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St Louis Park, Minnesota, Us

New York, Ny, Us

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St Paul, Mn, Us

St Paul, Mn, Us

Global Vice President - Marketing Excellence | Safety & Industrial Business Group

St Paul, Mn, Us

St Paul, Mn, Us

St Paul, Mn, Us

Global leadership to develop and execute the growth strategy for our Post-it® Note franchise including extending the portfolio to evolving consumer needs. Accountable for the business unit financial performance, leadership of the product marketing team and collaboration with cross-functional supporting teams. Today, Post-it® Brand boasts more than 4,000 unique products, and has become one of the most well-known and beloved brands in the world.

Every day, one out of every four people around the world uses a 3M product. That’s because every day at 3M, we have one thing in mind – to help customers succeed at home, in the workplace, on the go and around the world. We are trained to see customer needs and then meet them by drawing on 3M’s pool of technology.In my role as Executive Director for the Consumer Business Group in Canada, I have responsibility for managing the strategic direction, operational and financial objectives for 3M’s Consumer business in Canada. The Consumer Business Group at 3M Canada is responsible for such powerful brands as Scotch®, Post-it®, Scotch-Brite®, Scotchgard™, Filtrete®, Command™ and Nexcare™; brands which are synonymous with quality and value. As Country Business Leader with dotted line reporting into our US parent organization, I work with a talented team to direct the sales and marketing activities for the country, oversight of the strategic brand direction, and managing our key account organization covering all major retailers and office partners in Canada.I am passionate about leadership in the areas of strategy, marketing and cultural change management. I represent Canada on 3M’s Global Marketing Excellence Advisory Board, and hold membership with the Network of Executive Women in Retail.

This role included business leadership of our Commercial Graphics division, responsible for overall direction and profitability of the business. Directed divisional sales and marketing activities including strategic direction, market assessment, advertising and promotion, product launch and placement, sales planning and operations, programs and budgets. Accomplished strategic realignment of the business, achieved sales results 109% of plan, 20% LCG and income attainment at 130% of plan. Also delivered our Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games project on time and on budget. As the Official Supplier of Large Format Graphics, my team was responsible for producing, installing and removing $5.6MM of graphic wraps for the Games’ premier sports venues, vehicle fleets, Vancouver ferries and multiple building wraps, including one of the world’s largest building wraps on a downtown Vancouver office tower.

Responsible for the centralized marketing excellence function for the company. Promoted marketing excellence and competency development across all of 3M divisions, including the core market research, consumer insights and training and development programs. Was also repsonsible for a team of Commercialization managers who used Six Sigma methodology to develop and launch new products and business models through our stage gate process.

Marketing leadership and P&L responsibility for a line of commercial building maintenance products. 3M Canada’s launch of the Easy Clean System category was showcased as best in class to company subsidiaries, achieved 61% growth in 2006 and leading the international sales mix at 33%.

Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria, At

Reporting to the company President, was responsible to conduct a company-wide evaluation of customer processes (Sales, Marketing and Customer Support) to assess alignment with corporate growth and market strategies. Responsibilities were expanded to include sales strategy, contract management and administration of fleet customer accounts (institutional, collegiate, government and new market sectors).Facilitated the commercial contract and aircraft type certification with the Chinese Civil Aviation Authority to supply 60 training aircraft to the Beijing PanAm Pilot Training Program, the first independent commercial flight training facility to operate in China.

Dorval, Québec, Oo

Negotiated and managed purchase agreements in the European regional aircraft market for the de Havilland Dash 8 and Canadair Regional Jet products lines. Key account management function required oversight and delivery of commercial commitments including aircraft delivery schedule, training, spare parts provisioning, in-service field support and general customer service. Led a high-performing team responsible for a diverse customer base of European regional airlines. Key account management for regional airlines in England, Austria, Germany, Hungary and Spain.

Dorval, Québec, Oo

Led Six Sigma cross-functional project teams to apply the rigor and discipline of the Six Sigma methodology to improve transactional business processes.Recognized as a change agent to influence staff at all levels to embrace policy and process change and continuous improvement practices.Led the Customer Support strategic planning process to develop support and service strategies for emerging market customers (airlines in South America, India, Africa, Asia)Managed complex and politically sensitive projects including merging of two competing services business units in Bombardier and consolidation of spare parts depots in Asia-Pacific.

Mississauga, Ontario, Ca

Coordinated both the strategic direction and technical contribution for proposals and municipal water / wastewater operations and maintenance contracts.Evaluated and managed third-party contracts for on behalf of Ontario municipalities and community organizations. Managed the development, implementation and communications / marketing strategy for a Provincial Water Education Program.

Executive Mba, Global Marketing Strategy

Bes, Environmental Science

Mba, Marketing

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Environmental Science