Established Business & Technology Professional

Stuart is a Managing Partner at Columbus Consulting. Stuart is a highly motivated professional with a unique combination of outstanding business and information technology skills specializing in the retail industry. He has demonstrated a track record of delivering reliable, high-quality, bottom-line-oriented results. Stuart’s experience includes significant business process and systems projects at domestic and international retailers and sophisticated project management including software development.

Experience

  • Visionworks Program Manager and Solution Architect
    • Program Manager and Solution Architect for the implementation of o9 Solutions including Assortment Planning, Demand Planning, Replenishment Planning, and Merchandise Planning.
  • Dollar Tree Project Owner
    • Columbus Consulting Project Owner for the implementation of RELEX for the Dollar Tree and Family Dollar banners including Forecasting, Replenishment, and Allocation. Delivery of Business Acceptance Testing, Change Management, and Training.
  • Tractor Supply Program Manager and Solution Architect
    • Program Manager and Solution Architect for the implementation of RELEX including Forecasting, Replenishment, Allocation, Promotions, and Integration.
  • J. Crew Solution Architect & Project Manager
    • Solution Architect  and Project Manager for the implementation of JDA Allocation for J.Crew, J.Crew Factory and Madewell.
    • Solution Architect  and Project Manager for the implementation of Retail Hybrid and Direct Planning for J.Crew using JDA Enterprise Planning.
  • Five Below Solution Architect & Project Manager
    • Solution Architect and Project Manager for the implementation of Item Planning using Oracle Retail Item Planning. Led executive Steering Committee.

Specialization

  • Merchandise Planning
  • Item Planning
  • Assortment Planning
  • Allocation
  • Forecasting & Replenishment

Expertise

  • Leadership
  • Program Management
  • Business Requirements
  • System Architecture
  • Quality Assurance
  • Change Management
  • Retail Consultant

Companies

  • Dollar Tree
  • J. Crew
  • Ralph Lauren
  • Tractor Supply
  • Visionworks

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