Darren Mcleod Email & Phone Number

United States

This position entailed heading up the entire marketing and administration function of the company’s US organization. Reporting directly to the US Sales Director, I exercised discretionary decision-making authority over the sales and marketing operations in the US, including product development, costing, marketing and advertising. I was also responsible for the budgetary requirements for the US operation and oversaw all commercial transactions. This was a high level position where I liaised with other managers and directors to meet our customer’s needs.• Coordinated all US sales orders from estimating production/product requirements from architectural drawings; through design and production; to shipping.• Effectively communicated with customer’s pre, post and during order placement.• Calculated pricing and quotes for custom orders.• Oversaw the US Warehouse operation• Responsible for organizing all aspects of trade shows.

• Reported to Marketing Manager• Managed and motivated 6 employees.• Responsible for scheduling and planning all in house and external sample manufacture.• Coordinated product launches.• Successfully negotiated with external sample makers and suppliers to drive down costs.• Improved sample delivery time.• Involved in company Website development.

• Responsible for achieving critical delivery dates in a contract carpet-manufacturing environment for custom orders.• Oversaw all aspects of production planning Processing customer orders Calculating yarn requirements Procuring raw materials Maintaining product mix Achieving production targets Quoting and meeting dispatch dates for clients• Implemented new pc based, yarn stock control system to increase efficiency.