Kathy is a Principal of Columbus Consulting. Kathy is an accomplished retail executive and consultant with over 30 years of experience and expertise in Merchandise and Assortment Planning, Allocation, and Price, Promotion and Markdown Optimization. She is skilled in developing and improving strategies, methodologies, and processes; hiring and training planning teams and developing new talent; selecting and implementing new systems and/or improving the effectiveness of current system usage; streamlining business processes, developing training materials and improving business analytics.
Experience
Ralph Lauren – Change Management & Training Lead
o9 Global Supply Chain Implementation. Responsibilities include creation of communication plans for upcoming releases for Agile Development, creation of training /eLearning materials and delivery of training for internal and external users across the globe.
Walgreens – Business Analyst & Functional Lead
MFP & AP system selection. Led Functional Requirements gathering & Future State Business process development to support Category Reset & Revision process for Assortment Planning
Petco – Business Lead
Conducted Gap Analysis leading to design, development and training on 3 excel tools utilized by Planning, Allocation & Merchandising to ensure Key Items are, and remain, in-stock
Nike – Business & Functional Lead
Ladder Planning Tool development & Demand Planning POC. Responsibilities include Project Management, Design, Development, Training & Change Management. Functional Lead for Global Demand Planning o9 Proof of Concept & subsequent implementation
J. Crew – Business Lead
Blue Yonder EP & Allocation Implementation. Responsibilities include Business Process design, change management and training materials for EP . Training and Change Management Lead for BY Allocation implementation
At Home – Business Analyst
Evaluation of current state versus best practices, development of quick wins and future state roadmap for people and process with intense focus on Buying, Sourcing and Product Development. Deep dive into evaluation of roles and responsibilities, merchandise calendar and meeting inputs, outputs, objectives and RACIs
