MEET Kim Campbell Brown
Vice President of Sales & MarketingVice President of Sales & Marketing
H. Gerstner & Sons · Full-timeH. Gerstner & Sons · Full-timeDec 2009 - Present · 13 yrs 4 mosDec 2009 - Present · 13 yrs 4 mosDayton, Ohio & Greater NashvilleDayton, Ohio & Greater Nashville
Taking this 116-year-old family company into 2022 and beyond by expanding into new markets and designing new products. Leading the focus to expand the company and brand awareness. My 30+ years of experience with this particular company makes me a passionate team leader to take this company into the next century of outstanding manufacturing of hardwood products.
• Product and Brand Marketing Director – 3 divisions. Two are USA made and one import brand.
• Re-creation & implementation of a previous international division of products. Conception of new designs, identifying potential manufacturers, marketing and sales plus procurement and fulfillment of orders - Extensively traveling to oversee operations at each critical juncture.
• Director of operations during absence of acting director.
• Increasing market awareness through innovative branding processes.
• Co-inventor of new trademarked products plus patent registration.
• New product concept, initial design & production development.
• Catalog development, art director and creative writing of product sell sheets and division catalogs.
• Coordinate all trade show events – including finding new venues, determining ROI, manage each show, on-site staffing of show plus manage travel arrangements for all involved - travel extensively for these shows both nationally and internationally.
• Inside and outside sales – (nationwide and globally).
• Supporting inside personnel to insure sales levels and goals are met.
• Helping keep corporate web site up to date - adding new pages and keeping content fresh.
• Providing administrative assistance plus minor accounting duties - payroll, billing and accounts receivable as needed when primary is unavailable.
1884 was a very important year for H. Gerstner & Sons. It was the year company founder Harry Gerstner was born. Some other very notable and interesting events were taking place around the country at this time: the Statue of Liberty was completed, Boston and New York were first linked by telephone, the Cincinnati Reds held their first game at Crosley Field, and Dayton, Ohio, had its first paved street. Harry Gerstner first started working when he left high school at age 17. He signed on as a woodworking apprentice to become a pattern-maker starting at a salary of six cents an hour. At the completion of his four-year apprenticeship, Harry received a one hundred dollar bonus and was earning ten cents an hour – top wages for a journeyman woodworker in the Dayton area.
Harry Gerstner made his first tool chest while working as a pattern-maker. It took him a year to design and make, as he only spent evenings working on it. After it was completed a friend remarked that he would like to have one of these well-designed chests, so Harry built another one. Some of his fellow workers commented on how well made it was, and this got him thinking that there may be a demand for his chests, as they were better and different than anything on the market at that time. So, in 1906 while the Wright Brothers were perfecting their first airplane, Harry Gerstner used the 100 dollar bonus from his job and founded his own tool chest company. He picked up his first orders by making evening door to door sales calls on his many friends and acquaintances.
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