Advantage Solutions has appointed Robin Manherz to its board of directors. Manherz serves as executive vice president and chief operating officer across all sales, services and customer engagement functions globally at SAP, the world’s largest provider and market leader in enterprise application software. In July 2021, Torrid Holdings Inc. completed its initial public offering. Elizabeth Munoz, who serves as CEO of Torrid Holdings, has stepped down from her role as director of Advantage Solutions. At SAP, Manherz has responsibility for operationalizing the company’s strategy through accelerated growth and transformation, including execution of next-generation business and operating models that maximize value for customers globally. She has also brought SAP’s vision to life through industry-leading pricing practices and commercial models by simplifying and optimizing core business processes along the value chain and by delivering world-class experiences informed by its customers, employees, products and brand. Manherz’s leadership has also included SAP’s own internal digital transformation spanning people, processes, data and systems.
Advantage Solutions Inc. is a provider of outsourced solutions sales and marketing solutions. Its data- and technology-driven services include headquarter sales, retail merchandising, in-store and online sampling, digital commerce, omnichannel marketing, retail media and others. The Company operates in two segments. The Sales segment provides its clients with a range of outsourced solutions to enhance sales in the traditional retail and e-commerce channels. Its primary sales services include Brand-Centric Services (headquarter relationship management; analytics, insights and intelligence, and Brand-Centric Merchandising) and Retailer-Centric Services (Retailer-Centric Merchandising and In-Store Media). The Marketing Segment helps brands and retailers reach consumers through brand-centric services (Shopper and Consumer Marketing and Brand Experiential), retailer-centric services (Brand Experiential and Private Label), digital marketing, and digital media, and advertising.