David Killebrew Email & Phone Number

Windermere, Fl, Us

Windermere, Fl

San Francisco Bay Area

Utilizing my varied experience to help small businesses grow and refocus in the marketplace. As well as selectively investing in start up or young business opportunities.

In September 2015 I was invited into the IBM Futurist program. The company has been collaborating with top thought leaders in order to re-imagine what the future of commerce looks like. Futurists selected for the program are experts in their topic areas, have a strong social presence and regularly create and curate forward-thinking content around social business.Events: - IBM Amplify 2015 - Shop.org 2015 - TED@IBM 2015 - IBM Empower 2016 - IBM Engage 2016 - IBM World of Watson 2016 - TED@IBM 2016 - IBM Amplify 2017 - Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2017*Thanks Anne Ward for the description: https://www.circleclick.com/blog/2015/12/16/what-it-means-to-be-a-futurist/

Fremont Ca

Overall strategy for growth and success of the company:- Developing additional revenue opportunities.- Maximizing current services to provide best experience in market.- Implementing processes and systems to surpass competitors.- Ensure on stop health and relaxation experience is of highest standards.

San Francisco

The San Francisco Chapter of the American Marketing Association fosters and promotes professional learning and career advancement opportunities for all members. The chapter hosts a wealth of monthly programs, events, workshops, and discussions that introduce the latest industry trends and developments, along with valuable networking events that bring together the best marketing minds in the region.Having 25 years of retail, e-commerce and media experience with several Fortune 1000 companies and having held many senior executive roles, I will utilize my leadership skills to contribute to sfAMA by working to expand the organization to make a larger impact not only in San Francisco, but to increase their presence nationally.

San Francisco Bay Area

Directly responsible for the development, purchasing and controlled flow of product for Walmart.com. Some responsibilities include:- Developing Marketing Strategies to maximize sales - Integrating Walmart.com into Walmart- Providing vision to surpass competitive ecommerce sites.- Forecasting and planning flow of product for Walmart.com exclusive and all product that is in Walmart stores for Walmart.com.- Negotiating costs and controlling expenses.

Managed the team Buying and Inventory team responsible for the purchasing and controlled flow of product for BeachBody. Directly responsible for International and Domestic Amazon Market.- Develop, maintain, and utilize MRP and other available software tools for planning, control and tracking of raw materials and purchased product.- Proactively facilitating, re-engineering, best practices & consensus between functional experts (Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, Purchasing, Marketing, Operations, Finance, and IT).- Developed Open to Buy and Level Load programs, utilized to forecast monthly cash flow and to project purchases for six months based upon media projections.- Create flow charts for each department within Operations to implement best practices and improve efficiencies.

DeBetta Enterprises, llc. is a specialized team of highly experienced leaders who help you take the mystery and difficulty out of selling your products to prominent retail and catalog companies. I offer services in developing product from concept to completion; as well as developing packaging. Also, I offer services planning, buying and replenishing your product.Our people boast more than two decades of sales, marketing, and business development experience in the world of retail, distribution, and catalog sales. Many young manufacturing and distribution companies are new to the world of selling their exciting new products to the vast retail world. We feel that this experience is overwhelming enough. We have several important retail buyer contacts to connect to you to help get your products introduced to the retailers.

- Negotiate costs and control expenses- Oversee product development and distribution- Direct advertising and pricing- Manage several teams internationally to grow business

Directly responsible for international business development and establishing vendor relations in order to improve product development and implement company brand awareness. Assisted in expansion from 115 stores to 172 stores. Establish vendor relations and sourcing overseas directly for a new department. Assure proper purchase quantities to maximize gross margin.

Sourced and purchased furniture and outdoor furniture domestically and internationally. Helped expand from 15 stores to 33 stores and added one warehouse.

Assistant Buyer for Towels and Bath Accessories; as well as Area Rugs/Decorative Accessories and Lighting. Recruited in Executive Training program in 1992.