David Best Email & Phone Number

Saint Cloud, Mn, Us

Leader of a talented team responsible for Merchandising, Marketing, Store Operations, Human Resources, Retail Services, E-Commerce, Pharmacy, Franchise, Fuel and Market Development for Coborn’s, Inc. With a proud 100+ year history, Coborn’s is a leading independent grocery, pharmacy and liquor retailer with locations across the Upper Midwest under the Coborn’s, Cash Wise, Marketplace Foods, Sullivan’s, Tadych’s and Hornbacher’s banners. Responsible for development of a new strategic plan to drive the next phase of growth. MerchandisingStore OperationsStrategyHuman ResourcesMarket Growth and DevelopmentE-CommerceOmnichannelPharmacyFranchise ManagementFuel and Convenience Real EstateMergers and AcquisitionsPricing and PromotionsLoyaltyDigital MarketingPersonalized MarketingRetail MediaShopper Marketing

Saint Cloud, Mn, Us

Serve as a Member of Board of Directors for Coborn’s, Inc. An Employee Owned, $2Bil regional grocery and liquor retailer.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Leader of General Mills’ Omnichannel strategy, business and capabilities for North America, including Shopper Marketing, Category Management, Insights, Direct Retail Selling, Promotions Strategy and E-Commerce. Responsible for Omnichannel Sales/Share/Profitability, a Large Global team and Commercial Budget🔹Developed and implemented new Omnichannel and Customer Segmentation strategies designed to accelerate performance on e-commerce platforms and in key growth channels.🔹Transforming Category Management function to a full omnichannel capability with strong expertise in the physical and digital shelf.🔹Launched new state-of-the-art assortment analytics, shopper insights and revenue management tools (including new measures of success), resulting in a multi-million dollar sales and profit impact. 🔹Serving as executive sponsor for Black Champions Network and passionate advocate for inclusion.E-CommerceDigital MarketingTrade MarketingOmnichannel MerchandisingCategory ManagementShopper InsightsGeneral ManagementData and AnalyticsPricing and PromotionsTeam LeadershipProduct Development

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Transformed the Merchandise Planning organization from an execution-oriented brick & mortar team to an omnichannel strategic function focused on making bolder investments behind key sales driving initiatives, improving return-on-investment from assortment decisions, and evolved the P&L to support Digital growth. Leader of a diverse and talented team of 240 individuals across apparel, home, hard goods, essentials, beauty and food categories. ApparelHome DecorFood and BeverageHardlinesE-CommerceOmnichannelMerchandisingPricing and PromotionsAssortment PlanningMerchandising PlanningAllocation & Inventory ManagementGeneral Management🔹 Identified the opportunity to disproportionately grow the “Top 50” Holiday key items and built a plan to invest additional inventory, adjust marketing assets and increase display space, resulting in 9.3% growth and $2.7 B in Total Sales.🔹 Created demand forecasting, P&Ls and contingency plans, to support the launch of twelve new Target owned brands in Home Décor and Apparel, resulting in $600 million in Sales Growth. 🔹 Utilized advanced assortment analytics to identify and remove over 40,000 SKUs on Target.com, resulting in a better site experience and $55 MM in increased profit.🔹 Led work to reduce clearance markdown levels in Apparel, Home, Toys and Sporting Goods by $300 million in profit through optimized inventory and pricing strategies.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Led strategy development and P&L of two (of five) key growth initiatives for Target: New Format Development (Smaller Format CityTarget & TargetExpress Stores) and Localization (personalization of the customer’s store experience at each and every Target location). Responsible for a 50-person cross functional team.𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘀🔹 Responsible for the development and rollout of Target’s small format strategy (CityTarget and TargetExpress), including merchandising, store operations, supply chain, marketing, real estate and strategy.🔹 Designed a localized merchandising strategy for TargetExpress and CityTarget, curated for each neighborhood, resulting in sales$ per square foot at 2-3x Target's average and improved return-on-invested-capital (ROIC)𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻🔹 Drove efforts to develop a guest centric strategy to localize/customize our product offering in nearly all of 1,800+ Target locations, a significant sales opportunity over the next 5 years. 🔹 Leveraged insights to cluster stores based on demographics and selling patterns and built merchandising and marketing strategies that appeal to key consumer groups such as Hispanic, African American, College Students, and Urban Dwellers.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Led a 50 person team responsible for merchandise planning and vendor management for Target’s Dry Grocery, Dairy & Frozen categories, a $5 Billion business. 🔹 Developed key strategies and processes to support the rapid expansion of Target’s fresh grocery business into 1,000 new locations.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Drove merchandising reinvention of Target’s multi-billion dollar Pet Care business with a new consumer-driven strategy, improved store layouts, over 500 new differentiated items added to the assortment, reduced supply chain costs and increased marketing support.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Purchase, New York, Us

Developed a strategic project to promote PepsiCo's "Better for You" snack portfolio through strategic retail partners.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Ba, Economics