Harvest Group is excited to announce Valerie Corniel as the new Vice President of our Costco office!
Valerie is a Club Channel veteran who has spent the last 20 years of her career focused solely on Costco. Most recently, she spent 15 years at Costco in the Corporate Buying office where 4 of those years were spent as a Buyer for Dry Grocery, Cooler, and Deli. During her last few years at Costco she served as the Corporate Health & Beauty Buyer managing $2B across branded and private label categories.
Prior to her roles at Costco, Valerie spent several years working for Costco’s “in-house” brokerage building clients’ private label and branded items at the retailer.
“I was quickly impressed with Harvest Group’s strong company values and passion surrounding the client service model. Our low client to account manager ratio allows our team to truly take an individual approach with clients to spend time developing the best item for Costco with the right cost structure.
In addition, I see the advanced data and digital media capabilities at Harvest as true differentiators as they can be instrumental when having category conversations with Buyers and help to validate our clients’ items.”
— Valerie Corniel, VP of Costco, Harvest Group
Valerie’s experience at Costco provided deep insight on how brands should differentiate to successfully launch and grow at Costco. We are thrilled to have her expertise guiding our clients as they navigate this process.
“I am excited to have Valerie leading our Costco team. She brings such an incredible depth of Costco experience and knowledge to our team. At Harvest, service is at the core of what we do both in serving clients with excellence to achieve their goals and serving one another to help our teammates grow.
Valerie has brought a servant-leadership mentality to our team. I love her passion for growing clients’ business at Costco and building an industry leading team of experts to meet our clients expanding Costco needs.”
— Ashley Knight, COO, Harvest Group
We couldn’t be more thrilled with Valerie’s knowledge of Costco and leadership as she has worked with our team over the last 7 months. We believe Valerie has the right experience, attitude, and values to lead our Costco team well and serve our clients with excellence.
If you’re interested in learning more about Harvest Group’s Costco services or would like to connect with Valerie, reach out to her at valerie.corniel@harvestgroup.com.
