New York City Metropolitan Area
I'm a builder. Not homebuilding (though that intrigues me) and not coding (though I’m learning more of that), more like 'see a murky problem and create a new solution' type building. I run towards ambiguity. I spent 17 years at Amazon and Gap - two high performing, highly customer-obsessed cultures - building stuff. Bringing the Gap brands to the China market, growing and sunsetting Prime Now, testing the limits of Amazon’s grocery offering (through COVID no less), founding a learning and development team to plug critical skill gaps of a multi-billion-dollar producing org. I now understand the underlying skills driving those high performing, results driving teams - communication, influencing, collaboration, ownership. These are skills you are expected to be great at but are rarely taught at work. It’s why I’m now building the Leadership Lab. To teach the skills critical to success at work (and frankly life, though somehow my communication skills don’t translate to home?). The skills that help you and your team deal with tough cross-functional stakeholders, influence without authority, make decisions faster, get visibility with your leaders, and deliver results. Here's how I work: I find the skill or way of working that'll move your team the most, then build training around your real work, rooted in lived experience and immediately applicable to your day-to-day. Not passive, forget-after-the-offsite workshops. These are hands-on, do-the-work-and-see-the-results sessions. They shift perspectives and behaviors. Our content has been featured in Business Insider, has a 98% satisfaction rating from participants, and a 100% recommendation rate from our clients. Fortune 500 companies trust us to tackle the hard stuff and leave their teams with "actionable transformation" (their words, not mine!). I’m also the co-lead of the Deshmukh-Wang household, a mom of two sassy girls, and a proud connoisseur of candy (and non-judgmental dentists). Follow along for practical work advice. Sign up for my newsletter Sticky Situations. DM me to learn more about our corporate workshops.
We identify the highest-leverage skills your team needs, build practical workshops around your real work, and create habits that stick long after the session ends. Our most popular sessions include The 5 Skills of a Top Performer in the AI Era, Effective Communication, Stakeholder Influence & Buy-in, and Customer Obsession IRL www.leadership-lab.co
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Led a team to build training and development programs for our field and corporate employees in Amazon's grocery organization worldwide.
Founded and led a team to drive learning, development, and org culture for Amazon Fresh Grocery corporate employees.
Led central retail marketing team for Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market on Amazon and Prime Now, including content strategy, site merchandising and central marketing programs. Manager of multi-level team. Supported Amazon growth through recruiting, interviewing and hiring talent for the company.
Managed global merchandising for select women's apparel categories. Represented all markets including North America, Europe, Japan, China, online and franchise businesses. Balanced global branding with local market needs to build a positive brand experience and profitable merchandise assortment season after season. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to efficiently and effectively support brand strategies, including a strong focus on merchandise strategy, competitive analysis, in-store/online experience and pricing strategy.
Oversaw merchandising for multi-million dollar women’s apparel, accessories and loungewear divisions for China, Hong Kong & Taiwan markets, key growth area for Gap Inc. Delivered positive comp growth in existing stores while achieving significant growth from new stores in 2013; helped open over 60 stores in 25 cities in 2 years. Created and implemented new strategies and processes for growing China market; interacted closely with cross-functional leaders based in Shanghai & New York to create a localized assortment while maintaining global brand image. Conducted consumer, pricing and trend research to influence entry strategies for specialty, online and outlet channels in Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, including brand expansion into Taiwan and Old Navy expansion into mainland China.
Merchandising for Kids & Baby, Greater China
Helped grow Macy’s private label swim brands (Style&Co and INC) by developing new lines from fashion trends and market research; generated, distributed and analyzed weekly sales reports of private and market label swim brands; created future sales plans in Swimwear to grow Macy’s and its fashion swim market; developed winning holiday product for 18-25 target market in Menswear group case competition