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2016 WalStreet Speaker Series - John Furner
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Date and Time
Wednesday Oct 12, 2016
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM CDT
7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental breakfast served
8:00 a.m. WalStreet Speaker Series Begins featuring John Furner
Location
SAM's Club Home Office - Auditorium
2101 Simple Savings Dr.
Bentonville, AR. 72712-0745
Parking location is important. Parking for this event is across the street from the Sam’s Club Home Office main entrance. We appreciate you leaving supplier parking near the building open and available for suppliers conducting regular business at SAM’s Club that day.
Fees/Admission
Due to corporate security requirements, we are unable to do on-the-spot registration, so please take time to register in advance. You will need to register each person by name vs. “additional attendees”.
When arriving at the venue, each attendee will be asked to provide identification at check in to receive your personalized guest badge. Please return all guest badges before leaving so you can be properly checked out of the facility.
Your WalStreet membership allows for a specific number of audience seats based upon your membership level. If you are a sponsor of this event, your seats will be reserved; otherwise it is open seating.
Sponsorships remain available and additional seating can be purchased through online registration. If you are interested in an additional 5 or 10 seats of reserved seating, please contact Dawn K Stewart at 479.273.2841 or dstewart@bbvchamber.com.
Parking location is important. Parking for this event will be across the street from the Sam’s Club Home Office main entrance. We appreciate you leaving supplier parking near the building open and available for suppliers conducting regular business at Sam’s Club that day.
The number of seats available per membership type is as follows:
Individual – 1 seat – open seating
Silver – 5 seats – open seating
Gold and above, or event sponsor – 10 seats
Feel free to contact Dawn K Stewart if you have questions regarding your membership level, or if we can help in any way. We look forward to seeing you at the event!
Contact Information
Dawn K Stewart @ 479-273-2841
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Description
John Furner, Executive Vice president for Sam's Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., with more than 600 locations nationwide.
In this position John oversees all of Merchandising for Sam’s Club including, Global Sourcing, Packaging and Private Brands.
Most recently John served as Chief Merchandising and Chief Marketing officer of Walmart China, where he was over Merchandising, Procurement, Marketing, Supply Chain, Financial Services, and Mobile Commerce for the Hypermarket division.
John joined Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., as an hourly associate in 1993. Later positions included Management Intern, Assistant Store Manager, Assistant Buyer, Operations Development, Co-Manager, Store Manager, District Manager, Buyer and Divisional Merchandise Manager. John was promoted to Vice President-Divisional Merchandise Manager in 2006, Regional General Manager-Vice President Northeast Operations in February 2008, Vice President Global Sourcing / Seasonal Merchandising in 2010, SVP Proprietary Brands and Merchandise Solutions in May 2011, SVP Home & Apparel and Global Sourcing in January 2012, and SVP CMO for Walmart China in January 2013.
John has a BS in Marketing Management from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR and completed the High Potentials Leadership program.
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