Chief merchant for toys, sporting goods, fitness & seasonal for Kmart, Sears, Kmart.com and Sears.com.Responsible for product and brand development, vendor management, sales, GMROI, operating profit, store operations, online merchandising over many merchandise categories throughout toys, sporting goods and fitness.

VP, GMM Sporting Goods, Fitness & Toys (this team also owned holiday-related categories)• Leader of Sears Holdings Sporting Goods, Fitness, Toys, Seasonal business unit that was a $2B+ business that covered 1200 Kmart and 860 Sears locations at its peak. Managed 100+ employees across both formats.• Managed Sears Fitness instore and online equipment & accessory teams to + 20% market share in key categories• Implemented online/instore merchandise assortments that resulted in a over 50% online and“buy instore/pickup online” sales result• Managed cross functional marketing efforts utilizing TV/digital/social and traditional insert/ROP to drive sale• Established the most extensive Specialty Fitness retail shop network of any retailer globally• Drove consistent gross margin improvement for 10+ years while leading the ~$760M toys business (improved gross margins from 32% to 40%+)• Improved Kmart Sporting Goods’ gross margins from low 30% to low 40%• Led merchandise, supply chain, marketing, eCommerce, and import teams of 100+ associates in Hoffman Estates, IL headquarters and Hong Kong

Managed large regional electronics business with a wide range of categories from TV and Video, music and videos, small electronics, telephones, cameras and more.Responsible for all merchandising, marketing and supply chain.