Suzanne Sharp Email & Phone Number

Detroit, MI, US

• As a part-time side gig, providing leadership insights and personal development tools to individuals who desire to break through the blocks to success and live the life they crave. Improves functional excellence.
• Organizational process mapping, research, data analysis, and value analysis
• Identifying and monitoring key performance indicators and scorecards
• Defining roles and responsibilities
• Conducting skill gap analysis
• Designing and delivering career training and mentoring programs with processes, workflows, tools

Grand Rapids, MI, US

• Collaborated with 700+ entrepreneurs on conflict resolution for starting, streamlining, systemizing, and scaling their business.
• Supported regional brand communications and marketing for the SBDC hosted by Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, and U.S. Small Business Administration. First point of contact.
• Drove awareness, education, and opportunities of resources and training events for consulting services.
• Marketed and coordinated training events to foster collaboration with attendees and community partners.
• Transformed data and information into storytelling as part of content strategy.A national non-profit organization supported by funding from the Small Business Administration, the Michigan Economic Development.

Los Angeles, California, US

• Set vision and strategy to raise brand awareness; generated leads and sales for entertainment and venue hospitality services by creating and implementing communication strategies and workflows for media, public.
• Maximized ROI through collaboration across levels and cross-functional roles within local, national and global promoter companies; 90 media partners; local to Hall of Fame artists; 520 non-profits; and numerous.
• Led public relations strategy as brand manager and spokesperson across media, artists, government and public affairs, employees, and promoter reps within ever-changing, fast paced, high-impact, dynamic environment.
• Optimized traffic, engagement, lead generation and e-commerce revenue with SEO/SEM strategies; coordinated design and set up of paid ads, beta testing, campaign tracking; content development for: 2 websites, 12 social.
• Negotiated $675K+ in advertising contracts yearly. Delivered specs and content for production teams on digital, print publications and news broadcast. Audited run proofs, media invoices and payments.
• Cultivated group/sponsorship revenue and a $120K venue naming rights contract by leveraging media, industry, and community relationships.

Caregiver for my terminally ill family member. After the passing, I volunteered in the community as a way to give back in his honor while settling the estate. My SharpMinds Consulting business was born out of serving as a project leader, marketer, and event manager for non-profit organizations.

Saginaw, MI, US

• Developed vision, strategy, tactics, and metrics for horizontal marketing of financial and accounting services with SEO/SEM campaigns including digital and social media, across 17 industry teams for increased customer.
• Collaborated across all company levels, 4 affiliates and 8 sites to gather customer surveys, build public and media relations, ensure vendor booths at events were supported with knowledge experts, and contributed to.
• Served on-call in Crisis Response Team for internal/external communications.
• Saved $14K+ in first 12 weeks of employment with process innovation and ending non-value added expenses.
• Led 4 marketers and took ownership of team deliverables to ensure quality and brand standards were met.Michigan focused company. Accounting Industry. 90+ year old company. Privately held. $8MM revenue.

Hemlock, Michigan, US

• Analyzed and developed strategic recommendations and market forecasts for global vertical market plans and industry demand/supply side competitive activities while prioritizing based on context, materiality and risk.
• Developed and implemented brand strategy for lead generation with global cross-functional teams.
• Served on-call as part of the global Crisis Response Team for internal/external communications.
• Created supplier partnerships to deliver shared goals, incl. supply contract negotiations.
• Led branding with production of marketing content, literature, proposals, presentations, and speeches.
• Developed the first tag line and 50th anniversary launch strategy for increased branding and public/employee engagement.Global Corporate HeadquartersThe World Industry Leader with $3B+ revenueA Subsidiary of Shin-Etsu.

Midland, Michigan, US

• Designed transformational change agency strategy for full life cycle project management on global, high complexity projects supporting business sales and market growth to foster customer relationships.Developed surveys.
• Sold project concepts and delivered results of million-dollar revenue growth potential and cost avoidance/savings up to $4.6 million
• Delivered $485K in cost savings, advanced employee engagement, and solved a 17 year old problem with innovative strategies, metrics, scorecard, IT program, workflows and processes for global sales leads
• Represented company’s strategic leadership globally for diversity and inclusion programs; employee and customer engagement; HR job targeted selections, safety; compliance; audits; operational excellence; and national.
• Capitalized on market opportunities by delivering market research, competitive analysis and forecasting; taking calculated risks; creating growth strategies with: pricing, product placement, samples, focus groups
• Advanced branding and leads through content writing and communication strategies for literature, trade show displays, executive speeches and presentations

Midland, Michigan, US

Developed and enforced global strategy, audit investigations, reporting and communications, issue resolution, and process metrics for compliance to quality, financial, safety, and legal requirements to prevent unethical, illegal or improper conduct in the organization resulting in zero audit findings.Served as audit liaison globally (>17 sites, ~60 audits.

Midland, Michigan, US

Global Corporate Headquarters.The World Industry Leader of Silicones as previous company name, Dow Corning.Held additional national leadership roles since 1997 as direct hire and also for a global position as a contractor located within Dow Corning/Dow since 1994.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Marketing/Marketing Management, General

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Business Administration And Management, General