Douglas Olson Email & Phone Number

Moline, Illinois

• Led a manufacturing operation in the metal fabricating industry, supplying critical components to Fortune 500 companies.
• Integrated supply chain system to encompass consolidated purchasing, inventory, warehousing, scheduling and floor control, resulting in a 30% reduction in inventory. Led and managed successful introduction of new ERP.
• Established contract management process & pricing strategy, resulting in gross margin improvement
• Maintained strong adherence to balance sheet controls during sales swings
• Instituted controls on all phases of procurement
• Managed quoting and estimating process, growing business over 100% in 4 years

Central Illinois

Home Mortgage Consultant

Tucson, Arizona

General Manger Arizona Retail Operations-First Magnus Financial The position was responsible for all areas of retail operations for several large sales teams. The GM nad responsibility for the leadership of 75 mortgage originators and over 100 support employees in 12 branches, with sales goals of $ 100M per month. The team successfully added 5 branches.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

3M Corporation /Imation (3M spinoff) 1988-2000Director of Enterprise Storage-Imation Following spin off from 3M had profit maximization responsibilities for all enterprise computer storage devices during transition from 3M to Imation. This included profit maximization, product strategy, business planning, product management, marketing, branding and.

Printed Circuit Card Supply Chain Manager-IBMThis was a third level management position responsible for production control over 8,000 printed circuit cards for utilization in storage devices across 8 manufacturing plants. The position had direct supervision over 4 senior managers and 130 production professionals. The organization managed scheduling.