Christopher Banguis
Indianapolis,IN
Summary
Talented Vice President with excellent communication and change-management skills coupled with more than 25 of years of experience as individual contributer and team leader. Comfortable collaborating with senior executives in developing narrative to engage, inform and empower internal and external stakeholders.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President, Sales & Marketing|Move Management
Wheaton World Wide Moving
Indianapolis, United States
03.2017 - Current
- Established performance goals for department and provided methods for reaching milestones.
- Grew sales and boosted profits, applying proactive management strategies and enhancing sales training.
- Educated associates on market trends and stayed up-to-date on forecasts.
- Increased sales by advising empowering salespeople in network of more than 350 agents across the U.S.
- Attended trade shows and client meetings, promoting company brand and building rapport with prospects and partners.
- Orchestrated internal communications to inform and empower 150 headquarters employees
- Orchestrated internal/external communications to inform and empower more than 350 member agents
- Orchestrated positive media coverage and stakeholder relations as public face of company.
Manager, Employee Engagement/OCM
Eli Lilly And Company
Indianapolis, United States
01.2010 - 01.2017
- Orchestrated communication and organizational change management plan to help drive creation of new drug-development hub (new structure and updated processes)
- Hired and trained new full-time staff and contractors to support global change-management activities
- Collaborated with multiple global affiliates to frame narrative around creation of new drug-development hub
- Collaborated with CEO and multiple vice presidents to frame and deliver narrative around creation of new drug development hub
- Framed change-management messaging for internal audience of more than 30,000 employees
- Framed narrative about streamlining of drug development for external audiences, including Wall Street analysts, major media outlets and trade media
Consultant, Six Sigma and Diversity Communications
Eli Lilly And Company
Indianapolis, United States
01.2004 - 01.2010
- Developed narrative and change-management plans around company-wide Six Sigma efforts
- Trained in Six Sigma process
- Directly supported communication and change-management effort around dozens of Six Sigma green- and black-belt projects globally (e.g. manufacturing process-improvement, salesforce restructuring, streamlining of drug-development processes, updating salesforce-recruiting parameters)
- Collaborated with senior executives to frame narrative for internal audience as company worked toward $1B in OPEX savings and reduction in headcount
- Collaborated with senior executives to frame Six Sigma narrative for external audience, including Wall Street, business/trade media and FDA
- Developed, executed two-year communication and change-management plan around company's newly launched global diversity efforts
- Collaborated with vice president of diversity to craft narrative around global diversity for internal employee audiences, external news media and pharmaceutical-industry trade groups
Associate, Product Communications
Eli Lilly And Company
Indianapolis, United States
01.1998 - 01.1999
- Directed proactive public relations activities around Prozac brand, including hiring and directing of public relations agencies
- Collaborated with senior executives and other corporate spokespersons to craft messaging in support of Prozac brand
- Prepared standbys statements/Q&As and trained spokespersons for engagement with Wall Street, business and general news media
- Engaged in crisis-management communications in support of Prozac brand in issues such as product-liability, personal injury, wrongful death and patent litigation
News Editor
Indianapolis Business Journal
Indianapolis, United States
01.1989 - 01.1998
- Conceptualized, pitched, assigned and monitored stories from origination to publication.
- Reported to Editor-In-Chief about news articles for print, daily staff happenings and creation of company newsletter.
- Interviewed sources and developed relationships with informants to obtain vital information for stories.
- Sought out stories by pursuing other news organizations information periodically and either assigned or wrote stories according to strict timelines.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN05.1987
Skills
- Message/narrative development
- Change management
- Strategic Direction
- Speechwriting
- Presentation development
- Media training
- Interdepartmental Collaboration
- Team Recruiting and Onboarding
- Teambuilding
- Employee development
- Business-partner Needs Assessment
Timeline
Vice President, Sales & Marketing|Move Management
Wheaton World Wide Moving
03.2017 - Current
Manager, Employee Engagement/OCM
Eli Lilly And Company
01.2010 - 01.2017
Consultant, Six Sigma and Diversity Communications
Eli Lilly And Company
01.2004 - 01.2010
Associate, Product Communications
Eli Lilly And Company
01.1998 - 01.1999
News Editor
Indianapolis Business Journal
01.1989 - 01.1998
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Purdue University
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