Suzanne Lau

Suzanne Lau is the current Chief Operating Officer at Naturebox. Prior to Naturebox, they were the Vice President of Merchandise Planning at Gymboree from December 2012 to October 2013. Her responsibilities included maximizing sales and gross margin dollars through inventory management for Gymboree, Gymboree Outlet, Janie & Jack, and Crazy 8; managing $1B+ retail sales annually. Suzanne also established strategic tops down financial targets; developing sales and inventory targets for 24+ flows a year by department and quarter.

From 2006 to 2010, Lau served as the Director of Merchandise Planning at Gymboree. In this role, they were responsible for forecasting sales, margin and inventories on a daily, weekly, monthly basis to determine optimal markdowns / promotions; managing 100M+ units annually. Suzanne also hindsight profitability of promotions and presented recommendations of future promotional events to leadership team. In addition, Lau managed and supported merchandise planning team to identify risks / opportunities in their departments by recommending promotions, markdowns or receipt management at style / class level. Under their leadership, the merchandise planning team successfully launched regional markdowns and created all processes and tools to execute and recap customized store / style level markdowns.

Suzanne Lau completed their undergraduate degree at California Polytechnic State University, where they earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

Suzanne Lau works with Michael Thompson - VP, Supply Chain & Business Integration, Michael Occhipinti - VP, Sales, and Kelicia Mims Dorsey - Controller & Director, Finance. Suzanne Lau reports to John Occhipinti, CEO.