Bob Gallagher Email & Phone Number

Rochester, Ny

> National account team leader for Dollar General, PopShelf, Staples, Office Depot, Walmart Canada. > Responsible for driving sales and margin growth via new product distribution, incremental POG placement, and strategic promotional programs for high-volume products.> Extremely fast-paced environment working with (15) brands through multiple buyers across multiple departments with a total of 10,000 SKUs. > Lead new product development for exclusive customer offerings. > Work with customers both domestically and through strategic direct import initiatives

Rochester, Ny

> Led all strategic direction for the company including sales, marketing, promotion, branding, licensing, advertising, and new product development.> Directly handled sales of all major accounts while developing a network of 15+ rep groups covering many different channels/markets: specialty boutiques, education, mass, drug, food, craft chains, and distributors.> Gained first-time distribution in multiple national retailers - Walmart, Staples, Party City, Long’s Drug, Hobby Lobby, Eckerd Drug, FAO Schwartz, Shopko, Zellers (Canada), Hobbycraft (UK), and Paper Source.> Hampton realized meteoric sales growth despite the recession economy between 2008-2011. Sales grew 95% to a record of $12.6MM in 2012. This included first time placement of a complete 4' modular set at Walmart.> Lead company to successful divestiture that included multi-year employment contract to manage brand post-acquisition.

Milford, Ct

> Global team leader for Staples, Inc., which was the largest stationery product customer in the world for the organization. Responsibilities included the development of all business units: retail, contract, mail-order (Quill-Staples Direct), and e-commerce. > Worked with merchants in different business units to customize strategic growth plans for each group. Responsible for the execution and effectiveness of each program.> Lead negotiator for all worldwide support programs. > Extensive experience and knowledge of the office superstore industry as region previously included Office Depot and OfficeMax totaling a $50 million dollar book of business.> Directed numerous custom merchandising efforts and won industry awards for the BIC “BTS Bus and BTS Schoolhouse”. BIC was a top 5 promotional brand for Staples for BTS.> Earned "Vendor of the Year" award at Staples in 1997 & 1998