Jeff Olson

About Jeff Olson

A highly-motivated and skilled senior executive with diverse over-the-counter consumer products background. Retailer expertise across all classes of trade with a broad skill set in organizational management, sales management, promotion development, supply chain, research and insights, and new business development. Focused on brands from all therapeutic classes that are appropriate for the OTC marketplace, with either monograph or New Drug Application (NDA) regulatory status. Integral role in the creation of large OTC categories including Emergency Contraception, Smoking Control, Weight Control and Lip Care and brands such as Plan B One Step, Nicorette, NicoDerm CQ, Alli and Abreva.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President of Sales

   Foundation Consumer Healthcare

   Feb 2020 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Leading the sales efforts for Foundation Consumer Healthcare with a goal of building a comprehensive portfolio of over-the-counter and wellness brands, marketed to all classes of trade. Foundation\'s current family of brands consist of the #1 OB/GYN recommended OTC emergency contraceptive brand, Plan B One-Step, as well as proven and established brands, Breathe Right, Dimetapp, Anbesol, Campho-Phenique, Fibercon, Alavert, Bronkaid, Primatene, Dristan and our St. Joseph Low Dose Aspirin. As a senior executive with experience growing new and mature brands in both large multi-national and start-up environments, I possess a wide range of core capabilities needed to achieve success in today\'s complex OTC environment.

Education

• Northern Illinois University

  BA, Psychology with Business Administration Minor

  1983 — 1987

Skills

• Account Management
• Consumer Products
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• P&L Management
• Management
• Business Planning
• Key Account Management
• Brand Management
• Shopper Marketing
• Retail
• Pricing
• Leadership
• Marketing
• New Business Development
• Crm
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership