Patrick Mitten

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Operating Executive | Food & Beverage CPG Manufacturing | Quality & Innovation Driven Leadership | Purpose & Values Driven Mentor | President & CEO | Grit, Resilience & Problem Solving Expertise @ Entech Fabrications
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Greater Chicago Area, United States, United States
About Patrick Mitten

I am grateful for a career filled with an abundance of opportunities, hard work and talented people to learn from and grow with while serving with many accomplished leaders within some of the best CPG and Manufacturing companies. I have been mentored and inspired by many, and I am committed to paying this forward during the current and next chapters of my career. I have grit, determination and resilience, and I excel based on my problem solving abilities and expertise leading through ambiguity. During the past four decades, I have built businesses, brands, and careers within Fortune 500, privately-held and start-up organizations. As president and operating executive during the past 18 years, I have transformed small to mid-sized manufacturing companies or divisions that are under-performing by:✔ Delivering 160% growth in revenue✔ Improving margins by 300%✔ Boosting employee morale and customer loyalty✔ Leading strategic & financial planning, KPIs & scorecardsI have expertise leading innovation, forming global partnerships and invigorating teams to deliver profitable growth. My experiences include building customer-centric teams and setting clear company performance goals, and I am well known for leading by example and having a positive attitude. I am committed to the core values of integrity, humility and continuous improvement. In college, I played D1 varsity football and earned All-America honors as a Freshman, which taught me the importance of teamwork, a strong work ethic, discipline and persistence. I tap into all of these experiences in my role as president and owner of an innovative, high-growth manufacturing company. I hope to continue learning, growing and giving back with new board opportunities in the future.Specialties:✔ Lean Manufacturing | ISO 9000 | Continuous Improvement✔ New Product Innovation✔ Brand & Value Proposition Development✔ Team Building | Leadership Development | Mentoring✔ Global Partnerships✔ M&A✔ Top-to-top relationships with customers, key vendors & partners ✔ EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) Integrator ✔ Not-for-profit Board experience

Patrick Mitten's Current Company Details
Entech Fabrications

Entech Fabrications

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Operating Executive | Food & Beverage CPG Manufacturing | Quality & Innovation Driven Leadership | Purpose & Values Driven Mentor | President & CEO | Grit, Resilience & Problem Solving Expertise
Patrick Mitten Work Experience Details
  • Entech Fabrications
    President | Entrepreneurial Leadership | Package Automation | Innovation
    Entech Fabrications Feb 2018 - Present
    Elk Grove Village, Il, Us
    Entech delivers Productivity and Purity to leading Food and Beverage companies. Mitten acquired Entech from the original founders that had been operating the business since 1992. Entech designs, fabricates, installs and services custom can conveying, rinsing and cleaning systems. Our customers are leading food, beverage and co-packers, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Anheuser-Busch, Constellation Brands, Shasta, City Brewing, Carolina Beverage, Chicken of the Sea, Cott Beverages and craft brewers including Boston Beer, Sierra Nevada, Revolution, Lagunitas and Founders. We also serve a strong and diverse group of equipment manufacturers and integrators, including Sidel, Krones, KHS, Haskell, ITW Hartness & Sentry Equipment. Entech’s Gatling Gun® is an innovative, patented can rinsing system that drastically reduces line changeover time between can sizes from three hours to six minutes. To see our Gatling Gun in action, click here: https://entechfabrications.com/product-videosThe original founders are currently transitioning the business, and I am very pleased to report that both of them plan to help grow the business on a longer term basis. In 2018, we hired a General Sales Manager to help lead our growth and customer service efforts. We are always expanded our technical service team to drive our business growth, and we have successfully integrated three new fabrication partners to provide significantly more technical service and manufacturing capacity. In 2021, we have expanded our Sales Team by hiring an additional Sales Engineer, and we have a new Office Manager and Shop Leader to help us grow and service our expanding business with customers and integrators. Entech has innovation partnerships with Volckening, Paxton and JetAir.
  • Business Advisors Llc
    President | Principal Consultant | Transformational Leadership | Profitable Growth | Value Growth
    Business Advisors Llc 2013 - Present
    Business Advisors was founded in 2013 to assist small and middle market manufacturing business owners by implementing changes that deliver sustainable growth in profits and enterprise value. By providing operating expertise and leadership, business owners are able to exercise their options to work in or serve as a visionary or investor in their business. This further enables business owners to plan for and potentially divest of their business at the price and timing of their choosing. Alternatively, I assist business owners in successfully transitioning their businesses to the next generation of family leadership. These engagements range from part-time to full-time consulting – or employment on a short or long term basis – depending upon the size and scope of the assignment. Project opportunities completed since January or currently underway include:✔ Plans for growth, assessing the sales, business development and marketing strategy, including product and service portfolios necessary to deliver profitable and sustainable growth.✔ Operational and process improvements through resolution of long-standing issues regarding automation, ERP or quality systems.✔ Manufacturing Outsourcing and New Product Innovation. I assisted a national snack chip company expand its outsourced manufacturing operations and introduce two new products nationally. ✔ Ownership perspective and company culture improvements. As business founders and owners transition out of the business, cultural and business process systems are implemented to ensure that the owners’ legacy and tacit knowledge are transferred to others in support of successful succession planning.Engagements are normally completed as part of the leadership team, in concert with the leadership staff, as well as with other thought leaders and consultants, as necessary. I work either independently or in affiliation with other consultancies, including FortéONE, Entrepreneurial Operating System, and many others.
  • Bof Corporation
    Shareholder | Owner | Board Member | Manufacturing | Strategy | Continuous Improvement
    Bof Corporation 2006 - Aug 2018
    Aurora, Illinois, Us
    Mitten is a former President, Shareholder and Owner.
  • Bof Corporation
    President | Chief Operating Officer | Owner | Grow Sales & Profits | Joint Venture - China
    Bof Corporation 2004 - 2013
    Aurora, Illinois, Us
    Recruited to prepare the business for sale and assist current owners with development and execution of exit strategy. Purchased the business in 2006 - promoted to President. Responsible for driving profitable growth and overseeing supply chain management, cash management, and organizational development functions. Developed top-to-top relationships with leading global and regional convenience, super store, grocery and liquor retailers. ✔ Turned around the underperforming company and restored it to profitability in the first year. Increased gross profit margins 200% the first two years. Drove EBITDA from negative to 21% of sales.✔ Grew sales 160% in first five years. Increased operating margins more than 150% in the first two years through inventory management improvements & waste reduction.✔ Improved cash position more than $1M in the first year by cutting days outstanding on receivables by 50% and doubling finished inventory turns while reducing raw material inventories.✔ Developed a joint venture manufacturing operation in Asia to reduce manufacturing costs and create an innovative and patented new product line with sales of over $1M serving the convenience store market.✔ Introduced two new conveyor product systems that enabled sales expansion into new markets and segments, including Canada, Mexico, and 180,000 convenience stores throughout North America.✔ Outsourced and consolidated freight carrier management, improving on-time performance to over 98% while delivering more than $1M in new revenue and profit exceeding $.5M. ✔ Divested a multi-million dollar non-core business shortly before it became commoditized and difficult to safely manufacture in the U.S.✔ Reduced office overhead 18% by outsourcing marketing, IT and freight management and decreased operations headcount 28% by eliminating low-value work and purchasing/upgrading three robotic welders. ✔ Developed a team-based culture supported by accountability and meritocracy.
  • Acme Finishing Company, Llc
    President | Ceo | Board Member | Integrator For A Company Running Eos| Lean | Turnaround Mgt.
    Acme Finishing Company, Llc 2015 - 2017
    Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Us
    Mitten transformed the company from a third-generation family owned business into a customer-centric, core values driven company committed to profitable growth. ✔ Lead the implementation of operational improvements, including LEAN, continuous improvement, block scheduling, ISO integration, and hiring and onboarding of a new Plant Manager.✔ Hired three sales professionals and led the development of a targeted sales campaign that identified more than $10 million and implemented over $3 million in new revenue opportunities. ✔ Lead the implementation of 6-S, and outsourced maintenance to significantly reduce downtime and repair costs.✔ Successfully Implemented EOS as Integrator, and served as EOS Facilitator for a sister company.✔ Successfully rebranded the company, implemented performance goals, accountability and customer-centric culture.
  • Fidelitone
    President, Supply Chain Division | Integrator Of Eos | Growth Strategies | Business Development
    Fidelitone 2013 - 2015
    Wauconda, Il, Us
    P&L accountability for $300 million of revenue (service revenue of $50MM), 1,300 vendor network (7.3 million parts inventory, and 8 million pieces processed annually). Built a leadership team with a focus on improving operational efficiencies, increasing service levels, and delivering profitable growth for big box retailer supply chain clients – Home Depot, Best Buy and Sears. ✔ Led the successful renewal of a five-year agreement totaling over $55 million in sales revenue.✔ Hired two proven sales executives and led implementation of an aggressive growth and diversification plan that identified more than $12 million in new service revenue opportunities. ✔ Led the implementation of supply chain automation initiatives and LEAN to reduce warehouse costs by 16% for year one, with a year two target of an additional 24% ($280,000) savings. ✔ Doubled the Operating Income margin of an existing customer by reducing costs by 27% and automating supply chain processes.✔ Successfully Implemented EOS as Integrator.✔ Developed a team-based culture based on accountability and meritocracy.
  • Cognitor
    Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Business Development | Profit And Cash Flow Improvement
    Cognitor 2003 - 2004
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    Reported to President and CEO. Directed day-to-day operations: delivering revenue goals within budget, managing technical deliverables, and ensuring customer satisfaction. ✔ Created and implemented the company’s first strategic plan. ✔ Built and led customer-centric sales, marketing and customer service teams, and achieved 400% sales growth with Motorola & Olympus.
  • Charles Industries, Llc
    Senior Director, Strategy & Business Development | Turnaround Management | New Product Development
    Charles Industries, Llc 2000 - 2003
    Schaumburg, Illinois, Us
    Reported to the Chief Operating Officer. Led the restructuring of marketing and business development functions.✔ Restructured and transformed organization into customer-centric, market-driven teams that delivered sales growth and positive earnings following 28 months of unprofitable operations. ✔ Identified four new strategic acquisition opportunities with sales revenues of over $25M.
  • Healy & Schulte
    Senior Vice President | Marketing Strategy | Strategic Consulting
    Healy & Schulte 1997 - 2000
    Reported to President, responsible for building a technology practice with the strategic consultancy.✔ Achieved profitability in the first year with a $5M contract with Sprint to provide interactive sales tools, while earning a 98% customer satisfaction rating.
  • Griffith Foods
    Director, Marketing & Business Development | Global Partnerships
    Griffith Foods 1995 - 1997
    Alsip, Illinois, Us
    Hired by the CEO, a former McKinsey and Kraft executive, responsible for product management, including strategic planning, advertising/promotion, and P&L responsibility for product lines. ✔ Formed and led global, four-continent sales and marketing team responsible for $40 million in sales with two global customers, Pepsi/Frito-Lay and Nabisco. ✔ Member of the team that successfully negotiated a multi-year, $60 million contract with Boston Market, the largest contract in company history.
  • Pepsico
    Brand Management | Supply Chain Management | Package Engineering | Quaker Oats Company
    Pepsico 1987 - 1995
    Purchase, New York, Us
    ✔ Gravy Train: Responsible for $75 million P&L, Repositioned brand, launched Lassie Promotion.✔ Plant Superintendent: Responsible for $750 million supply chain P&L.✔ Celeste Pizza: Responsible for $50 million P&L. Repositioned brand using “Abbondanza” and Mama Celeste.✔ Engineering Manager, Packaged Convenience Foods: Earned U.S. Patent for reclosable waffle package.
  • Kraft Foods Group
    Package Engineering | Project Management | New Product Development | General Foods Corporation
    Kraft Foods Group 1982 - 1987
    Chicago, Il, Us
    ✔ Brand Assistant: Log Cabin Syrup. Began strategic planning, P&L responsibilities.✔ Package Engineer: Packaging system design and implementation for five manufacturing plants within the western US.

Patrick Mitten Skills

Strategy Leadership Business Development Product Development Strategic Planning Management P&l Management Operations Management Strategic Partnerships New Business Development Supply Chain Management Team Building Cross Functional Team Leadership Mergers And Acquisitions Profitable Growth Start Ups Manufacturing Marketing Mergers Strategic Leadership Sales Marketing Management Business Strategy Mentoring Of Staff Conflict Resolution Brand Management Executive Management Continuous Improvement Global Sourcing Sales Management Leveraging Strategic Partnerships Logistics Training Pricing Customer Satisfaction Forecasting Lean Manufacturing Leading Transformational Change Consumer Products Product Innovation Exit Strategies Retail Contract Negotiation Integrated Marketing Outsourcing Responsiveness Purchasing Innovativeness Cost Reduction Initiatives Eos Integrator

Patrick Mitten Education Details

  • Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management
    Northwestern University - Kellogg School Of Management
    Marketing & Finance
  • Michigan State University
    Michigan State University
    Packaging
  • Naperville Central High School
    Naperville Central High School
    College Prepatory

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