital transformation.As Principal Consultant at Talvoti LLC, I’ve provided consulting and advisory services to clients in the retail sector inclusive.

1506 MA Zaandam, NL

Responsible for Price and Promotional Services, Omnichannel Item Life Cycle, Business Planning & Analytics, Business Systems and leading a team of 70+ in enabling local category, merchandising & pricing teams' success with data, tools & knowledge in support of customer centric execution. As part of Omnichannel Merchandising Support within Peapod Digital.

1506 MA Zaandam, NL

As Vice President of Category Management Services, fulfilled a critical role supporting the company’s US brands and Merchandising leadership using data analytics and insights gained from merchandising tools and systems to leverage scale while focusing on the specific needs of local markets. Effectively managed five direct reports and a team of 70+.

1506 MA Zaandam, NL

Primary Responsibilities include:1. Lead Merchandising Optimization inclusive of process improvement & training at Ahold USA2. Serve as Chief of Staff for Ahold USA Merchandising Strategy & Support3. Help lead the Commercial transformation and transition work as to merge Ahold USA and Delhaize America into the new US Brands of Ahold Delhaize and the RBS.

1506 MA Zaandam, NL

Create and sustain shrink strategy, and support execution across Ahold USA and our retail divisions. Proactive focus on identifying and correcting shrink exposure & sales reducing activity upstream before it impacts the stores. Drive organizational alignment and accountability for all shrink initiatives. Partner with divisions and key support areas on.

1506 MA Zaandam, NL

• Promoted to newly created chief of staff role with the stand up of new central operations support organization for 750+ retail stores with $25 Billion in annual sales. Reported to SVP Store Strategy & Execution.
• Responsible for all operations management and performance reporting across Retail Operations. Redesigned reporting, eliminated hundreds of duplicative reports and drove actionability of data.Drive simplicity &.

1506 MA Zaandam, NL

• Focused on driving costs out of the business, identifying opportunities to simplify processes and implementing solutions to minimize controllable expenses without negative impact on other organizational priorities.
• Primary central leadership role in Ahold USA Retail responsible for expense cost evaluation of all store P&L expense lines; identified opportunities within $2.1 billion+ in annual cost lines.
• Developed, implemented, and maintained multimillion dollar expense improvement programs for the Divisions to reduce controllable expenses; inclusive of: Inventory Reduction, Shrink, Price Accuracy, Tag Waste reduction.
• Ad hoc analysis duties for EVP of US Retail Operations inclusive of providing operations perspective and analysis to complement reporting provided from Finance and Consumer Insights teams. Evolved into designing and.

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- As a Master Black Belt mentored Black Belts through successful completion of eleven DMAIC and Lean projects with average hard dollar benefits greater than $400,000 each. Worked to embed change and metric based approach into the business.-Lead analyst & project manager for development of a new Full Time Staffing model which delivered annual benefits >$10.

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• Skilled at leading cross functional multi-department/area teams through high value projects and managing business change. As a Black Belt delivered $9.2 Million+ hard dollar project benefits.
• Projects included: Increase PYO Bakery Sales, Reduce Pharmacy Bonus Units (OT) as a % of Pharmacy Pay, Increase Cracker Sales, Full Time/Part Time Ratio Staffing Mix & PT OT reduction. Reduce Shop the World (Specialty.

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-Managed between 100-200 employees, six to eight subordinate Department Managers and between $15MM and $39MM in annual sales. Served in five diverse locations with differing clienteles.-Supervised all day to day operations of the business and assisted Store Director with short and long term planning, labor & performance management, policy execution, audit.

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Served in various capacities of increasing responsibility. These included roles overseeing store operations as a Night Relief Manager and HR functions as a Human Resources Administrator, Checkout, Produce, Grocery, Meat and other duties across the store.

Mba, Business Administration

Certificate, Six Sigma Master Black Belt Training

Certificate, Six Sigma Black Belt Training

Store Management Training Program

Ba, Political Science & History