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Vernon Hills, Il, Us

Duluth, Ga, Us

Lead the overall product, pricing and merchandising strategy for National Vision's four retail brands, with over 1075 locations in the United States. Leverage direct-imported private label products, combined with strategic 3rd party domestic brands, to deliver a proven product assortment that drives unprecedented purchase conversion, while attaining gross margin goals. Lead the in-store visual merchandising strategy to provide a fast, simple and transparent shopping experience.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Founded in 1997, the Optical Women's Association is committed to supporting and promoting the professional development of women involved in all facets of the optical industry. As the vision of the OWA evolves and expands, we maintain the focus of the OWA's founding principles and core mission.

The National Association of Vision Care Plans (NAVCP) is the unified voice for the managed vision care industry. Our members cover approximately 66 percent (over 218 million) of all Americans by partnering with eye care providers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Led the overall development of the portfolio of services for Eye Care Professionals. Partnered with Eye Care Professionals and their affiliated organizations, leveraging Essilor assets, to develop and deliver best-in-class solutions in areas including supply chain, frame merchandising/inventory management, visual merchandising, optical shop operations, staff training, patient experience, and practice life cycle management.

Eynsham, Oxfordshire, Gb

Led short and long term strategic plan for Variable Power Optics product. Determined positioning, pricing, channel and commercialization plan. Led efforts to define product innovation and generation plans.

Milan, Italy, It

Transformed consumer insights into product, customer experience, and service solutions to align with strategic objectives. Defined, developed and delivered innovation priorities to maintain global leadership position. Aligned people resources, capital and expense budgets to deliver the most impactful initiatives across the organization and ensure strong ROI.Developed and delivered sales and profit plans through differentiating product assortments, profitable pricing and promotional strategies and tactics, and strict gross margin management.Drove new customer acquisition through the vision insurance channel through identifying and cultivating strategic partnerships, and defining and implementing new business opportunities.

Milan, Italy, It

Led corporate and franchise product strategies to align with consumer segmentation, global product objectives and financial goals. Established and implemented brand merchandising strategies and principles.Defined and executed operational strategies, store processes and policies, and communication vehicles to ensure store-level operational excellence and executional discipline. Recruited, developed and led high-performing leaders across multiple disciplines. Benchmarked best-in-class organizations to create talent and compensation strategies for field and store associates.

Milan, Italy, It

Led corporate and franchise product strategies to align with consumer segmentation, global product objectives and financial goals. Established and implemented brand merchandising strategies and principles.Defined and executed operational strategies, store processes and policies, and communication vehicles to ensure store-level operational excellence and executional discipline. Recruited, developed and led high-performing leaders across multiple disciplines. Benchmarked best-in-class organizations to create talent and compensation strategies for field and store associates.

Identified, tested and expanded simplified lens product strategy, resulting in $14 million in incremental profit.Leveraged consumer insights to develop differentiating new product technologies and a robust product pipeline. Developed and launched 4 first-to-market lens innovations, accounting for over 70% of product sales.Led multi-functional and supplier teams through product development, manufacturing strategy, project execution and national expansion. Developed and owned supplier relationships, including contract negotiation.

Executed category management, merchandising and supplier strategy for lens product for fast-growing retail chain; scaled from 400 stores to 865+ U.S. and Canadian stores, representing over 60% of the brand’s profit. Leveraged supplier relationships to optimize assortment, cost, quality and innovation. Reduced costs by 12%.Developed rigorous quality standards and testing processes for incoming products to reduce defects by 10%.Led successful integration of largest North American retail competitor acquisition.

New York City, Us

New York City, Us

Education record

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Retail Management