Professional Experience:

• 10+ years’ experience working with decorative products sold ideally in the National Accounts (Lowe's, Home Depot) with a demonstrated track record of business growth and portfolio management.
• 5+ years of Relevant product development experience with extensive program management.
• Practical analytic skills and forecasting principles.
• Strong financial acumen
• General understanding of design, and the ability to work collaboratively with a design team
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to foster cross-functional relationships. 
• Systematic problem-solving and decision-making ability.
• Innovative competency – thinks creatively with foresight and acts strategically.
• Global travel as needed, monthly travel to the customer and factory required.

Education and Technical Skills Profile:

• College Degree or professional experience equivalent (Master's Preferred)
• Extensive knowledge of National Accounts (Lowe's, F&D, Home Depot)
• Strong skill set in the use of the Office suite (Excel, Word)
• Data analysis – collect, organize, and interpret data
• Organization and creative copywriting skills
• Experienced in utilizing various software systems for sales tracking, copy development, and editing, Microsoft 356 Suite, and project management software
• Practical verbal and written communication skills
• Project management
• Firm understanding of sales and product principles
• Team player, strong work ethic, ambitious
• Demonstrated leadership ability and strong interpersonal skills

Environment and Behavioral Profile:

• Must interface with others at all levels, from executive to hourly.
• Apply the values.
• Anticipate changes—assess the situation by stepping back, identify conditions for implementing solutions, identify consequences, and assess/analyze risks.
• Agility in execution – take the initiative, move into action quickly once decisions are made, adapt your working mode to take into account changes
• Cooperation – listen to others and take into account their points of view, explain your points of view and priorities to gain support, look for synergies (within and outside the team) to improve overall results, work with others to achieve common objectives
• Make continuous progress – take new approaches, implement best practices, challenge other's ideas to enhance them, demonstrate open-mindedness, promote new ideas, and test them.