Emily Taylor

Emily Taylor is the executive vice president and chief merchandising officer of Dollar General. Taylor, who formerly served as senior vice president of channel innovation, brings more than two decades of leadership excellence and expertise to the role.

Taylor, who joined Dollar General in 1998, has held roles of increasing responsibility in investor relations, financial planning and analysis, merchandise planning, pricing and merchandising operations. She now will be responsible for the strategy and execution of the Company's merchandising, marketing, global sourcing, merchandise operations and in-store experience efforts. Taylor earned a bachelor of arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and an MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University. Taylor has served as Dollar General’s senior vice president of channel innovation since 2019. She has been named as one of Mass Market Retailer’s Most Influential Women in Retail since 2016 and was also named among the magazine’s prestigious “People Who Make A Difference” list in 2018.