Anne Gottwald

Director of Marketing and Business Development at Kinsey Management, Ralph Lauren

Functional Area

  • Customer Success
  • Leadership
  • Marketing

Superpower

  • Business Development
  • E-commerce

Detailed info

Entrepreneurial brand merchandising and retail buying executive with over 15 years’ experience working for best-in-class global brands and retailers such as Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Scoop NYC and Bloomingdale’s with a proven track record of delivering results and achieving revenue, profit and growth objectives.

Strong expertise in brand leadership, business development and in creating consumer-centric marketing strategies for e-commerce, retail and wholesale channels across international markets (EMEA & US).

Experience in women’s and men’s apparel, footwear, accessories and license goods across categories. Denim expert. Department store, specialty store and vertical brand retailing. Contemporary, premium and luxury sectors.

360-degree view of brand building, skilled at identifying and developing new business opportunities. Briefing design and product teams on key commercial requirements and trends while working with wholesale and key accounts throughout the product life cycle are some core competencies.

Enthusiastic team leader with a proven ability to build collaborative cross-functional partnerships to grow brands.

In addition, consult with c-suite and senior executives on how to develop their leaders, accelerate performance, transform culture and optimize business strategy and execution. Work with clients to align their business and talent strategies to achieve their goals. Certified in talent optimization with The Predictive Index.