Katie Cirulli

Chief Emerging Brands Officer @ Grüns

Santa Monica, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Grüns (Full-time · 2 yrs 3 mos)
    • Chief Emerging Brands Officer
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

      Leveraging my experience as employee #4 scaling Grüns over the past 2 years to lead the strategy and growth engine behind Grüns’ next gen of breakout brands - Grüns Kids, Nutrops, Immün, Juced, and more to come ;) Learn more @ nutrops.co, juced.co, immun.co, and gruns.co/pages/gruns-kids-daily

    • President
      Oct 2024 - Feb 2026 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Chief of Staff to the CEO
      Apr 2024 - Oct 2024 · 7 mos

  • Ruggable (5 yrs 3 mos)
    • Customer Insights
      Oct 2023 - Apr 2024 · 7 mos

      - Formulated data-driven customer segmentation with the goal of optimizing marketing efficiency, personalizing customer experiences, and shaping Ruggable's product roadmap for strategic growth and innovation - Spearheaded the development and implementation of organization-wide customer retention metrics, providing a comprehensive view of business health, leading to increased customer lifetime value (LTV) and first-order AOV

    • Product Development & Sourcing - Wall Art (wallnut.com)
      Feb 2023 - Oct 2023 · 9 mos

      - Led Wall Art 2.0, an initiative to launch Wall Art on Ruggable.com - Led end-to-end design, development, and sourcing of an innovative wall art product that features a cutting-edge frame hanging system, addressing a major pain point in the market - Formulated a strategic sourcing plan, cultivating partnerships with domestic and overseas suppliers and a robust network of artists that allowed the product to meet gross margin and quality standards

    • Director of eCommerce & Finance - Levity (levityhome.com)
      Aug 2021 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

      - Reported to the GM and was a member of the leadership team for Ruggable's subsidiary brand Levity Home, a washable furniture concept - Owned P&L and Unit Economics models for the Levity Home business unit, uncovering key insights to drive business strategy - Led team of frontend developers, product managers, UIUX designers, and analysts to create, maintain, and enhance Ruggable’s sister website (levityhome.com) - Managed all aspects of web analytics, including A/B testing roadmap and analytics tools

  • Business Planning & Operations Associate, SMB North America at Facebook
    Aug 2018 - Feb 2019 · 7 mos

    • Conducted in-depth optimization analysis for Entertainment vertical that led to a strategic re-organization, resulting in greater revenue, optimal goal attainment, and sales productivity • Played a key role in building collaborative relationships between leadership, sales exec teams and cross-functional partners to ensure smooth rhythm of business • Suggested critical changes to sales operations processes to ensure continuous improvement through automation and process enhancement

  • Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company
    Sep 2016 - Aug 2018 · 2 yrs

    • Served clients across a wide range of industries (chemicals, payments, IT services, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, manufacturing, and industrial products) on operations-focused work to drive efficiencies and decrease costs • Identified over $100MM in merger revenue synergies and designed accompanying organizational structure and operating model (incentive scheme, GTM processes, etc.) to tackle synergies • Analyzed vast amounts of data to aid a private equity firm’s decision to purchase a pharmaceutical company; presented findings to top client management • Worked side by side senior client management to implement recommendations that drove over $12MM in savings (across ~$100MM in spend) • Designed transformative marketing material to boost a company’s sales and recognition based on information gathered through interviews conducted with over 40 ex-CIOs • Evaluated third party spend across a banking organization and identified over $180M in cost-saving opportunity across a $2.4B spend base; created initiatives and worked with owners to implement required changes

  • Intern at PepsiCo
    Jun 2015 - Aug 2015 · 3 mos