Consistent track record of leadership, collaboration, innovation, organizational development, and problem solving resulting in outstanding business results. Strong P&L skills including finding the key drivers for revenue growth and areas of significant cost reduction. To date, I’ve never missed my numbers. Extensive experience as a change agent focused on preserving the strengths of an organization while taking performance to the next level: skilled in developing a stretching vision, mapping the path to the vision, enrolling key stakeholders and delivering breakthrough results ahead of schedule and below budget. Comprehensive experience in the application of consumer and market understanding to strategy development and decision-making: consumer insight identification, innovation and portfolio management, new product development and launch, risk assessment and volume forecasting, supplier identification / qualification / management, research methodology design, consumer and market strategy development, marketing plan development and delivery, competitive analysis, trend identification, and application of research to business questions. Skilled in process and organizational redesign with integration of new technologies to deliver better, faster, cheaper and easier consumer-based solutions to market challenges. Classically trained brand manager with experience at a regional and global level: ideation, prime prospect identification, concept development, copy strategy and advertising development, sampling strategies, global pipeline development, pricing, in-store marketing optimization and marketing mix development. Skilled in staff development, motivation, coaching, training, and retention, resulting in breakthrough business results.