Erica Brown
Executive General Manager | President | Head of Sales | Retail Operations | Brand Builder | Passionate Leader of People & Culture Creator | Board Experience
- Role
- VP and Managing Director - Americas at Costa Coffee
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Erica Brown
Accomplished Senior Executive and General Manager with experience across CPG, Retail, Foodservice, and Wholesale channels in fast-paced, high-growth Private Equity-sponsored Mid-Market companies and Fortune 500 corporations. As an agile and entrepreneurial leader, I build strategy, capabilities, teams and cultures that deliver accelerated top-line and bottom-line growth. Skilled at working in both low resourced and larger matrixed organizations, I move quickly and build relationships across levels, functions and teams to drive desired outcomes. Significant experience and strong results in building national brands with consumers and growing category sales with retailers, operators and distributors. My demonstrated strengths in general management, P&L ownership, business strategy, new business development, sales execution, retail operations, building internal & external partnerships, and M&A/Integration make me versatile and able to lead effectively in dynamic and new environments. As an energetic, optimistic and decisive leader, I inspire and engage people and teams to create breakthrough results.Specialties: General Management - Strategic Business Planning - Sales Execution - Retail Operations - Negotiations - Building Customer Relationships - Licensing- Innovation - Brand Growth- Business Process Design & TransformationCategory & Industry Expertise: Food & Beverage, Home Care, Personal Care, Healthcare
Experience
VP and Managing Director - Americas
Nov 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US
Vice President & General Manager for Costa Coffee, a division of Coca-Cola Responsibility for the Americas (North America, LATAM) Strategy and P&L ownership across all B2B and B2C channels Sales, Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain and Innovation Member of the Executive Committee
Education
Vanderbilt University
M. Ed., Institutional Advancement
Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee
B.S., Business Adminstration - Marketing
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