John Bloomfield, COER

John has had a 40 year career in retail, holding executive positions in Inventory Management and Supply Chain with Osco Drug, PetSmart, and Ulta Beauty.  In his retail roles, he has consistently championed inventory accuracy and shrink reduction and with Ulta Beauty, he partnered with academic researchers to contribute to a research paper on how improved packaging in cosmetics could improve IRA. John has also help roles at RGIS and Blue Yonder (Formerly JDA Software) with global Fortune 100 retailers on inventory and supply chain.  John also holds a six-sigma blackbelt.

For 20 years, he has been a member of Conference on Operational Excellence (COER), a collaboration of retail executives and academic researchers, where he regularly contributes papers on Inventory Accuracy