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Roselle, IL, US

Suwanee, GA, US

Ames Taping Tools Chief Executive Officer/Board Member 2019-2022 Sun Capital Portfolio Company Sold the company to Gypsum Management & Supply December 2021P&L 2017 2021 2022(EST) Revenue $69M $102M $115M Profits $19M $32M $36M ROS 27.5% 31.3% 31.4% Opened over 25 new greenfield store locations taking Ames Company owned store count from 65 to over 90.

Cleveland, OH, US

• Covered the United States, Canada and Latin America The Sherwin-Williams Company, Cleveland, OH (corporate offices) President, The Americas Group, based in Cleveland, OHReported to CEO, with direct reports that.
• Successfully championed and led an initially unpopular go-to-market strategy in Latin America by first winning trust and total commitment from five native country presidents and a division president including all.
• Created and developed vision to launch and lead the organization’s Corporate E-commerce platform, building a model that is differentiated by incorporating a secured customer portal that invites customers to build their.
• Successfully advocated for corporate-wide strategies that led to senior leadership’s support of recruiting, mentoring, and advancing female and ethnically diverse constituents; this “mirror of the market” strategy.
• Drove greatly improved customer retention and loyalty by creating and designing an internal sales excellence program that focused on accelerating call frequency of store staffs to over 6 million calls annually while.

Cleveland, OH, US

• Covered the United States and Canada Reported to COO and CEO respectively, with direct reports that included 5 Division Presidents and the VPs of Marketing, Finance, and HR. Responsibilities for 22,000 employees. P&L.
• Drove new product sales from less than 3% of total sales to over 30% of total sales by introducing new technology that improved customer productivity, improving margins and increasing sales.
• Orchestrated a comprehensive strategy that drove profitable growth by successfully executing on critically needed innovation, simplifying pricing practices and adjusting organizational incentives; this increased sales.
• Launched an innovative advertising campaign utilizing animated “Paint Chips”; this improved overall brand awareness, aided and unaided, by 200 basis points, and market share gain by implementing creative advertising.
• Spearheaded entry into a major home center by supporting “HGTV HOME by Sherwin-Williams”; this became a corporate program for another operating division.
• Led drive to invest in new technologies arguing for elimination of legacy systems and incorporating data-based marketing systems; this continues to impact sales by improving customer retention and accelerating new.

Cleveland, OH, US

• Covered the Southeastern U.S., Caribbean Reported to Paint Stores Group President, with direct reports that included 5 VPs of Sales, and VPs of Finance, Marketing, HR, and Real Estate. Responsibilities for 4,800.
• Successfully established a model for acquisition integration and synergy attainment by driving thorough market research, enlisting customer feedback, and accelerating employee engagement; this innovative strategy was.

Cleveland, OH, US

• Covered South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia Reported to Division President, with direct reports including 10 district managers and the area HR Manager. Responsibilities for 1,100 employees. P&L: 1999.
• Dramatically reorganized field sales teams with focus on market segmentation and expertise; this improved customer confidence that led to significantly high new account growth, improved rep productivity, and.

Cleveland, OH, US

Cleveland, OH, US

Philadelphia, PA, US