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Consultant in wholesale and retail strategic planning, operations management, sales management, brand positioning and building, brand and product launch, market and competitive analysis, merchandising and product conception, product design and development, prototyping and commercialization, sourcing and manufacturing, job descriptions and evaluations, performance measurement, product forecasting, corporate distribution analysis.- Clients include Wolverine World Wide, The Walking Company, Fast Track Footwear, Sebago, EO Products, Tosh, Vasyli / Dr. Weil Integrative Footwear- Contributed articles on retail management advice to "Sporting Goods Business" and created a column called "Ask Baz".

Consultant in wholesale and retail strategic planning, operations management, sales management, brand positioning and building, brand and product launch, market and competitive analysis, merchandising and product conception, product design and development, prototyping and commercialization, sourcing and manufacturing, job descriptions and evaluations, performance measurement, product forecasting, corporate distribution analysis.

Strategic planning, operations management, sales management, brand positioning and building, brand and product launch, market and competitive analysis, merchandising and product conception, product design and development, prototyping and commercialization, sourcing and manufacturing, job descriptions and evaluations, performance measurement, product forecasting, corporate distribution analysis.

- Led the turnaround of a downtrending company with a sales increase of 10% while improving margins, cashflow and inventory turns. - Directed a successful repositioning of the brand in the marketplace with a vibrant and effective advertising program and fortified the company's public relations efforts.- Improved the supply chain and product planning processes executing and maintaining a 95% fulfillment rate in a season where hero product changed dramatically.- Redirected and refocused the sales organization for better efficiencies and for greater sales performances with revised territory assignments instituting new standards and measurements.- Influenced the product development effort and vastly improved idea creation, and product categories generating new business.- Improved selling programs that generated the largest back-to-back preseason booking seasons.- Succeeded in opening new accounts, re-energizing past account relationships and editing the product lines for clearer channel performance.

- Consultant in wholesale and retail strategic planning, operations management, sales management, brand positioning and building, market and competitive analysis, merchandising and product conception, product design and development, prototyping and commercialization, sourcing and manufacturing, job descriptions and evaluations, performance measurement, product forecasting, corporate distribution analysis.- Clients include Wolverine World Wide, The Walking Company, Fast Track Footwear, Sebago, EO Products, Tosh- Contributed articles on retail management advice to "Sporting Goods Business" and created a column called "Ask Baz".

- Initiated overall global assessment and product strategy, prepared category product briefs and managed the development calendar.- Responsible for the hiring, training and direction of product development teams- Led the product management process and design ideation / creation.- Traveled extensively to analyze worldwide marketplace needs- Visited manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, China, and Thailand.- Approved final commercialization of products.- Responsible for budgeting, gross margin and volume attainment, sku productivity worldwide.

- Owned and operated a successful chain of 35 shoe stores.- Directed company strategy, policy, buying, marketing, budgeting, operations, training, store design, vendor matrix, customer and community relations.- Won national honors as Independent Retailer of the Year in 1993.

- Responsible for the staffing, training, and direction of the buying, merchandising, and distribution staff. - Budgeting and managing volume sales, gross margin attainment, open-to-buy, inventory aging and turn.

Created product and distribution plans to achieve competive regional market penetration and maximum profitability and turn-over goals.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Education

Activities and Societies: Dean's List, Resident Advisor, Hockey

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Activities and Societies: Student Council, Theater Group President, Folk Group, Baseball Captain, Ice Hockey, Soccer