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Gary Hubbert

Gary Hubbert

Marysville,WA

Summary

Self-motivated professional successful in seizing viable opportunities for expansion and innovation in business. Background in increasing profits, reducing costs and transforming customer service standards. Experienced in leading and supervising operational and sales teams. Talented Owner with excellent marketing, customer service and facility oversight skills and more than 18 years of experience. Highly effective and comfortable working with people at all levels in organization.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Owner

Lone Peak Packs
12.2013 - 07.2023
  • Managed day-to-day business operations.
  • Consulted with customers to assess needs and propose optimal solutions.
  • Trained and motivated employees to perform daily business functions.
  • Evaluated suppliers to maintain cost controls and improve operations.
  • Enhanced operational efficiency and productivity by managing budgets, accounts, and costs.
  • Generated revenues yearly and effectively capitalized on industry growth.
  • Owned and prioritized product backlog.
  • Oversaw entire product deployments from vision and creation to rollout and delivery.
  • Oversaw end-to-end business processes to maintain proficiency and profitability.
  • Served as primary point-of-contact with suppliers and contractors to achieve inventory expectations.
  • Developed and implemented marketing strategies to generate new customers and increase sales and profit margins.
  • Managed purchasing, sales, marketing and customer account operations efficiently.
  • Cultivated and strengthened lasting client relationships using strong issue resolution and dynamic communication skills.
  • Implemented business strategies, increasing revenue and effectively targeting new markets.

VP Product

Seattle Sports Co
11.2004 - 11.2012
  • Spearheaded cross-functional initiatives across departments to achieve business goals for bottom-line profits.
  • Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies.
  • Increased company growth through collaboration with sales and marketing departments.
  • Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate employees and build competent teams.
  • Monitored industry trends, keeping current on latest changes and competition in industry.
  • Used market insights to capitalize on key business opportunities for new advantageous partnerships.
  • Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors and strategic partners.
  • Formulated and executed strategic initiatives to improve product offerings.

Head of Design

Brenthavne
Seattle, WA
04.2007 - 09.2010
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
  • Created and executed strategies to drive development and success of products.
  • Maintained internal product knowledge database.
  • Created product roadmaps to help guide product development processes and align with overall business goals.
  • Oversaw development of more than 25 new products each year.
  • Directed concept design, feature definitions and production support.
  • Managed product lifecycles by monitoring product research, development and determining retirement dates.
  • Approved product documentation to promote easy-to-follow manuals and technical documents.
  • Approved final photography and marketing materials for each product.

Education

MBA - Marketing, Operations, Accounting

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
05.2003

Bachelor of Science - Outdoor Business

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
05.1995

Skills

  • Product Management from cradle to grave to cradle
  • 20-year experience managing multiple product launches from concept to in store delivery across multiple factories in multiple countries Have managed up to 50 products per year
  • Experience with hard and soft goods and producing with in the soft goods industry, metal fabrication, plastic tooling design and production
  • Multiple industries, including sporting goods, the wide range from hunt and fish, cycling, exercise, watersports, camping, hiking, golf, travel
  • Development of product road map to achieve year over year new product and existing product categories
  • Communicate with key stakeholders from creative to production to sales leaders of the business I speak manufacturing and business, and can make sure both are represented in the product
  • Communicate with factories in multiple countries to achieve timeliness of delivery and sampling
  • Capable of multiple forms of information delivery, from use of Adobe Creative Suite to Excel and power point Writing technical specifications for use across many applications
  • Research both customer and product needs Discover current trends in different consumer markets and identify product trends in style, function, and manufacturing across multiple markets
  • Web design, directed the creation of multiple websites and worked to build ecommerce solutions to meet company goals Specific domain creation, Amazon, Etsy, eBay and Pinterest
  • Online marketing, utilized Google Ads, Facebook marketing, SEO, and targeted email campaigns
  • Trade show Managed trade show presence for multiple companies Designed trade show booth, and managed setup and tear down and managed logistics for all
  • Managed teams of creatives for product design Web design, Marketing, and Production of product Trained, mentored, and grew teams to achieve company goals
  • Have designed product across multiple industries and for different manufacturing capabilities Have built actual product and designed technical packages for others to complete
  • Attention to detail for every aspect of the build process
  • Talent Development and mentoring for teams
  • Issue Identification in production and development
  • Project Estimating and feasibility testing
  • Vendor Negotiations
  • Product Branding for new and existing brands
  • Advertising Initiatives

hiking, biking and anything outdoors

Have traveled through most of the US and most of Europe, and love the mountians and sea.  Have skied glaciers in Austraila, and sailed the Puget sound.  Camped and hiked across most of the US and enjoy all outdoor activities.

Work Availability

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Quote

There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.
Seth Godin

Timeline

Owner

Lone Peak Packs
12.2013 - 07.2023

Head of Design

Brenthavne
04.2007 - 09.2010

VP Product

Seattle Sports Co
11.2004 - 11.2012

MBA - Marketing, Operations, Accounting

University of Utah

Bachelor of Science - Outdoor Business

University of Utah
Gary Hubbert