When strong brands meet a strong operations team, powerful brands and endearing results are created. Eric Brown’s consumer packaged goods background and experience is a clear example of this model. As a brand builder with a focus on marketing, From ideology to market leadership, Eric has managed some of the best known international ethnic consumer brands. A successful management consulting experience performing strategic analysis and operations improvement projects. He also provides consulting on retailer POS data and category management, ERP, and sales automation. He's created a software platform, Prodigy, that analyzes product category performance. Eric has been CEO and president of two very successful beauty care companies and held executive level positions in F500. Eric has been involved in successful M&A projects involving both brand carve-outs and entire entities. Such examples include the acquisition of Johnson Products from Proctor & Gamble (2009). With this transaction, the entire business was transitioned to a new team, built from the ground-up, in less than 180 days, with the sales transitioned in 60 days. Eric highlighted this success at SAP's Influencers and User Group conferences.Eric has extensive international business experience negotiating business relationships and contracts in, France, Dominican Republic, Saudi Arabia, West Africa, South Africa, Kenya, Brazil, and others. He has acquired and launched consumer brands in foreign territories. He has successfully managed multi-country sales and manufacturing divisions. Leading Pro-Line International, being VP Global Business Development for Culver Businesses, CEO for Johnson Products, and as an advisor to several start-ups, Eric is exceptional at aligning finance, sales, marketing, and manufacturing areas strategically together, thus creating a track record of delivering immediate and sustained results.Eric Brown is “C-Suite” excellence on demand.
Listed skills include Strategy, Strategic Planning, Start Ups, Business Development, and 46 others.
