Proven Leadership in Retail Systems Development
Marc Skinner is a Partner at Columbus Consulting. He has over 25 years’ experience designing, developing and implementing IT solutions in the retail sector. He was a founding member of the development teams that built two of the world’s leading merchandise planning systems with JDA and i2 Technologies. More recently, he has been a technical consultant on both the JDA and Oracle/RPAS suite of software solutions, specializing in reporting and integration. He blends an in-depth business understanding with technical expertise.
Experience
- ASOS (London)
- Solution Architect for Oracle RPAS financial and assortment planning
- Eddie Bauer (Seattle)
- Reporting design for Oracle RPAS financial and item planning
- Tesco (UK)
- Oracle RPAS Solution architect for cost-based merchandise financial planning
- Saks 5th Ave (New York)
- Designed Omni-channel BI reporting for Oracle RPAS financial planning. Solution architect for a retail method JDA i2 financial planning system
- Wal-Mart, UK Apparel Division
- Created solution design for BI reporting for an Oracle RPAS financial planning system. Solution architect for real-time reporting for JDA’s assortment planning solution
- BigW (Australia), General Merchandise Discount Chain
- Business process lead and technical architect for a merchandise financial planning system using JDA i2
- Woolworths (South Africa), Department store, apparel & home ware
- Designed merchandise planning, assortment planning and allocation systems with JDA i2
