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Canada

Milton, Ontario, Canada

Food Service Solutions Inc. helps Canadian chefs and operators. We are an importer and wholesales distributor of commercial cooking equipment but use a team of executive chefs to help our customers optimize their production. We scour the world looking for value added products that provide real world solutions for commercial kitchens. Food Service Solutions works directly with operators to optimize workflows, reduce costs, improve results and maximize the return on their equipment investment through our unique combination of culinary and food service equipment expertise. Our support extends throughout the life of equipment with after-sale support, parts, service and warranty management for all of our amazing brands. Check us out at www.foodservicesolutions.ca We have 10 kitchens across the country, so challenge our chefs with your unique goals or challenges and allow us to be part of your success. .

6599 Kitimat Road Mississauga On

Chesher is a national wholesale distributor of commercial foodservice equipment, parts and service. We have grown over 400% in 4 years by providing our clients with a chef centric consultative sales process to solve our clients' challenges.

Brampton / Milton

• P & L responsibility for North American business. Managed Production, Quality, Operations, Finance and Administration, Sales, Marketing and Customer Service processes.• Lead team of 6 in 2007 to 96 in 2012 and an additional 6 commissioned sales representative agencies. I also had personal responsibility for all KIS retail and contract sales development. Developed leadership team of 9 direct reports as the business transitioned from a small upstart to a mid-sized professional company. • Lead the creation of a Mission and Values statement and communicated throughout the organization verbally, in print and through town hall quarterly meetings. • Initiated the development of all processes in Sales, Marketing, New Product Development, Manufacturing, Finance, Forecasting, Production Planning, and Cash Collections. • Implemented SAP and DS. • Established KPI metrics for key activities to highlight issues, opportunities and successes. • Business grew from $1M in first half of 2007 to over $30M in FY 2011 and developed over $12M in new business in 2012 with Wal-Mart and Target.• Spearheaded 23 acre, over $20M investments into a green-field development resulting in 186k square foot manufacturing facility with rail, in Milton ON. Coordinated move from the former Brampton facility. • Along with the VP Finance, I secured $10M AMIS, Interest free loan with 5 year funding with the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade to facilitate capital investment requirements.

Schaumburg Il

• Full P&L and balance sheet responsibility with 8 direct reports in the following processes: Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Technical Service, Operations, and Finance. • Trippled Sales in less than 3 years and through increased market share and market development / sales activity. • Developed service strategy and reorganized team to move from a reactive “fire fighting” organization to proactive one. • Reversed multi year losses into a profitable country level business with multi-million dollar group level impact. • Lead team of 60 associates and 21 commissioned sales representative companies in 2007. • Rational USA won Subsidiary of the year in 2006• Concurrently managed Canadian business 1 day per week and maintained growth and team development.

Mississauga On

• P & L responsibility with Sales, Customer Service, Administration and Technical Service reports. • Developed dealer channel, Sales and Marketing strategy and managed promotional elements.• Lead team of 10 individuals and commissioned sales representative companies. • Sales increased from less than $1M in 2001 to over $10 Million in 2005. • Local subsidiary profit went from more than $1 Million loss to more than $1 Million in profit.• Canada won Worldwide Subsidiary of the Year 3 times in 5 years.

• P&L Responsibility for Garland Canada. Managed sales, marketing, customer service and dotted line responsibility for technical service support.• Doubled the sales volume and significantly enhanced profit. • Manage sister company (supplier) relations and negotiations for favourable buy pricing to ensure acceptable margin and market pricing in Canada. • Lead team of 46 sales, marketing and operations professionals within the team.

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