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Elizabeth Pennimpede

Executive business operator specializing in consumer brands and multi-location operations

Five Wits Hair CareFlorida State UniversityBrooklyn, NY14 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks On-Site

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Longtime operator who spent 12 years helping build a NYC hair care brand from a tiny manual operation into a broader wholesale and hospitality business with distribution across the US, EU, UK, and China. Currently serves as COO and sole employee of the brand while also acting as Director of Operations for a sister salon business, owning everything from product development and fulfillment to HR, payroll, and Shopify operations.

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Key Strengths

  • 12 years scaling a small hair care brand from manual bottle filling to international wholesale and hotel distribution
  • end-to-end ownership as COO and sole employee across product, operations, customer service, fulfillment, and ecommerce
  • successfully reopened two salon locations during COVID without losing revenue
  • strong cross-functional operator across both consumer products and brick-and-mortar salon businesses
  • hands-on inventory and wholesale/retail systems management in Shopify
  • effective small-team leadership through direct communication, Zoom check-ins, and staff support decisions during crisis
  • customer issue resolution in high-touch service environments
  • ability to balance strategic oversight with immediate operational execution

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Experience

Yoga & Pilates TeacherYO BK · Jan 2024 – Presentpart-time
Chief Operating OfficerFive Wits Hair Care · Jan 2023 – Present
Committee Member & VolunteerAlzheimer's Association · Jan 2021 – Present
Director of OperationsThe Blackstones Collective · Jan 2020 – Present
Director of OperationsFive Wits Hair Care · Jan 2019 – Jan 2023
Brand ManagerFive Wits Hair Care · Jan 2016 – Jan 2019
General ManagerThe Blackstones Collective · Jan 2015 – Jan 2020
ReceptionistThe Blackstones Collective · Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
ReceptionistAlchemy The Salon · Jan 2012 – Jan 2014

Education

Florida State Universitybachelor, English Literature; Italian Language

Languages

English

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Elizabeth PennimpedeExecutive business operator specializing in consumer brands and multi-location operations