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Northfield, IL, US

Northfield, IL, US

Medline is >$20B healthcare company that manufactures and distributes medical products and provides education, clinical programs and services across the continuum of care with operations in over 125 countries.

Downers Grove, IL, US

• High impact role leading a diversified portfolio of Instant Pot® home appliances with full P&L ownership. Responsible for strategic planning, innovation, marketing, and commercialization. Member of Executive Leadership.
• Championed the transformation on Instant from “Food Prep” to a “Lifestyle Home Solutions” brand that is consumer centric, innovation led and design forward.
• Delivered best-in-class consumer engagement platforms building an unparalleled community of +20M followers with paid, owned, earned digital content, influencer programs and brand partnerships.
• Successfully scaled the business by diversifying into adjacent and new categories like ovens, coffee, and air purification driving >40% revenue contribution in 2021 actuals and 2022 plan.
• Developed new D2C and E-Commerce capabilities with robust channel marketing and portfolio segmentation strategies accelerating online growth (to >50% of sales).
• Built a high-performance team of marketers from the ground up and rewired organization to better integrate with key stakeholders and channel partners.

Racine, WI, US

• Led $1.5Billion Global Home Storage Division, one of SCJ’s largest categories, with full P&L responsibility. Oversaw all marketing, innovation, strategy, planning and go-to-market initiatives for Ziploc®. Directed.
• Developed strategic ‘Where to Play’ and ‘How to Win’ 5-year growth plan to deliver +$300 MM iNS.
• Led exciting launch of Ziploc Fashion line, to drive growth in new “organized living” white space and creating brand saliency with millennials.
• Drove the digital transformation of Ziploc® with new multi-channel digital strategies and creative content.
• Partnered with R&D to develop a robust innovation pipeline leveraging demand science, quantitative data and ethnographies. Expected iNS from innovation more than doubled to $82MM.
• Delivered impressive growth in a mature category: NS +9.3%, DPM +408bps and share +4.7pts.

Racine, WI, US

• Leadership role heading global marketing and innovation for +$1B Home Cleaning portfolio of 6 brands covering +80 markets and a +$150MM marketing budget. Responsible for leading global brand growth strategies, brand.
• Led the global repositioning of Scrubbing Bubbles® and Mr. Muscle® brands with new IMCs including the creation of brand purpose, distinctive assets, communication strategy, design language and brand architecture.
• Implemented transformational digital playbook and e-comm strategy for Drano® making it the fastest growing and most profitable US brand.
• Managed several digital / social brand amplifications including pop culture partnership with Marvel ’s “Wonder Woman” and KOL led social purpose campaign on “Gender Equality in Cleaning”.
• Delivered turnaround in a stagnant category in the US: Grew NS +1.2%, DPM +50 bps and improving share.

Racine, WI, US

• Executive leadership role managing SCJ Indonesia & Vietnam business with full P&L responsibilities, a management team of 5 Directors and a commercial workforce of +700 employees. Indonesia is one of SCJ’s largest.
• Led Indonesia business turnaround from years of consecutive market share declines through a transformational restructuring and implementing a new go-to-market model.
• Developed a 5-year strategic plan to re-invent the core business and create new engines for profitable growth.
• Launched the business into e-commerce channel by partnering with #1 e-tailer “Lazada”.

Racine, WI, US

As Sr. Director of Marketing at the Office of the Chief Operating Officer helped drive business strategy for SCJ’s +$5Billion International Markets business including strategic analysis, business planning, brand development, M&A, portfolio management across countries/categories, business tracking and P&L management. SCJ International Markets business.

Racine, WI, US

Developed brand/portfolio strategy to build the Repellents category in China & India and Air Care category in China. Conducted preliminary due diligence to acquire Sara Lee’s Shoe Care “Kiwi” business. Acquisition was completed April 2011.

Racine, WI, US

Managed the “OFF!” Personal Repellents business in North America delivering 2 seasons of record sales and share. Helped launch “OFF! Clip-On”. This was the biggest ever launch on the repellents category exceeding all internal expectations. Led expansive innovation for a global pest control consumer insight adopting leading research and design techniques.

Racine, WI, US

Successfully managed >$250MM Home Storages business in North America. Delivered 3 years of consecutive growth +28.2% in dollar sales and +3.1 % share in a mature category.Qualified new claims and developed the highest scoring advertisement ever for “Ziploc”.Developed the environmental strategy for Ziploc bags. Supervised the launch of the “Ziploc.

Slough, Berkshire, GB

Assisted in the launch of “Airwick Freshmatic”. Product became the #1 seller in the category. Led Hispanic bilingual packaging strategy development & execution for the entire “Lysol” portfolio.

London, GB

Managed project planning, development & roll-out for “BT-Friends and Family” service that was subscribed by 45MM customersAnalyzed, designed and re-engineered BT information systems that facilitated BT’s financial restructuring.

Munich, DE

Co-ordinated the launch of Siemens SIMATIC S500 PLC with print, trade shows, CRM and sales force training

Mba, Marketing - Major, Corporate Strategy & Finance - Minor

Executive Education

Cmo Accelerator Program

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering