Summary
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Education
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John Hammer

Laguna Niguel,CA

Summary

C-LEVEL EXECUTIVE with entrepreneurial mindset seeks remote/hybrid U.S. Chief of Staff/senior mentor position by contributing extensive strategic and operational management & consulting experience within the U.S. health & beauty aids industry.


PERSUASIVE MANAGEMENT COLLABORATOR while structuring and executing complex analyses (SWOT methodology) to support company strategies in fast-paced and evolving environment

Work History

President

JM HAMMER ENTERPRISES, LLC
2002 - Current
  • Executive management consulting in the U.S
  • Health & beauty aids industry with a focus on SWOT business analysis and resulting remedial short and long term business planning.
  • Substantial understanding of industry dynamics resulting in continuous strategic evaluation of company clients positioning for profitable growth and market share enhancement.
  • Periodic implementation of company wide SWOT business analysis to insure proper allocation of human and financial resources.
  • Entrepreneurial concentration on companies with innovative brand development & positioning creating competitive advantage
  • Extensive use of software tools (MS Project/Google Analytics) to manage cross functional teams

Divisional President

REVLON INC
  • Managed strategic and operational business decision-making to develop, enhance and execute business objectives organically & through acquisitions of target companies.
  • Identified, qualified and successfully integrated two category enhancing, consumer package goods and services acquisitions: American Crew (men's hair care & grooming) & Creative Nail Design/CND (women's nail care & fashion)
  • Recruited and hired diverse, talented individuals with drive and dynamic skills to build success targeting multi cultural U.S consumer demographics.

President

REDKEN LABORATORIES INC
  • Managed the organization while producing $110 million annual revenue with 16% Operating Income concentrated on the marketing and sale of products & services to the U.S salon industry
  • Oversaw three major Brands: REDKEN (women's hair & skin care), RK (men's grooming), Styling Research Company (hairstyling tools)
  • Spearheaded the company revolutionary research development & marketing introduction of SHADES EQ, the category leading haircolor brand within 24 months.
  • Concentration on U.S. market share and profitable revenue growth within a highly competitive, no barrier to entry U.S. market

Education

J.D. - Law

Fordham University School of Law
New York

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Strategic business planning for multiple business units

  • P&L, Balance Sheet, Working Capital management
  • Optimize profitable revenue growth organically & through strategic acquisitions
  • Continuous operational planning to achieve profit & cash management objectives
  • Leverage new business development
  • Identify, hire, train & motivate extraordinary, diverse employees
  • Data & fact based analysis across all organizational segments utilizing SWOT as a diagnostic tool for effective problem solving
  • Customer centric focus to deliver sustainable, continuous improvement to maximize productivity
  • Proven leadership as a thinker & doer
  • Collaborative mindset

Accomplishments

  • Hired, trained, motivated & supervised a diverse team of 6-10 direct reports.
  • Restructured Redken's business plan to add haircolor products & services to the company's salon offerings.
  • Collaborated with team of 4 in the development of a strategic acquisition plan and implementation of the integration of American Crew LLC and Creative Nail Design (CND) Inc into REVLON Inc.
  • Achieved consolidated 14% pre tax operating Income throughout career by creating and implementing financial/business plans with a focus on innovative competitive advantages.

PERSONAL

Married

Excellent health

Timeline

J.D. - Law

Fordham University School of Law

President

JM HAMMER ENTERPRISES, LLC
2002 - Current

Divisional President

REVLON INC

President

REDKEN LABORATORIES INC
John Hammer