Vice President , It Retail Sys
Lincolnshire, Il, Us
Team with C-Level management to optimize alignment of technology platforms and in-store retail, ecommerce, omnichannel, and back-office systems with company growth plans while ensuring SOX and PCI compliance. Provide strategic direction for Retail Systems across multiple brands, including all customer-facing and back-end systems.- Driving Change that Adds Value: Effectively managed an acquisition and merger of Gander Outdoors and Overton’s that more than doubled the retail division’s value, and nearly doubled the company’s value from $3.5B to $6.5B. Smoothly consolidated the IT functions and migrated the systems and processes of three companies to enable a merger CW’s Retail and eCommerce business units with Gander Outdoors and Overton’s in only five months. Completed IT Architected and laid foundation for full omni-channel retail experience.- Optimizing IT Productivity: Architected front-end back-office systems to effectively position the retail division for a major expansion in 2017 and 2018, fueling a growth rate of 200%.- Growing the Business: Provided inspirational IT leadership that facilitated the opening of 60 Gander Outdoors locations and three Distribution Centers in only six months to grow POS transactions from 3.1 million to 7.6 million annually, increase revenue from $450M to $1.5B, and process over $1B in inventory transactions in 120 days.- Leading a Functionally Diverse Workforce: Cultivated a 70-member interdisciplinary team of IT professionals with expertise in support, development, database administration, systems architecture, interface programming, project management, quality control, auditing and compliance.Key Software Platforms and Projectso Oracle EBS ERP full re-implemention 11.5.10 to 12.2.3 and upgrade to 12.2.8o Oracle Xstore POS (v16) architect and build, later upgraded to v19o Salesforce Commerce Cloud integration and roll-outo Full omni-channel design and implementation leveraging Demand Forecasting and Order Broker