David Gresh Email & Phone Number

Beach Haven, Nj, Us

Ship Bottom, Nj 08008

Working out of a beautiful new showroom in Ship Bottom, NJ for the design & sales of kitchen & bath cabinetry to builders & contractors. Responsible for the entire sales process from design to field measure to service. Design & pricing using 20/20, featuring cabinetry from Wellborn, Signature, & Rutt.

Lanoka Harbor, Nj

Independent Kitchen Designer; CAD of floor plans, elevations, and perspectives utilizing CabnetWare's Designer module

Lanoka Harbor, Nj

Consultant & advisor for new start-up business; office construction/set up; IT management; Accounting; Marketing; created custom Excel spreadsheets for accounting

Ship Bottom, Nj 08008

Operations Manager for the Service Dept. of a custom home builder including the office, field staff, and subcontractors servicing 600+ homes on Long Beach Island and surrounding area

Lakewood, Nj

Logistics Manager, Countertops October 2011-December 2012Managed a staff of 29 with 18 in Logistics & 11 in Digital Processing/AutoCad; successfully established Logistics plan, meeting capacity & lead-time requirements while distributing up to 2000 square per day of countertops from manufacturing facilities to remote spoke network in 9 statesPricing Manager, Countertops January 2009-November 2011Assumed role after retirement of VP, Pricing. Supervised a staff of 8, handling pricing for northeast business segments, national commercial accounts, & regional/national programs; managed overall pricing analysis with the Finance Team driving effective strategies for product lines & channelsDirector of Operations February 2007-January 2009Managed a staff of 30 in Customer Service, Scheduling, Purchasing/Inventory Control, Credit Management, & IT; co-chair of Steering Team; head of Corrective Action Committee; successfully deployed inventory control scanning system in solid surface facility; developed production module for commercial business unit; established inventory procedures that eliminated large material variances in hard surface facilityOperations Manager July 2005-February 2007Effectively managed business systems & processes; with the Sales & Marketing groups, developed the “Fast Track” program for countertop sales; successfully deployed BenchWare Order Entry & Scheduling software system in West Coast facility; deployed next generation order entry/production systemCustomer Service Manager June 2003-July 2005Managed a staff of 16 in Customer Service, Scheduling, and Billing; successfully re-implemented CRM, estimating, order entry, & scheduling systems, increasing capacity by 50% in 2 years to $18 mil per yearManager December 2000-June 2003Recruited by the CEO as Manager to establish a new segment of countertop business; responsible for sales, training of store associates, order & scheduling management & as liaison between store & company executives

Brick, Nj

Management of 13 employees in the manufacturing of custom solid surface countertops; supervision of cost/price quotations for sales of residential, commercial, and builder projects, purchasing/inventory control, and project scheduling.

Manalapan, Nj

Self-employed designer of kitchens, baths, and furniture at sister company of Cabinet Concepts, Inc.Directly responsible for sales, profitability, field measurement, design, pricing, and job supervision of all job aspects and subcontractors.Successfully implemented CabnetWare's Designer Module software for design, project costing, and sales.

Jackson, Nj

Hired as 1st employee of a new company manufacturing custom laminate and wood cabinetry and laminate and solid surface countertops.Promoted to General Manager in less than 2 years, supervising and training a staff of 12 employees.Established plant layout and directed the relocation of the company to 2 progressively larger facilities.Operated and maintained production equipment to maximize capacity.Successfully migrated from manual design and layout to computer generated cut-lists utilizing CabnetWare's Production Module software.