Christopher Koziol Email & Phone Number

Denver Metropolitan Area

• Launched and lead a meat and food products company that also specializes in consulting services for the food industry focusing on operations, business development, and procurement best practices implementation.
• Provided visionary leadership and grew Chicago Premium Steaks from a start up to $164M in annual revenue.
• Presented field demonstrations for products and connected with food company executives resulting in high sales and 35% command of market share in 3 years.
• Managed complex vendor relations and raised $10M in working capital for company operations.

Greeley, Colorado, United States

• Led a team of 10 while managing market growth for this food manufacturing firm. This included purchasing operations, analyzing commodities markets, recommending effective procurement tactics, enhancing business.
• Determined profit impact of market strategies of existing products and advised on the creation of alternative procurement strategies.
• Advised on balancing short-term and long-term market strategies to maximize returns on cash investments.
• Spearheaded technology integration to ease database burdens on labor intensive food company.
• Worked closely with sales team to strategize and deploy best-in-class product development functions across designated sales channels.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Served as 1 of 3 founders to launch, grow, and then successfully negotiate a profitable exit from the company. This included overseeing end-to-end functions of procurement life cycle, deploying cost effective.
• Grew Protein Solutions revenue from $3M to $175M in annually and personnel from 30 to 275.
• Managed and determined strategic direction for entire company’s procurement department.
• Advised on balancing short-term and long-term market strategies to maximize capital returns on $18M line of credit.