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Mission driven senior executive and corporate growth strategist, valued for aggressive leadership, seizing market share from competition and generating multimillion-dollar sales and gross margin gains in manufacturing environments. Experience includes turnaround management, mergers and acquisitions, operations leadership, and performance improvement. Successes include growing revenue from $21 million to $31.5 million over 6 years, representing 6% CAGR. Provide company-wide strategic leadership, working with executive management teams to establish long-range goals, strategies, plans, and policies. Major wins include elimination of $850,000 debt through negotiation of 10-year supply contract. Strong relationship manager who establishes credibility throughout organization as effective developer of solutions to business challenges.Career HighlightsPresident/CEO | Oberfields LLC* Led pivot of company from family-owned to market driven manufacturer of world class products under private equity ownership. Implemented research process to determine customer product preferences to drive sales. Dramatically improved company ranking in concrete paver space over 18-month period.* Saved $195,000 in variable wages, benefits, and maintenance, along with $772,000 in fixed facility costs, by leading $15 million capital project involving building of new, state-of-the-art concrete products manufacturing facility at Obetz location. Facilitated bringing highest quality concrete pavers into central Ohio market, commanding premium pricing, resulting in improved margins. Upgraded talent by creating new job descriptions and using recruiters to target higher skilled hourly employees than typically required.Director of Manufacturing | Oberfields LLC* Consolidated operations from 6 sites to 4. Embarked on plan to identify most strategically viable plants and locations and staffed to expand out to 24-hour production, 5-6 days per week.* Introduced quality control (QC) to plant operations. Initiated controls and checks for moisture content of concrete batches, improving consistency of color and overall consistency of units in aspects such as density. Reduced plant scrap rates by 3%-5%. Saved between $75,000-$100,000 annually by eliminating need for color corrections on masonry jobs. Introduced height checks and standardization on units utilizing digital micrometers.* Served as project leader for company’s 2-year pursuit of ISO 9001 certification. Served as management representative for ISO system.

Listed skills include Building Materials, Manufacturing, New Business Development, Negotiation, and 46 others.