Ownership

Question 1

Tell me about a time when you took on something significant outside your area of responsibility.

Answer 1

Eileen

Question 2

Describe a time when you didn’t think you were going to meet a commitment you promised.

Answer 2

Feel good surf competition.
quickly turned it around to a
re-thinking what the mission of our group is.

Question 3

Give me an example of an initiative you undertook because you saw that it could benefit the whole company or your customers, but wasn’t within any group’s individual responsibility so nothing was being done.

Answer 3

Creating a merchandising deck.
keeps buyers accountable and store team to continuously rotate and proactively think about spacing.

Question 4

Tell me about a time when you made a hard decision to sacrifice short term gain for something that would create long term value for the business.

Answer 4

sku count - to align with the brand and the mission

Question 5

Describe a time when you had to transition a project you owned to a new owner.

Answer 5

At my last job at an account manager, It was hard to transport my client base to a new account manager. I had developed such a good relationship with all my accounts, I wanted to make sure they are in good hands.
I made a deck that goes over each and every client. This included not only their account status, current projects, budget and challenges, but I included a deep analysis of their personalities, their pet peeves, their business and family situation - what strategies are best for each of these accounts to meet their goals.

Question 6

Tell me about a time when you saw a peer struggling and decided to step in and help.

Answer 6

My colleague had a huge floor move with a large shipment.
We would share fixtures.
i would seek out fixtures within my stores that had the same finish that aligns with his stores fixture package