Evie Bykowsky

Associate at McKinsey & Company

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

About

Deep experience in retail across multiple strategic roles within omnichannel, merchandising, and business unit transformation. Adept at solving and synthesizing complex conceptual and analytical problems. Outside of work, I'm an avid pilot, tea connoisseur, and travel enthusiast.

Experience

  • Associate at McKinsey & Company
    Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • The Home Depot (7 yrs 2 mos)
    • Category Manager - Private Brands
      Jul 2024 - Aug 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

      • Develop and execute private brand strategy for Light Bulbs, Ceiling Fans, and Landscape/String Lighting categories, totaling $1.5B in sales • Engage with Product Development, Sourcing, and Product Engineering to drive innovation and product quality across the private brand portfolio

    • Sr. Analyst - Assortment Strategy
      Feb 2022 - Jul 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      • Led and executed assortment reviews for multiple electrical and plumbing categories totaling $1B in sales • Revamped a complex seasonal business by creating a new line structure based on customer value insights, building a go-to-market strategy for a newly launched category, creating new private label products to fill assortment gaps, and refreshed POP signage. Resulted in 16% sales lift • Developed best practice methodology for determining which SKUs should be stocked in our omnichannel network, based on competitive lead times, customer needs, and distribution / warehousing cost. Implemented as standard practice across merchandising team • Lead our Merch Solutions Co-Op program (grew the program +75% in 2 years)

    • Sr. Analyst - Omnichannel Strategy
      Feb 2021 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

      • Created dynamic model to determine highest ROI assortment for distribution center network, while optimizing lead times for Pro customers. Worked with Lighting and Electrical Merchants to onboard most valuable 6,000 SKUs (4% of portfolio) • Built a financial model to quantify the $70M sales lift and associated margin impact from assortment recommendations • Developed a process for Merchants to identify and offboard 14% of existing unproductive SKUs across Lighting & Electrical departments to avoid costly inventory buildup • Identified $20M (+18%) opportunity to reduce lead times on best-selling Barn Doors & Accessories from 1 month to 1-2 days, increasing competitiveness vs Amazon

  • Chief of Staff at Georgia Institute of Technology Student Government Association
    Apr 2017 - May 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Home Services Merchandising Intern at The Home Depot
    May 2017 - Aug 2017 · 4 mos

  • VP of Education at Scheller Business Ambassadors (SBA)
    Apr 2016 - Apr 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo