Richard Pedott

Proven Leadership in Retail Business Transformation

Richard Pedott is a Managing Partner with Columbus Consulting. Rich has over 34 years of experience across multiple functional disciplines including: Planning and Allocation, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, and Store Operations. He has led strategy, process, and systems development initiatives at several leading US and International Retailers and has a track record of successful implementations that deliver bottom-line results. He is the co-author of “Omni-Channel Retailing: How to Build a Practical, Effective Plan of Action”. His areas of expertise include Omni-Channel, Assortment Planning, Merchandise Planning, Product Lifecycle Management, Allocation, and Supply Chain. He was most recently the Chief Executive of the Retail, Direct-to-Consumer, and Wholesale operation for The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Experience

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Restructured organization and operations, removing $2.3 million in operating costs
  • Developed 3-year strategic capital investment roadmap including cutover with Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Eddie Bauer
  • Re-designed the organization, assortment planning and inventory management processes as part of Eddie Bauer’s Omni-Channel channel transformation
• At Home
  • Restructured organization and inventory management operating processes and developed 3-year IT systems investment roadmap to support scaling At Home nationally
• Chico’s FAS
  • Developed 3-year Omni-Channel IT investment and strategic initiatives roadmap
• Calvin Klein
  • Led project to implement new Merchandising Hierarchy across all Merchandising Systems and Planning and Allocation Point Solutions