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New York, NY, US

New York, NY, US

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, US

• Oversaw total P&L responsibility for entire wholesale division, Amscan, of Party City Holdings. Led wholesale business through pandemic, furloughed majority of workforce, and worked closely with holding company CFO in.
• Led transformational strategy work during pandemic to build better and stronger organization post pandemic to return business to growth.
• Created new selling strategy and organization to go to market with as world comes out of pandemic shutdown and as business repositions itself as retailer first.
• Executed the strategic divestiture of the international wholesale business to Endless LP while entering into sourcing JV and supply agreements.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, US

• Oversaw responsibility for North American consumer products division of company, which included North America commercial division, global sourcing and manufacturing operations, and product safety and quality assurance..
• Directed sales team as an executive sponsor to capture significant customer wins: Target Corporation, Michaels Companies, 7/11 and Circle K Canada, Wal-Mart
• Oversaw the company’s push to get into growing and tangential categories from manufacturing perspective through organic and inorganic opportunities including the acquisition of Print Appeal
• Led and executed divestiture of company’s Canadian retail division and negotiated subsequent supply agreement with acquiring party.
• Developed and implemented new processes to ensure company could deliver new programs on an expedited development timeline to capture earlier sales

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, US

• Oversaw U.S. wholesale business and global sourcing operations, with total P&L responsibility. Led sourcing strategy to move away from trading agents and buy directly from source, resulting in 15% to 20% savings when.
• Minimized amount of Halloween product added late and purchased as “Outside the Buy”, which resulted in saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in expedited freight
• Led acquisition and integration of Accurate Injection Molded plastic, which fit into the company’s strategy of self-manufacturing more products and pushing into “alternative markets.”
• Transformed company’s selling efforts from selling products in a catalog to leveraging the company’s capabilities and to pursuing opportunities aggressively outside of the core party specialty channel and as part of.
• Guided the integration of U.S. Balloon, which allowed the company to capture another layer of margin and leverage existing distribution center.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, US

• Served as lead team member of the acquisition of Christy’s Limited as well as the team lead on the product synergy efforts in order to execute upon investment thesis. The acquisition created a vertical platform in.
• Collaborated as member of team that acquired Riethmueller (German wholesaler and manufacturer of party supplies) and served as the lead U.S. member of the integration team (manufacturing, sourcing, and product).
• Oversaw integration of Party Packagers (Canadian retail company purchased).
• Ensured assortment carried in Party Packager stores lined up with Party City product portfolio, thus delivering upon investment thesis and driving maximum value for company.
• Led integration of iParty (Northeast Party Specialty retail company purchased).
• Verified assortment carried in iParty stores lined up with Party City product portfolio, thus delivering upon investment thesis and driving maximum value for company.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, US

Achieved significant cost savings initiatives across holding company. Annual savings were created by identifying product re-engineering opportunities, SG&A opportunities, and procurement opportunities. Conducted due diligence, negotiation, and integration of the American Greetings Party Goods Business. Led the integration of the American Greetings business.

Norwalk, Connecticut, US

Sold and marketed FactSet’s portfolio software products to existing and new clients, and trained new clients and managed existing client relationships. Created and developed reports for portfolio managers and analysts to better understand risks they take in market and help them to understand performance of their portfolio’s in analytical manner. Created.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Economics

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