Is your business ready for the busiest shopping days of the year? The asset protection community is a critical part of the process, and we are at that time of year when we need to be planning for the upcoming holiday season. Successful retailers understand that without having an early and effective plan in place, we increase the chances of not reaching our most critical goals for the year.
Register now to watch this on-demand webinar roundtable discussion with leaders from different retail verticals to discuss the challenges of the upcoming holidays, methods and strategies to help us prepare, and the steps that need to be taken starting now to capitalize on our success.
Revenue goals will always remain at the top of that list. Inventory considerations will be top of mind, along with marketing, visual display, and the typical holiday attention. But there are so many other things to consider that can be as long as a child’s letter to the North Pole—factors that must be strategically considered to keep our businesses safe, efficient, productive, and profitable.
Our panel of experts include an impressive team of professionals with diverse knowledge and experience to help us prepare for the upcoming holiday season:
Dave Rogers is currently the senior director of market asset protection leaderships and training at Macy’s. With a background that includes roles leading internal investigations, LP systems, LP and Operations strategies, and other special assignments, Dave has also served as a leader with the Macy’s LP Center of Expertise where he worked with chief business officers on shortage strategies, created the Central Investigations Team that leads on Big Data / Enterprise level exception reporting, and continues to pioneer RFID in stores as one of the founding architects of store line implementation and LP technical innovation for the company.
Teresa Tucker is currently a director of asset protection at Kroger. Having a very diverse retail grocery background with more than 35 years of experience, she has held many roles in merchandising and operations including roles as a buyer, category manager, training and development, customer and associate insight manager, replenishment analyst, space management and planning, department merchandiser drug/general manager, operations specialist, and district manager prior to her current position as director of asset protection.
Sarah Johnson is currently the senior director of asset protection with The Home Depot, with responsibility for the organization’s accuracy and profitability efforts in close partnership with store operations and finance. She also has responsibility for third-party resource allocation, technology and innovation, as well as the merchandise protection strategy for asset protection. Prior to joining the asset protection team, Sarah was director of operations for store operations where she had responsibility for the front end, selling systems and interconnected business processes. During her almost 21 years at Home Depot, Sarah has also served as a business analyst, a staff accountant managing the credit card chargeback process, and led the labor and expense management team.
Brenda Davis is currently the director of asset protection programs for Victoria’s Secret & Co. Brenda has been with VS&Co for 18 years where she has held multiple AP leadership roles. She is responsible for developing awareness and safety training for stores, campus security, emergency operations, and global travel security, as well as creating external and internal communications deployment strategy to include DE&I, and strategic development of internal annual events and meetings. Prior to joining L Brands Brenda was regional training manager for Blockbuster, district loss prevention manager for Old Navy, and field asset protection manager for Mervyn’s. Brenda is currently a member of the Association of Talent Develoment and NRF’s Women in LP. She is also a member of the Victoria’s Secret & Co Inclusion Resource Groups.
Jeremy Lynch is currently the senior director of loss prevention and safety at PetSmart. In addition to his extensive experience in loss prevention strategy and operations, Jeremy has a diverse background in retail that includes store management, training, human resources, process improvement/store operations, and supply chain over more than 20 years in retail leadership roles.
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