About Bob Livingston

Bob Livingston is a sales professional. He began his career as a sales representative for the Lipton Company and advanced through all of their sales management positions, ultimately leading the 700 person sales organization of this multi-billion dollar Unilever subsidiary.

 


During his tenure as the Chief Customer Officer, he led some of the industry's earliest initiatives in Category Management and Fact Based Selling. As an up front advocate of the link between sales and technology, he was one of the first to launch an automated information and technology-based strategy.

He is presently an independent consultant working with Fortune 500 companies, assisting their selling teams with customer relationship strategy and execution. Early in his consulting career, he simultaneously held the full time position of Senior Vice-President Customer Development at ACNielsen, leading their customer organization at the beginning stages of their very successful turnaround.

Bob believes that in order to succeed and thrive, a business must achieve the goal of customer loyalty and retention. This goal is best achieved only through complete understanding of a customer's needs. Bob's 40+ years of experience in the consumer products industry makes that understanding second nature. His record of achievement demonstrates his ability to quickly and effectively address the needs of clients facing a wide variety of challenges.

Clients also call on Bob to share his industry expertise by hosting and facilitating advisory board meetings, share groups, video-conferences, and seminars. His understanding of the fundamentals of the Consumer Products industry is more important than ever in an age of constant change, innovation and market uncertainty. Audiences on both sides of the customer relationship identify with his core belief:
"It is only by focusing our attention on the needs of customer that we will achieve our greatest success."