George Coppola

About George Coppola

I’m a growth-driven P&L executive with 15+ years of experience leading $150M–$600M businesses across healthcare, consumer, and industrial markets. I’ve built and transformed organizations by aligning upstream sourcing, manufacturing, and downstream commercialization to deliver profitable, sustainable growth.Currently I lead a multi-brand medical and consumer products business spanning B2B, retail, and home-health channels. My focus is driving clarity and execution; whether that means restructuring portfolios, building supplier partnerships that fund margin growth, or leading new licensing and retail collaborations.I thrive where growth and discipline intersect: translating boardroom strategy into operational performance, strengthening financial rigor, and developing teams that outperform. My background blends commercial strategy, operations, and marketing leadership; an end-to-end perspective that creates value from idea to customer.

Experience

1. Senior Director Global Marketing

   Owens & Minor

   Oct 2023 — Present · Alpharetta, GA, US

   P&L owner for $600M multi-brand healthcare and consumer business Lead day-to-day operations, commercial strategy, and cross-functional execution across B2B, B2C Management and oversight of global portfolio, innovation and strategic direction. Oversight of upstream and downstream B2B and B2C marketing and product management Manage cross-functional teams across finance, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, and R&D.🥇Grew core business 6% establishing the product management team as a strategic partner.🥇Developed a product strategy for adjacent market expansion leveraging core competencies🥇Fostered new manufacturing relationships for future product expansion and market growth🥇Oversaw product line expansion due to result of exclusive licensing deal with a global brand🥇Maximize team performance creating a culture of teamwork, accountability, and high performance Core Responsibilities: Day-to-day operations and P&L responsibility. Strategic vision and go-to-market strategy for a 2-brand multi-channel portfolio. Cultivate a strong partnership with sales to contribute to corporate goals and objectives. Upstream and downstream business plans driving product and commercial strategies. Direct ongoing market intelligence to protect market share & execute offensive/defensive strategies. Partner cross functionally to enable effective commercialization of product portfolio strategy.

Education

• Duquesne University Palumbo Donahue School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• John Carroll University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Psychology

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Budgets
• Transportation
• Finance
• Financial Modeling
• Sales Process
• Supply Chain
• Pricing Optimization
• Supply Chain Management
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Forecasting
• Marketing
• Strategy
• Competitive Analysis
• Logistics
• Customer Satisfaction
• New Business Development
• Product Development
• Analysis
• P&L Management
• Analytics
• Sales
• Management
• Data Analysis
• Six Sigma
• Financial Analysis
• Leadership
• Pricing
• Process Improvement
• Pricing Strategy
• Price Optimization
• Sales Management