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Kansas City, MO, US

Worldwide, OO

Senior Manager in the Deloitte Digital practice with a focus on helping Retail and Consumer oriented clients navigate digital disruption and grow in today's fast paced, constantly evolving business environment.

Dublin 2, IE

Change Management Lead, VEDA (Video Enabling the Digital Agenda). Responsible for;- Development of communications strategies, plans, stakeholder impact analyses, training design / development and delivery, message planning and vehicle determination across 16 diverse work-streams (touching all employees globally across the organization) from development.

Lenexa, Kansas, US

Developed and implemented turnaround plan and longer term corporate renovation strategy; instituted strategic planning and management process to choose, prioritize and implement actions aligned to addressing business issues / needs; significantly increased capability of existing sales and marketing team; drove focus on ROI and transparency of /.

Northampton, GB

- Developed, piloted and implemented global category strategy process to deliver clear three to five years plans tailored to key market / consumer / customer needs that addressed globally driven causes of diminished store productivity.- Implemented consistent annual planning processes across 63 markets that delivered high-quality integrated sales and.

New York, NY, US

Notable Projects;- Detroit Public Schools, MI. Supervised financial management, budgeting and resource allocation in USA’s most challenged school district; developed solutions to close $500M long-term budget deficit and initiatives to bridge between available funds and operating expenses while maintaining / improving operational effectiveness and.

New York, NY, US

Notable Projects;- Office of Governor of WI / Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, WI. Shaped states K-12 education policies into coherent reform strategy to secure $250M Federal funding; provided Governor with effective assessment criteria to evaluate and choose priorities and focus areas; took identified priorities and developed detailed budgets and.

New York, NY, US

Notable Projects;– Large US Luxury Retailer. Led strategy workstream, planning expansion into new international markets and changes in licensed operating model and procedures for existing joint venture operations.– Large US Apparel Retailer. Managed benefits assessment, evaluating ROI on logistics and product planning investments; provided business cases.

New York, NY, US

Majoring in Marketing, Operations Management, ManagementNotable Achievements– Deans List– Peer Advising (President)– Rugby Club (Vice President)– ‘The Bottom Line’ Newspaper (Senior Contributing Editor)

Worldwide, OO

– Led work stream as part of a case team; strategy project for large pharmaceutical firm.

St Albans, Hertfordshire, GB

– Authored five-year category strategy for UK retail trade; presented and sold in to all top retailers in every sales channel.– Planned/executed launch of twelve new ranges, delivering $38M year one sales; – Executed trade terms review and price increase to fill $10M profit gap. Managed team of four.

Cardiff, GB

– Transformed impact of sales and marketing teams, ensuring that all NPD had effective presentations (compelling, consumer based, mutually beneficial business cases), sales tools and was integrated into customer joint business account plans.– Led 45% branded sales improvement that transformed $1.2M loss to $1M profit in six months.– Instituted more.

Vevey, CH

Led commercialization / re-commercialization and management of the businesses outside core confectionery categories (in response to changing consumer tastes and market trends) and tactical business opportunities; worked across sales, marketing, operations and technical functions and global manufacturing and supply chains; led investigations into potential.

Vevey, CH

Notable Contributions;– Re-commercialized UK cake business from $1M loss / 0.33% market share to immediate breakeven then $4M profit, 500% growth, 5% share and major overhead reclamation driver in 12 months via fundamental reassessment and re-invention.– Transformed UK bakery business performance via improved relationship management and removal of high.

Marshall, Minnesota, US

One direct report. $6M budget (promotions, commercial terms management, product development), $32M revenue (20% of company), #2 and #3 accounts.Challenge - To secure long-term stability in business and relationships with key customers in very competitive categories through joint business management, branded and private label development and advanced.

Marshall, Minnesota, US

Challenge - To grow revenue, profit, brand/market share, profile and influence through collaborative activities with key customers.– Expanded Schwan’s trade marketing, insight and category management capability, resulting in recognition as #1 supplier and fastest growing brands and customers in category.– Spearheaded several successful major private label.

Manchester, England, GB

– Responsible for space planning, performance analysis, product selection and visual merchandising of fresh meat, produce, frozen foods, promotional and seasonal categories and the undertaking ad-hoc business improvement projects.– Developed and implemented a system and process to drastically reduce costs of planogram production, printing and posting, also.

London, GB

– Managed teams of 4 to 40 people and ran each department within the store while working as a member of the store management team.– Completed structured training program and business improvement projects; awarded a graduate bursary, qualified as a Department Manager and offered a job after graduation.

Mba, Management, Operations Management, Marketing

Ba (Hons), Retail Marketing

A-Level, History, English, Economics, General Studies

Gcse, English Lang & Lit, Maths, Chemistry/Biology/Physics, History, German, Business, Design & Technology