Cedric Clark

VP, Operations Sam’s Club

I started my Walmart career in January 2001 in Sporting Goods as a sales floor associate.  I also had inexperience as an In Store LP Associate, Market Asset Protection Manager (Seattle/Tacoma), Regional Asset Protection Director (Indiana/Kentucky/Tennessee), Regional Operations Support Director (Indiana/Kentucky/Tennessee), Market Manager (Northwest Indiana), Director of Operations (Chicago), Regional General Manager (Utah/Idaho) and Regional Vice President (Illinois).  I did these roles over the span of 13 years all within Walmart US.  Took a brief stint away from Walmart at a Pet specialty retailer and I am not back within the Sam’s Organization as the Regional Vice President for the Northeast.

In 2015 I left Walmart for an opportunity as the Vice President of Operations for PetSmart.  I designed a winning strategy of execution and focus through the field VP’s, Directors and Managers for an enterprise of $8B in revenue annually.  Managed expense budget of $1.3B.  Also was responsible for the annual delivery of record pet adoptions which exceeded 500k.  Also implemented a store level “Real Time” dashboard that called out key performance metrics by hour which aided in 50bps improvement in customer conversion.

I spent time in several geographies during my childhood.  My mother and step dad were in the military so I lived in Alabama, Washington State, Texas & Germany.  I played Division 1 Basketball at Washington State University and I also played in New Zealand and Brazil professionally after college.  I am also a concert pianist and got accepted to Juilliard out of high school, but took the sports route.  I truly value my faith and my family.  I am blessed with a wife and 4 healthy children.