Julie Witt Email & Phone Number

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Managed the design and implementation of the Weekly Ad while influencing promotion prioritization and clarity to drive sales and deliver a best in class product.
• Leveraged learning agility, data analytics and strategic relationships to successfully drive organizational change and deliver an exceptional customer experience to print and digital channels.
• Reengineered a new end-to-end Weekly Ad process, which increased speed to market from 20 to 7 weeks by utilizing Kaizen and Six Sigma methods, removing waste and increasing productivity.
• Successfully led change management without direct authority by developing documentation/written communication and facilitating training/feedback meetings across the matrix organization.
• Managed and realigned a team of 4 direct reports to maximize development and eliminate $250k of contractor expense; Leadership Feedback Score of 100%.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Managed all product processes for company, co-branded, B2B and 3rd party Prepaid Cards.
• Utilized learning agility to create strategic plans and lead high impact business process improvement projects, resulting in increased efficiency and productivity across matrix teams and external partners.
• Led initiatives focused on developing, implementing and supporting business growth that ensure proactive identification and mitigation of risks and issues.
• Led expense optimization projects through tactical plans to decrease costs, streamline cross-functional processes and developing measurable vendor performance, saving $500k.
• Leveraged Six Sigma to influence vendors and improve inventory accuracy, reducing shrink from 30% to 12%.
• Continually collaborated and managed internal and external partners without direct authority to gain alignment and influence product constructs for each regulatory change or product implementation.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Managed all product processes for company, co-branded and digital Prepaid Cards.
• Provided guidance and matrix leadership in operational excellence implementation and performance improvement to internal teams and external vendor partners.
• Accelerated the achievement of business goals to make faster and better decisions by gathering and leveraging data to inform strategies, cut costs and increase efficiency.
• Reengineered inventory processes to drive sales through increased store execution by identifying operational gaps, resulting in reduced expense and increased store productivity.
• Successfully supported multi-channel product launches by engineering operational processes, testing and driving issue resolution with technology, which supported sales and an exceptional customer experience.
• Led 4 direct reports that maximized impact of strategy and execution; Leadership Feedback Score of 96%.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Trained and mentored Field Leaders and Store Teams on the implementation of merchandising plans and quality standards through effective communication and relationship management.
• Developed new brand strategy and elevated merchandising plans for several flagship, new and remodeled stores throughout the company by collaborating across the matrix organization.
• Drove sales and consistency across the company by engineering processes and altering merchandising plans to account for store and market specific constraints.
• Advised stores and internal partners on operational optimization by identifying process gaps and risks, streamlining execution and developing contingency plans, which increased productivity.
• Conceptualized and launched customer objectives and strategies focused on achieving and maintaining excellent customer relationships through personal attention to concerns and needs.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Developed strong partnerships with key cross-functional partners inclusive of corporate, field leaders, and stores to ensure alignment and support in the development of merchandising plans and processes.
• Delivered a consistent customer experience by developing operational best practices and merchandising plans for transitions, informing presentation guides and signage.
• Created consistency and clear merchandising expectations by conducting store trainings and audits.
• Enhanced quality and the customer experience by creating and communicating substitution processes.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Managed between 2 to 10 sales associates daily while driving sales and executing merchandising plans.
• Increased productivity and reduced payroll expense by developing seamless transition processes;implemented best practices across district.
• Delivered superior customer experience by creating dozens of store specific merchandising plans.