Jennifer is a senior partner who has been a leader in our Minneapolis and New Jersey offices for 20 years, and is a global leader of the Product Development & Procurement service line in the Operations Practice. She has deep expertise across consumer and retail operational and strategic issues, including marketing, merchandising, digital, organization, pricing, and strategy. Jennifer has led our apparel, fashion and luxury work in the Americas since 2010. Additionally, she leads much of our retail private-equity work in the Americas and has primary relationships with several investment funds. She has worked with over 100 global consumer companies and is widely published and regularly speaks at leading industry summits.
Examples of her recent client work include the following:
Retail
- delivering a multiyear transformation for leading specialty apparel retailer
- designing a digital customer strategy and agile marketing program for an apparel portfolio
- developing a US retail, wholesale, and digital strategy for a European luxury brand
- generating a strategy and profit program for a leading online grocer
- initiating a multiyear transformation program for a US grocer
Consumer Products
- delivering a multiyear transformation for a major global cosmetics and skin care company
- creating a social media strategy for premier consumer goods company
- developing a pricing and promotions strategy for major personal care company
- designing a carve-out and marketing and sales strategy for a leading consumer packaged goods brand
Private equity and investing
- running multiple due diligences for international investors looking for US food and beverage assets
- leading consumer segmentation and functional redesign for several private-equity portfolio companies
- managing due-diligence processes for several specialty and contemporary apparel brands
- leading due-diligence processes for assets across the beauty category