Curtis Fisher

About Curtis Fisher

Senior Leadership ExecutiveTotal Safety - Carrier Enterprise - DirectBuy - Goodman Distribution - Whirlpool Channel Successes: Sears - Best Buy - Lowe\'s - Home Depot Transformational leadership executive with a strong entrepreneurial streak adept at building and leading high performance teams. Natural ability to uncover a company’s strengths, developing and executing the commercial strategies that align with customer needs, exploit competitive advantage and create market leaders. DirectBuy, Inc - Reinvented the 45 year old sales processes based on a Franchisee model to a centralized Inside Sales team based on recurring monthly revenue. Goodman Distribution, Inc - Led complete startup of company owned distribution model for Illinois and NW Indiana for HVAC and accesory product. Signed first of its kind deal with WW Grainger for US Distritbution of Goodman product. Whirlpool Croporation - Led the Sears Sales and Marketing team for Refrigeration, Cooking and Water Filtration product. Signed three year $200M dollar OEM contract for Kenmore Side x Side refrigeration product. Whirlpool Corporation - Spearheaded the team that created a first of its kind Business Intelligence capability in the durable space. Led the team that created and embedded this system that organized and aligned all sources of marketing data within Whirlpool. Specialties: Leadership, Talent Development, Extensive P&L Experience, Change Management, Sales, Merchandising, OEM Product Development, Marketing, Brand Positioning, Launch Strategy and Execution and Competitive Landscape Analysis

Experience

1. Sr Director - Retail the Home Depot

   Rheem Manufacturing Company

   Aug 2024 — Present · Roswell, GA, US

   Leading The Home Depot channel team for Rheem Water. Setting the strategic vision for the account and managing three distinct sales and distribution channels within The Home Depot channel. The Home Depot is the number one outlet for water heaters in North America.

Education

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  BS, Business Management

  1995

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA, General Management

  2010 — 2011

Skills

• Talent Management
• Sales Operations
• Strategy
• Pricing Strategy
• Talent Development
• Business Strategy
• Leadership
• Sales Management
• Marketing
• P&L Management
• Microsoft Crm
• Competitive Landscape Analysis
• Product Development
• Salesforce.com
• Sales Process
• Market Research
• Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Business Development
• Team Leadership
• Voice of the Customer Analysis
• Business Intelligence
• Consumer Products
• Account Management
• Change Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Selling
• Category Management
• Management
• Team Building
• Oem
• Forecasting
• Training
• New Business Development
• Strategic Planning
• P&L
• Product Launch
• Income Statement
• Sales
• Pricing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership