Joe Kasel Email & Phone Number

West St. Paul

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Bartender server cook manager inventory ordering schedules FOH and BOH operations

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As the Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer, I grew 4 companies from scratch to an annual revenue in excess of $ 6 million. To do this, I focused on identifying and retaining a high-performing team that has ranged from 65 to over 400 people. I also controledl the capital expenditures and asset deployment activities toward the achievement of the strategic plan while maintaining responsibility for annual budgeting.I resigned after selling my business and I am now actively looking for… Show more As the Co-founder and Chief Operations Officer, I grew 4 companies from scratch to an annual revenue in excess of $ 6 million. To do this, I focused on identifying and retaining a high-performing team that has ranged from 65 to over 400 people. I also controledl the capital expenditures and asset deployment activities toward the achievement of the strategic plan while maintaining responsibility for annual budgeting.I resigned after selling my business and I am now actively looking for my next challenge. Please feel free to contact me to discuss opportunities that may be of interest. Some of my achievements in this role were:● Identified opportunity, negotiated financing, and executed new business lines that drove business growth yielding over $750,000 which was a 33% increase in annual revenue.● Identified large events, led preparations, and executed plans resulting in over 100,000 new customers with revenue of approximately $1,000,000.● Hire, train, and retain talent with a retention rate of 90% with an average employee length of 9 years across 4 businesses.● Repeatedly learn industries with no prior experience while consistently achieving revenue growth of 9% YoY through calculated risks and evolving markets.● Select, negotiate, and manage over 50 vendors while establishing exclusive agreements with certain key suppliers to yield a cost savings of 43.2% on average.● Implement procedures to enable efficiencies that resulted in labor budgets an average of 20-50% less than industry standards. ● Prospect, nurture, and close new business yielding an average of 3-8% over annual projections that are 10-15% over the past year. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As the Territory Sales Manager, I worked independently to prospect, grow accounts, and close new business while selling respiratory pharmaceuticals to providers throughout the assigned territory. I consistently sold above metrics while coordinating events that led to long-term sales opportunities that were otherwise foreclosed to the competition. In this role, I also was responsible for maintaining strict controls over regulated chemicals while strategically providing samples to prospects and… Show more As the Territory Sales Manager, I worked independently to prospect, grow accounts, and close new business while selling respiratory pharmaceuticals to providers throughout the assigned territory. I consistently sold above metrics while coordinating events that led to long-term sales opportunities that were otherwise foreclosed to the competition. In this role, I also was responsible for maintaining strict controls over regulated chemicals while strategically providing samples to prospects and existing clients for purposes of growing relationships. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As a loan officer, I was led the branch in new business generation. To do this, I consistently cold called and built relationships while strategically focusing on building a diverse portfolio of middle market loans to shorten sales cycle. This also required me to leverage strong communication skills and utilized a consultative sales approach to close new business well above annual metrics.