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Greater Chicago Area

ComStruct Sales LLC is an independent manufacturers' rep firm that is focused on selling roofing and building products to the commercial construction industry. We connect the right manufacturers to the right customers by educating and training architects, roof consultants, building owners, developers, engineers, contractors, and distributors on best.

Niles, IL

• Wells Lamont Industrial is a division of the Marmon Group, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. As General Manager, directed all aspects of this high quality, innovative glove manufacturing company that provides hand and arm.
• P&L responsibility resulting in significant revenue and profit growth
• Development and implementation of annual and long range strategic plans
• People management involved with hiring, firing, development, and defining the overall structure
• Utilize 80/20 business processes to drive simplification and segmentation
• Formalizing the product development process with a focus on quantifiable customer feedback

Arlington Heights, IL

• Key member of the leadership team for the industrial packaging division of a Fortune 200 company that manufactures high quality stretch film and innovative stretch wrap equipment
• P&L responsibility for managing the entire equipment business in an effort to drive profitable growth of parts, service, aftermarket retrofits, and new machines.
• Oversaw the transition of equipment manufacturing from Montreal to Finland as part of international initiative to simplify the business, reduce costs, and improve quality.
• Six direct reports including National Sales Manager, R&D Manager, Purchasing Manager, Application Engineering, and Service Manager. There are an additional twenty employees reporting into these functions.

Arlington Heights, IL

Managed all product development, marketing, parts, and service activities for both the consumable (stretch film) and capital equipment (stretch wrap machines) sides of our business. Focused on the food, beverage, grocery, foodservice, consumer products, and construction markets.

Arlington Heights, IL

In reporting directly to the General Manager, drove the analysis, conclusions, and strategic direction of market research findings, particularly in terms of market segmentation, new product development, pricing/positioning, channel insights, and promotional strategies. Influential contributor in developing the annual and long range strategic plans, in.

Itasca, IL

Part of select group retained due to outstanding sales record and exceptional industry reputation after OMG acquired the ITW Buildex commercial roofing fastener manufacturing business. Managed key, multi-million dollar private label accounts for fastener manufacturing business focused on commercial construction. Also involved in establishing strategic.

Itasca, IL

Responsible for the conversion, management and growth of key commercial roofing National Account private label programs while also managing the Western Sales Region. A six-time “Eagle” sales award winner for meeting or exceeding annual revenue and profit goals and awarded the Platinum Eagle Award in 2004 that was presented to the one employee that made the.

Solved material handling problems for domestic and international conveying systems at coal fired power plants.

Mba

B.S., Mechanical Engineering