John Somerset Email & Phone Number

Birmingham, AL, US

Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Bessemer, Alabama, United States

Bessemer, Alabama, United States

• Manage and coordinate the activities of twenty five direct reports, locating, moving and preparing cars for loading and shipment to other locations or customers around an eighty acre, ten thousand car facility.
• Responsible for staffing levels, schedules, attendance and performance.
• Maintain awareness and knowledge of where every vehicle is on the site.
• Receive shipments of vehicles from third party carriers, directing their movements and offload process.
• Correspond with multiple departments regarding readiness of vehicles and arrival times.

Birmingham, Alabama Area

• Successfully manage day to day operations of the Birmingham regional office
• Responsible for planning all production, transportation, installation, construction, deconstruction and removal of expo and convention services in the region
• Inventory control; vehicle maintenance, labor planning and direction, warehouse and off-site management, logistics, cost control and tracking
• Supervise and manage three direct reports, temporary skilled and unskilled labor as needed

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

• Provided operational consulting, shipping, floor plans, basic inventory organization
• Managed and oversaw delivery and installation of a GE AKTA liquid chromatography system
• Lead target acquisition and marketing research
• Responsible for day to day operations management
• Generated basic design and process construction

Birmingham, Alabama Area

• Represented Champion’s Line of medical procedural recliners across AL, MS and western TN
• Worked with hospital systems and provider groups in various specialties at the purchasing and department head levels
• Increased sales 25% over previous year

• Increased territory $1,000,000 in revenue (44% growth) from 2014-2016.
• Marketed genetic and molecular testing to hospitals.
• Educated physicians on new testing and proper clinical application.
• Trained and mentored new hires as necessary.

• Marketed genetic and molecular testing to neurologists, labs and hospitals.
• Circle of Excellence recipient, 2nd overall and 1st in region.
• Produced over $600,000 of growth in 2011.
• Negotiated contracts with hospitals and laboratories in region.

• Territory Manager – business development DECEMBER 2008 – JULY 2010Account Manager MARCH 2006 – APRIL 2007
• Developed and Managed Business in 11 states and 4 partial states.
• Singlehandedly developed 4 urban markets in 2009; added over $500,000 of direct business.
• Trained and managed two, 1099 representatives.
• Utilized business partnerships with national and regional laboratories to expand client and customer base of VAP Cholesterol test users.
• President’s Club award.