John Heiland Email & Phone Number

Minnetonka, Mn

Contracted by small and startup companies to establish and/or refine all aspects of logistics, operations and accounting.

St Louis Park, Mn

• Restructured operations resulting in a tripling of monthly billing over a two-year period.• Research, test and recommend software for internal and field use.• Developed annual sales & marketing campaign flow.• Implemented new billing process eliminating 100% of past due receivables.

Corcoran, Mn

• Job Scheduling – Communicated with builders to maintain schedule.• Purchased material for all jobs.• Responsible for equipment maintenance.• Delivered equipment and material to job site.

• Directed on-time shipments of approximately $100,000 worth of product per day. • Negotiated all freight contracts.• Supervised day to day activity of warehouse manager.• Forecasted and purchased all RTI products from domestic and international contract manufacturers.• Managed parts obsolescence purchases to coincide with engineering schedules.• Conducted searches to locate and negotiate the purchase of obsolete parts from authorized distributors or the international gray market.• Prepared all export documents to ensure accurate and timely international shipments.• Planned, coordinated and executed all domestic and international trade shows including all travel schedules, hotel and dining reservations, freight movement and booth modification and design.

Las Vegas, Nv/ Eden Prairie, Mn

• Responsible for all domestic sales and strategic partnership alliances.• Managed and recruited a network of independent representatives and distributors.• Directed all marketing activities, purchasing, forecasting and inventory management.• Planned, coordinated and executed all domestic trade shows.

• Pioneered the development of new division of GP Companies (Eagle Power Products).• Recruited and managed a network of domestic sales representatives and distributors.• Managed all product/ sales forecasting, monthly and financial reporting.• Initially responsible for all aspects of Eagle Power Products.

Roseville, Mn

Regional Sales Manager• Responsible for all sales in 11-state Midwest territory. • Recruited and developed all distribution for territory.• Worked in the field with distributor sales representatives in territory.Service Manager• Troubleshot all service calls nationwide.• Diagnosed and performed repairs for local customers.• Implemented a revamped billing system responsible taking the service department from a negative earning department to highly profitable.• Managed warranty program.