Ron Pieper Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Lead & implement the strategic vision & direction of Max Tech Corp

Greater Denver Area

Responsible for Pro Builds internal distribution operations including all supply chain directives & logistic activities. Direct functional managers in order to ensure the achievement of operational and financial objectives. Provide strategic leadership to major national or regional functions.Responsibility for developing and managing distributions financials including budget management, cost control, profit objectives, sales forecasts, working capital, develop and implement dash board metrics score card. Lead negotiations including vendor & product selection facilities & logistics, IT systems for process & productivity improvement. Created a culture with an intense focus on lowest cost to serve solutions, business development, customer satisfaction & talent development.

Greater Denver Area

Full authority for developing and managing regional financials including budget management, cost control, profit objectives, sales forecasts and working capital for a $1Billion budget for 17 distribution centers across the regionExceeded budget profit plan in 2008 by 150%; Remains on cutting-edge, driving new business through key accounts and establishing strategic partnerships and customer relationships to increase regional profitability Strong leader armed with excellent motivational skills to build and sustain forward growth momentum while motivating peak individual performance from six direct reports and 400 indirect team membersAssumed leadership roles in development and implementation of corporate directives. Demand Creation - pull through - product development Mergers & AcquisitionsKey relationship owner with strategic vendorsSELL - Sales Excellence & Leadership - Transformation of Sales ForceDeveloped and implemented key sale strategies NLDBMA representative Developed and lead Key Partnership Round Table. Corporate Charities

Greater Atlanta Area

Complete P&L, top line sales, gross margin and all direct cost ownership and accountability for Cincinnati District, one of the top 5 revenue producing facilities out of seventy-two in the organizationLaunched a $22M Blue Advantage program with a large National Pro-DealerMaximized sales efforts of 16 direct reports through direct coaching and mentoring to improve profitability, product penetration and product mix with all customers Lead US Military Strategy

Greater Atlanta Area

Complete P&L, top line sales, gross margin and all direct cost ownership and accountability for two large distribution centers totaling $105M in revenueResponsible for all aspects of sales and operations within the district to include sales, customer service, logistics/distribution management, inventory and personnelGrew the territory from 5% market share to 36% over 4 yearsDirect responsibility for the leadership of 10 Inside Account Managers and 4 Territory Managers and driving sales force effectiveness and key productivity initiativesDeveloped and implemented the US Military strategy. Awarded two region contracts as well as Europe

Greater Atlanta Area

Directly responsible for growth and management of multiple $100M+ National Accounts (Home Depot, Lowe's, Builders Square, Payless, Hechinger's) through market analysis, business planning, negotiation and analytical skillsDrove all stages of long and short term sales strategies as well as collectively guiding sales negotiations, program development and operational directives

Greater Atlanta Area

Designed and implemented the structure and procedures of the organization's current National Sales and Customer Service departmentsDirectly built and led the start-up processes and organizational structure to an account base totaling $600M in yearly salesCreated a platform to deploy and manage 47 regionally based Field Service Representatives charged with ensuring regional services and marketing directives for National Account customers stocking Georgia Pacific products in their respective territoriesApproved and managed all human resource and state mandated requirements for regionally assigned employees

Geographic Area Covered ( MN,ND,SD)Responsible for territory management and development of dealer sales and manufactured housing segment for the North Central RegionComplete responsibility for sales, top-line growth and promotional activities to this customer segment amounting to $5M growth in core product salesGrew territory by 60% between 1987 and 1994 to $14M in revenueManaged facility purchasing procedures and activities as well as corporate purchasing compliance efforts