Nancy Marino

associate partner

Executive Consultant

nmarino@columbusconsulting.com

About

Nancy is an Associate Partner at Columbus Consulting and a seasoned retail executive known for leading complex, high-impact projects that drive operational excellence and sustainable change. She specializes in aligning people, process, culture, and technology to unlock enterprise value and deliver measurable results. With deep industry expertise, Nancy excels at optimizing end-to-end processes across design, product development, planning, merchandising, sourcing, and inventory management. Her strategic, hands-on approach makes her a trusted advisor to organizations navigating transformation and growth.

Before joining Columbus in 2012, Nancy held leadership positions as a SVP Hanes, CMO Gloria Jeans, EVP at AMC where she had oversight of global sourcing operations in 50 countries for member stores.

Signature Skill

“I am passionate about helping retailers and brands with their Go-to-Market strategic initiatives through development of a roadmap of the design to delivery processes.”

  • Program & Cross-Functional team leadership
  • Visionary Thinking
  • Stakeholder relationship building
  • Change Management & adoption
  • Identifying recurring challenges, best practices, and opportunities by leveraging past experience and industry insights

Expertise

  • Omni-Channel Strategy
  • Management
  • Planning & Inventory Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • International Operations
  • Sourcing & Supply Chain
  • End-to-End Processes
  • Go-to-Market Strategy
  • Financial Planning & Budgets (MFP)

Companies Served

  • Walmart
  • Lands End
  • Kohls
  • Chico’s
  • Duluth Trading Company
  • Ralph Lauren
  • Gloria Jeans
  • Cabelas
  • Horizon
  • Aldo’s
  • Sara Lee/Hanes
  • Tailored Brands

Industry, Category

  • Retail
  • Ecommerce
  • Wholesale
  • Luxury
  • International
  • Softline’s
  • Hardline’s
  • General Merchandise
  • Home

Solution Proficiencies

  • Bamboo Rose PLM & Supply
  • Chain Order Management
  • Lectra PLM & Production
  • Blue Yonder Planning
  • TXT MFP, Planning
  • 09 Solutions
  • PTC Windchill
  • Logility PLM & Planning
  • Tools Group
  • E2open
  • Manhattan

Consulting Service

  • Executive Leadership
  • Change Management
  • Business Strategy Assessments & Roadmap
  • End-to-End Design to Delivery
  • Organizational Design
  • Business Process Design & Optimization
  • Solution Selection & Implementation

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