katy koenigs

assistant director

About

Thought leader who strategically defines change by people, process and technology and turns vision into results. Experienced organization change management practitioner with retail, technology services and consulting of large scale technology implementations.

Country

united states

City

milwaukee

Industry

financial services

Skill

retail, merchandising, management, multi channel retail, store management, project management, process improvement, cross functional team leadership, business process improvement, change management, business process, team leadership, leadership, customer experience, business analysis, sdlc, customer service, it strategy, p&l management, program management, forecasting, value stream mapping, lean software development, agile project management, flex plm, organizational effectiveness, lean thinking, agile methodologies, continuous process improvement, lean process improvement

Experience

senior strategy manager

kohl's department stores center for retailing excellence

2012-1 - 2016-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

* Drive technology innovation and held financial control of budget * Owned relationships with the Executive Business Sponsors * Developed strategic roadmap for Oracle ERP; Sequencing and lead 800+ Associates through Organizational Change Management * Operationalize business cases as part of the annual budgeting process by estimating work and ROI

senior manager of enterprise services

kohl's department stores

2018-2 - Present · 8 yrs 8 mos

* Manage a team of ten professionals that offer enterprise services to support the office of the CTO (e.g., services include, learning & development, early talent, innovation, community outreach, start-ups, innovation, organizational change management and communications) * Align and manage budget for technology services areas * Socialize strategies with senior leaders to drive initiatives and priorities * Continue to drive transformation efforts leveraging Organizational Change Management levers to drive adoption of more efficient solutions (e.g., migrated 350 project managers over to a new Vendor Management Solution) * Elevate technology talent by providing services that improve our operations and delivery * Support ongoing leadership development, change management and driving digital mindset transformation

accenture consultant

best buy

2006-1 - 2008-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

manager

accenture

2005-1 - 2011-1 · 6 yrs 1 mo

* Successfully managed change of new systems and processes by partnering with vendors for major retailers * Managed a team of Change Management and Project Management professionals * Developed Strategies and roadmaps for a major retailers

associate buyer, merchandise analysts and executive trainee

sears holdings corporation

2000-1 - 2005-1 · 5 yrs 1 mo

* 2004 - 2005 Associate Buyer * Selected product, planned financial metrics and tied effective marketing campaigns * Planned strategic corporate initiative to achieve 40% increase in sales * 2001 - 2004 Merchandise & Requirements Analyst * Trained, developed and managed five Geographical Merchandise Analysts * Analytical review to ensure inventory performance maximized sales; achieved 250 million dollars in annual sales * 2000 - 2001 National Executive Trainee Program/Manager * Learned store operations in order to manage a store from day to day * Managed and coached twenty associates in departments with annual sales volume of $1.7M

senior strategy technology transformation manager

kohl's department stores

2016-5 - Present · 10 yrs 5 mos

Drove a cloud migration for an organization of 900+ Associates and over 350 Applications; 92% of the organization surveyed felt ready and 94% understood why we were migrating to the cloud and the benefits Developed a new discipline within Kohl’s Technology to drive technology adoption, change and implement process improvement throughout the organization Created team structure, operating principles, methodology and governance