Robert Carter
VP and General Manager @ Colgate Palmolive Turkey | Marketing VP | Senior Commercial Leader | Drives cross-functional commercial growth in multinational FMCGs | Extensive international leadership experience
- Role
- Vice President and General Manager, Colgate Palmolive Turkey at Colgate-Palmolive
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Vice President and General Manager, Colgate Palmolive Turkey
Dec 2021 — Present · Istanbul, TR
In this role, I have helmed the business through a period of major economic turbulence in the region, with a focus on margin improvement, market pricing strategies and employee retention to secure sustainable organic growth. I manage the entire Turkish business, covering three categories (Oral Care, Personal Care and Home Care).Key successes include securing organic growth against major currency devaluation to attain our pricing goals with no disruption, and captaining the business/team through the highly destabilizing Southern Turkey earthquake crisis. I have also managed major expansion in our discounter retailer portfolio to harness the fastest growing retail environment in the country, led a successful new brand entry into previously untapped pharma channel, and aligned the business behind a digital transformation strategy, with significant digital media push linked to e-commerce sales.
Education
Washington and Lee University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Accounting/Business Management and German
1991 — 1995
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management
MBA, Marketing
1999 — 2001
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