assortment planning Archives - Columbus Consulting

Stephanie Worley

Stephanie is an experienced consultant who provides expertise and guidance to organizations on implementing and optimizing digital commerce initiatives. She specializes in data management processes to ensure consistency and reliability of data across the enterprise ...

Katie Devlin

Katie is a seasoned retail executive with expertise in merchandise planning, inventory optimization, and omnichannel strategy. She drives margin improvement, inventory efficiency, and alignment across planning, merchandising, and finance. Her results-driven approach makes her a ...

Joanna Penny

Jo brings deep expertise in retail leadership, with a track record spanning large corporate enterprises and boutique founder-led brands. Leveraging extensive experience gained as an Executive Director, Jo excels in multi-channel retail strategies, cultivating brand ...

Kristina Chan

Kristina is a seasoned Business Consultant with expertise in merchandise planning and supply chain management systems, specializing in system integrations, process automation, and enterprise solutions. She has successfully led cross-functional initiatives to enhance merchandising, inventory ...

Joe Wood

Joe is a highly motivated professional with a combination of business and information technology skills specializing in the retail industry. He has delivered reliable, highly functional and adoptable solutions. Joe’s experience includes numerous merchandise and ...

Kristin Paulsen

Kristin is an experienced retail executive with expertise in E2E business process and leading organizational transformations ensuring the people, process and technology are aligned for a successful adoption and to deliver sustainable results. Her leadership, ...

Kevin Dozier

Kevin brings rich leadership experience in building and growing operational infrastructures across multiple retail categories for corporations in many phases of their operation from start-up to maturity. A strong leader known for influencing stakeholders and ...

Susan Ramroop

Susan is a results-driven techno-functional leader with a proven track record in developing and implementing high-quality application and system solutions. She excels in cross-functional collaboration, seamlessly interfacing with business and system teams, departments, and all ...

Anuj Shah, Ph.D.

Anuj is an execution-focused digital transformation leader who brings together extensive experience with modern digital technology, an acute understanding of business and processes, and outstanding project and people management skills to design and deliver high-value ...

Drew Wilmot

Drew is a Partner at Columbus Consulting and a retail specialist in the retail and wholesale sectors. He is a results-driven leader with a strong background in global projects, product management, and consulting. Drew’s global ...

Tito Thomas

Tito is a Principal with Columbus Consulting and a seasoned retail consultant with extensive experience designing and developing systems for retail clients across multiple industry sectors, including specialty apparel, accessories, footwear, department store, discount retail ...

Sam Taylor

Sam is an accomplished retail consultant with extensive experience in retail system implementation, merchandise planning, and quality assurance (QA). Known for his expertise in data validation and system rollouts, Sam ensures seamless execution while maintaining ...

Stuart Tattum

Stuart is a Managing Partner at Columbus Consulting. He combines deep business and IT expertise to drive transformational results. With a proven track record of delivering high-quality, bottom-line-focused outcomes, Stuart has led major business process ...

Marc Skinner

Marc is a Partner at Columbus Consulting. He has extensive experience designing, developing, and implementing IT solutions in the retail sector in the US and UK. He blends an in-depth business understanding with technical expertise. ...

Jarrod Rywolt

Jarrod is a Principal at Columbus Consulting and has extensive expertise in providing business consulting services for design, configuration, and testing of Merchandise Financial Planning systems for international retailers, including long-range Strategic planning, Budget Planning, ...

Susan Riley

Susan is a Partner at Columbus Consulting. She has extensive experience in merchandise planning and allocation and has led numerous system implementations. Susan specializes in large-scale change initiatives and comprehensive training programs to drive organizational ...

Tim Phelan

Tim is a seasoned IT consultant with extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise level planning and forecasting solutions for retailers. His well rounded background gives him the ability to effectively fill both business and technical ...

Justin Perzov

Justin is a seasoned IT consultant with extensive experience in delivering and implementing advanced retail technology solutions. He specializes in the design, development and automation of complex Excel tools and Anaplan models consistently driving business process ...

Jenni Morey

Jenni is an expert Change Management leader of Retail Systems implementations and Business Process transformations. She is a proven effective manager of project teams. Jenni’s strong analytical, problem solving and quantitative skills, combined with her ...

Sunita Gupta

Sunita is a Principal at Columbus Consulting with deep expertise in leading complex technology transformation projects. Combining strategic leadership with hands-on technical knowledge, she drives results across omni-channel, merchandising, finance, inventory, and store operations. Sunita’s ...

Kate Gorman

Kate is a Managing Partner at Columbus Consulting with extensive leadership and practical experience in retail, consulting, and software business development. She is passionate about delivering value to clients through transformative strategic initiatives and tactical execution. ...

Christine Cho

Christine is a Principal with Columbus Consulting, bringing knowledge and expertise in Merchandising, Retail Buying, and Assortment Planning. With a keen eye for process optimization and a hands-on approach to solution implementation, she excels at aligning ...

Jon Beck, CEO

Jon Beck is the CEO of Columbus Consulting. He is a retail specialist with over 25 years of experience working with retail, wholesale and manufacturing companies who are focused on improving corporate performance and profitability. ...

Claudia Andrade

Claudia is a Principal of Columbus Consulting with extensive experience in business process definition, functional design, testing, and change management. She is highly skilled at defining processes and designing solutions that deliver accuracy and efficiency. Her ...

Vicki Alvarado

Vicki is a Principal with Columbus Consulting with extensive experience in Merchandise and Assortment Planning. She specializes in system selection, documentation, business design, implementation and training. Vicki has led large global retail/wholesale planning projects helping ...

Stuart Aldridge

Stuart is a charismatic project leader who has consistently led businesses through process and systems innovations to improve and enhance their planning and analytical capabilities. He specializes in a balanced, hands-on approach to projects, bringing subject ...