Chad Vincent

Background

About Chad Vincent

A seasoned C-Level executive with experience driving significant growth in CPG companies (Food, FMCG, Durables, Specialty), It's all about growth - through people, marketing and execution. Hands on growth - doubling and tripling sales and profits in 18-36 months at Fortune 50 Corporate Divisions, International, small companies ($25-$100M), family owned / operated companies as well as startups with a dozen team members.* At Sartori Company (US Leading Artisan Cheese company) I led the company's entrée in to the Retail space, moving a 70 year old food service cheese company to the leading edge of the artisan cheese category. Constructed a Retail business from scratch, developed the overall branding of Sartori, built a sales team and a marketing group leading to 7 consecutive years of record company growth and profitability, doubling of company size, and a retail business approaching $100M.* At Fiskars, as President of the Outdoor Recreation Division / Gerber Outdoor Gear, the business doubled in 2 years to over $100million in sales, at 17% EBITDA* At Molson USA, led the creation and introduction of Molson Ice, the country's first Ice beer - led to doubling the size of Molson USA in 14 months. While at Miller, I directed marketing and branding efforts for Miller’s $2BB Premium Brands portfolio including Miller Genuine Draft, Foster’s, Leinenkugels, Molson and others. Worked abroad for 5 years in Miller International, where as the President/MD of Miller Asia-Pacific built businesses/led the introduction into China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, and many other countries. My creative work was awarded “Campaign of the Year” in the United Kingdom, and for efforts behind the brand introduction of Molson Ice was awarded “Brammy Award” for the ‘New Product of the Year’. As the Managing Director for Frozen Meals at Heinz – a $500MM business including frozen food brands such as Budget Gourmet, Smart Ones and Boston Market - we delivered record levels.