Kristin Paulsen

principal

Retail Business Process & Organizational Change Consultant

kpaulsen@columbusconsulting.com

About

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, business acumen and transformational understanding makes her a trusted and valuable partner.

Before joining Columbus in 2020, Kristin held VP and senior leaderships roles for brands Talbots, Ross and Gap. Her responsibilities included business process optimization, merchandise and assortment planning and replenishment, system implementations, and change management.

In October 2024, Kristin received her MBA and has several certifications including: Strategic Analysis: Mission, Vision & Stakeholders, Robotic Process Automation Strategy for Business Leaders, Leading vs. Managing and Emotional Intelligence.

Signature Skill

“I help lead organizations through their change transformations, promoting a best-in-class user journey and experience while improving business process efficiencies.”

  • Organizational Transformation
  • Change Management
  • Business Process Optimization & Efficiency
  • Leadership and Collaboration across all levels
  • Building credibility & trust through logic and empathy
  • Problem Solver (people, process & analytics)

Expertise

  • Change Management
  • Business Process
  • Retail E2E Management
  • Merchandise Financial Planning
  • Assortment Planning
  • Demand/ Supply Chain Planning
  • Allocation
  • Sales & Margin Management
  • Business Intelligence

Companies Served

  • Dollar Tree/ Family Dollar
  • Foodland (SFOC)
  • Food City (KVAT)
  • Talbots
  • Gap
  • Ross
  • Avenue (URGI)
  • Coach
  • Bloomingdale’s
  • Caldor

Industry, Category

  • Retail
  • Stores/Ecommerce
  • Wholesale
  • International
  • Apparel
  • Grocery
  • Accessories/ Footwear
  • Off Price
  • International

Solution Proficiencies

  • Oracle (MDM)
  • Anaplan
  • DemandTec (Promotional Planning)
  • Symphony Retail AI
  • Blue Yonder (MP&A)
  • S5 Stratos
  • Salsify (PIM)
  • Celect (Nike purchased)
  • Quantworks (Size)
  • Microsoft MicroStrategy
  • Microsoft Power BI

Consulting Service

  • Change Management
  • Business Process Leader
  • Business Process Design
  • Functional Requirements
  • Business Assessment & Strategy
  • Training Development & Execution
  • Testing/ Data Validation
  • Data Management/ Governance
  • Solution Delivery
  • Implementations

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