Jana Gold

Managing Director

Alvarez & Marsal

Jana Gold is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement in Washington, D.C. She brings more than 15 years of direct retail industry experience, specializing in strategic solutions for existing and new business segments, end-to-end product design, development, production, and sourcing optimization.

Ms. Gold has a proven record of post-merger integration, interim management roles, system implementations, and cost take-out/performance improvement.

In her retail industry career, Ms. Gold has held roles of increasing responsibility across Asia and North America. She assisted or led more than 10 post acquisition/carve-out integrations for apparel, footwear, and accessories and was responsible for operational due diligence, TSA negotiation, project plan and integration execution from merchandising to end consumer delivery. Ms. Gold led the PLC reengineering for a major sportswear company and has directed the implementation of multiple PLM and planning systems.

Most recently, Ms. Gold led a COGS reduction effort for a $500 million affordable luxury brand, resulting in 20 percent YOY reduction by implementing cost transparency, should-cost modeling, construction optimization, and factory rationalization. She also led a $2 billion apparel retailer transforming its go-to-market process, reducing the calendar by 12 weeks, optimizing the assortment, and rightsizing the organization. Ms. Gold has also served as the in-country international lead for the post-carve out activities and SAP implementation for a $400 million wholesale/retail footwear company.

Previously, Ms. Gold acted as Interim COO for a $70 million luxury direct-to-consumer brand, focused on establishing a sourcing strategy, developing a product development and production function, and implementing basic planning fundamentals associated with integrated planning across all functions. Ms. Gold has also acted as SVP of Sourcing, Domestic Production, and Technical Design for a $500 million retailer.

Ms. Gold earned a bachelor's degree from New York University Stern School of Business and an MBA from Wake Forest School of Business.