Lauren Powell is a fourth-generation San Diegan, Mission Beach resident, and daughter of life-long San Diego Coastal Real Estate Expert, Chris Love. With a diverse background spanning Fortune 500 sales planning and supply chain management, sustainability initiatives, and small business operations, Lauren brings a unique blend of strategic acumen and community-focused ethos to the real estate arena. Leveraging her extensive experience, including retail accounts up to $500 million and a $2 billion business unit, Lauren is well-equipped to navigate the complexities of the market. From her leadership in employee resource groups to her expertise in sales and operations management, Lauren is adept at fostering inclusive environments and driving organizational success. As a member of the Chris Love Team at eXp Realty, Lauren embodies integrity and empathy, guiding clients to find their perfect home. Beyond work, Lauren enjoys surfing, tennis, gardening, cooking, workouts, and travel to warm waters.

Organizational consulting including board re-organization, role clarity, job descriptions and 3-5 year strategy planning. Project based contract work.

Sabbatical

Customer planning lead: Target ($200M), Dollar Channel ($100M), Amazon/Omni channel ($75M). Responsible for strategic and successful customer planning on assortment, supply availability, trade marketing funds, short and long range forecasting, joint business partnership, innovation and daily sales to business unit operations. Category sales lead: Innovation, Laundry, Scentiva, Disinfecting Mopping Cloths, Sprays. Key liaison between field sales, cross functional partners and business unit senior leadership. Responsible for sales activities related to product commercialization and key customer sell-in. Division sales lead: Total Cleaning Category Strategic Vision and Sustainability (ESG sales strategy and retail partnerships).

Business unit sales associate lead for Clorox Disinfecting Wipes ($350M), Pine Sol ($225M)Customer: Walmart ($500M) Managed supply and demand for #1 product and #1 customer during the pandemic.

Cross-functional influencer and Product Supply’s conduit between business partners and Clorox’s largest supply network (CDW) for new product commercialization, packaging/materials updates, equipment commissioning/decommissioning, cost savings, process/efficiency improvement, customer supply chain improvement, inventory management and S&OP process. • Reducing supply assurance impacts by 50%+ of projected losses • Enabling on time strategic launches ($7-10M/year) through severe barriers including, significant delays and operational constraints• Fostering efficient use of project budgets ranging from $50K-$3M• Developing standard work curriculum for function to deliver consistent results• Promoting teachings from Clorox development programs including: Global Operations Leadership Forum (GOLF), BOLD Immersion and Functional Agile Capabilities Enablers (FACE) training

In partnership with contract CEO, oversaw realignment of company from crisis, including financial loss, to profitability for the first time in company history• Oversaw strategy development and execution of operational and business model pivot to enhance margin through pricing and ecommerce platform launch• Headed pricing, cost metrics, demand/supply planning, product allocation, SKU portfolio management (500+ items), procurement ($2.6M spend) and end-to-end supply chain operations• Established company’s first standard operating procedures from warehouse and production management to customer operations and HR policies• Cultivated a change management culture enabling profitability• Managed a team of 5 and advised chief officers

Developed and implemented accounting processes, tools and SOP's. Performed and standardized administrative and analytical tasks related to all business operations.

Educated clients on sustainable ranching practices, agricultural issues and food systems. Served a large clientele base and operated vehicles with trailers and point of sale with small, self-managed teams.

Worked with Greenhouse Technician to propagate native and ornamental plants for plant sale. Assisted volunteers with propagation, and tracked plant inventory.

Maintained and installed residential gardens including propagation, pruning, drip irrigation and basic construction. Specialized in aesthetic pruning, edibles and CA native species. Supported owner with office tasks, data input, inventory, record management, supplies purchasing and client relations.

Managed professional blog, online press releases, schedule and social media. Used Filemaker Pro.

Supervised 15 staff and two assistants, conducted training sessions, performed document quality control, managed schedule and resolved problematic field cases.

Performed manuscript formatting, pagination and light copyediting using Microsoft Word.

Designed and executed a quantitative, online-media based research project. Processed data with Stata® statistical analysis software and outlined report.

Researched and wrote online journalistic-blog articles regarding the Federal Communications Commission, under professorial supervision at UC Santa Cruz.

Wrote one subchapter and several article summaries in Censored 2007 (7 Stories Press). Researched using LexusNexus and other academic databases. Assisted in chapter editing and conference event organizing.