Casey Chroust

Led the development and oversight of all RILA retail operation committees, councils and events, in addition to driving all of their agendas and expanding all issues pertinent to RILA membership.

·     RILA environmental sustainability and compliance offerings:  include the RILA Sustainability Initiative (RSI) and Environmental Sustainability and Compliance Conference (ESCC) through which RILA helps leading retail companies meet environmental standards relevant to the retail industry and pursue responsible environmentally sustainable activities and business practices and address the key operational aspects of sustainability and environmental compliance.

·     Supply Chain Leaders Council: enables senior executives within the retail supply chain to meet, network, explore and critique the business implications of a wide spectrum of supply chain subjects and offer strategic direction.

·     Transportation and Infrastructure Committee:  covers all transportation and domestic distribution infrastructure issues from both policy and operational perspectives.

·     Privacy Leaders Council: provides chief privacy officers the opportunity to address privacy issues affecting the retail industry, such as behavioral advertising, mobile marketing, CAN-SPAM, RFDI and personally identifiable information.

·     Consumer Product Safety Standards: enables members to work together to develop and implement industry product safety standards.

·     Crimes Against Business Committee: brings together Asset Protection/Loss Prevention professionals responsible for the investigative disciplines and is a forum for the sharing of expertise, experience and issues relating to reducing crimes against business, including Organized Retail Crime, internal theft, cyber crime, active shooters and more.

Revitalized RILA’s:

·     Workplace Safety Committee, bringing together RILA member company professionals responsible for the workplace safety disciplines. The committee develops best practice guides, plans topical sessions for the Loss Prevention, Auditing and Safety Conference, benchmarks company procedures and shares insight.

·      Operational Store Audit Committee, composed of RILA professionals responsible for in-store operational audits, covering loss prevention, risk management, human resources, daily store operations, distribution centers and compliance.

Produced continued strength and leadership in RILA’s:

·      Annual Logistics conference, which helps retailers increase productivity, streamline operations, maximize efficiency and lower costs, grow industry peer networking and participate in interactive forums attended by top retail supply chain executives.

·      Annual Loss Prevention Auditing & Safety conference, which is an educational event where retailers can develop strategies to manage risk and drive performance in a volatile economic environment and a rapidly changing world.

Developed thought-provoking research including:

·      RILA/ Aberdeen Migrating to Customer-Centric Point of Service

·      RILA/Aberdeen Greening of Business Culture Benchmarking Report, Global Food Supply Chain Sustainability Report

·      RILA/Supply Chain Consortium Global Fuel Strategy Survey

·      RILA & Auburn University 2008 State of the Retail Supply Chain Study: Analysis of Key Trends and Critical Issues

·      Logistics 2008: A Snapshot -

Councils:
Supply Chain Leaders Council
Asset Protection Leaders Council
Financial Leaders Council
Privacy Leaders Council

Committees:
Logistics Conference Steering Committee
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Product Safety Technical Advisory Committee

RILA Sustainability Initiative (RSI):
Executive Committee