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Listing ID #9334

Chief Executive Officer

Candidate: #185402
Current Position: Chief Executive Officer
Industry: Retail
Experience: 20+ years in Retail Operations
Relocation: Open

Scope:

This top-tier Senior executive has over 20+ years’ experience with unprecedented success in achieving revenue, profit, business development and growth objectives within privately held and public company leadership. They are strong in developing strategic plans for ecommerce, retail, wholesale, and marketing environments which require a deep understanding of consumer and marketplace trends, product innovation and fiscal responsibility. We highly recommend that you take a look at his full profile to gain more insight into this candidate’s background.

Accomplishments:

  • Developed a long-term, sustainable business model to enable retention and growth with existing customers, while developing the toolset to attract new customers and consumers to the brand.

  • Rebuilt the business model and go-to-market strategy, focused squarely on Team Fulfillment, Brand Marketing, Product Development, Demand Creation, and Digital Transformation.

  • Drove and energized the Product Creation strategy to build out adjacent product categories geared to tap into key consumer need-states.

  • Revived a historically untapped International Distributorship model to advance the global footprint without significant overhead burden.

  • Significantly improved company culture through inclusive and transparent management style, focused on much needed staff development, valuing the contribution of all team members, rather than a chosen few.

  • Developed and executed strategy to diversify factory footprint away from China to create a nimble and cost-effective supply chain, while developing product to drive Government Contract and Law Enforcement business through TAA compliant innovation.

  • Drove 200BPS improvement in gross margin through efficiencies in factory utilization and consumer-first pricing methodology.

  • Doubled company cash position in less than 12 months through operational leverage and deployment of new product purchasing cycle, while making necessary investments in product development, brand marketing and company infrastructure.

Haskel Thompson & Associates:

Since our founding in 1979, we have been the go-to recruiting firm within the Retail, QSR, CPG, Private Equity, and Petroleum industries to bring your organization top-tier talent. With our proprietary and extensive vetting process, you can rest assured that you will be adding highly educated, knowledgeable, and qualified candidates to help grow your organization.

For more information about this candidate, please contact Phalynn Meeds at (239)302.3571 or Phalynn@haskelthompson.com