May 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Led P&L strategy for a highly complex business by translating the vision into actionable business results.
• Led a team of Planners and a large cross functional team where I invested in their talent and career development, emphasizing balanced skillsets and inclusive leadership.
• As a leader in a business whose financial performance was declining, I created clarity and alignment with senior leadership on expected outcomes, developed strategy and roadmap on how to improve, and implemented the foundation necessary to do so.
• Revamped team culture by creating an environment people wanted to be a part of, investing heavily in coaching and developing others, improving processes and collaboration, and setting clearer expectations.
• As leader of Food & Beverage’s Planning Council and champion of the Enterprise Planning Council, guided activities to improve team member connection, culture, and personal and career development.

Jun 2019 – Apr 2024 · 4 yrs 10 mos

• Led P&L strategy for a highly complex business by translating the vision into actionable business results.
• Led a team of Planners and a large cross functional team where I invested in their talent and career development, emphasizing balanced skillsets and inclusive leadership.
• Led multiple projects for our Owned Brand businesses where I integrated siloed functions and drove alignment on key priorities to deliver shared goals.
• Led the enterprise’s Multi-Year Strategic Planning workstream to build cross-functional collaboration and future capability development.

Feb 2017 – Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Demonstrated influence and leadership through a significant organization restructure where I problem-solved for process and role clarity gaps, facilitated transparent and solution-oriented feedback in Planning councils, and demonstrated a positive and perseverant attitude.
• Delivered +14% sales growth and an 11% profit increase on flat inventory investments during my time in role through strategic collaboration, influence, and investment prioritization.
• Led the aggressive pursuit of sales and market share opportunities from distressed retailers, securing assets and investments that led to a 68% sales growth and 712bp market share gains.
• Led a division-wide digital profit initiative, improving our digital platform’s profit by 380bp through education and margin optimization.

Feb 2016 – Jan 2017 · 11 mos

• Developed strong digital acumen and the role it can play in driving the enterprise business, educating leaders and peers in the stores channel to help narrow the knowledge deficit.
• Drove double-digit sales growth while maintaining profit in highly seasonal, broad-assortment categories.
• Created cross-channel lifecycle management strategies to improve product alignment and execution.

Jul 2013 – Jan 2016 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Delivered strategic insights by analyzing consumer, competitive, and market trends to inform executive decision-making.
• Led Merchandising through category portfolio assessment, redeploying assets to better align with Guests’ needs and Target’s priorities.
• Led cross-functional initiatives including distressed retailer diagnostics, store innovation, and seasonal business insights.
• Facilitated strategy sessions with senior leadership to align priorities that balance guest experience and financial growth.

Jun 2011 – Jun 2013 · 2 yrs

• Thrived in highly ambiguous, complex, and broadly scoped role where I helped build the Merchandising infrastructure for Target Canada
• Developed strategies and processes for assortment, space planning, and reporting to support new market operations.
• Trained and mentored hundreds of team members across all levels to establish Target’s collaborative culture at our Canada HQ.

Oct 2009 – May 2011 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Managed a $280M category portfolio, delivering +5% comp in everyday business and +7% in Back To School season.
• Worked closely with a wide base of supplier partners, developing expertise on supplier partnerships and negotiations.
• Launched School & Office’s first Owned Brand assortment, improving profitability and brand strength.
• Served on Target’s inaugural Buyer Committee to enhance engagement and development.

May 2007 – Sep 2009 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Led team through the launch of Target’s first Food Distribution Centers, establishing operational roadmaps and metrics.
• Built new operating models and roles to support perishable inventory environments.
• Partnered cross-functionally to implement forecasting and replenishment capabilities of perishable inventory.

Jun 2006 – Apr 2007 · 10 mos

Jun 2004 – May 2006 · 1 yr 11 mos