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 financeE-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.