Russ Warren
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- Role
- Merchandising - Senior Buyer, Commodities at Walmart
- Location
- Tampa, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Merchandising - Senior Buyer, Commodities
Aug 2013 — Present · Bentonville, AR, US
Owned and operated a $2 Billion P&L. Responsible for all merchandising and sourcing decisions, acting as “CEO” of Baking Commodities business.• #1 Buyer for growing profit in all of Walmart Dry Grocery in every year as a Buyer (+350bps increase in Year 1, additional +350bps increase in Year 2, additional +300bps increase in Year or $400M cumulative incremental profit in 3 year period). 2X Buyer of the Department recognition (out of 40 buyers).• Changed strategic direction of Baking Categories, while enhancing profitability and transforming customer perception / consideration of Walmart, by betting aggressively on health items such as Coconut Oil and Ancient Grains (value creation resulting in nearly $90M of annual sales growth)• Traveled frequently, both domestically and abroad, to study retailers, source directly, and meet with suppliers’ executive leadership teams.
Education
University of Pittsburgh
BSBA
Harvard Business School
MBA
Skills
- Leadership
- Financial Modeling
- Strategy
- Mergers
- Finance
- Financial Analysis
- Corporate Finance
- Business Strategy
- Management
- Investment Banking
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Private Equity
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Venture Capital
- Investments
- Strategic Planning
- Valuation
- Banking
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