Christopher Lamson
SVP General Manager @Central Garden & Pet
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WORK HISTORY
SVP General Manager @Central Garden & Pet
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
General Manager / P&L owner for private label and branded share leader in pet bedding and accessories
EDUCATION
Harvard Business School
Program for Management Development, Business Administration and Management, General
Saint Mary's College of California
Bachelor’s Degree, Finance, General
SKILLS
ABOUT CHRISTOPHER LAMSON
I am an experienced consumer goods CEO, General Manager and Commercial (sales and marketing) executive, having ultimate accountability for businesses ranging from $75M to $750M in revenue, while leading commercial functions with over $2BN in revenue. My career has been marked by consistently driving differentiated and sustainable top and bottom-line results across middle market and Fortune 500 businesses. At their core these results stem from being a values based leader, committed to challenging, then helping, individuals and teams to achieve extraordinary outcomes. A few key accomplishments:• Driving the turnaround of a middle market sized business from multi-year top-line declines to sustained growth rates over 18% per year, while expanding gross margins, ultimately leading to a successful exit with a strategic buyer.• Dramatically expanding gross margin by over 400 basis points over 18 months, thus doubling bottom line profitability in a mature business• Leading a 75 person commercial team that moved the organization’s largest account from being below fair share in 6 of 8 categories to overdeveloped in 7 of 8.This success comes across a myriad of categories including pet, cleaning, personal care, consumer durables and packaged foods all with differing characteristics and value drivers. These roles have included significant brand building, while others have been more ‘pull’ oriented customer and omni-channel focused, while still others had supply / operating efficiency and effectiveness as key levers. I’ve started up new channels including e-com and professional, and effectively launched into new product categories. Regardless of category or business characteristics, I believe in developing people and teams, leveraging a highly integrated cross functional approach to strategy and executional excellence, and driving analytical decision making across the business. EXPERTISEP & L Leadership / Financial AcumenStrategy Development Cross-Functional Team LeadershipProduct Development and Sourcing Executional ExcellenceOmni-channel / e-com / RetailOperational EfficiencyMargin ExpansionRevenue Management./ Trade StrategyLeading ChangeM & A / Deal Sourcing
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