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A Winning Combination
Gary Stephenson
    Career Summary

    Gary Stephenson, is an international
    businessman with extensive experience
    in North America, South America,
    Australia, Europe and Japan, his areas
of functional experience include financial analysis,
information technology and systems, logistics,
distribution, purchasing, merchandising, category
management, marketing, pricing, business process re-
engineering, manufacturing, store operations,
customer service
and technology and outsourcing. His
real world retail background includes serving in an
executive role with Auchan USA.

Experience

Gary’s experience is an ongoing combination of
industry ‘field’ management and successful consulting
engagements, including executive and senior
management roles with Auchan USA, Arthur Andersen,
KPMG Peat Marwick, and Kurt Salmon Associates.

Gary served as director of Client Services for World-
Wide Chain Store Systems, helping global retailers
develop and implement their supply chain strategies.

He also was Director of Information Services for
Auchan USA, where he developed and implemented
category management, EDI, computer assisted
ordering, product performance, competitive analyses
and full RF software applications - all industry "firsts"
at that time.

Gary has managed major business and IT projects for
a number of global retailers and Consumer Packaged
Goods companies in such areas as category
management, purchasing, merchandising, pricing,
promotions, warehousing, distribution, inventory
management, accounting and store operations and
systems.

He has also worked with a number of clients in
evaluating, benchmarking and optimizing all aspects
of the end-to-end supply chain, with special emphasis
on cost modeling and benefit realization through
Activity Based Costing.
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