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Founded a company to fulfill a couple of underserved markets. The holding company is made up of two businesses, a chemical company and an executive placement firm. Puzzle Exports was focused on the exporting branded chemical products to developing markets in central and eastern Europe. Puzzle Placement Strategies focused on executive placement while consulting with companies to review their internal recruitment and retention practices. Puzzle Exports Created strategic alliances with manufacturers, distributors, and shipping to deliver a viable product to the developing market in Ukraine. Successfully led and completed multi-million dollar contract negotiations with our foreign distribution partner . Provided leadership and strategy to appropriately service the market.Puzzle Placement Strategies Developed multiple clients to use PPS’s services for both candidate sourcing and consulting on how to improve their internal recruitment and retention practices.Sourced an executive level partner to run the operation.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Led the most profitable year in company history 3 years in a row (company founded in 1967). 2014 was a record sales year, and in 2015 company set itself up to grow revenues exponentially. Exponentially grew profit through decreasing operational costs, striving for operational excellence, and targeting customers who had the highest demand. Created a culture of engagement by enrolling employees at all levels of the organization. Designed and modernized the company's recruiting and retention strategy, which successfully attracted top talent throughout the organization. Championed interdepartmental coordination and efficiency. Decreased Operational inefficiencies which increased Sales' ability to focus on generating revenue .

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Developed and built a middle management team that was responsible for accomplishing the company's strategic mission. Statistically identified trends which enabled the company to cut the cost of starting a new sales rep in half. These trends enabled sales trainers and sales management to focus energy on activities that produced ROI. Decreased skus by 20% which enabled Sales to focus on products that provided customers the most value. The consolidation gave procurement a stronger position to negotiate more favorable pricing to increase margin.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Redefined the company's brand promise which required upgrading our customers' overall experience. Led the initiative to create a brand standard which unified the company’s 350 product sub brands/collateral materials under one umbrella. Refocused staff on their strengths to allow the team to achieve maximum productivity. Decreased costs by 25% while increasing productivity and meeting all promised deliverables.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), International Business

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), French Language And Literature

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