Eric Schenker
CEO at Craft Sportswear North America
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer at Craft Sportswear North America
- Location
- Beverly, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Eric Schenker
Energetic and highly accomplished chief executive with decades of proven sales leadership and remarkable profit growth in sporting goods markets. Impressive record of sales management and demonstrable expertise across all types of sales models including: subsidiary, distributorship, independent sales, factory sales and multiple channel sales. Outstanding sales leadership led to rapid rise from Sales Manager to General Manager and ultimately CEO at age 41. Extensive background in international sales, imports and exports, with particular focus in Scandinavia and North America, and considered an expert in transitioning international companies into US markets. Have overseen multiple new product and category launches. Industry experience encompasses apparel, sports retail, outdoors, health and wellness, corporate apparel and promotional products, advertising and technology markets. Areas of expertise include: sales, branding, customer service, inventory planning, assortment planning, cost calculations, marketing, distributor corporate culture, subsidiary corporate culture, team building and B2B distribution channels. Currently Chief Executive Officer of Craft Sportswear North America, a pioneering company of functional apparel for world champions and everyday heroes overseeing the implementation of an aggressive strategic plan. Prior to current appointment, served as transitioning Chief Operating Officer of Craft Sportswear North America as it split operations from Karhu North America. Parallel with Karhu role, served as Director of Sales and Marketing at Craft Outside of CRAFT, founding member of a Small Business CEO Collaborative, member of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce and founding board member of North Shore Nordic Club, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free access to groomed cross country skiing in Boston’s North Shore community.
Experience
Chief Executive Officer
Craft Sportswear North America
Jan 2015 — Present · Beverly, MA
Education
Boston College
Bachelor’s Degree, Economics
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