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Burlington, On, Ca

Richmond, British Columbia, Ca

- Responsible for the company's commercial strategy and its implementation with our customers and consumers in order to ensure winning collaboration and consumer love. - Leads the clear alignment of sales and marketing strategies into a cohesive, clear and effective go-to-market plans behind our power brands -- Nature's Path Organic, Que Pasa, Love Crunch and Envirokidz.- Lead the M&A initiatives that added two new brands that compete in multiple categories adding incremental revenue and profit to the business. Owned the integration, commercialization and US expansion of Anita's Organic Milling and Love Child Organics.- Key contributor and stakeholder of the company's strategic plan.

Richmond, British Columbia, Ca

- Global scope. Responsible for the purpose-driven sales organization in driving the company's vision of always leaving the earth better than we found it.- Inspires and empowers the sales organization comprised of market Vice Presidents/Leaders (USA, Canada, International, Food Service and eCommerce), Sales Managers, Trade Marketing, Category Management, Customer Service, Retail Operations, Demand Planning, Sales Finance and Broker partners globally.- Champions the development and deployment of the sales organization in providing universal access to organic foods. - Accountable for the creation and implementation of sales strategies (5Ps/AMPPS), 3-5 year planning, whitespace building and partnership development.- Member of the Executive Leadership team. Reports to the owners. Active contributor to the Advisory Board Meetings.

Richmond, British Columbia, Ca

- Progressive leadership responsibility that started with the growth and development of the Canadian business (November 2014 onward), followed by the expansion of the Global Walmart business (March 2016 onward), Global Costco, Emerging channels and Export businesses (October 2016 onward)- Responsible for overall business unit P&L management, 4P execution, team development / deployment and value creation- Contributor to the Executive Leadership Team and Global Customer Leadership Team* 2019 - Awarded "Outstanding Sustainability Partner of the Year" by London Drugs* 2018 - Awarded "Supplier Award" by Whole Foods Market

Slough, Berkshire, Gb

- Progressive responsibility for the P&L of the largest customer portfolio in Canada -- notably Loblaw Companies Limited, Shoppers Drug Mart, Safeway, Federated Coop, Overwaitea, London Drugs, Amazon, Jean Coutu, Katz, Familiprix, Uniprix, DT, all Drug Wholesalers and all our broker partners* 2013 - Awarded "Best Customer Team Award for LCL" by RB Canada* 2014 - Awarded "OTC Vendor of the Year" by Shoppers Drug Mart * 2014 - Awarded "Most Innovative Launch" by Shoppers Drug Mart - Led the Harmonization negotiations and integration of internal/external plans of the LCL and SDM businesses.- Owned the entire LCL/SDM JBP process including monthly reporting and Quarterly T2T- Developed the vision and strategies for the high-priority growth pillar channels of Gas & Convenience, E-Commerce and Ethnic market.- Worked on the Sobeys and Safeway integration plans with focus on risk/opps analysis- Improved engagement across all customers with aligned JBP targets- Laid out a solid 3-year plan and developed the team/processes/discipline to support it

Slough, Berkshire, Gb

* 2011 - Awarded "Best Placement Implementation Award" by RB Global* 2011 - Awarded "Best Customer Team Award for Wal*mart" by RB Canada* 2011 - Awarded "Best Business Driving Initiative Award" by RB Canada- Recognized globally and Canada for the best business driving initiative idea in 2011. Initiative is now being rolled out across Canada and the world.- Major contributor in making the Walmart team the Best Customer team for RB in 2011 - Grew the category, sales and share at Walmart in two of our top Power Brands --- Lysol (#1 in Surface Care) and Finish (#1 in Automatic Dish Washing)- Planned, presented, implemented and over-achieved stretched internal plans and JBP

Slough, Berkshire, Gb

- Developed winning trade strategies for Global Powerbrands -- Veet (#1 in Market), Clearasil and Strepsils.- Championed go-to-market plans and selling story for the company's top 2010 launch - Lysol Healthy Touch (#1 SKU in Hand Soap)- Worked with North American Club Channel team on the optimization of our Club SKUs that delivered improved on-going profitability- Quickly promoted after three months to manage the trade strategies of the company's largest brand (Air Wick - #1 with 40% market share) in the most challenging category- Developed, presented and implemented winning speed to market plans for key company initiatives such as bigger, better and simpler seasonal promotions (Spring, Autumn and Holiday) and innovative launches (Aqua Mist and Scent Ribbons)- Worked with Global experts to develop shelf optimization strategies and shared Canadian learnings to be part of the company's global success models

St Louis, Missouri, Us

* 2008 - Awarded "The Teamwork Award" by Energizer Canada• Developed, presented and implemented strategies and tactics for implementing Shopper Based Solutions (Shopper Marketing) at Walmart, LCL, The Source and Canadian Tire.• Provided marketing and shopper expertise to develop winning promotional and in-store programs for our top National Accounts.• Managed all elements of our Space Management activities by coordinating efforts with internal resources, retail service partners and third party suppliers• Participated in the development of winning strategic plans in the launch of the new Energizer Advance Lithium innovation• North American Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) champion

Blackfriars, London, Gb

- Part of the exceptional team who managed Unilever's homecare brands -- Sunlight, Snuggle and Vim. Team was first to deliver on all KPIs after many years (Top line, Net Sales and Share growth)- Responsible for monthly volume forecasts, Trade spend, Co-marketing, Brand Trade Strategy and Competitive Intelligence- Developed pricing strategy, program rate and listing fee negotiation, PV discussions, key account target setting, transition plans and promotional calendar guidelines for all innovations- Managed the category wide transition of the Sunlight Laundry Liquid brand to the earth friendly 2x concentrated formulation.- Supports the National sales force, if needed, when presenting their Business plans to customers

Blackfriars, London, Gb

- Led the Innovation and Go-To-Market projects which launched notable Unilever brands and initiatives such as Dove Masterbrand 2005 – 2006, Dove Lotion launch, Vaseline re-launch, Axe Shower Gel, Dove Bodywash platform launches and Dove Face premium line – totaling in over $100M in incremental sales.- Managed all projects relating to Personal Care in Canada. This include Dove, Axe, Vaseline, Lever 2000, Lux, Q-tips and Pears brands.- Liaison between Brand Marketing and Supply Chain in North America – ensuring that Brand visions are supported by the Supply Chain’s capability (from the plants to the warehouse to customer service).- Worked to ensure internal inventories and SKU rationalization initiatives were in-line with the corporate P&L

Blackfriars, London, Gb

- Coordinated and led teammates that worked the evening and overnight shifts ensuring that conditions on systems and networks across Canada (12 manufacturing plants, 5 Sales Offices, 2 Call Centres and 1 laboratory) are monitored using management systems to identify situations that affect or potentially affect service, and respond to such situations in a timely manner so as to maintain service at the highest possible level

- Lead a team of three to monitor Global Data Center operations with networks in Europe, Australia, South America and the US in support of customers which includes Time Warner, Southwestern Bell and XO Communications.- Implemented and responsible for updating the Toronto and Edmonton Data Centres intranet websites, which includes pertinent information used by external/internal clients.- Trains new employees with all the facets of the operations department.

- Managed all IS related functions in the company - from supplier relations to personnel training- Managed all Operational aspects of the business with line workers, warehouse supervisors and front desk customer service personnel reporting to me.- Implemented an AS/400 base distribution system that served as the company’s back bone for its order entry, invoicing, returns and purchasing operations.- Directed website implementation project, various software application implementation projects and complete physical LAN relocation project.- Designed, wrote and maintained procedures which resulted in streamlined productivity and increased efficiency.