Jim Johnson, Leed Ap Email & Phone Number

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

This is my primary "day job". And.... I love it!

Holland, Michigan, United States

Holland, Michigan, United States

Laketown Twp., Michigan

Holland, MI

Appointed by the Township Board (mid-term) to this role 4/17/19. Elected to a 4 year term in Nov. 2020. One of 5 Board members that manage the business of Laketown Township in Allegan County, MI.

West Michigan Based

Business Development and Client Advocacy for award winning, full service Architectural + Engineering firm.

West Michigan

Leads team of professional sellers in consultative, solution selling to help customers maximize their real estate assets and provide productive, stimulating and cost effective environments for their employees. Currently focusing on building a successful architectural products business across Michigan within WorkSquared.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for leading sales team and P&L for OM Workspace, Midwest Region. OM Workspace is the premier "Grade A" contract furniture division of OfficeMax, Inc. Primary work location is Chicago with responsiblity for Greater Chicagoland market as well as multiple branch locations in the Midwest states.

Headquarters Based - Holland MI

Was responsible for growing key strategic accounts for Haworth including Medtronic, General Electric, PNC Bank, Kronos, Mortgage Lenders Network, and MetLife. Doubled Haworth's business with GE each year for the 3 years I was in this position while breaking into new divisions of GE around the U.S. Was Haworth Global Accts lead on Medtronic CRDM project..

Holland, MI Based

One of 5 Regional Sales Directors in North America. Led group of high performing Area Managers and Sales Directors based in Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Minneapolis, Rochester NY, and Toronto. Total sales staff in my region was 65+ professionals. Toronto Area included all of Eastern and Central Canada. Region Sales surpassed $136 Million and was.

Grand Rapids And Chicago Based

Responsible for building and leading team of direct sales representatives in the Midwest and Southwest. Recruited and hired high performing representatives in Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Minneapolis while managing the team in Chicago. Several of my hires became highly successful, long-time sellers for Brayton, (now Steelcase.

Holland, MI With Regular Travel Thoughout North America

Led team of 11 Global Account Executives based in major markets in the U.S. and Canada. Was responsible for helping team grow relationships with existing National/Global Accounts as well as winning significant new business from competitors. Responsible for over $80 Mil in net annual sales.

Chicago, IL

Responsible for the Motorola account, worldwide. (Haworth's largest customer in the world during this time). Worked closely with numerous Motorola Divisions in North America as well as in Europe, South America, and Asia Pacific. Led Company effort to win several large multi-million dollar projects that were put out to bid due to their large size. Closely.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Responsible for managing several Fortune 500 customers such as American Honda, Nissan, L.A. Times, Transamerica Life, Litton Industries as well as targeting and winning new National Accounts based in So. California. Led effort to implement service level enhancements for Transamerica Life Companies that led to Haworth winning the highly coveted "Supplier of.

Developed new business and grew existing accounts in So. California while working closely with Haworth dealer partners. Landed several large new business customers such as American Honda, Nissan/Infiniti, USPS, and Litton Industries.

Worked with Haworth dealer partners to grow their Haworth volume by expanding opportunities with existing accounts and winning new business and competitively held accounts. Targeted and pursued new business both individually and with dealer partners.

Los Angeles, CA

Responsible for new business development in So California market and supporting/developing new business with Westinghouse Furniture Systems dealers in the market. Took over responsiblity for the University of CA contract when the relationship was rocky and our company was in jeopardy of losing the contact due to poor service. Was able to turn the.

B.Sc, Managment, Minor In Finance

I was able to get an excellent education in Management at Oakland University while working part time as a waiter and bartender to pay all.

Hs Diploma, Science

Activities and Societies: Multiple Varsity Letters in Track and Cross Country. Oakland County Champion - Freshman 2 Mile