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Name Robert
Phone 708-494-2461
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $101K - $125K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Controller
Weinstein Wholesale Meats Inc
Forest Park, Il
(Wholesale meat distributo)

CFO
Faip North America Inc
Elk Grove, Il
(Pressure washers and hose)

Controller
Gordon Kapes Inc
Skokie, Il
(Telecomm & audio control )

Key Accomplishments • Managed $5M to $10M A/R portfolio. Held A/R over 21 days to 8.5% and over 30 days to 1%. Achieved DSO of 18.25 days. • Formalized credit application process and performed credit research and analysis to approve set up of new customers and assign credit limits. Approved sales orders outside prescribed credit thresholds. • Established and managed credit hold function; instituted credit insurance over portfolio; enhanced credit management systems features to control A/R and restrict sales outside established parameters.

• Converted GL from Peachtree to in-house ERP system. Created company’s first ever monthly financial statements. Reduced monthly closing time to 11 days. • Created reporting of borrowing base, covenant reporting, and credit reporting. Converted payroll to online reporting. • Automated loan borrowing transactions and had bank assign us to dedicated customer service. • Held shrink on $5M inventory to under $10k. • Slashed A/R write offs from $350k in 2010 to $0 in 6 months

• Key team member that implemented 2 systems conversions to MAS 500 for 2 entities. • Selected and implemented new banking relationships. Reduced line of credit borrowing from $9M to under $5M. Implemented spending controls. Managed multiple bank audits. • Reduced inventory levels from $18M to $9M. Eliminated need for leased warehousing space. • Developed business plan for acquisition. Performed due diligence reviews of acquisition targets. Led acquisition financial integration

• Launched finished goods inventory count program resulting in 25% improvement in inventory record accuracy. Reduced inventory shrink loss 30%. Improved inventory record accuracy to 90% from under 30% via improving inventory part number, bill of materials, and production work order processes. Directed inventory planning team. • Reduced time to take physical inventory counts for 2 main businesses by 33% saving $10k. • Designed daily one-page summary report that informed customer service of future production dates and quantities enabling accur
Education / Skills masters project management from Keller BBA accounting from Loyola Green belt six sigma




Name Curtis
Phone 312-513-2866
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $126K - $150K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Director of Sales
Lamin-Art, Inc.
Schaumburg, IL
(Decorative surfacing)

International Sales Mgr.
Jeld-Wen, Inc
Tokyo, Japan
(Building materials)

International Account Mgr
Jeld-Wen, Inc
Kent, Washington
(Building materials)

Key Accomplishments Increased sales 46% from $12 to $17 million within 36 months.

Created and delivered sales training, increasing quotes, capture rate and close rate, generating $3.9 million in new revenue.

Implemented first sales channels for distribution partners and Asia's largest home builders, generating $2.6 million annually.

Responsible for all sales and marketing for new Thailand manufacturing plant, targeting the Japanese, Korean and Thailand market.
Education / Skills MBA, Thunderbird, Global School of Management International Business Development, Sales & Marketing Strategy
Cross Cultural Relations, Leadership/Team Development, Distribution Management, Channel Sales, B2B & B2C sales
International Negotiations, Country Management, Expatriate experience, Sales Analytics, CRM Systems, Sales Management
Strategic Account Management

Name Charles
Phone 847-486-8220
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Assoc VP
Infor
Greater Chicago
(Applications Software)

CIO / Vice President - IT
EKCO Group
Greater Chicago
(Consumer Products )

Corp IS Manager
Baxter Healthcare
Greater Chicago
(Healthcare Products)

Key Accomplishments Extended the ERP systems, and increased software sales by designing and leading development teams building Java-based, web-enabled supply chain management applications (SCM, SRM, and CRM)

Drove profitable growth by expanding ERP with enhancements to better support the changing requirements of the business, including: Customer Service Level Reporting, Outbound Logistics Management and Tracking, and CRM Data Warehouse applications.

Decreased overhead by 8% and increased sales volume by implementing eCommerce with 100 trading partners using 12 different EDI documents. Created a Vendor-Managed Inventory system and Shipping Label Tracking to support major retailers’ requirements

Increased labor productivity by 20%, and improved the accuracy of both inventory and shipment contents to above 99%. Led the automation of the finished-goods warehouses with a RF-based warehouse management system (WMS).
Education / Skills BME, Cum Laude, University of Louisville CPIM – AOM / APICS MPM – AAPM / IPMC Lean - Six Sigma Green Belt IT Leader
Problem Solver Strategic IT Planning Business Process ReEngineering Project Management eCommerce EDI Logistics CRM
Applications Development Leader ERP Enterprise Resource Planning Manufacturing Systems Warehouse Management Systems W
Supply Chain Planning Computer Operations Budget Management, Infrastructure Management Staff Development Acquisitio

Name Stephen
Phone 630-415-6577
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $151K - $175K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Client Director
Market Track LLC
Chicago, IL
(Information Services)

Director of Business Deve
ConAgra Refrigerated Foods
Naperville, IL
(Grocery Products)

Director of Sales
ConAgra Retail Sales
Irvine CA
(Grocery Products)

Key Accomplishments Increased top-line revenue with one dollar store account by $11.5 million year over year.

Improved my company's profit margins in the dollar store channel from an average of 13% to 30%.

Saved $3 million segment of the business in the club store channel while at the same time implementing a 12% price increase. This was accomplished despite the account's adamant opposition to any price increases.

Saved a program where we were forced to rescind our original offer and the account was very unhappy. Through face-to-face negotiations, saved the program despite increasing the price 26% with the end result being $2.8 million in new sales.
Education / Skills University of Pennsylvania - BA Political Science Northwestern University - ConAgra Marketing Excellence Program
Sales Management - Hiring, Managing, Training, Coaching, Mentoring, Leading
Proficient with MS Office Applications: Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Negotiating, Acquisition Integration, New Product Launches, P&L Management, Relationship Building

Name Robert
Phone 312-479-1431
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Owner
Opferman Consulting LLC
Chicago Area
(Technology Consulting)

CIO - Corporate Services
Newedge Group
Chicago
(Brokerage)

Director - IT Development
Calyon Financial / Carr Futures
Chicago
(Brokerage)

Key Accomplishments Consulting: Executed more than twenty audits for private equity firm. Interim CIO for sports distributor - reduced expenses by 40% in seven month term.

Merger Experience: Part of IT Executive Committee to define IT organization in merger of Calyon/Fimat to form Newedge. Defined integration of Finance, Risk, Compliance, HR Led IT integration of Lincoln Capital into Lehman/Neuberger Asset Management

Technology: Implemented Weblogic application suite at Calyon to handle high volume transaction processing applications for both internal operations and customer reporting services.

Defined migration strategy to virtual server technology at TeamExpress to upgrade capacity while reducing hardware footprint. Implemented ITIL Change/Release Management services to reduce downtime at Calyon/Newedge
Education / Skills Attending DePaul University to complete degree in 2012
Trained in ITIL Foundations



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