Ellen Craig
Expert in consumer products, team leader, sales generator, sales director
- Role
- Sales Director at KONG Company
- Location
- Denver, CO, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ellen Craig
Ellen Craig, 33••••••41, E••••••••@comcast.netEXECUTIVE LEVEL BUSINESS SALES LEADERA solution-oriented business leader integrating financial, operational and administrative know-how in driving successful sales and profit objectives. An executive management leader with a solid track record in delivering results to improve top and bottom line performance. Provides collaborative business management, strategic insight and competitive positioning strategy in global markets. Combines strategic and tactical sales and marketing expertise with strong foundation in all facets of management to increase sales, improve performance and build accountability within teams.Retail partners include Target, Wal-Mart, Costco, Amazon.com, Toys R Us, Petsmart, Petco, Pets at Home, Dick\'s Sporting Goods, Barnes and Noble, Pets at Home (UK), Sear\'s Holding, Walgreens, Barkbox, Meijer, Kohls. I am a person of high integrity, am a strategic thinker, committed to goals, have a willingness to sacrifice, am change agile, experienced with Fortune 500, global, family and private-equity, am an empowering leader, intuitive thinker, risk taker, change agent.
Experience
Sales Director
May 2015 — Present · Golden, CO, US
Currently manage several KONG top 10 accounts. Initially launched a new product line, Encore, and managed the sales partnership with a South African company, Rogz.
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor's Degree
Hinsdale Central High School
High School Diploma
Skills
- Profitability Improvement
- Customer Insight
- Collaborative Leadership
- Account Management
- Product Development
- Strategic Partnerships
- Personal Development
- Pricing
- Sales
- Income Statement
- P&L
- New Business Development
- Toys
- Product Management
- Planning Budgeting & Forecasting
- Forecasting
- Experienced Change Agent
- Market Planning
- Strategic Planning
- Brand Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Intuitive Leadership
- Leadership
- Product Marketing
- Merchandising
- Sales Management
- Organizational Leadership
- Pricing Strategy
- Consensus Building
- Product Launch
- Consumer Products
- Trade Shows
- Competitive Analysis
- Compensation & Benefits
- Strategy
- Teaming
- Decision Making
- Retail
- Key Account Management
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