I am a results-driven consumer products executive and consultant with 20 years of experience in the global development and commercialization of breakthrough innovations. I am a top performer with a great passion in business/technical leadership, product pipeline creation, brand management and strategic thinking. I demonstrate strong expertise in talent development, project management, risk-based decision making, consumer-centricity, team building, innovation and problem solving. SPECIALTIESBRAND MANAGEMENT & GLOBAL INNOVATION PIPELINE CREATIONI have extensive expertise in leading the development of long-term brand & category strategies and multi-year innovation pipelines of products. I had the opportunity to manage over 10 iconic brands such as NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, CLEAN & CLEAR®, SKINMEDICA®, MURAD® (with combined businesses >$1 billion) in both developed and emerging international markets across mass, specialty and professional channels. PEOPLE & TALENT DEVELOPMENT I am a committed people leader who believes in driving business results through helping my reports reach their true potential and allowing them the autonomy to shine. BALANCE BETWEEN STRATEGY & TACTICS One of my strengths is to strike the balance between “big-picture, strategic thinking” and “excellence in daily, tactical execution”. I hold leadership roles where I was in charge of setting the strategic direction for our businesses. I lead teams in evaluating initiatives critically based on their size of opportunity, strategic importance and probability of success to ensure we focused on programs with the highest return given our finite resources. TEAM LEADERSHIPI have great mastery in building a diverse range of high-performance teams, from hierarchical teams to highly matrix, cross-functional teams over whom I had no direct authority. I take pride in successfully establishing a new global team across 5 international locations and coaching them to partner effectively in a fully virtual environment.Website: www.innovation-potentials.comEmail: ray@innovation-potentials.com
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