Ken Wheeldon Email & Phone Number

Southwestern Ontario And Beyond

NextThinking™ Interim Management Solutions fills the interim/gap management needs of firms created by sudden departures initiated by either side, health matters, leaves, death or a supplemental need during growth cycles and specific projects. There for transition stages, interim management enables firms to capture opportunity and maintain momentum without.

Tecumseh, ON

- Project managed the entire manufacturing facility relocation within planned minimal downtime- Introduced and supported lean initiatives including but not limited to 5S, VSM, SMED - Restructured shift requirements and reallocated a workforce of 50 to improve productivity 103%- Increased domestic production 59% FY 2013 vs 2012 - Chaired the re-branding.

Windsor, ON

- Supported manufacturers and supply chain in tool and mold, robotics, stamping, greenhouse-agri, construction, automation, industrial design and powder XRD sectors- Prepared grant and loan applications to support innovation and growth for Canadian firms- Networked and promoted M-TEAM$ to successfully spur growth and expand service offerings- Co-wrote.

Windsor, ON

- Developed a management protocols - best practices platform - Created a holistic approach to inspire excellence and confidence in the area of human capital on the basis that business is simple; people make it complicated- Premised that coaching is a faster, more cost effective method of getting results as opposed to prolonged, expensive conventional.

- Increased gross profit in excess 40% made sustainable via initiatives in policy- Implemented an on-line finance application portal that generated outstanding passive income- Specialized with in-house and retail non-prime finance offerings

• Contract position for the design and delivery of Customer Service training modules.- Re-designed courses to make them relevant and effective
• “Excellent teacher, very popular, punctual and dependable” Peter MacLean, Regional Director, Northern Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology

• Total operational and PL responsibility in an absentee ownership company- Managed and executed budgets in excess of $30M related to five departments- Developed a management team that was Top 10 rated of 700 in Canada.
• “Your hard work and accomplishments earned you a position among the elite-the best of the best” Edsel B. Ford II, President, Ford Motor Credit Company

- One of the youngest new car dealers ever appointed in Canadian history.- Honed management skills in an era of 12% unemployment, 24% bank rates and import restrictions- Liaised 200 dealers to corporate head offices in Toronto and Tokyo