Robin Soehl

About Robin Soehl

HD Supply Facilities Maintenance was a subsidiary of The Home Depot until sold to private equity in 2007; went public in 2013. Facilities Maintenance is a line of business (fka Maintenance Warehouse and The Home Depot Supply) started as a private company until acquired by The Home Depot in 1997. From 1996 through 2016, it grew at a 17%+ CAGR to become a $2.7B+ distributor of MRO products and provides services to owners and managers of multifamily, hospitality, healthcare and institutional facilities.

Experience

1. VP, Information Integrity and Compliance

   HD Supply

   Jan 2014 — Present

   Overview: Built Information Integrity Team to initiate data governance, to execute disciplined master data management and drive quality data with technology and innovation while continuously aligning with internal partners to ensure prioritization. Key results: Initiated governance, monitoring and remediation of key master data elements (150M+ data points). Reduced EDI exceptions by more than 50%. Leading charge to reduce reliance on custom processes requiring non-standard data elements. Secured contract through 2021 for largest customer with competitive bid proposal.• Developed pragmatic data governance strategy leveraging corporate initiatives and focused domain deliverables. Designed the “Critical To Operations” approach to identify critical areas of focus and allocate limited resources. • Oversaw development of multigenerational roadmap to improve data access, availability and quality. • Set strategy for optimizing analytics through governance, query consolidation, and the introduction of visualization tools. • Implemented data quality rigor, including defect identification, and monitored remediation. Transitioned repetitive data tasks to offshore resources resulting in a 60% savings per offshore associate. • Restructured Contracts, Compliance and Bids & Proposals, extending services to all sales verticals. Standardized contract administration and contract development processes across all client groups. • Led both business and SAP System integration of acquired business - Peachtree Business Products.

Education

• Baruch College

  MBA, International Marketing

  1982 — 1985

• Emory University - Goizueta Business School

  The Home Depot's Accelerated Leadership Program

• University of South Carolina

  BA, Spanish Language & Literature

  1979 — 1982

Skills

• Marketing Strategy
• National Accounts
• Salesforce.com
• Account Management
• Change Management
• Strategy
• Purchasing
• Process Improvement
• Contract Negotiation
• Business Development
• Business Strategy
• Sales Process
• Sales Presentations
• Merchandising
• Management
• Team Building
• Strategic Planning
• P&L Management
• Retail
• B2b
• Supply Chain Management
• Sales Management
• Complex Initiative Management
• Board Presentations
• Marketing
• Business Process Improvement
• Wholesale
• New Business Development
• Sales Operations
• Pricing
• Forecasting