Kate Ruckert

With more than 15 years of experience in leadership roles and high-pressure environments, I have a demonstrated track record of driving strategy, identifying opportunities to generate incremental revenues, optimizing processes and operations, boosting employee productivity, improving profitability, and delivering consistent outperformance. As Director of Merchandising Strategy & Innovation at Walmart, I captured $90M in previously lost revenues by reducing the production cycle time from an average of 6 weeks to just 1 week and identified headcount reduction opportunities to deliver $3.7M in annual savings (versus a target of $2.8M). As Senior Manager of Merchandising Strategy & Performance at Walmart, I created a strategy to attract higher-value brands that is projected to boost annual sales by $1.6B. As Senior Manager within Walmart’s Strategy & Finance Rotational Program (1 of just 13 MBAs hired for a 16-month accelerated leadership development program), I developed and presented a roadmap to increase sales by $300M while expanding the operating margin by 65 basis points for our Neighborhood Markets business. And as a Professional Tennis Player with the Women’s Tennis Association, I captured 5 Singles championships and 1 Doubles championship and was ranked #364 in Women’s Singles and #374 in Women’s Doubles worldwide. ► AREAS OF EXPERTISE Change Management ♦ Product Innovation ♦ Customer Experience ♦ Merchandising ♦ Data Analytics & Insights ♦ Cost Optimization ♦ Supplier Relationships ♦ Human Capital Management ♦ Employee Engagement ♦ Training & Development ► OPEN TO NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES Please feel free to contact me at +1.703.969.1859 or [email protected].