At Executive Consulting Partners, we are experienced manufacturing executives with specializations in food, ag, and animal nutrition. We create value in privately held and family-owned firms as well as divisions of multi-billion dollar organizations through consulting and advisory services. Let our experience driving profitable growth help your company.

Independent advisor / director providing practical strategic, operational, due diligence and acquisitions advice to boards and executive teams. Provides Fractional or Interim C-level support.

Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition is an industry leader in the international marketing and distribution of nutrients for the livestock, pet food and aquaculture industries.Charged with determining the best way for operations to continue supporting Nutrition’s commercial efforts, driving innovation to deliver better value-based solutions to customers in the most effective and efficient way and, achieving sustainable, superior results for all stakeholders through operational excellence.

Leads the AG Nutrition Division composed of Plant and Animal nutrition offerings. Founded in 1967, QualiTech, Inc. is a privately held, global manufacturer of plant nutrition, animal nutrition and food ingredient products and services. For more than 50 years, QualiTech has developed new techniques to formulate specialized combinations of ingredients resulting in high-quality, cost-effective, innovative products. QualiTech is headquartered in Chaska, Minnesota.

Independent advisor providing practical business leadership management advice to organizations seeking to improve performance and results as well as seeking to implement best in class managerial practices. Available as fractional or full time.Sample engagements:+ Performed as a business subject matter expert in the area of Animal Nutrition for a large consulting European firm.+ Conducted Organizational and Structural Effectiveness work for a well recognized agricultural college in Central America.+ Advisor to Aqua startup operation in the United States.+ Provided country specific expertise to medium size companies going after Asia and Latin America markets.

Led team of senior professionals charged with delivery of regulatory risk programs and operational risk management. Oversaw service customers teams for inquiries, modify and close account, and make a payment processes. Directed team charged with revamping the Executive Complaints Resolution unit. Decreased complaint response turnaround time. Developed working group to analyze current state and to design future state by applying Lean concepts. Consolidated work under one team and process. Sponsored executive immersion program for key business executives.

Held P&L responsibility and established rigorous objectives leading a local multidisciplinary team in execution of major turnaround assignment within a BU in South East Asia. Devised and implemented a short term turnaround strategy and established the basic parameters for long-term strategy and objectives that returned business to profitability. Maximized product line profitability and returned business line to profitability within just five months of tenure. Focused on margins, cost and price discipline that resulted in an increase of gross margin unit contribution over the period and sustained volume growth versus previous year. Pursued alternative markets: Planned and successfully launched commercialization efforts, which resulted in exports into two new countries (Cambodia and Laos). Introduced a new product line in a new market segment. Strengthened dealers by grouping smaller markets into larger ones to allow for dealers to experience scale. Pursued direct customers with more complex nutritional solutions. Focused on asset utilization: identified, assessed, and gained approval on capital requests for investment projects to improve technical and manufacturing capabilities (including assets acquisition) to penetrate new market segments. Re-designed organizational structure to foster focus and alignment to strategic goals.

Played a key role in implementing aquaculture strategy in Latin America. Managed all aspects of implementation through direct and indirect reports in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Peru. Led successful turnaround of Aqua manufacturing unit in U.S., with full P&L responsibility. Oversaw cross-cultural, cross-functional team of direct and indirect functional reports. Implemented measurable Behavioral Safety programs to foster a culture of complete safety at manufacturing unit. Exceeded objectives after developing and executing high-impact, short-term strategy that turned manufacturing unit to profitability. Applied disciplined and strategic approach to pricing, resulting in product line margin increases. Focused on channels and markets: Spearheaded commercialization efforts leading to exports into four new countries: Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, and Nigeria. Developed new specialized nutritional solutions for customers. Divested shrimp feed manufacturing unit and exited the segment. Shuffled organizational structure. Reduced headcount by streamlining operations, re-engineering, and automating processes. Instrumental in maintaining team engagement, significantly engagement score during tenure. Fostered relationships with central company resources. Implemented measurable Behavioral Safety programs to foster a culture of complete safety at manufacturing unit.

Set challenging objectives and led integration of recently acquired, underperforming business unit full P&L accountability. Planned and managed changes that transitioned the unit into profitability. Managed all aspects of operational and functional areas of feed manufacturing business, with full accountability for overall results, including profits, fiduciary administration, business culture, guiding principles, professional development, and safety. Planned and managed major expansion of commercial feed export operations to Ecuador, Chile, and Bolivia. Planned and managed changes that transitioned unit to profitability. Implemented new technical solutions for customers and executed disciplined processes, which resulted in margin/ton increases. Engaged in successful commercial penetration in three new countries (Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile). Team Engagement score increased significantly over the course of the tenure. Led team to dream high and create long-term goals. Reorganized function to focus on operational excellence, customer service, and margin discipline. Implemented team-building activities and strengthened safety. Focused on cost and price discipline. Invested in new high-margin product lines, and divested manufacturing from low-margin lines. Instrumental in Behavioral Safety Improvement: Acts:Conditions Near-Miss Reporting Ratio improved from dramatically.

Ensured optimal sales across the market place in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Dominican Republic. Introduced two highly successful new Grain and Feed Value Packages into the Mexican and Central American Markets. Collaborated with R&D in development, new product launches, and design of innovative customer solutions. Unit’s Safety Champion. Established parameters for long-term action plan in support of development of sales function for Latin American Region.Demonstrated added value to Company and Company’s customers in the region by introducing preventive mold treatments in grain at the export port under new Grain & Feed Value Package.

Executed management re-engineering strategies for a wide range of client companies (Construction, Manufacturing, Services) for this successful management consulting firm. Entrusted to significantly improve revenues and profitability. Evaluation and implementation teams included human resources, operations, financial, and re-engineering specialists in support of each project.

Coordinated overall operations and assumed P&L responsibility for shrimp farming and processing start-up operation in Nicaragua. Oversaw construction, acquiring capital, and design. Completed construction ahead of time and under budgeted cost. Organized sales force to market company’s commercial products in Nicaragua.

Implemented Monsanto’s corporate vision and managed all aspects of crop protection sales and marketing efforts throughout the country. Sustained sales growth over the four-year period. Recognized as Crop (Palm) Team Leader for the Central American Region.

Country liaison for SUMITEC with Marubeni Co. Charged with identifying business opportunities in Ag-Chemicals within the institutional sector in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.