Kelly Thompson

Kelly Thompson

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An Operator's Perspective on How Retailers Can Navigate the COVID-19 Crisis
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Respected retail leader with a unique blend of aesthetic, operational and functional capabilities. Record of connecting dots between talent, product, data & technology to drive growth and transformation. In addition to managing large teams and multi-billion dollar P&Ls, have lead meaningful digital transformations within omni organizations, evolved legacy business models, innovated talent development, and driven billions of dollars of growth by bringing more meaningful products & services to market. Equally comfortable collaborating with Designers, Supply Chain geeks or PhDs in Data & Computer Science. Love to learn, to teach & to win!

Deliver Results: Lead large teams across all operating functions with clear strategies, goals & incentives to deliver industry defying growth in both sales & profit. Experience leading Merchandising, Digital Marketing, Supply Chain, Business Intelligence & Business Operations. Clear focus on inputs that deliver the desired outputs. Consistent track record of delivering on KPIs. Seat on Executive Committees for over 12 years.

Develop People: An inspiring and motivating leader who cares deeply about people as a means to achieving aspirational objectives. Have developed diverse individuals to achieve meaningful promotions and demonstrated ability to performance manage through honest, specific & timely feedback loops.

Drive Innovation: Throughout career have self initiated and been selected to lead numerous innovation projects with regards to the development of both people and business. Effective at leading change transformation within tenured teams.

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