Deb Stanton

Strategic Inventory Management and Transformational Change Leader 

Deb Stanton has over 25 years of experience across multiple omni-channel specialty retailers. She has held leadership roles in Merchandise Planning, Allocation, Location Planning, Omni Channel Fulfillment, and Supply Chain Operations. She has led teams through multiple systems implementations for allocation, location planning, and size and pack optimization. She is known for being a strong collaborator as well as a transformational change leader.  

Experience

• Project Leadership
  • Internal consultant role at maurices leading the business teams in opening a new, state of the art Distribution Center in Columbus, OH. Lead the team in developing and executing strategies to move 5 million units from two Distribution Centers into one. Lead teams in testing, implementing and problem solving allocation system integrations with new DC’s operating systems.  
  • Internal consultant role at maurices leading the business teams in moving to Omni Inventory. Developed weekly project milestone plans for application upgrades (MFP), development of new and changes to existing business process (sku rationalization, writing a single Purchase Order, Omni Allocations, report updates). Worked across various project teams on deliverables, testing, and go live plans along with providing weekly updates to the Executive Steering Committee. 
• Change Management Leadership
  • Change management leader for two key inventory projects at maurices. Created  impact assessments and weekly communication plans to ensure that accurate information was shared with the correct teams at the right time to ensure successful implementation. This was over multiple work streams and approaches and type of communication varied based on the needs of the business teams. This also included support in creation of training materials and presentations at training sessions. 
• Allocation System Implementations
  • At maurices, lead business initiatives to support company growth and profitability including Location Planning (strategy, implementation) and implementation of Blue Yonder Allocation system.  
• Inventory Management Leadership
  • Along with leadership roles in Allocation, Location Planning, and Merchandise Planning, I also led Omni Channel Fulfillment and Supply Chain Operations at multiple omni channel specialty retailers. Making strategic business decisions on inventory investments and placement, along with leading many process improvement initiatives.