Advisory board member for the Customer Experience program

Bed Bath & Beyond, TJ Maxx/Home Goods, Ross Stores, Burlington

• Outdoor Living - Grills, Fire, Garden• Own assortment strategy, product development direction, & curation for Grills, Grill Tools & Accessories, Firepits, Garden Décor, Kids Gardening, Core Gardening (Tools, Hose, Soil, Seeds), Insect Repellants and Fireworks ($200M business)• Drive promotional strategy for Target circular and Target.com to maximize sales profitably • Manage vendor relations, negotiations, and vendor income• Lead cross functional group consisting of Product Development, Product Engineers, Sourcing, Planning, Inventory, Space & Presentation, Visual Merchandising, Pricing and Operations teams to bring assortment strategies to life.

• Own category level assortment strategy and financials in Small Format stores (City Target & Target Express) for all businesses within Home - Home Décor, Domestics, Housewares, Stationary/Holiday.• Analyze sales trends, sales to space productivity, and guest insights to support pyramid and division level adjacency & space strategies in Flexible Format stores. • Responsible for Back to College season assortment planning and curating total store BTC seasonal experiences between seasonal flats, endcaps, front of store presence, and bulk merchandising to support strong sales peaks and unique merchandise needs. • Work closely with New Store Development, Localization, Guest Insights, and Market Research teams to create highly localized assortments based on market location, population density, ethnic demographics, and consumer groups served.• Closely partner with cross functional group consisting of Merchandise Presentation Division, Visual Merchandising, Merchandise Planning, and Operations teams to bring assortment strategies to life.

• Supported Small Formats Company key initiative through inventory strategies and store support to drive profitable sales, increase market share, and build guest loyalty.• Built Top Item Safety Stock strategy to address instock opportunity for fastest turning and highest guest complaint items that resulted in sales +12% to pre-strategy levels and improvement of +490bp to OOS while driving minimal impact to backroom inventory levels.• Developed a scalable 4th Quarter MP strategy for Flex Formats to address profile & forecast validation needs, thoughtful frontloading to protect top seasonal categories while being mindful of backroom limitations, sales pattern adjustments, additional assortment needs, and end of season replenishment tactics, which earned an MP Ops Team Leadership Award.

• Provided replenishment support to field leaders of 400+ stores & developed inventory strategies to improve OOS, drive sales, and provide a positive guest experience. • Drove MP Segmentation strategies relating to climate, multi-cultural, and localized product & experiences. • Led cross functional team to implement a cohesive strategy addressing multiple root causes of chronic instock opportunities across Grocery, Health & Beauty and Hardlines in 400+ stores, worth $68M in sales.• Earned Results Leadership Award for creating inventory strategy to address out of stocks driven by promo stacking and extreme couponing, resulting in sales comps of +20% to chain while maintaining profitability. • Was a key contributor in a select group focused on improving efficiencies and clarifying team roles and responsibilities by reevaluating team structure with long-term needs in mind, resulting in the formation of a new Flexible Formats & Localization team.

• Planned, allocated & managed Bath Basics inventory in partnership with merchant team to maximize profitability in the category and deliver instock inventory in 1,800 stores. • Created Back to College inventory strategies to strategically funnel inventory to top stores according to each college’s peak sales week timing and sensitivity, achieving a +21% sales comp and significant instock improvement.• Won SVP Merchandising Award for strategically reducing sku count by 10% resulting in a 15% reduction in average inventory while maintaining sales volume.• Focused on developing 7 Senior Business Analysts by developing eight Division-level projects to increase performance and drive profitability for the company.