Kent Ashley
Vice President, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement @Crunch Fitness
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WORK HISTORY
Vice President, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement @Crunch Fitness
New York, NY, US
Head of Crunch Fitness\'s Strategic Sourcing & Procurement team, leading work to optimize spend and revenue for both Corporate-owned and Franchisee-owned Crunch Fitness Clubs.
EDUCATION
Saint Olaf College
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics
University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance, Marketing
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, Master Class
SKILLS
ABOUT KENT ASHLEY
A highly qualified, innovative, and inspiring omnichannel retail and consumer products executive, with extensive experience in merchandising, retail strategy, sales, merchandise financial planning and allocation, operations, insights & analytics, inventory management, and business development. Excels at business partnerships and negotiations, and building and leading diverse, inclusive, and high-performing teams. Signature Strengths/What Gives Me Energy-Inspiring and Leading Teams: building teams and cultures centered around development, empowerment, inclusivity, communication, teaching, coaching, and learning, in a way that enables people and teams to become the best versions of themselves-Delivering Sizeable, Scalable, Profitable Growth: effectively identifying and sizing up opportunities, building a business case and strategy, getting leadership and cross-functional buy-in, defining work and levers needed to deliver, and relentlessly executing to optimize outcomes-Developing Partnerships and Leading Negotiations: leading initiatives to get to mutually beneficial outcomes through business partnership and negotiation activities that create incremental value, deliver innovation, and enable stronger buyer/seller and cross-functional collaboration and engagement-Creative Problem-Solving: correctly defining and breaking down the problem into digestible pieces; leveraging the power of team, diverse perspectives, and outside the box thinking to overcome obstacles and deliver innovative solutions that drive results-Leveraging Data & Insights to Develop Strategies and Business Plans: collecting, synthesizing, aggregating, and analyzing data and insights to build: business strategies and tactics, financial plans and forecasts, merchandising, channel, and product guardrails, and business cases.Additional Skills:Merchandising, Sales, Financial Planning & Analysis, Business Partnerships & Negotiations, Customer Experience, PD & D, Digital, Omnichannel, e-commerce, Procurement Strategies, Pricing, Promotion, Cross-Functional, Leadership, Brand Development, Sourcing Services, Strategy, Inventory Planning, New Business Development, B2B, Omnichannel, Ownership, P&L, Supply Chain Optimization, Financial, Budget, Portfolio, Marketing Development, Profitability, Cost & Markdown Reductions, Buying, Selling, KPI Development & Tracking, Cash Flow, Reporting, Program Management, Capability Development, Product Selection, Vendors
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