Maureen Butler, MBA

Current

• Senior Consultant at Hub Solution Designs, Inc.

Past

• Director, Customer Database Management at W.W. Grainger, Inc
• Director, Marketing Communications and Brand Management at W.W. Grainger
• MBA Leadership Development at W.W. Grainger

• Marketing Management at W.W. Grainger
• Marketing Communications Program Manager at National Education Corporation
• Trade Show Manager at Educational Resources

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Education

• Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
• Loyola University of Chicago

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Industry

Business Supplies and Equipment

Websites

• My Company

Maureen Butler, MBA’s Summary

Senior-level marketing and master data professional for a Fortune 500, $6B multi-channel distributor. Over 17 years of proven success in customer information management, MDM, CDI, SAP, marketing communications, market segmentation, sales, product management, supply chain, and operations. MBA leadership development program graduate, with a solid reputation for driving results in a complex corporate environment. Proficient in identifying organizational issues and needs, gaining business alignment at all levels, and leading Six Sigma and cross-functional teams to develop plans, processes, policies and procedures to accomplish business goals.

Maureen Butler, MBA’s Specialties:

Cross-functional team leadership, Six Sigma Champion, customer information management, MDM, CDI, SAP, marketing communications, market segmentation, corporate brand management, customer experience, sales, product management, supply chain, and store operations.

Maureen Butler, MBA’s Experience

• Senior Consultant

  Hub Solution Designs, Inc.

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Services industry)

  February 2008 — Present (4 months)

  Hub Solution Designs, Inc. is a consulting firm specializing in developing & executing high impact Master Data Management and Data Governance strategies. Maureen's areas of expertise are in SAP master data, data migration, cleansing, governance, quality, customer data integration, business process, organizational design and change management.

• Director, Customer Database Management

  W.W. Grainger, Inc

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; gww; Business Supplies and Equipment industry)

  June 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 6 months)

  Selected to develop a new organization to assure a successful SAP system conversion, and create short and long-term plans to measure, monitor, audit and govern customer information quality.

• Director, Marketing Communications and Brand Management

  W.W. Grainger

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GWW; Wholesale industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year)

  Directed team of 27 with annual budget of $24M for all integrated marcom campaigns, sales activities, market expansion, catalogs, and corporate brand initiatives.

• MBA Leadership Development

  W.W. Grainger

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GWW; Wholesale industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years)

  Graduate of executive-sponsored leadership development program. Gained cross-functional business knowledge while developing leadership skills at all levels of the organization – senior executives to line staff. Supply Chain Rotation , Field Sales Rotation, Store Operations Rotation

• Marketing Management

  W.W. Grainger

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GWW; Wholesale industry)

  1995 — 2002 (7 years)

  Marketing Segment Manager, Manufacturing: Drove customer segment growth and profitability by developing and implementing integrated marketing plans and programs for the Manufacturing and Safety segments that accounted for $1B in annual sales. ; Product Category Manager, Parts Division; Marketing Communications Manager, Parts Division

• Marketing Communications Program Manager

  National Education Corporation

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; E-Learning industry)

  1995 — 1995 (less than a year)

  Managed integrated marketing programs that included direct mailing, advertising, catalogs, telesales, public relations and sales support. Managed the Marketing Database department.

• Trade Show Manager

  Educational Resources

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1990 — 1993 (3 years)

  Planned and managed the company’s participation in over 100 U.S. and Canadian trade shows annually, and developed and managed the company’s own trade show. Responsible for developing all trade show advertising, direct mail, pricing, and promotional materials. Increased annual trade show sales by 60%.

Maureen Butler, MBA’s Education

• Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

  MBA, Marketing, 1998 — 2001

  Degree: Masters of Business Administration: Graduated with Honors, GPA 3.91/4.0 – 2001

• Loyola University of Chicago

  BA, Marketing, 1985 — 1990

Additional Information

Maureen Butler, MBA’s Websites:

• My Company

Maureen Butler, MBA’s Groups:

American Marketing Association
Business Marketers Association
Institute for the Study of Business Markets, Penn State

•    Executive Suite member
•    Linked n Chicago member

Maureen Butler, MBA’s Honors:

MBA, Cum Laude
Graduate, MBA Leadership Development Program

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