Christopher Nelson Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, On, Ca

Canada

• Throughout my years as an operations leader, I have consulted over 20 organizations to improve profitability, efficiency and reach organizational goals.• Averaged 18% increase in revenue YoY for seven organizations, implementing innovative strategies reducing costs and gaining revenue. • Improved employee retention by 40% on average, by strengthening healthy and safe work environments, while improving and implementing training and operational knowledge.• Developed and implemented strategic plans strengthening foundations supporting seven organizations for growth and consumer reach.

Warwick, Ontario, Canada

• Led over two hundred high performing team members providing construction services for municipal and national contracts up to $15M.• Transformed P&L from $27M to $85M in 24 mos. by analyzing and rectifying operational issues, building strategic plans to drive operational change and transformation. • Shortened AR and AP processes by 80%, saving accountable time adding to $1K daily.• Spearheaded M&A’s, strengthening the portfolio and revenue growth by 75%. • Developed and implemented, an HR division setting policies and procedures, an ERP system and new logistics software to boost operational efficiency by 60%.• Boosted divisional (project management, engineering, logistics, aggregates), profitability by 20% restructuring pricing, divisional costs, and expenses. • Curated non-profit / charitable opportunities to support and give back to the local families and industry.

Canada

• Responsible for the Canadian operations, increasing revenue by 25% in 18 mos., under restrictions of a pandemic.• Spearheaded a new ERP program improving productivity by 30%, which streamlined operations for 200+ employees. • Directed and exercised authority for strategic planning, organization control, integration, and completion of all employees, executives, divisions and services. • Created alignment with senior leaders, board members and stakeholders to ensure organizational goals were on track to be met through regular updates, presentations and creation of a KPI dashboard for quick reference.• Developed and implemented policies and procedures for H&S and remote working.

Cambridge, Ontario

• Operations leader for the Ontario market and global manufacturing and fabrication. • Managed finances (P&L), exceeding the annual targets by 150%. • Effectively grew the Ontario market by 20% in the first year by developing high performing teams, restructuring profit margins and territory product development. • Spearheaded new U.S. divisions adding 30% sales growth to our annual targets. • Developed and implemented budgetary and resource allocations plans while enforcing policies, procedures, standards to preserve the culture and values of the company.

Cambridge, Ontario

• Led fifty employees in sales, and manufacturing for North America and Mexico. • Improved revenue by 15% in manufacturing, 8% in equipment, by designing process strategies and plans to drive operational transformation. • Grew distribution by 25%, implementing a process structure, product innovations, marketing, and advertising.• Directed all internal/external processes and stakeholders’ engagement in diverse. • Led high performance teams, PMs, engineers, service, and parts, to resolve overall, regulatory, commercial, technical, operational and maintenance issues with a keen focus on safety, availability, and performance excellence.

Diploma Of Education, Business/Corporate Communications

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General