Liz Gebhard

• Support building of Angel and Founder growth strategies
• Consult on program and service offerings expansion including founder accelerator program
• Supported development of founder pitch structure and investment schema for angel investor network
• Served as advocate and ambassador for Angel network launch and expansion

Leader of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) business development teams based across 12 countries. Accountable for setting and delivering DEI agenda, goals and programs to support 50K+ employees across 40+ countries including direct support of two SVPs, 55 VPs and 300+ Directors.

• Built out DEI function for Global Stores including hiring of team, designing and aligning global strategy with SVP leaders, establishing mechanisms and goals cadence to enable results including 3 year organization design and future state planning models
• Designed/Launched innovative learning programs and modelling for VP/SVP/C-Suite to systemically improve Women representation and elevate voice of employees/customers in particular focused on underrepresented communities
• Serve as member of extended global leadership teams for DEI across all Amazon organizations and International Human Resources and Technology teams

Leader of leaders of organization of 180 (grew from 80 in 2020). Category Director of core Fashion businesses (Jewelry/ Watches/Luggage + Bags) across EU8 marketplaces including commercial teams, instock, program management and marketing functions (25% of EU Fashion Revenue, +20.7% YoY). Also led Amazon Vendor Services (B2B paid service for brands) across EU Fashion with team of 75 brand specialists (growing to 135+ in 2021 and 200 in 2022) across five countries servicing all key business inputs (selection, traffic, conversion, growth, listing quality).

• Developed leadership team including promotion of two employees to Sr. Manager and 25 from entry to mid-level leader roles.
• Led expansion of the Fashion Accessories 3-year strategy to deliver programmatic growth to €5B by 2023 through business, ops and tech feature development - led to the expansion of Prime Wardrobe to Accessories, Virtual-Try-On launch, and C-Suite negotiations with top Fashion brands.
• Scaled Vendor Services B2B offering to 100% of top brands, created/launched white-glove Brand Concierge Service for top brands, and expanded offshore team of 250+ dedicated to Fashion.
• Served on EU Fashion Management team and UK Country Leadership teams guiding organization wide strategy and organizational design

Served as Chief of Staff to VP of EU Fashion. Role includes serving as member of EU Fashion Management (M) team, owner of all strategic and organization wide mechanisms, strategic communications, and served as consultant across organizational, commercial, operations, and technology initiatives (including Fashion Technology, 3P Marketplace, and Private Label teams.)

• Managed Business Operations, streamlined process and automated reporting. Resulted in -60% time savings across team and efficiency in communicating strategic programs updates.
• Built and launched a central Business Intelligence Engineering organization for Fashion (staffed with 8 team members). Further led efforts to centralize Vendor Operations org from category instock managers (org/people impact 100+)
• Served as proxy and strategic representative for VP and SVP leaders including WW strategy reviews
• Supervised staff and participated in hiring, training and performance evaluations to establish and enforce policies and procedures for core business functions.

• Category Leader - UK Video Games (2015-2018)- Led commerical business team, Product Managers and Marketing Managers responsible for UK Video Games business (7% of UK Retail revenue) including P&L ownership, C-Suite negotiations, pricing, selection, availability and project management. Also supported Amazon acquisition and launch of Twitch Prime and customer experience.
• Category Leader - US Books (2012-2015) - Led commercial business team and merchandisers responsible for P&L ownership, negotiation strategy and plans for 25 of the top 50 industry Books publishers (63% of Books Revenue) and Amazon Publishing. Also led specialty businesses including Comic Books growth.

• Omnichannel Business Development Leader - Developed multi-channel/store of the future strategies across physical and digital including customer experience, core system and data design, supply chain and organization design. Conducted solutions and CX competitive assessments, developed short-term customer strategies and implementation plans for multi-channel initiatives including Flexible Fulfillment, Ship to Store, Social and Mobile.
• Entertainment Business Development Leader - Led the business, merchandising and technology launch of the Music, Movies and Books businesses on Target.com. Developed business and marketing launch plans, negotiated contracts and on-boarded fulfillment and content providers. Resulted in successful on-time launch including pre-order and digital download capabilities, and exceeded all targets to deliver $32MM in first 18 months. Additionally hired and led team of site merchandisers and buyers.
• Network Strategy and Supply Chain Design - Led teams responsible for $100MM+ in long-lead time private label inventory for Target.com. Led the launch of a new Purchase Order Management and Supply Chain Planning tools for Target.com including future state business requirements, functionality design and UX partnering with external technology teams including I2 and SAP.