Extended sabbatical/paternity leave. Target employment re-entry date of Q1 2025.

Led strategy, operations, and sales execution teams for a >$1B sales vertical in a turn-around environment. Key successes include:- Diagnostic and rapid actions to improve in-stock % by over 20 percentage points- Increased balance of sale and revenue in a negative growth industry- Designed, aligned, and negotiated $2B JBP - Sourced and opened satellite office

Drive the success of the X,XXX,XXX unit and $X,XXX,XXX,XXX U.S. cleaning category. Products in the cleaning category include dishwashers, garbage disposals, and trash compactors across brands such as KitchenAid, Maytag, Whirlpool, and Amana. Responsibilities including pricing/promotion/distribution planning, business forecasting, and new product launch planning/execution.

- Manage and develop a team of category managers, trade marketers, and a pricing analyst as we grow the strongest portfolio of brands and the largest home appliance category in the U.K. and Ireland - Bring consumer and trade customer insights to the product development process; design a winning product range; establish and execute in market an effective promotional and distribution strategy

- Responsible for development and implementation of insight driven analytics for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. This region represents $X,XXX,XXX,XXX in revenue and XX,XXX,XXX units.

Develop/execute strategies to increase profitability, forecast the results, execute new product launches, and allocate inventory to meet category priorities. Efforts led to both share and profitability gains during time in role. Category revenues equate to $X,XXX,XXX,XXX with X,XXX,XXX units

Developed promotional support and back-side investment strategies, created in-store offers, forecasted results, developed winning plan-to-sell, and proposed/launched differentiated products for X,XXX customers. Efforts resulted in both share and profitability gains.

Responsible for managing, analyzing, and growing sales volume of $XX,XXX,XXX at independent retail and contract accounts in the greater Seattle area. Successes include collaborating with accounts to spot opportunities to increase sales, managing and proposing backside allowance programs to maximize growth and profitability, finding/quoting/negotiating pricing for new multi-family dwellings and single family housing developments, as well as providing the "face of Whirlpool" in the market.

Responsible for analyzing, growing, and supporting revenues of $XX,XXX,XXX at large national and regional accounts, including Sears, Lowes, Home Depot, Best Buy, and Pacific Sales. Called on a total of 53 retail locations throughout the Phoenix valley, Prescott, and Flagstaff, Arizona.

Completed 10 week leadership development program that immersed new hires in product feature/benefits, professional selling skills, advanced presentation training, and professional skills.

Consistently utilized a seven step sales process to relate to customers, discover their needs, advocate the appropriate products, and close sales. Sold well-known brands such as Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Kenmore, Craftsman, GE, Frigidaire, Electrolux, Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Vizio, Black and Decker, Toro, Honda (small engines), NordicTrac, and others.