Chris Kuhr

About Chris Kuhr

Experienced footwear product design and development director with proven success leading cross-functional teams in the design, development, and launch of footwear brands and products. Key strengths include defining key consumer and product market trends, implementing product design and development strategies to support bottom line profitability, developing and managing integrated product management systems, strong cross-functional team management, and delivering consumer driven product lines. Skills: Product Creation, Product and Brand Management, Footwear manufacturing, Product Innovation, and Process Management. Areas of Expertise: Outdoor, Casual, Athletic, and Industrial Footwear.

Experience

1. Franchise Owner

   Refresh Renovations

   Sep 2019 — Present

   Refresh Renovations established in 2010, is a specialist in home renovations. Most builders focus on new home building and only do renovations when they don’t have other work to do. The skills and processes needed for renovations are very different from those required to build new homes, so this is an important consideration when choosing your renovation builder. Renovations are notorious for cost over-runs and out of control timelines. Refresh has processes and systems specifically developed to manage these issues and deliver you a hassle-free renovation. We have introduced project management processes that are expected in other sectors, but generally lacking in renovations.Refresh aims to- Improve the customer experience with renovation builders, trades and projects- Improve productivity by using best practice systems and processes, to ensure renovation builders can deliver better prices and outcomes for customers- To enable a select few of the best renovation builders in the USA to develop professionally in a managed, sustainable business model, which will be around for the long term. Refresh offers customers the best renovation building experience by providing- The best renovation builders- The best buying power and therefore the best prices- A professional design and build service- Professional project management- Professional customer communications.

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School

  Bachelor of Science (BS)