Paul Hill Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Consigliere - our very name means a counselor or trusted adviser, but one who can also bring authority, expertise, experience and professionalism, without potential emotional distractions. Successful and sustainable organisations get 5 things right: 1. Vision, Goals & Strategy 2. Understanding what’s family and what’s business3. Managing growth4. Stakeholder communications5. Succession planningConsigliere can help your organisation or family business score 5 out of 5, adding value in five key ways:1. Assigning you your own personal ‘Consigliere’.2. Offering a no-cost, no-obligation diagnostic upfront.3. Delivering a detailed proposal addressing the key issues and how to address them.4. Providing practical examples and case studies. 5. Putting a portion of its fees at risk to ensure true value for service. ► Programs / Services Available:• Brand and Business Audit• Four Levers Business Planning Process• Ongoing Monitoring with a fee structure that links your success to ours► What our Clients Say:David Knipe is General Manager of Foto Finder, a family-owned company distributing high-end German skin cancer detection equipment. Paul has been Chairman since 2014. “Paul has helped our business grow 20% plus per year by adopting a strategic plan and continually motivating us to keep on track. He is an inspirational mentor; inclusive, motivating and knowing just when and how to push us to maximise our potential. He epitomises what Consigliere offers its clients and would recommend Paul Hill to any company looking for help.”Mark Eve is a director at 1300 Tempfence:"We had been in business for 20 years and had grown steadily without the help of “outsiders”. Consigliere showed us how to take it to the next level. We multiplied our scope, scale and distribution network while effectively managing risk. Paul has been a key part of our 300% growth over the past 5 years, and also helped me develop an effective exit pathway."

Sydney, Australia

HWI is a publicity listed company with sales of $500m in Australia, Europe and USA. The company owns iconic brands such as Breville, Kambrook and Ronson. In Australia and New Zealand they also distribute the Philips range of products. This role was a one year contract to assist in the transition from a retiring CEO whilst the board found a Sydney based CEO.My role positioned the company to achieve a record profit result whilst instigating a paradigm shift in the business mix away from low margin commodity home wares products to high margin licensed products. Key achievements in this role included the negotiation of the Scanpan Distribution Rights for cookware in North America, development and implementation of a warranty reduction program for North America which resulted in a 50% drop in warranty returns, instigation of an aggressive inventory reduction program in North America which resulted in a 50% reduction in obsolete inventoryUnder my leadership the distribution in the USA was broadened to include Costco and Dillards and a plan to double the export sales to Russia ($40 million plus) in 2008/2009 was instigated.

CFM is a US $550m Canadian based company in the BBQ, heating and fireplace business.The focus of this role was growth of the business in China. I set up a China based office for this Canadian based business. I also further developed a China based sourcing program for products made in North America and resourced Korean produced products to China as well as identifying and establishing several strategic manufacturing partnerships in China.

Melbourne

Key achievements during my 6 month stint at Salton included the commencement of rebuilding major customer relationships, securing the distribution of the Westinghouse brand at K-mart, doubling the number of planned new product launches and the negotiation of a new banking arrangement and finance for the Australian and New Zealand operations.

Hong Kong

Chiaphua Industires Limited is a prominent Asian manufacturing company with six operations in China and a multi-billion dollar turnover. Customers include Black and Decker, Newell Rubbermaid, Bissell, Colgate, Salton and Hamilton Beach.

Privately owned specialist licensing company which had four divisions: Footwear, Clothing, Toys and Sporting Goods.

Melbourne, Australia

Asia Pacific

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Australia's manufacturer of tapware and bathroom accessories