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Big Lots CEO and leadership

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Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Martinka Nanarova is the Big Lots's CEO. Big Lots has 22,900 employees, of which 45 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Big Lots executive team is 36% female and 64% male.
  • 72% of the management team is White.
  • 9% of Big Lots management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Martinka Nanarova

Chief Executive Officer

Martinka Nanarova's LinkedIn

Martinka Nanarova is a Chief Executive Officer at Big Lots and is based in Derby, City of Derby, United Kingdom.

Sol Shenk

Founder

Erica Fortune

Senior Vice President-Ecommerce

Bruce K. Thorn

Board Member

James R. Chambers

Board Member

Gene Eddie Burt

Executive Vice President

Eddie Burt is a retail supply chain veteran with over 30-years of experience in progressively larger and diverse roles. Beyond supply chain, his experience includes time leading merchandising, human resources, loss prevention, and real estate operations.

Currently, Burt leads the supply chain for Big Lots. He is responsible for all aspects of product movement from vendor to store and company in-stocks (distribution, transportation, merchandise planning and replenishment, and eCommerce fulfillment).

Before joining Big Lots, Burt served as executive vice president of merchandising and supply chain for GNC. His experience spans across successful retailers including The Home Dept, PetSmart, and over sixteen years with Target Corporation.

Burt has a demonstrated track record of developing business strategies to achieve results through creating effective teams focused on operational excellence.

This operational excellence has earned him honors in Black Enterprise’s 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America for the years of 2012 & 2017.

Marla C. Gottschalk

Board Member

Nicholas Padovano

Chief Stores Officer & Executive Vice President

Nicholas Padovano's LinkedIn

Experienced and driven senior executive and leader for retail store operations in both the United States and Canada. Proven track record of successfully developing and executing strategies and programs that achieve profitable results in multi-channel environments. Known for building, leading and inspiring high performing teams in large organizations. SpecialtiesStore Operations, P&L Management, Strategic/Tactical Planning, Store/Multi-Channel Operations, Process and Productivity Improvements, Drives Profitable Growth at unit level, Customer Service Programs and Metrics, Merchandise Presentation, Store Planning and Facilities, Premier Team Leadership, Change Management, Communications

Sebastian Digrande

Board Member

Wendy Lee Schoppert

Board Member

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Sol Shenk

Founder

Big Lots board members

Name & TitleBio
Bruce K. Thorn

Board Member

James R. Chambers

Board Member

Marla C. Gottschalk

Board Member

Sebastian Digrande

Board Member

Wendy Lee Schoppert

Board Member

Christopher J. McCormick

Board Member

Cynthia Todd Jamison

Board Member

Kimberley Newton

Board Member

Nancy A. Reardon-Sayer

Board Member

Sandra Campos

Board Member

Big Lots leadership demographics

Big Lots gender distribution in management team

  • The Big Lots executive team is 36% female and 64% male.
  • Big Lots is 54% female and 46% male company-wide.
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Male
64%
Company-wide: 46%
Female
Female
36%
Company-wide: 54%

Big Lots executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Big Lots executive officers is White.
  • 72% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Big Lots's management is Black or African American.
  • 9% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 62% of employees are White.
  • 17% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of employees are Black or African American.
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What employees say about the executives at Big Lots

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2023
Pros of working at Big Lots

I like working with a good team

Cons of working at Big Lots

I had to deal with rude and mean customers

Big Lots benefits

I didn't really have a favorite perk or bebefit

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2022
Pros of working at Big Lots

I really like working with my fellow team members and the early hours are perfect i feel motivated to do my best the management team is super helpful

Cons of working at Big Lots

Location the store is out growing itself which at times makes for a lot of changes but we manage

Big Lots benefits

I like the employee discount and the special discounts they offer on furniture for employees thats a big help

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3.0
A zippia user wrote a review on May 2021
Pros of working at Big Lots

Interacting with the customers.

Cons of working at Big Lots

Some managers require you to work more than others when they see your potential.

Big Lots benefits

20% discount for associates; and being able to work the hours that are best fit for me.

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2021
Pros of working at Big Lots

I like the people that I work with and how the managers treat their employees.

Cons of working at Big Lots

I don’t like that it is a part time job and that I’m not getting the hours that I need.

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2020
Pros of working at Big Lots

Good team spirit among team members

Cons of working at Big Lots

No full time job

Big Lots benefits

Employee discount program

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