Paul Baker

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About Paul Baker

A leading Product management/marketing/technical sales professional, with additional relationship management and customer operations experience in both B2C and B2B with an outstanding track record in highly respected and successful companies. Providing innovation, vision, product strategy and value in all propositions, exceeding customer expectations. Unique experience across product portfolio management, marketing and customer service with the ability to provide full business support into all areas including PR, trade shows and key customer sell-in. Combined with strong business development experience, astute commercial/negotiation skills, supplier/partner management. Ability to build, develop, lead and inspire teams on a global basis or work independently. • Track record of bringing to market commercially successful products and services. • Ability to lead and inspire product management teams to develop commercially successful solutions that meet the changing needs of a customer base • Responsibility for the product development process, project plan, product financing management and supporting life cycle, adding innovation also ensuring it best addresses the demands of a local and global customer base • Lead design and delivery of product roadmap, selecting and leveraging also maintaining term relationships with external partners • Able to collaborate with all teams within the organisation, bringing together virtual teams to develop winning propositions that deliver clear value • Ensure that any propositions meet customer needs, commercial requirements and meet product quality requirements • Experienced in driving business change to improve business' efficiency and effectiveness to better serve the needs of customers/costs In all organisations there has been communication through to CEO level, both technically and commercially. This has included extensive international travel liaising with diverse cultures either at a local, regional or global level.