Dave Mogridge Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Yountville, Ca, Us

• Oversee all responsibilities of two consumer food brands for the Thomas Keller Restaurant GroupCUP4CUP• Delivered four consecutive record volume years as well as most profitable year in Cup4Cup’s eight-year history• Designed, created and implemented new cross-functional, gate-based product development process, resulting in doubling total assortment in 18-month period • Initiated and leading multi-year strategic repositioning plan, including new brand identity, product focus, market positioning, sales and communication plan, and ecommerce strategy• Recruited and coached team leading to lowest turnover in over three yearsKELLER MANNI CHOCOLATE• Oversaw and drove relaunch of start-up luxury brand with new product assortment, new packaging and market position• Recruited and installed food manufacturing operations and sales / business development team• Leading multi-year strategic growth plan with external board members, private equity partners and brand / marketing strategists to capitalize and execute growth vision• Created and implemented tools and start-up business processes for sales tracking / forecasting / reporting, inventory management, product development / costing, production planning, production tracking, sales / marketing

MOGRIDGE CONSULTING provides independent strategic consulting services to retailers, wineries and branded consumer goods companies, specializing in business critical, analytically rigorous projects. Seamlessly integrating with both executive leadership and operational teams, MOGRIDGE CONSULTING develops and implements fully customized, end-to-end solutions across a broad range of services in brand-driven, consumer facing industries. Dave Mogridge brings his personable, energetic and passionate style along with 20+ years of retail and finance expertise to each project. Equally comfortable partnering with team members at all levels within an organization, he effortlessly moves between operating at “30,000 feet” to “in the weeds” at a moment’s notice.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Directed a 22-member team of subject matter experts in managing inventory planning and purchasing for all 230 to 250 Williams-Sonoma stores in the US and Canada, with sales totaling in excess of $600M. Oversaw $280M inventory budget, consistently hitting target levels in challenging business environments.Select highlights:> Improved retail channel service levels in 2013, 2014 and 2015 as SKU counts grew in excess of 35% while total inventory was held flat to +5%> Reduced total channel inventory by over $12m within lead time of final six months of 2015, while maintaining service level of greater than 97%> Managed brand-wide processes for executing and reducing markdowns, leading to annual growth of margin in 2015 of over 350 bps; strategized and led execution of “Extra Off Clearance” promotions that generated incremental sales of over $10M in 2015> Created monthly departmental sales, margin, receipt, and inventory turn targets for retail channel; led and managed process of translating channel level targets into tactical, weekly plans for 15 merchandise departments from 2013 to 2016> Nominated in 2011 and 2015 for WSI’s highest award, the Howard Lester Award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the company; nominated in 2013 for CTS award

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Established goals and priorities, supervised staff, managed budget, and oversaw operations for wine program; directed assortment strategy and led brand positioning, product merchandising, site merchandising, overall marketing strategy, catalog design and layout, email strategy development and design, and WS Tasting Panel in wine selectionSelect highlights:> Grew sales of overall wine program by over 150% despite near total reduction in marketing resources> Developed wine business strategy for new WS sub-brand; led market-size analysis, customer definition, product point of view formation, merchandising strategy creation, competitive environment assessment, and 10-year financial forecasts> Served as knowledge leader for wine industry with members of BOD, CEO, CMO, Brand President, and other members of ELT in defining short, intermediate and long-term wine strategies for WSI

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Stamford, Ct, Us

Held multiple leadership positions, overseeing Inventory Management organization as well as serving on senior leadership team during existentially challenging period.Select highlights:> Provided strategic guidance and oversight to team of four executives in designing and implementing new organizational structure to oversee product selection, merchandising strategy, P&L performance, and inventory management. Led effort to define roles and responsibilities for newly created product management program> As DMM, lled assortment strategy, product selection, inventory management, and marketing development for multiple product categories accounting for approximately 40% of total company revenues> Key member of executive leadership team, reporting directly to CEO. Led team of 8 to drive financial planning for entire $170M company; directed SKU-level financial planning for over 2000 SKUs across 10 merchandising departments

San Francisco, California, Us

Leveraged business expertise throughout all areas of Gap adult merchandising by leading cross-functional teams for Men’s and Women’s knit and woven products, including accessories, bottoms and tops, for the US and international marketsSelect highlights:> Created and implemented strategic repositioning of $135M US Men’s Accessories and Body business, resulting in gross margin improvement from 47% to 53% in 2003> Increased gross margin ROI 26% in Men’s Accessories in 2004 by improving financial planning and inventory management> Received highest leadership ratings from cross-functional team in 360° feedback reviews

San Francisco, California, Us

Led transaction teams in sale assignments, developing skills in business valuation, cash flow modeling and analysis, team leadership, managing diverse transaction teams of senior executives of client companies and prospective buyers, due diligence and creation of detailed selling memorandumsDeveloped financial modeling expertise by constructing highly detailed acquisition analyses to determine appropriate company valuations, transaction structures, and returns on investment

Developed expertise in public and private capital raising, and private company valuation by participating in numerous public equity and debt offerings

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