Sam Meeks Email & Phone Number

Lynchburg, Virginia Area

In my working career, I had the pleasure of associating with so many gifted and wonderful individuals. I hold in great esteem your talent, diversity, friendships and efforts on behalf of the industries we served. While it has now been a few years since retirement, I have many fond memories of my time with so many of you.As I contemplated retirement, I.

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• Blending vision into strategic thinking with hands-on practicality that drives revenue, reduces costs and increases profitability is our focus and our mission. Every distributor and manufacturer touts a value.
• Vendor/Distributor Evaluations
• Negotiating skills and expertise
• Pricing including goals and objectives, cost management, accountability and controls, reporting, velocities, contracts, proof and pattern, warehouse/directs, special orders,
• Triple net buying/ triple net selling
• Inventory management including sourcing, excess and dead stock, service levels, carrying costs, turns and ROI's, commodity buying, forward buys

Lynchburg, Va.

One of the country's largest wholesalers of metals, HVAC and commercial/ residential roofing serving markets in the MId-Atlantic and Southeast.Managed vendor relationships including product selection, product performance, price/costs/terms/rebates, logistical/sales metrics, contracts, availability, and asset returns.Managed all buying activities; managed.

Developed and created a wholesale marketing department driving various aspects of customer communication, perception, and revenue generation including website, catalog, promotional advertising, and product/sales research.Worked with the HVAC and Roofing sales teams to achieve significant revenue gains and high degree of customer service/satisfaction.

Managed and directed the operations, sales, logistics of building supply operations in Va and Tenn. The Fredericksburg, VA. operation was a start-up location with over 22 acres. During tenure there, created large double digit sales increases, reduced expenses as a % of sales and moved that operation solidly into the black.

Full P/L responsibilities for a retail/contractor building material operation in southern Md. The Dunkirk facility had a 40,000 square foot retail facility open 7 days a week. Helped owner reconfigure his business model,exit unprofitable markets and concentrate his assets in higher return market segments.

Lynchburg, Virginia Area

Directed the operations of acrylic wood flooring manufacturer that marketed product to national retailers for use in shopping and commercial centers in North America. Process included the manufacturing of laminated hardwood flooring; cobalt/cesium irradiation; and infusion of polymer creating high appeal/high traffic product. Vastly improved cash flow.

Lynchburg, VA

Led a diversified regional Building Supply located in Central Va. Operation enjoyed a dominant market share position, and upper quartile financial performance. Relocated and expanded business to a prime 13 acre site increasing sales 50% in 12 months; designed one of the industry's first millwork showrooms; created an accounting system of cost/profit.