Carol Gray-Adler

About Carol Gray-Adler

A Senior Retail Professional with a proven track record of achieving profitable sales growth. Over 20 years of experience with Fortune 500 retail businesses, including sales strategy development, business management, marketing, consumer demand forecasting, product placement, assortment planning and brand management. A strong leader with the ability to build and motivate successful teams. Extensive direct profit and budget responsibility, including developing and executing financial plans. A strong strategic thinker with excellent analytical skills and the ability to manage several projects simultaneously. A collaborative leader with demonstrated ability to partner across business units and regions to drive sales and profit.Specialties: Business Development - Identifying and strategically developing business opportunities, implementing required objectives to support sales growth.Management - Identifying talent. Coaching and developing high performance teams that achieve objectives.Teamwork - Establishing cross-functional partnerships that align teams with business objectives.Customer Focus - Staying close to the customer. Positioning teams to maximize customer opportunities.

Experience

1. Classroom Central

   Sep 2014 — Present

Education

• University of Maryland

  Bachelor of Science, Marketing

  1978 — 1981

Skills

• Merchandising
• Leadership
• Marketing
• Strategic Planning
• Apparel
• Assortment
• Store Management
• Product Development
• Trend Analysis
• Profit
• Sales
• Business Development
• Management
• Private Label
• Strategy
• Retail
• Brand Management
• Merchandise Planning
• Visual Merchandising