David Grijalva, mba
Sales Operations and Technology Executive in the Direct Selling and Consumer Direct industries
About ME
Equipped with more than 20 years’ experience, I know what it takes to navigate business challenges, overcome obstacles, and deliver results in all key areas.
STRATEGY ANALYSIS | SALES DEVELOPMENT | TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
Innovation-focused executive with extensive experience driving strategic sales development solutions and initiatives in operations to deliver results within tight deadlines and $MM budgets. Proven expertise in process mapping, vendor changeover, expansion, and product requirements design. Accomplished taking operations, products, and projects from concept to launch on a global and domestic scale. Credited with strong ability to identify trends and develop competitive strategies for execution. Experienced in handling compliance and liaising with regulatory governing bodies. Technical proficiency in MS Office, Project, ERP, and CRM.
- $MM Program Management
- Resource Planning
- Enterprise Technologies
- Process Creation & Re-engineering
- Training & Development
- Lean Methodologies
- Impact Assessment
- Scaled Frameworks
- Client/End User Focus
Areas of Practice
Executive Director
Extensive experience in wearing multiple hats with oversight of daily operations, and ability to cultivate and develop talent, and manage systems and processes to support company growth. Full P&L obligation to make an immediate bottom-line and leadership impact. Establish projections to grow the existing business via successful execution and capitalize on opportunities that the future holds. Experienced and efficient leader with excellent people skills, business acumen, and a commitment to quality, and ensuring the efficient and prudent use of internal resources and leads multi-year financial projection planning, assuring organizational financial stability into the future. Employs a consultative approach for evaluating internal opportunities and challenges and works across departments and teams to develop and implement highly innovative solutions.
VP, Operations and IS/IT
Drive initiatives in innovation and efficiency by managing complex projects with transformational results such as integrating new ERP/CRM system framework, SQL reporting, compensation plans, Business Process Management (BPM) and Business Intelligence solutions for the executive board. Scope requires agile and scrum application while directing project teams in cross-functional departments in addition to coordinating with 3rd party vendors, partners, and clients. Full P&L responsibility. Achieve initiatives within budgets by evaluating data and outlining road maps for success in driving the vision, values, strategic goals, objectives and action plans within resources and timelines. Stretch resources on projects with strong attention to sourcing of raw materials, packaging, manufacturing partners, logistics, warehousing, distribution, shipping, and software design and implementation.
VP, Sales & Marketing
Accomplished objectives in attaining inside and outside sales revenue goals by leading the team in cultivating customers strategically from initiation through delivery within tight budgets and deadlines. Safeguarded relationships with staff, management, vendors, and key stakeholders to move initiatives forward in sales, marketing, and product development operations. Full P&L oversight. Leveraged an expertise in research to compile budget, loss, fiscal and sales data into reports and presentations used by sales representatives and evaluated by executives as briefing materials in strategy meetings. Boosted annual sales through tracking trends, evaluating competitors and creating a strategy to expand the existing customer base using incentives, a restructured quotation process and focus groups/3rd party evaluations.
Operations Executive
Achieve initiatives within budgets by evaluating data and outlining roadmaps for success in driving the vision, values, strategic goals, objectives and action plans within resources and timelines. Lead multiple departments: IT, Supply Chain, Facilities Management, Legal, Customer Service, and Enterprise Sales. Implement and support client programs to help generate new growth. Maximize company’s profitability through ensuring high levels of customer service and high standards. Ensure the development and implementation of standard policies and procedures for business and financial management. Work cooperatively with senior leadership including: Finance, HR, Sales, Marketing, and Product Development. Hire, train, motivate, direct, coach, evaluate, and retain high performers
"When going through hell, don't sit there, go through it!"
Rick Warren
Education
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
- Nelson Mandela
Chapman University
2007 - 2008
MBA Organizational Leadership, Entrepreneurship
Chapman University
2005 - 2007
B.A. in Business Administration with a Marketing Emphasis
Saddleback College
2003 - 2005
A.A. in Business Administration
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I'm also available for project and/or consulting work in LA, OC, and SD counties.
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