Paul Krueger

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Operations Executive Building Impact Teams to Scale & Maximize Profitability of Animal Nutrition, Animal Health, Biotechnology, and Genetics @ Kalmbach Feeds Inc.
upper sandusky, ohio, united states
Paul Krueger's Location
Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area, United States
About Paul Krueger

I am responsible for Kalmbach Feeds Ruminant Business. My company works in the animal nutrition space bringing solutions and technologies to our customers across all species. I also have experience leading sales and products teams with animal nutrition, genetics, IVF, and a variety of agriculture solutions in the US and globally.I leverage the depth and breadth of my agricultural sales experience to set the strategy and to enable financial results above expectations. We do this as thought leaders and partners to our clients by creating win-win opportunities that continuously improve our customers’ experiences.We also forge new partnerships and collaborate cross-functionally to acknowledge and repeat each success. Our culture of excellence enables people to succeed because we have the right resources in place and strong relationships with our customers.My experience as an individual contributor in large, mature markets and with new products enables me to be a better leader. I know what it takes to bring a new solution to the market or to capture larger share of existing markets. As a result, I use those insights and the data to build high performing sales teams that collaborate and educate our customers to build long-term relationships.I am always open to growing my network and to exploring potential collaborations. Let’s connect and continue the conversation.A few of my results include:• Animal Nutrition & Genetics Sales Expertise – built and lead the team that drives the growth of the genomics, IVF, and agricultural nutrition businesses by cultivating an aggressive growth culture at the intersection of existing and emerging solutions.• Go-to Market Strategist – launched and scaled multiple new products and services driving double digit increases annually to the top and bottom line revenues by evaluating the data, designing the vision, and spearheading the teams that capture the profitable growth.• Customer-centered Transformation – captured 10 pt growth in share of mature market while doubling the EBIDTA as the customer advocate that also influences the next generation of solutions to position the business for short-term and long-term success.• Accountable Leadership – develops and unlocks the potential of people as the leader of 4 – 100+ direct and indirect reports by building their capabilities and empowering their growth while maintaining progress towards aggressive growth targets.Capabilities:Business DevelopmentGlobal Sales OperationsRevenue OptimizationSales Process ImprovementGo to Market Strategy

Paul Krueger's Current Company Details
Kalmbach Feeds Inc.

Kalmbach Feeds Inc.

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Operations Executive Building Impact Teams to Scale & Maximize Profitability of Animal Nutrition, Animal Health, Biotechnology, and Genetics
upper sandusky, ohio, united states
Employees:
177
Paul Krueger Work Experience Details
  • Kalmbach Feeds Inc.
    Vice President Ruminant Nutrition And Sales
    Kalmbach Feeds Inc. Sep 2024 - Present
    Upper Sandusky, Ohio, United States
    In my role as Vice President Ruminant Nutrition and Sales at Kalmbach Feeds, I am responsible for leading the ruminant business unit and driving strategic initiatives to meet customer demands. I spearhead the development of new products and services, ensuring quality and innovation in the ruminant market. Through effective leadership and collaboration with the ruminant team, I am responsible for increasing revenue and market share for the company.
  • Imv Technologies
    General Manager, Americas (Head Of Americas)
    Imv Technologies Jan 2024 - Sep 2024
    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
    I am the General Manager for the Americas business unit and part of IMV's leadership team. I lead and manage the day to day business activities for IMV Americas business unit. I am responsible for the growth and profitability of the company for both IMV Technologies and IMV Imaging with full business authority for the key region. I am also a key stakeholder in global bovine marketing, M&A and company strategy. My companies provide reproductive and imaging solutions from Farm AI, companion animal, and human reproduction. My team is responsible to bringing innovation to our customers and grows our existing customer partnerships with their depth of knowledge in the solutions.We serve our clients through relationships, education and innovation. I enable my business expertise, communication skills, and depth of industry experience to manage all aspects of the business from finance, HR, supply chain, and sales and operations. I align the resources, and provide regular updates on our key initiatives. This requires me to think strategically and to operationalize the sales plans to ensure that our goals are met. My skill in partnering cross-functionally and empowering the team to take the steps needed is what is needed for our customer success.Representative Customers- Bovine, Swine, Equine, Companion Animal, Animal Health, Fertility.
  • Milk Specialties Global
    Vice President Of Sales
    Milk Specialties Global Aug 2019 - Jan 2024
    Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
    I am the Vice President of Sales for the animal nutrition division of the leading supplier of fats, protein, dairy ingredients, extruded products, and private label services for farms in North America. My team launches new products and grows our existing customer partnerships with their depth of knowledge in the solutions.We are here to serve our clients and we do that through relationships and education. So, I built a team that is focused on adding value to our customers by developing their expertise in the solutions and the industry. I also use my communication skills and depth of agriculture industry experience to mentor and develop the top performers for success.I set the metrics, align the resources, and provide regular updates on our key initiatives. This requires me to think strategically and to operationalize the sales plans to ensure that our goals are met. My skill in partnering cross-functionally and empowering the team to take the steps needed for success is what enables us to exceed expectations.A few of my accomplishments include:• Lead 31 direct and indirect reports across the sales, marketing, and R&D teams with full P&L accountability.• Seized an increase in share of the mature market by pivoting the sales strategies to create a demand for the product that creates growth fort he distributors.• Coaches and develops sales managers to hit the targets while supporting them where needed to close high-value and strategic deals.• Transformed the marketing of Energy Booster products to secure record increase in sales.Representative Customers: National Pet Products Distributors, Feed, Animal Nutrition, and Consumer Pet Retailers
  • Semex Alliance
    Vice President Global Account
    Semex Alliance Jan 2018 - Aug 2019
    Madison, Wisconsin Area
    I was promoted to the role of Vice President of Global Key Accounts based on my success as the US Director of Sales. In this capacity, I lead global IVF operations while also managing the relationships with global key accounts for the agriculture business. My team sold a variety of genetic solutions for the Canadian based company with a fully integrated embryology laboratory. I balanced the competing priorities effectively by running the geographically dispersed team that was focused on maintaining growth. I also cascaded abilities across the team to maximize the position of emerging solutions through changing economic conditions. I applied my experience in sales to navigate the complex organizational structures and connected with the decision makers across different geographies. I also asked tough questions and identified creative ways to profitably position the brands and products across jurisdictional requirements. This enabled me to maximize the partnership with marketing, R&D, and customers to accelerate the growth at each step.Some results in this capacity were:● Led 5 direct reports in the US sales operations while also managing the global cattle IVF program.● Owned the relationship with 6 key global accounts reflecting the largest dairy farms in the world.● Tripled the IVF business line by setting the vision and leading the sales and marketing execution.● Launched the Global ai24 brand (health monitoring for dairy herds) and scaled the business line globally.● Designed and managed the global marketing plans for strategic enterprise initiatives.Solutions Offered: Genomics, Embryo Freezing, In Vitro Fertilization
  • Semex
    Director Of Sales And Business Development
    Semex Jan 2009 - Jan 2018
    Madison, Wisconsin, United States
    I was the director of Sales and Business Development during this time. I joined the Canadian Company to lead the sales of the US retail business. I helped scale the agriculture business in the US and served as the voice of the brand across multiple product lines. My role during this time was to drive the sales and marketing activities at every level of the US operations. I did this by setting a vision of the future of the enterprise and working cross-functionally to deliver the results. This included researching, identifying, qualifying, and managing relationships with partners. My ability to simplify the complexities and to educate the staff and our customers enabled us to activate people for growth.The success in this role in building a high impact team and capturing growth for emerging products led to my promotion to Vice President of Global Key Accounts for the agriculture business. The lessons that I learned as the Director of US Sales enabled me to rapidly capture growth by scaling the practicesinternationally.Wins during this time were:• Led lab managers and customer-facing staff across multiple markets through the period of rapid change.• Built and managed the book of business with large value in a mature market through strong relationships.• Owned the success of the enterprise #1 export market in the world to consistently beat growth targets.• Initiated client segmentation strategy yielding doubling of market share in the top account segments in US.• Secured 100% growth in 4 years for the business lines with aggressive sales & marketing initiatives.• Grew the US business and took on the rapid growth markets in South America as well as the acquired IVF business line with the highest enterprise profitability.Solutions Offered: Animal Genetics, Animal Health Products, Genomics, IVF
  • Cargill
    Strategic Account Manager
    Cargill 2008 - 2009
    Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
    Concentrated all of Cargill's global resources focused on the top 100 largest dairy enterprises in the United States. Offered fully integrated approach to deliver farm to consumer value chain.
  • Cargill
    Business Development Manager
    Cargill 2007 - 2008
    Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
  • Monsanto
    National Accounts Manager
    Monsanto 2004 - 2007
    Hanford, California, United States
    Coordinated Monsanto's Dairy and Seed/Traits business for the the 100 largest dairy producers in the Western US. Offered full solutions of Monsanto's portfolio to assist producers in maximizing productivity.

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Paul Krueger attended University Of Wisconsin-Platteville.

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