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Cumming, Ga, Us

Cumming, Ga

Founded in 1948 today Kannegiesser offers its customers the complete product range of industrial washing technology. With the product areas washing technology, flatwork technology, garment technology and cross system technology, Kannegiesser is internationally active in 51 different countries and world market leader in the area of industrial laundry technology

Greater Atlanta Area

Georgia

Started and operated an executive search firm focusing on the supply chain, transportation and warehousing sectors

Alpharetta, Ga

Reported directly to the President with overall responsibility for South Region’s (Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina) performance including: Strategy, $125 million P&L, Client Retention, Growth of Branches, Markets and the Region as a whole, Operational Excellence, Customer Service, Talent Selection and Development, Compliance, Asset Utilization, and Continuous Process Improvement. Provided executive leadership for the regional team that consisted of 9 Vice Presidents, 25 Branch Managers and approximately 1500 employees.

SVP - East Region -2 yearsCompany Officer and Board Member - P&L responsibility for the Eastern US representing approximately $180 Million or 40% of the companies revenue. Develope and implement strategies to enhance profitability through sales growth and operational improvements. Provide leadership to 5 Vice Presidents and 10 Directors while ensuring company goals relating to customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, growth, customer retention, quality, and safety are achieved.SVP - Operations and Delivery - 5 yearsCompany Officer and Board Member Responsible for all operational, safety, and purchasing aspects of the organization with a total supply chain spend of ~$420 million. Scope of role included 29 manufacturing facilities totaling over 5,000,000 square feet, ~350 delivery trucks, and ~5,000 employees. Produced > 1,000,000,000 pieces of linen a year. Implemented Lean Six Sigma company wide. Implemented technology infrastructure to improve business performance including WMS/TMS/ preventative maintenance and industry first production management system, business intelligence, and CRM. Improved Safety performance by 75% and achieved OSHA Star status.  Market Vice President - 1 yearLed major turnaround of business unit growing profitability 250% and increasing customer satisfaction 15%. Scope of role included $30M P&L (3 plants; ~350 employees) including sales, service, operations, and delivery.

Primary responsibility was to provide global leadership to the operations teams and support sales efforts on a global basis as it relates to Reverse Logistics. Responsible for ~$75 Million of sales across 30 different programs in 14 countries. Additionally, I was responsible for strategy formulation and implementation of business plans for new service offerings to generate revenue and profit growth.

Responsible for the overall Global leadership, management, direction, development, design, and effectiveness of my organization through a strategic view of the business requirements, people requirements, industry, and trends for the company’s largest account, with revenues of $130,000 million generated in 10 countries throughout Europe, North America, and Asia.

Regional Director of Sales - 2 YearsResponsible for $40 million dollar industrial chemical territory. Transformed worst performing team into the most profitable business unit over a 1 year period. Led sales, operations, service, supplier negotiations, product line development and sourcing. Oversaw staff of 15 sales reps and 10 customer service personnel.Regional Operations Director- 2 yearsLed $450M Southwestern Region (U.S. & Mexico) across 10 distribution centers totaling 1.5M sq. ft. and a private fleet of 75 tractors. Produced > 1000 Fifty Gal Barrels a day from bulk or rail storage to ship to customers.

Electronics SectorGeneral Manager, Compaq Distribution Center, P&L responsibility for $35M budget; 890,000 sq.ft. facility with ~$4B of inventoryChemical SectorGeneral Manager, La Porte Facility - 500,000 sq..ft - $20M P&L) Assistant General Manger City Park campus 1,200,000 sq. ff. 30M P&L Facility Manager, Eastport Facility; (350,000 sq. ft.) $15M P&L Packaging Supervisor, La Porte Facility. Produced > 15,000 bags and boxes of plastic pellets a day from railcars.

Mba, Finance - Human Resources

Bba, Finance