Eric Gilbert Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Missouri, Usa

When I first stepped into this role in the middle of 2011 I spent a significant amount of time reworking our cultural foundation from a series of core values to a short handbook we’ve come to call the ANOVA Way. That process involved everyone in the organization and there was definitely a feel good moment upon completing the work. Living this culture day to day has proven to be the greater challenge. We get better every year and continue to build on a strong foundation. Other highlights of my tenure thus far include rebranding our core business, and supporting the manufacturing team in Missouri to achieve an OSHA SHARP designation from the state. Thus recognizing it as one of the safest and most safety conscious places to work in our industry.

St. Louis, Missouri, Usa

My engineering background allowed me to transition from a marketing roll to an operations roll. While overseeing manufacturing, I introduced a balanced scorecard approach to managing physically remote operations. This brought focus and clarity to what was important to the manufacturing teams and allowed them to improve on key metrics related to safety, quality and productivity. On the new product development side of the business, I worked with the team to install a stage gate process to help bring new products to market more efficiently. We also focused on bringing more contemporary furniture designs to our customer base that still maintained a broad appeal to the market. Since leaving this position, the teams have continued to make exciting improvements to the foundation I helped put in place.

St. Louis, Missouri, Usa

True lasting change takes time to install and develop, and my time in this position was relatively short. My key operational achievement here was continuing the smooth operation of the Upbeat catalog and retail web site. I’m also proud to claim that the team I put in place during those 16 months was able to thrive and build the department very nicely after I moved on to other areas of the business.

Saint Louis, Mo

I moved through a series of positions learning many different aspects of the business over these 6 years. The work included starting at an IT help desk, and moving into marketing analytics. From there I stepped up to Circulation Manager, making decisions on which catalogs to send to which customers and prospects. I briefly stepped back into an IT role to help with an overhaul of our enterprise software. Upon completion of that I worked through a major upgrade to the old Upbeat website that culminated in a new site going live in early 2007. Since then the site has been taken apart, put together a couple different times and vastly improved by other teams.

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering

Fsr '96

B.A., Chemistry

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Chemistry