General management experience and a record of growing businesses with consumer products and consumer durables organizations. Background includes significant business development, sales and relationship management, merchandising, marketing, and product development experience. Led all aspects of a standalone business unit with P&L responsibility including procurement and supply chain responsibility. Strengths include: • Growing Businesses – Established strategic direction for a global business that expanded the product offerings with industry leading innovations. Drove double digit growth and margin expansion for both domestic and international businesses. Initiated and led continuous Improvement initiatives. • Leading Sales Organizations – Led the growth of Lowe’s business achieved Lowe’s Appliance Supplier of the Year. Proven success in selling in all sales channels. Built numerous strategic customer alliances and completed many successful negotiations.• Building Strategy and Marketing Programs – Conceived of and established two separate co-marketing programs with P&G; a co-marketing program with ESPN/Disney; and a kitchen suites promotion with the KitchenAid and Kraftmaid cabinetry brands. • Developing New Products – Delivered the industry’s first full kitchen suite of affordable stainless steel appliances brought to fruition from concept to production within a seven-month time frame, setting off a new industry trend. Launched an industry exclusive mobile wallet payment system co-developed with MasterCard in ten months. • Engaging and Building Teams – Create an entrepreneurial environment within a larger company to engage and empower employees to make decisions that drive the business and support speed to market. Led sales teams of up to 70.