Retail Fractional Executive and Consulting

The retail industry is in a tight season. Budgets are lean, stakes are high, and space is more precious than ever.

Hiring a full-time exec isn’t always the right call. That’s where I come in. I step in fractionally as a hands-on, embedded leader guiding teams through critical transitions.

I support your organization in driving space to sales productivity and enablement of assortment, supply chain and merchandising execution capabilities through space planning capabilities.

These are places where:
> You need coverage during a leave of absence of your space planning leader and don't have the capacity or expertise on the team for interim coverage
> You’re not quite ready to commit to a full-time leader in space planning capabilities
> You need someone who can immediately focus on space, assortment, and supply chain integration

This is where fractional leadership makes sense. Fractional leadership is part-time executive ownership. Steady hands on the wheel, focused on outcomes, embedded in the org.

Alternately, you may need a thought partner for a shorter engagement before you bring in a full-blown consultant team from the big names. I'm someone who can be another set of eyes whose brain has deep expertise in the realm of space planning.

With nearly 30 years of experience in retail (in grocery and apparel / department stores) I’ve:
+ Built space planning capabilities from scratch
+ Led org design and team coaching to support restructuring
+ Connected the dots between assortment, store execution, and supply chain

I bring clarity, direction, and momentum to systems in motion.

If you're navigating complexity and need an experienced operator who can step in and lead, without the full-time headcount, or seeking thought partnership before bringing in consultants, let’s talk.

Key Accomplishments

• Brought to life and led transformational change of space planning capabilities, processes and organizational design where limited capabilities existed in a $20B retailer

• Established, from scratch, capabilities in space and assortment analytics as well as learning and development for a portion of the merchant organization.

• Led communication and change management pillar for merchant organization to support a company-level restructure.

• Led creation of monthly skills build curriculum for team

• Broke the mold of legacy merchandising, operations and store-environment standards to create opportunities to drive sales for Beauty

• Cultivated reimagined internal store merchandising communication vehicles, directly managing a multi-million dollar annual budget