John Thieling Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring a smooth and efficient workflow. Manage inventory, stock levels, and merchandising to maximize sales opportunities.Uphold the Le Creuset brand image by delivering an outstanding customer experience. Train and motivate staff to provide excellent customer service.Develop and implement sales strategies to achieve.

Valparaiso, IN

Teaching companies how to make data-driven decisions, improve performance, reduce costs, and reach more customers. I have worked with a variety of retailers in markets such as fitness apparel, candles & soap, beauty products, and network equipment, providing branding, marketing, and business process improvement consulting.

Chicago, Illinois

Voticker is a website that presents “Politics In Plain English”, making it easy for voters in today’s mobile culture to get unbiased, non-partisan information on current federal legislation.Responsible for the planning, development, and execution of Voticker's marketing plan. Managed a variety of remote teams and contractors to accomplish marketing goals..

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

Designed, developed, and launched a very popular, high volume B2C consumer hardware and tools site. Over the next 2 years, added a specialty paint site and a B2B tools and hardware site to the company portfolio.Created the Amazon presence for two consumer hardware and tools sites.Built custom tools for order management, inventory management, managing.

Chesterton, IN

• Brought a fully functional ecommerce site to market in less than three weeks, from idea to implementation.
• Fostered close working relationships with our technology partners and product suppliers.
• Developed workflows for all facets of the operation, from order processing and customer service to fulfillment and accounting.
• Took ownership for the execution of all marketing, advertising, and SEO initiatives.
• Identified KPIs, and created workflows to measure those metrics.
• Developed an inhouse system to integrate supplier product data into the site and internal systems.

Benicia, California

• Started as a store manager for a nationwide chain of retail tobacco stores with over 800 locations. Promoted to Area Manager after 3 months.In my capacity as Area Manager, I served as a consultant to the store managers.
• Direct P & L responsibility for 18 tobacco stores generating ~$40M/yr in gross sales.
• Consistently exceeded sales goals.
• Increased sales by over 100% and profit by over 140% area wide.
• Managed ~$10M in inventory and assets.
• Supervised a staff of 50-75 store managers and associates.

Michigan City, IN

• As a member of the grand opening team, I managed a high volume restaurant, with a staff of 30+ employees.
• Acted as hiring manager for my area of responsibility.
• Created and maintained staffing schedules.
• Proactively handled conduct/behavior issues in the department.
• Consulted with the Marketing Department to create advertising and marketing plans for the restaurant and the snack bar.
• Assisted in the development of food and beverage policies and procedures for a high-volume, dynamic casino.

Chesterton, IN

• Served as GM for an Italian restaurant/Irish pub themed full service restaurant.
• Supervised the dining room management staff, a bar manager, and executive chef.
• Full P&L responsibility.
• Developed par lists for the kitchen and bar.
• Signed off on food and liquor orders.
• Through policy and practice, ensured the highest level of customer satisfaction.

Conducted sick call to assess and treat sick/injured soldiers. Applied combat life-saving skills during field exercises and in real-world combat situations. Educated soldiers on proper hygiene in the field. Taught infantrymen Basic Life Saving classes. Followed many avenues of continuing education to broaden my knowledge base and improve my skills.