Highly accomplished senior business leader of 23 years with background in airline sales operations, sales strategy, revenue management and analysis. Extensive experience in directing large teams with a blend of analytical, technical and internal/external customer support responsibilities. Ability to deliver data driven solutions to support business objectives. Balanced risk assessment when making business decisions, with sharp focus on ROI and long-term strategy. Key Strengths: • Driven with analytical discipline to solve complex strategic initiatives• Exceptional quantitative data analysis, critical thinking skills, and an ability to spot trends and derive a strategy from raw data.• Highly empathetic with ability to collaborate across a diverse group of technical and non-technical stakeholders to simplify concepts and identify highest value targets.• Establishes positive and inclusive working environment across groups with diverse talents and professional profiles• Excels in developing and directing high performing teams through continuous change and volatile market conditionsImpactful Experience:• Profitability Driver: Implemented customer and employee incentive programs which delivered incremental revenue to the company while meeting budget targets. Ability to translate advanced metrics into easy-to-understand concepts for front line sales managers, thus sharpening customer focus around profitable KPIs.• Program Builder and Implementer: Built infrastructures that address critical business challenges and drive efficiencies in multi-channel markets. Designed and led numerous operational changes, including streamlining sales planning structures and building sales deal modeling and reporting systems.• Building Strong Culture: Championed and delivered combined best practices during two airline mergers, both coming from the acquired organization.• Business Partner: Knows the business as well as the interrelationships of sales, revenue management, marketing, finance, etc. Experienced in all aspects of the sales cycle, immediately establishes credibility and uses influencing/negotiation skills to work productively with executives, colleagues and sales organizations to increase revenue and profitability. Feel free to contact me at brettberman9@gmail.com
Restaurant Ventures Unlimited
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Chief Financial OfficerRestaurant Ventures Unlimited Jun 2022 - PresentA consulting and restaurant group bringing innovative concepts to North Texas. From start ups to established restaurants, we are here to help you every step of the way. Check out our current restaurant, The Tavern at Lakeside in Flower Mound. Coming soon - Tycoon (Flower Mound early 2023) and Volstead (Southlake 2023). For consulting services, please contact us at https://www.restaurantventuresconsultingtx.com/.
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Managing Director - Sales OperationsAmerican Airlines Jan 2014 - Jul 2021Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, Us• Successfully led team through multiple organizational changes, both during rapid growth and reductions in team size and structure. Combined the best practices and championed the seamless integration of Sales cultures during the American Airlines and US Airways merger, while representing the smaller acquired airline.• Collaborated with field sales teams globally to develop competitive programs, reports and analytics, revenue generating initiatives, policies and procedures, and continuous service improvement.• Ran multimillion dollar technology roadmap for global Sales organization, including day-to-day collaboration and resource prioritization with IT counterparts and third-party vendors.• Owned budgeting management and coordination between Finance and multiple Sales divisions for both operating and capital budgets.• Implemented new, highly flexible Corporate and Agency deal modeling and industry leading reporting systems covering over 8000 B2B relationships, which represented 50% of total company passenger revenue. New programs produced an increase of $40 million in net incremental revenue.• Developed tools and reporting, adopted by commercial units across the organization supporting market performance and business cycle analysis. Reported governance to deliver one version of truth in Sales KPIs.• Redesigned Sales data warehouse infrastructure which led to simplified and automated reporting, analysis and vendor payment systems, leading to a reduction of payment cycle by 50% and staff costs by 30%. Continually introduced new disparate data sources into reporting solutions. • Transitioned customer performance delivery from static, batch processed reports to daily online reporting, reducing report cycle delivery time by 90%.• Spearheaded Sales Incentive Compensation programs, with customized metrics across 30 countries.• Developed and implemented staffing model to optimize a 30% reduction in Sales team while maintaining existing customer base. -
Managing Director - Sales Planning & Analysis, Vacations - Revenue ManagementUs Airways Jul 1998 - Jan 2014Us• Increased net margins by 38% on US Airways Vacations, despite 75% reduction in Las Vegas seat capacity, by shifting the margin management strategy, supporting product growth, and implementing new technologies to expand distribution.• Reduced European sales group by 50% with no impact to point-of-sale revenue through strategic analysis of restructuring effort.• Contributed to high-stakes ($40M annual value) negotiations of Distribution Group by providing detailed contract analysis.• Enabled quick and flexible ad hoc analysis of critical sales and business data by users by partnering with Data Warehouse group to design multi-data sourced summary tables and databases.• Helped manage/optimize sales effectiveness through creation of a dynamic reporting hub that included multiple views of performance metrics and forward-looking agency forecasting tools.• Effectively balanced technical, analytical, and industry knowledge of staffers to build a robust working environment that encourages collaboration and communication.• Contributed to effort to increase corporate penetration by providing key analytical support that enabled tracking and development of models that detected account profitability.
Brett Berman Education Details
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University Of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School Of BusinessGeneral -
Emory University - Goizueta Business SchoolBba
Frequently Asked Questions about Brett Berman
What company does Brett Berman work for?
Brett Berman works for Restaurant Ventures Unlimited
What is Brett Berman's role at the current company?
Brett Berman's current role is Chief Financial Officer at Restaurant Ventures Unlimited | A consulting & restaurant group bringing innovative concepts to North Texas | The Tavern at Lakeside & Tycoon (Flower Mound) | Volstead (Southlake).
What schools did Brett Berman attend?
Brett Berman attended University Of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School Of Business, Emory University - Goizueta Business School.
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