Mahler Advisory LLC
Retail Growth Strategy and
Performance Improvement Consulting
Bio
Mike Mahler has over twenty years of experience in the retail and consumer products industry, focused on strategy and business transformation, both as an external consultant and in B2C and B2B Omni Channel roles.
Mike’s consulting experience includes serving as Senior Vice President Merchandising & Strategy at HRC Retail Consulting (now part of Accenture) and Sr. Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLC in the Performance Improvement practice advising clients on growth strategy, organization design, category management, customer analytics, and supply chain engagements. Mike has advised many leading retailers across multiple sectors, including Apparel, Grocery, Mass Merchandise, Convenience, Automotive, and Specialty.
His industry background includes Office Depot, where he had several roles including Vice President, Digital Merchandising, Vice President of Category Management and Space Planning, and led the Merchandising Integration efforts with Office Max. Mike's experience also includes supply chain management roles with Foot Locker Inc, where he spearheaded the development and implementation of global supply chain strategies, and Playtex Products, where he established the Consumer Products Division’s Demand Planning group.
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Mike earned his MBA from Fairfield University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Marketing from Babson College.
Services
We help retailers unleash the value of their enterprise by focusing on customer needs, data analytics, and your culture. Learn more about the improvements we can help you achieve, and contact us today.
Growth Strategy and Business Transformation Consulting
The omni-channel marketplace and changing macro trends have created a new competitive paradigm that impacts your value proposition. We work collaboratively with you to develop fact-based actionable strategies and detailed roadmaps for effective implementation.
Organization Design and Effectiveness Consulting
Technology integration, employee turnover, and distributed workforces are a few challenges that impact the performance of your teams. We reduce complexity while improving organizational effectiveness by assessing your associates' roles and responsibilities, processes, and technology utilization. We create an efficient organization designed for cross-enterprise collaboration with actionable performance measures, clear priorities, efficient meeting structures, and incentives to drive desired behaviors.
Customer-Centric Merchandising and Marketing Consulting
It is paramount to grow your customer base and increase share of wallet but doing this profitably is a challenge.  We work with you to improve the target customers' experience by operationalizing market insights, curating the product portfolio, designing scalable new concepts, integrating channel experience, and creating solution-based go-to-market road maps.
Profit and Operating Performance Improvement Consulting
Channel disruption, inflationary pressures, complex supply chains, and SKU proliferation can all erode profitability.  We assess your business performance and operations to prioritize opportunities and assist you in assortment optimization, supplier rationalization, digital and merchandise execution, inventory management, pricing strategy, and COGS negotiations.
Contact Us
Have a particular challenge you’re trying to deal with? Contact us today and see what we can do for you.
203-895-4991
