Nate Challen Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Seeking my next people-centric challenge in the consumer goods industry where I can leverage my 20+ years of marketing leadership experience to transform brands and teams to achieve new levels of growth. Do you need a leader to elevate your marketing strategies and capabilities? Let's connect!

New York, NY, US

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Repatriating, recharging, and refocusing.

Paris, France, FR

• I led an independent startup-style $50MM business unit within Sanofi. Managing a team of 15 direct and 15 indirect reports, I focused on achieving sales, profit, and market share goals. I successfully separated the.
• Implemented a strategy to revamp business performance by refocusing from less profitable brands to more lucrative segments.
• Gained leadership commitment to invest in the Canadian market by demonstrating the market's potential for sustained growth.
• Established programs to launch 3 new brands within 4 years.

Paris, France, FR

• During this time, I spearheaded global marketing and sales transformation for a €4.7B business unit, overseeing a team that grew from 6 to 35 members across Europe, the US, LATAM, and Asia. By breaking down.
• Drove 18 consecutive months of market share growth, +5% increase in top-line sales, while streamlining from 300 to 150 brands.
• Led evolution of consumer experience through reset of agency roster and contracts, emphasis of data-driven consumer journey, and significant shift to digital paid, owned, & earned media. Elevated to Google Top Account.
• Forged global agency partnerships with WPP, Publicis, IPG, Omnicom, and Media Monks to support creative development in 48 markets world-wide, leading shift away from TV-first to integrated communications approach and.

Paris, France, FR

• I was promoted to a new role where I developed long-term business growth opportunities spanning 3-5 years for Chattem, Inc., a Sanofi Company. I shifted the organizational mindset towards embracing a strategic.
• Operationalized cross-portfolio marketing initiatives by identifying best practices, coordinating knowledge sharing across brand teams, and creating programs to assist with adoption/execution.
• Improved new product portfolio management practices to increase focus, effectiveness, and efficiency without sacrificing agility.
• Led evaluation of global Sanofi brand portfolio for potential expansion into U.S. market.

Paris, France, FR

I was promoted to lead a $100M Digestive and Internal Analgesic portfolio, overseeing brands like ROLAIDS®, KAOPECTATE®, UNISOM®, PAMPRIN®. I managed a team that successfully relaunched ROLAIDS® within 9 months post-acquisition, growing annual retail sales from $0 to $48M (8% market share) in 2.5 years. We achieved the #1 brand rank in the convenience.

Paris, France, FR

In this role, I led new product development for Chattem's skin care portfolio, managing brands like GOLD BOND®, CORTIZONE-10®, and BALMEX®. I pioneered an innovation pipeline role, creating a repeatable process for top-tier new product ideation. Additionally, I established Chattem Academy, organizing monthly training sessions focused on marketing.

New Brunswick, NJ, US

Framingham, MA, US

Chaumont-Gistoux, Walloon Brabant, BE

Lehi, UT, US

Mba, Marketing And General Management

Bs, Computer Science