LaSandra McKeever Recognized as a Top Female Executive in Retail

    BENTONVILLE, AR, May 12, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- LaSandra McKeever, Senior Import Demand Planner for Walmart, is a responsible, futuristic arranger and an analytic leader who shares, maximizes, and transforms. She began her career as a Department Manager in Home and Apparel at a Walmart Store in 2002. She then moved to the corporate office in 2004 to support Kitchen Seasonal as a Buyer's Assistant. LaSandra has been with Walmart for 14 years and worked her way up the ranks. As she grew at Walmart, LaSandra discovered a love for logistics and supply chain, and she is now a Senior Import Demand Planner for the world's largest retailer. Her leadership role involves performing import inventory analysis, and forecasting corporate sales demand to maintain healthy inventory levels in warehouses and stores and ensure the products customers want are available. Walmart serves 260 million customers each week around the world, so maintaining product flow and availability is an important element of driving sales.

LaSandra McKeever
Throughout her career, the biggest challenges LaSandra faced were inequities in the workplace and the "glass ceiling." As a woman in the workplace, she found she wasn't taken as seriously as her male counterparts and didn't advance as quickly as men in the same role with the same qualifications. To LaSandra, it is important for companies to work towards true equality and empowerment, despite gender, race and age. With a genuine love for mentoring, she is currently a member of The International Women's Leadership Association, Resource Groups, and Corporate Mentoring Circles committing her time with the mission of attracting, advancing and retaining women in the retail and consumer package goods industry through education and networking.

LaSandra studied psychology and sociology in school, and continued her education through corporate training certifications in leadership, logistics, supply chain, imports, exports, and lean project management. LaSandra has been inspired by great leaders and supporters throughout her career. This includes her current leaders in Walmart Global Sourcing (Clay Thompson, Kelvin Smith and James McCutcheon) whose support and respect have continued to contribute to building her confidence and empowering her to continue to achieve and grow. Her discipline and grounded viewpoint, she believes, was influenced by her husband, Luap McKeever, who comes from a military background.

LaSandra hopes generosity, compassion, and respect for everyone is her legacy.

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