Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Concurrent Projects Roles
Volunteer Experience
Interests
Timeline
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RANCE LOFTSGARD

Creative Entrepreneur & Leader In Fashion, Sustainability & Beyond 15 + Years Experience In Sales, Design & Innovation
NYC, Southeast Asia, Remote
RANCE LOFTSGARD

Summary

Self-motivated, passionate social entrepreneur looking for opportunity after 3 years on the ground in fashion sustainability, design and manufacturing.


Rance has a successful track record in seizing viable opportunities for expansion and innovation in business. Background in increasing profits, reducing costs, increasing sustainability and transforming cultures of companies from the inside out Experienced in brand strategy, sales leadership, wholesale sales. In short, Rance is a master at sales, development and story telling with an ability to quickly adapt and add value in any vertical.

Overview

10
years of professional experience
5
years of post-secondary education
5
Languages

Work History

Freelance Consultant
1 2019 - Current

Job overview

  • Enabled new & established brands to go from cocktail napkin sketches to the showrooms, runways & closets of the world
  • Served as a liaison between established & startup fashion brands & purse/garment factories
  • Successfully managed relationships with well over 50 clients, contributing to a gross wholesale revenue exceeding $1 million annually
  • Successfully crafted in-depth strategic brand & product story narratives for over 15 brands, leading to 10 successful brand and product launches, contributing to over $1 million in sales for these brands
  • Served as a Senior Growth Advisor for two companies specializing in plastic-free, vegan leather material innovation
  • Collaborated on the development of go-to-market strategies, leading to over $8 million in capital investments for both companies
  • Successfully launched one of the companies, with plans for a large-scale launch of the second expected in late 2024
  • Successfully nurtured relationships with more than 25 factories and production partners spanning four countries, specializing in jewelry, purses, accessories, footwear, and sustainable materials
  • Conducted onsite visits, managed sample and production runs, and conducted multiple audits, focusing on areas such as ethics, sustainability, and supply chain transparency.

OYO

Business Development Manager
01.2018 - 01.2020

Job overview

  • Responsible for building relationships with independent hotel owners resulting in over 15 deals and over $2 million in revenue
  • Responsible for partnering with the property transformation team and walking property owners through the onboarding process
  • Worked with colleagues in the corporate office to report market conditions and improve the go-to-market strategy, profitability, and sales efficiency of OYO Rooms.

Avenue 33 Apparel

Founder & CEO
01.2016 - 01.2019

Job overview

  • Avenue 33 was a high-end men's accessories label specializing in handcrafted, innovatively designed neckties, pocket squares, and bow ties
  • The brand's success benefited by a commitment to allocating a portion of profits towards reinvesting in micro-lending among refugee entrepreneurs
  • Designed and launched with American based manufacturing in under 6 months
  • Utilized a combination of trade shows & wholesale, door-door marketing to be sold in almost 100 stores
  • Established a full design, sampling & manufacturing supply chain and all distribution channels from scratch
  • Successfully built a micro lending ecosystem and funded over 5 micro loans among refugees in the Middle East
  • Successfully exited the company in 2019 via the sale of rights to future designs.

RCDA Contact Center Consultants

Senior Consultant & Sales Trainer
01.2014 - 01.2019

Job overview

  • Served as a Customer contact center expert
  • Improves the performance of sales, retention and customer service teams
  • Works with supervisors, sales reps, retention reps, and CSRs, along with the senior management personnel who oversee projects
  • Served as a customer contact center expert working on various campaigns within DirecTV
  • Improved the performance of sales across 7 contact centers by an average of 30%
  • Served as a part of several cross-functional teams responsible for designing training content, creating training courses and materials
  • Successfully served on the operational training and implementation and quality control in the field increasing adherence to SOPS by 40%
  • Served as a customer contact center expert working on 2 campaigns within DirecTV
  • Improved the performance of sales across 7 contact centers by an average of 27%
  • Served as a part of several cross-functional teams
  • Was responsible for designing training content, creating training courses and materials.

Education

Southwest Baptist University/CBC

Inter Cultural Studies
01.2003 - 04.2008

University Overview

Dale Carnagie

Dale Carnegie Certified Trainer
08.2014

University Overview

Skills

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Accomplishments

Accomplishments
  • By combining new demo practices and mapping out data-driven acquisition funnel in real-time
  • Achieved top 5% sales ranking by volume and quota for two years in a row

Concurrent Projects Roles

Concurrent Projects Roles
  • Advisor, Stealth Sustainable Fashion Project, 01/2021, 12/2023, New York City, Creators on a mission to redefine the future of sustainable luxury. Which of your achievements match the job you’re applying to?
  • Fractional CRO, Quorilla-E-Learining Startup, 03/2021, 08/2021, Remote, Quorilla exists to grant the experience of an Ivy-League MBA course to the global business leaders of today. Served a 6-month contract as Chief Revenue Officer aiding in 10 strategic partnerships and over $250,000 in revenue.
  • Founding Partner, Able Coffee & Provisions, 2019, 2021, Springfield, Missouri, Able Coffee was a specialty coffee shop offering the world's finest hand-poured coffees, pastries, and house-made milk alternatives and more. Fully renovated and launched a specialty café on a $10,000 budget and quickly scaled $20,000 per month in revenue.
  • Founding Partner, Contact Converters, 2019, 2021, Springfield, Missouri, Contact Converters empowers companies to mine the gold their database & CRM. Saving you thousands vs. traditional lead generation. Help to grow to $500,000 in revenue and exited through a merger with a larger firm in the space.

Volunteer Experience

Volunteer Experience
  • Relief & Development Team Member, Convoy Of Hope, 2007, 2012, Served on several relief projects over several years including Algeria, Indonesia Haiti and Missouri.
  • Founder, Bread for Change, 2011, 2012, Philadelphia, Bread for Change was a social business project focused on alleviating world hunger and under-employment in inner-city Philadelphia. The project was featured in a contest including Vogue, GQ, Ketel One Vodka and Vice News.
  • Founder & Secretary, Hanan World Relief, 2004, 2007, Co-founded an international relief and development agency in college as a response to the 2004 Asian tsunami. Rance was instrumental in raising funds for the relief effort and subsequently, lived on the ground in Indonesia dong hands-on relief for several years post-tsunami.
  • Founding Board Member, Global Go Team, 2007, Present

Interests

Art

Sustainability

History

Travel

Food

Hiking

Language

Timeline

Business Development Manager
OYO
01.2018 - 01.2020
Founder & CEO
Avenue 33 Apparel
01.2016 - 01.2019
Dale Carnagie
Dale Carnegie Certified Trainer
08.2014
Senior Consultant & Sales Trainer
RCDA Contact Center Consultants
01.2014 - 01.2019
Southwest Baptist University/CBC
Inter Cultural Studies
01.2003 - 04.2008
Freelance Consultant
1 2019 - Current
RANCE LOFTSGARDCreative Entrepreneur & Leader In Fashion, Sustainability & Beyond 15 + Years Experience In Sales, Design & Innovation