- Highland Park, Illinois
- May 30, 2019
I am a Senior Executive/C-Class Leader with a proven track record of delivering revenue, profits and volume gains in highly competitive global markets. I have achieved results in turn around and start-up environments. My style is motivational and lead by example with consensus building, negotiating and organizational skills. Achievements in top line revenue growth, volume gains, gross profit and EBITDA improvements were due to my strong sales leadership and planning, effective marketing and brand management, new product development, improvements in SGA and OPEX, expense management, optimizing the supply chain and improvement in forecast accuracy.
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