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Elisabeth Grégoire

Granby

Summary

Dynamic R&D Business Analyst at BRP with a distinguished history in project management and strategic business development.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

R&D Business Analyst, Accessories Power Sports

BRP
01.2023 - Current
  • Company Overview: https://www.brp.com/en/
  • Responsible for vetting 30+ annual projects, while averaging 4 to 6 months’ time to completion per project before presenting to executive leaders.
  • Maintained annual financial budget of $5M per annum for division.
  • Developed cohesive and complimentary partnerships with internal engineering, financial, and purchasing teams.
  • Each project required ROI models be presented to division executive leaders for go to market selection.
  • Manage inflation at the heart of business while ensuring high quality standards of the goods.
  • Built trust-worthy, fiscally responsible, and timeline sensitive partner ecosystem.
  • Strong negotiating tactics used with partners to reduce BRP ROI parameters, increase quality of goods, and reduce lead times.
  • Https://www.brp.com/en/

Owner & CEO

The Amo
01.2017 - Current
  • Started a life-long passion with the creation of healthy, natural tea blends, with home grown ingredients.
  • Developed an online presence to deliver tea blends for commercial and individual clients.
  • Efficiently managed production and sourcing new partners to increase productivity while reducing costs.
  • Business monitoring of growth and achievement of set annual goals.
  • Developed a strong and profitable customer ecosystem in Canada.
  • Member and spokesperson of Chamber of Commerce since 2018.
  • Has developed a total of 25 tea blends since the inception of The Amo in 2017.
  • www.theamo.ca

Business Strategist for Outerwear Division

Groupe Marie Claire
01.2016 - 01.2018
  • Company Overview: https://groupemarieclaire.ca/
  • Developed go to market strategies for Canadian outwear division across five banners.
  • R&D of latest trends, technologies and translating them into viable, stylistic, sellable products.
  • Working with technical teams to oversee final products prior to seasonal production.
  • Managed $500,000 to $700,000 annual budgets for each banner.
  • Built a reliable global vendor & manufacturer ecosystem to ensure maximal P&L.
  • Https://groupemarieclaire.ca/

Independent Business Strategist

Groupe Marie Claire
01.2010 - 01.2015
  • Company Overview: https://groupemarieclaire.ca/
  • Maximized creation efficiencies for Canadian outerwear brands such as Fur Lux, Moose Knuckles, and Mexx Canada.
  • Executed strategic plans that expanded market share by over 15% annually.
  • Developed go to market strategies for top brand commodities.
  • Managed and optimized annual development budgets of 3M USD.
  • Transformed internal developmental architecture and quality control protocols for top commodities.
  • Negotiated all terms and conditions of contracts with vendors and manufacturers.
  • Contributed to the building of a healthy vendor and manufacturer ecosystem, promoting collaboration, growth and success.
  • Https://groupemarieclaire.ca/

Education

Entrepreneurial Certificate -

Granby Cegep
Granby

Business Development and Entrepreneurship Certificate -

Lasalle College

Digital Pattern Making -

Lasalle College

Fashion Designer -

Richard Robinson Fashion Academy

Skills

  • Purchasing and procurement
  • Business development strategies
  • Technical design expertise
  • Leadership and team management
  • Project management methodologies
  • Effective communication skills

Timeline

R&D Business Analyst, Accessories Power Sports

BRP
01.2023 - Current

Owner & CEO

The Amo
01.2017 - Current

Business Strategist for Outerwear Division

Groupe Marie Claire
01.2016 - 01.2018

Independent Business Strategist

Groupe Marie Claire
01.2010 - 01.2015

Entrepreneurial Certificate -

Granby Cegep

Business Development and Entrepreneurship Certificate -

Lasalle College

Digital Pattern Making -

Lasalle College

Fashion Designer -

Richard Robinson Fashion Academy
Elisabeth Grégoire