Vicki Alvarado

principal

Retail / Wholesale Planning Executive / Global Business Leader

valvarado@columbusconsulting.com

About

Vicki is a Principal with Columbus Consulting with extensive global experience in merchandise and assortment Planning across fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands. She brings a unique blend of creative and analytical leadership, specializing in business process design, system selection, implementation, training and organizational change management for international companies. Vicki leads global transformation initiatives that bridge creative, financial and operational goals to deliver measurable results at Nike, Ralph Lauren, David Yurman, Ralph Lauren, El Puerto de Liverpool, Harrods, STL, and NEST fragrances. Vicki has partnered with teams across Europe, Latin America, Asia and the U.S to drive alignment between business strategy and technology execution.

Before joining Columbus in 2013, Vicki held leadership positions with LittleMissMatched, Polo Ralph Lauren (Retail and Wholesale US/EU divisions) and Bloomingdales.

Signature Skill

“I help retailers achieve alignment and adoption across complex planning projects, by leading the business team through design and change management. I am also fluent in Spanish and have experienced cross cultural collaboration to lead global transformation that bridge creative, financial and and operational goals to deliver measurable results.”

  • Leading planning organizations to adoption
  • Business Process Optimization and Efficiency
  • Bridging gaps between technical and business teams
  • Hands on implementation support
  • Execution and results delivery

Expertise

  • Merchandise Financial Planning
  • Assortment Planning
  • Change Management

Companies Served

  • Nike Inc
  • Perry Ellis International
  • EL Puerto de Liverpool
  • Shane Company
  • NEST Fragrances
  • STL ( Spain)
  • David Yurman
  • Talbot’s
  • Ann Inc
  • Polo / Ralph Lauren

Industry, Category

  • Retail /Wholesale
  • Off Price
  • International
  • Apparel
  • Footwear
  • Accessories
  • Jewelry
  • Home Furnishings
  • Fragrance/Beauty

Solution Proficiencies

  • Oracle /RPAS
  • o9 Solutions
  • Infor

Consulting Service

  • System selection
  • Functional Requirements gathering and documenting
  • Business Process – discovery, documentation and design
  • Business Process Leader
  • Training Development and Execution
  • Change Management
  • Testing

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