Jennifer Paulson

About Jennifer Paulson

Driven and results-focused Global Profit Leader with a decade of success delivering exceptional profit improvements in competitive global retail markets. Able to lead transformation in operations, training, performance, and brand reputation, I am well-versed in leveraging analytics and trends, to remove challenges standing in way of increased profits in order to deliver multi million-dollar increases. I am committed to collaboration, building thoughtful, engaged, and accountable teams able to outperform the competition and widen the profit margin while streamlining processes. Culturally savvy with experience building and leading teams around the globe, I know how to develop and connect vision to executable plans and ultimate profits. A successful corporate leader, with an entrepreneur background, I can drive product development, operational improvements, patent development, source product materials and build manufacturing teams around the world, tracking product success against the competition while delivering ROI. Key highlights: • Hired, trained and directed large teams in areas of loss prevention, labor analysis and retail inventory support for store brands around the world • Identified numerous personnel initiatives adopted corporatewide to increase profits and contain costs • Created operational training programs for emerging leaders and managers to drive profit improvements • Developed social media marketing plans to drive click through rate increases and customer conversions • Launched a highly successful company, from vision to market, driving double digit profits in an untapped market in need of better quality sports undergarments I have a Master\'s degree and a Bachelor\'s degree, and volunteer my time on local councils and boards, conducting presentations and lectures on the fashion industry and entrepreneurship. Interested in networking, new opportunities, speaking opportunities, and continuous growth. Connect with me via LinkedIn messaging.

Experience

1. Chief Operating Officer

   Vanderbloemen

   Jan 2022 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Education

• University of Chicago

  Master of Arts (MA)

  2004 — 2006

• Princeton University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  1996 — 2000