Rob Thomson Email & Phone Number

North Vancouver, Bc, Ca

North Vancouver, Bc

Responsible for effective planning, delegating, coordinating, staffing, organizing, and decision making to attain desirable profit making results for our company. Develop the plans and strategies for developing business and achieving the company’s sales and distribution goals. Creating a culture of success and ongoing business development. Manage the sales teams, distributors, operations and resources to make sure we deliver on our sales and marketing objectives.

Vancouver & Montreal

•Sales growth of 18% annually over the past 4 years due to the development and execution of the business plan.•Responsible for planning and creating proactive selling strategies for key brand initiatives. The result was a 40% growth in apparel and shoes in 2013 and 2014. •Driven leadership capabilities accelerated talent development and supported business growth.Led team to making Reef #1 sandal brand in Action Sports in Canada.

Responsible for sales and marketing of Reef, Saxx Apparel, Famous Stars & Straps and Sessions.•Executed the launch of Saxx apparel for North America with the executive team. Responsible for hiring all reps, forecasting, strategic planning, marketing, trade shows in North America. In two years the business went from 20 accounts in Canada to over 250 accounts in North America. •Creating and guiding new opportunities for key staff members to grow within the organization was key due to financial restrictions and more importantly created a family atmosphere whom shared the vision of the company.•Involved with the executive teams in seeking and putting together the business plan in order to attain new brands, which is a big component of the Distribution business.•Executed the reactivation of Reef in Canada through strategic planning. Business grew at an average of 50% over 5 years and went from 35 accounts to 350 accounts in Canada. Growth came from top tier accounts in specialty, sporting goods and action sports.

Vancouver

Owned and operated a sales agency which included 2 additional sales rep. Represented a diversed portfolio brands due to our ability to adapt and achieve success in new markets. Brands carried; New Balance, Gatorade, Ryders Eyewear, Sims Snowboards, Cycles Lambert, Merkley Headwear,