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United States

Brooklyn, New York, US

Report to the CEO. C-suite role leading a wide range of responsibilities for the company. On the digital side, designed & leading the company's hypergrowth, innovative digital solution that is unique within the distribution industry. Role required designing the go to market strategy, P&L management, digital marketing, price management and operations for.

Brooklyn, New York, US

Lead eCommerce executive, reporting to the CEO, for a hypergrowth, market leading personal care, health & beauty distributor. Responsibilities include leading the development of the company's digital strategy architecture, GM of the eCommerce P&L, and full range leadership for assortment, pricing, branding, digital marketing and technology investments..

Hauppauge, New York, US

GM of one of the largest marketplace retailers in the United States. Responsibilities include P&L management, assortment, content management, pricing, promotion, marketing, business development and account management. Portfolio focuses on personal care, beauty, health, OTCs, fragrances, pet, home health care and licensed brands. Includes strategic planning.

New Albany, OH, US

• Accel is a leading U.S co-packaging company that is privately held (WBENC certified) serving a premier Fortune 500 client portfolio across health & beauty, food, beverage, retail and CPG products.
• Led strategy, business development, sales, customer service, quality, production, warehousing and transportation for small company providing co-packaging services.
• Delivered double digit sales growth during COVID period through a combination of expanding existing client portfolios as well as winning business from new Fortune 500 clients.

Dublin, OH, US

• GM that led the B2B2C merchandising strategy through disciplined category management to source, price, promote and distribute nearly 20,000 health care and personal care products across 60+ categories for U.S..
• Led design, sourcing, sampling, procurement and pricing for $80 million own brand portfolio including a major brand refresh that led to double digit growth of top and bottom lines.
• Team delivered consistent year over year growth at 3X better than market based on merchandising and marketing strategies.
• Led development of a Shopify based e-commerce platform to offer to retail independent pharmacies. Fee based solution that provided a personalized, turn key DTC platform for these small business owners to compete.
• Simultaneously served as the VP Marketing for Pharmaceuticals
• Led a 20+ person team responsible for marketing across all classes of trade, including retail, acute, long-term care and institutional for products and services associated within the $120 billion+ pharmaceutical.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, US

• Lead senior executive of merchandise operations for a leading U.S. regional super center retailer reporting directly to the EVP/Chief Merchant.
• Led team of 3 VPs & 14 Directors over 8 divisions including serving as the GM for the $3 billion plus own brand portfolio, global sourcing including apparel design, quality, packaging, pricing, new store development.
• Led site selection, set up & staffing of Meijer’s first Hong Kong global sourcing office to drive more direct purchasing to enhance margins.
• Led the creation of 120+ team for the own brand portfolio to bring in-house for improved speed to market, lower costs and enhanced new product development that led to record sales and profits.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Senior executive in charge of assortment, pricing, sourcing, marketing, inventory management and planning for a high growth, highly profitable private equity backed 30+ specialty store chain with a national footprint in the hard flooring solutions retail segment. Stores were 60K to 90K foot boxes leveraging an innovative business model to capture both.

Chicago, IL, US

• Head of retail and marketing for leading U.S. tool & hardware retailer with full P&L responsibility including managing the iconic Craftsman brand as well as managing a $100MM integrated marketing budget along with new.
• Led team to deliver a turnaround of $1 billion plus business segment from a material negative annual margin loss to material positive net margin profit within 18 months.
• Led market leading $130 million e-commerce tool business that grew 35%+ per year.

Chicago, IL, US

• Chief merchant for the world's largest appliance retailer. Included leading OEM sourcing arrangements as well as P&L responsibility, category management, promotional and pricing strategy development & management for.
• Led team to deliver a turnaround of $6 billion business segment from that grew profitable share from 29.7% to 33% in less than 18 months.
• Led largest brand refresh in the product line history that resulted in new innovations in design & performance that drove accelerated profitable sales growth.

Chicago, IL, US

Lead planning, inventory management & replenishment executive over a multi-billion dollar apparel division. Partner to the Chief Merchant of Apparel that included a 100+ person team of planners/analysts to support the the full range of divisions (RTW, Mens, Kids, Intimates, Footwear and Fine Jewelry). Key executive in the leadership of the seasonal buy.

Director of Planning and Replenishment for multiple divisions including Soft Home, Electronics, DIY, Floor Care and Sporting Goods. Responsible for supporting merchant assortment and promotional strategies via replenishment and promotional allocations utilizing advanced technical strategies for time phased replenishment, pack size optimization and.

Auburn Hills, MI, US

Facilitated and supported financial and operational activities and projects on a global basis including financial reporting, project management and accounting research.

Licensed CPA with Big Five firm. Clients were multinational, SEC registrants across a myriad of industries including building and construction materials, retail, aerospace, automotive supplies and financial. Work included financial audits, M&A due diligence and process consulting within service and operations for clients.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Economics & Accounting

Master Of Divinity - Mdiv

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