
Data-Driven Omni-Channel Strategic Consultant
George Schmidt is the President and Founder of Schmidt Direct Marketing & Ecommerce Solutions, a boutique consulting firm that helps multi-channel retailers grow revenue, profit, and inventory productivity with data-driven, hands-on strategies and analytics.
Specialization
Marketing Leadership & Strategy
Ecommerce & Digital Marketing
CRM & Segmentation
Merchandise Planning
Inventory Management
Expertise
Unified Commerce / Omni-Channel
Executive Leadership
Business Analysis
Organizational Design
Business Process
Change Management
System Selection & Implementation
Experience
Consulting / Interim Executive Experience:
Drive marketing, merchandising, and inventory management strategies for a $250M online bookstore; drove digital strategy, renegotiated marketing contracts to save $2.5M, improved inventory productivity +25%
Developed promotion strategies for a $500M ecommerce retailer that drove +30% improvements in margin during peak holiday season.
Provided interim merchandising leadership to a $100 million business-to-business distributor of healthcare products. Developed analytics, built assortment, led new product development, implemented marketing calendar process and tools.
Evaluated inventory planning systems and processes for a multi-channel home specialty chain. Designed planning processes, integrated promotional planning, improved integration with marketing and finance targets.
Executive Experience:
Privé Revaux – President & General Manager
Revitalized e-commerce business, transforming the culture, elevating leadership across marketing, ecommerce, merchandising, and finance. E-commerce SME across parent company portfolio.
Cheryl’s Cookies – VP & General Manager
+60% increase in e-com revenue, +90% in new customer acquisition, +30% B2B revenue growth, and +250bps gross margin improvement
Frontgate – SVP of Strategic Planning, Ecommerce & CRM
Reinvented channel strategies for a catalog-centric retailer, reducing catalog investment by 33% and boosting digital marketing by 50%.
The Orvis Company – VP of Multi-Channel Marketing; VP Of Merchandise Operations & Planning
Grew ecommerce business by 25%, email file by 50%. Led high-level brand & channel strategy transformation.