Jeff Wilcox Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

• Enables US SVP, 5 Region VPs & 21 Region Directors in the annual delivery of a $6.5B snack food business. • Leads a team of 25 sales & operations experts building P&L capability & driving business results throughout the US Retail organization. Develops reporting, modeling & planning tools to enable key business drivers such as on-shelf availability, revenue achievement, labor management & cost to serve. Manages a portfolio of 40+ continuous improvement projects.• Leads cross functional development of Commercial, Financial & People plans for a 9,000 person DSD organization.

Greater Chicago Area, Il, Us

• Leads a pipeline of strategic projects and solutions across North America to reduce food waste by leveraging methodologies such as root cause analysis, lean six sigma and agile experimentation.• Responsible for delivering waste reduction targets over short, medium and long-term periods.

Lenexa, Kansas, Us

• Led the identification, planning & implementation of strategic initiatives to improve business operations for a $665M sales, manufacturing & distribution business.• Introduced Lean/Six-Sigma & standardized problem-solving principles while guiding 40 part-time personnel & 13 improvement projects.

Lenexa, Kansas, Us

• Led more than 750 personnel across 8 facilities & 2 states responsible for the sales & distribution of the Coca-Cola product portfolio. • Translated company strategies into operational plans, priorities & goals.• Full P&L Responsibility

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Served as both General Manager & Field Operations Vice President.• Led more than 750 personnel across 8 facilities & 2 states responsible for the sales & distribution of the Coca-Cola product portfolio.• Translated company strategies into operational plans, priorities & goals.• Full P&L responsibility

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Led more than 500 personnel across 15 facilities & 3 states responsible for warehousing & delivery of the Coca-Cola product portfolio.• Operationalized company strategies & plans. Set organizational priorities, goals & defined performance metrics.• Managed $35M in annual operating budget & $173M of annual product inventory. • Initiated and guided development of a Predictive Out of Stock Tool. Efforts reduced instances of out of stock products by 42%, improved on time and in full customer deliveries by 6.6% and were recognized at the Regional and National levels as a Best Practice.• Quickly addressed a shortage of delivery equipment by seeking out and acquiring used/excess vehicles from other facilities throughout the country. Increased size of local delivery fleet by 7.4% at no capital cost to the company.• Established talent sourcing partnerships with local schools and developed an internal training pipeline to solve shortfalls in critical skilled roles.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Led change & business improvement initiatives in 4 Market Units located throughout the north east comprised of 2,180 associates and $1.38B in annual revenue.• Developed & implemented deployment & training strategies for Coca-Cola's largest sales technology roll out. Personal efforts enabled streamlined sales processes & set the stage for improved performance by more than 7,800 sales associates.

Zurich, Ch

Earned Series 7 and Series 66 licenses

Washington, Dc, Us

• A leadership professional with 20 years of executive & operational experience• A combat proven Naval Aviator with more than 2300 flight hours in eight different aircraft & 418 carrier-arrested landings.• Holds a commercial instrument pilot's license.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Led a 257 person multi-tiered recruiting organization spread across 7 states & Europe seeking high-talent personnel for service in the United States Navy.• Developed & implemented organizational plans, sales & marketing strategies to achieve monthly & annual recruiting goals in 6 major product lines consisting of 156 different officer & enlisted programs.• Managed, mentored & led 800 personnel awaiting basic recruit training ensuring monthly shipping goals were met or exceeded.• Formulated policy, set priorities & goals, & cultivated organizational culture.• Oversaw & managed $1.9M-$2.5M in annual budget, 173 vehicles, 80 facilities & supporting IT infrastructure.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Led & managed a team of 31 personnel performing leadership, administration, HR functions, logistics & IT support for 226 personnel performing high-talent recruiting in 7 states, Europe & the Middle East.• Directed all administrative processes, delegated tasks, assigned deadlines & performed long-range organizational planning. Coordinated all correspondence, personnel performance evaluations, awards & incentive programs.• Developed & implemented organizational training programs.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Led & motivated 175 jet-engine & airframe mechanics, avionics technicians, explosive equipment handlers, flight line service personnel & quality control supervisors performing maintenance on 11 FA-18 aircraft valued in excess of $374M.• Planned, coordinated & scheduled squadron operations & training for 15 aircrew, 220 support personnel & 11 FA-18 aircraft to produce combat ready military forces. Managed & executed an annual flight operations budget in excess of $8M.• Conducted long range organizational planning & managed daily execution in the areas of flight operations, aviation maintenance, personnel administration & aviation safety. • Supervised all aviation & ground safety programs for 235 personnel & 11 FA-18 aircraft resulting in zero aviation mishaps.• Directed all administrative services for 235 personnel & managed organization’s $80,000 travel budget.• Combat-proven Naval Aviator with more than 2,300 flight hours in eight different aircraft & 418 carrier-arrested landings.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Oversaw daily combat operations of Harry S. Truman Battle Group (6000+ personnel, 15+ ships, 80+ aircraft, Billions in assets).• Coordinated & de-conflicted two aircraft carrier battle groups operating in close proximity, enabling the conduct of 24 hour combat operations for an extended period of time.• Led an international effort to plan & coordinate 250 sorties by 44 aircraft from eight countries participating in a major Partnership for Peace international military exercise. De-conflicted airspace & aircraft utilization with a concurrent major NATO exercise.• Contributed to a proposal to revamp carrier air wing training schedules to achieve efficiencies in training execution & increase battle group combat readiness.• Conducted a business case analysis of the feasibility of establishing an Aviation Officer Training Center of Excellence. Acted as facilitator between the Navy & civilian consultants.• Flew combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Researched, developed and delivered a five hour course of instruction on F18 Hornet RADAR theory, systems & tactical employment. Routinely cited by students for outstanding instructional technique.• Instructed students on F-18 Hornet airborne tactics & employment. Consistently cited by students for outstanding teaching ability & mentoring skills.• Worked with Defense Contractors to develop a RADAR upgrade plan to define future engineering efforts & software upgrades, ensuring the F18 Hornet's combat relevance for years to come.• Researched & developed recommendations for improved capabilities & employment of the F18 RADAR system.• Worked closely with the defense industry concerning fighter tactics & RADAR employment to shape development of the APG-79 AESA RADAR & Super Hornet tactics & weapons systems.• Directed all administrative details associated with each TOPGUN class. Coordinated guest speakers, graduation ceremonies and student social events.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Led & managed 37 personnel responsible for maintenance on 12 F18 aircraft. Aggressive approach to leadership & proactive involvement in the Maintenance department led to a 99% aircraft availability & flight completion rate. Efforts directly contributed to the unit earning the Golden Wrench award for maintenance excellence.• Developed & implemented schedule production & tracking procedures that improved scheduling efficiency & unit readiness.• Project officer in charge of a dedicated air to air training exercise involving 500 personnel & 22 aircraft. Personally coordinated all aspects required to complete more than 100 training sorties. Efforts significantly improved squadron readiness, morale, & proficiency.• Developed & implemented a Valid Weapons Delivery Assessment & Tracking Program that improved squadron performance by 80% & resulted in the Squadron achieving record level performance during training evaluations. Improved individual aircrew understanding of weapons employment requirements & capabilities.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Earned Wings of Gold and designation as a Naval Aviator. Accumulated 384.5 flight hours in T-34, T-2, T-45 and F-18 aircraft.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Attended and graduated from Aviation Officer Candidate School in Pensacola Florida. Earned a commission as an Officer in the United States Navy

Brussels, Be

• Led & managed a multinational staff of 21 engineering & procurement experts responsible for all aspects of the NATO Security Investment Program totaling 500M Euros annually. Managed NATO’s infrastructure & acquisition policy, planning & implementation programs.• Coordinated scheduling, managed curriculum & provided instruction for NATO’s only course on resource management. Regularly cited by students for outstanding instructional ability.• Completed Air Command & Staff College during evenings & weekends.

Bs, Aerospace Engineering

Leadership, Strategy, Planning And Decision-Making