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Managed Marketing, Engineering, Product Support and Rally Teams. Ensured delivery of high quality projects within time, cost and quality parameters. Worked as part of the Executive Team to chart the direction of the company.• Collaborated with Executive Team to establish corporate direction, goals and resources. • Managed team consisting of 25 direct reports. • Responsible for the entire product lifecycle. • Negotiated contracts with buy/sell suppliers. • Provided detailed budgets for my departments. • Created training programs for internal and external parties.

Exeter, Pennsylvania, Us

To produce profitable sales growth and marketing activities for all Towing products and associated suppliers. Responsible for top-line sales and bottom-line profitability. Manage all related promotions, marketing programs and communications. Approval for all new products and suppliers. Obtain supplier support for participation in company based marketing initiatives as well as consulting with suppliers about their overall marketing initiatives. Organize supplier participation in annual trade shows. Negotiate for pricing, freight and payment terms.

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Managed group responsible for 50% of company’s product offering. Responsibilities included supplier selection and relationship management, product selection, creating product specific and/or supplier specific promotional programs. Full P&L responsibilities for the assigned categories. Total dollar responsibilities were up to $75M. Achievements included consistent year-over-year increases in supplier marketing / co-op revenue allowing expansion of marketing efforts for those suppliers. Outperformed market in top line sales on assigned categories.