Kurt Johnson Email & Phone Number

Winnipeg

- Consulting with a software company to assist with their strategic cold calling initiative to generate prospects and close business. Responsible for holding sales and platform reviews with business owners and operators. Full cycle management of the sales cycle from prospecting through to paying client. Managing and maintaining all CRM data and strategizing with their inbound sales and marketing teams. Analyzed and created the sales plan to market to over 4000 customers.

Winnipeg, Canada Area

- Marketing health and nutrition products - Assisted a beverage start up with analyzing their North American market potential, created their annual budgets, setting up their sales and marketing department, negotiating freight and delivery services, developed their health & safety plan, assisted with their packaging design, created their marketing materials, and completed their profitability forecast.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Director of Business Development - CMG- Responsible for the development, implementation and management of new business opportunities from creation through actual operations of each new business case. - Worked directly with the President and CFO on all new ideas.- Sole person responsible for building a Nutritional Supplement and Services business with the creation of the business plan, building design, construction, hiring of staff, negotiating supplier contracts and marketing plan.- Responsible for the strategic marketing for all business ideas.- Recruited naturopathic doctors, one massage therapist, and all support staff.- Sole person responsible for building the business from start-up to average $450,000.00 in annual sales in an 18 month period. - Consistently grew the business with increases month over month.- Negotiated supplier contracts with over 15 suppliers in North America.- Personally negotiated large account sales contracts for supplements and services with 42 accounts.- Identified and implemented effective pricing strategy to achieve sales goals.- Assisted the President and CFO with the hiring of staff for the parent company.

Calgary, Alberta

My role was to find top talent for the best firms in the industry as well as the strategic marketing of the business. I had two core focus areas. The Oil and Gas Industry and Banking and Finance (Domestic and International) Responsibilities- Work closely with hiring managers and executives throughout North America and offshore to determine needs analysis, and soft skill requirements.- Communicated value propositions with hiring managers and executives throughout to determine needs analysis and requirements.- Built the business to exceed over $3,000,000.00 in annual revenue.- Sole person responsible for the strategic marketing and business development.- Personally averaged over 35 hires per year.- Developed strategic relationships with key hiring managers. - Successfully negotiated annual salaries up to $250,000.00- Hired and trained a team recruiters. - Successfully assisted a multinational Oil and Gas firm in setting up their office and finding their first hires in their Land, Engineering, and Accounting department.- Managed the recruitment process that provides an efficient and effective candidate search that includes the coordination of sourcing activities, interviewing, and detailed reference checking. - Experienced in providing a fast track response to candidates and experienced in moving the recruitment process to a successful and timely conclusion.- Assisted with and developed client job order requests to meet the needs and demands of the individual positions.Within the Banking and Finance Industry I have placed the following candidates.Quantitative Research AnalystQuantitative Financial AnalystRisk Management AnalystQuantitative Research ProgrammerC/C++ Software EngineerData Feeds Software EngineerHigh Frequency/Low Latency Software EngineerWithin the Oil and Gas industry I have placed:Operational Accounting Financial Accounting, Royalty accounting, Tax Accounting, Engineering and Geo-science Supply Chain Management

Calgary, Canada

- Responsible for all the overall development and management of clients and candidates.- Built both a contract and permanent placement department through effective relationship building of both clients and candidates.- Resourced and attracted candidates for various high level positions, from Senior Embedded Engineers, to Chief Technology Officers.- Worked closely with clients to understand their unique corporate culture, and technical needs.- Successfully developed the company’s first international client relationship who resided in Bermuda.- Solely responsible for the recruitment strategy in order to deliver results to the client.- Responsible for the full cycle recruit, from initial screening, to presentation (either formal or through email), reference checking, and salary negotiations.- Maintained a 100% offer acceptance rate, through effective communication and understanding of the clients and candidate needs.

Edmonton, Canada

- Business development executive for a 3rd party claims management firm.- Initiated and presented services to Fortune 500 companies, Government departments, and Labour Unions.

Edmonton, Canada

- Responsible for the budgeting and forecasting of $1.1 million in corporate revenue.- Effectively sourced and hired a team of 4 employees of which 2 were #1 and #3 in sales for the company- Transformed a new developed company from a liability to a profit center by recruiting effective employees- Developed a team environment that fostered a positive corporate culture and cooperation- Successfully developed the #1 store in the company for corporate revenue through effective team management and hiring practices.- Responsible for training other managers in the sourcing of key staff for the overall success of the business.- Responsible for the closure of business accounts and client concerns between head office and the local branch