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Name Victor
Phone 859.227.7129
Email Click here to email me!
Salary <$75k
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions General Manager
Action Logistics
DeKalb, IL
(3rd Party Logistics )

Pro Center Manager
Bosch Power tool Corp.
Chicago
(Power tools Sales)

Operations Manager
Diamond Pond Prod
Lexington, Ky
(Water features & service )

Key Accomplishments Received the Home Depot Just Do It Award for excellence in customer service /Store support and performance.

Received multiple awards from Home Depot for dedication and project achievement.

Repeatedly achieved 100% on Toyota Logistics Service ISO Audits.

Successfully recruited 66% more associates in a thirty day stretch for an unpredictable ramp up in volume.
Education / Skills DEVRY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Addison IL 1998 Computer Technology, & Telecommunications
Motivational Team Leader/ Manager.
Contract Negotiations/Training & Mentoring.
Process Improvement

Name Skip
Phone 630-677-6330
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $101K - $125K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Senior Account Executive
Trans Global Logistics
Elk Grove Village, IL
(Int'l Logistics Services)

Dir., Strategic Accounts
Yusen Logistics (Americas), Inc.
Naperville, IL
(Logistics Services)

Owner
Peak Success Systems / ActionCOACH
Geneva, IL
(Business Coaching)

Key Accomplishments Trans Global Logistics: Generated over $800K of revenue in first six months of employment, with new customers while maintaining business levels with established customers.

Yusen Logistics: Generated over $10 million in new revenue during 18 months of employment. Developed over 600,000 truckload opportunties. Introduced Warehousing Division to over $4 million in new sales opportunities.

ActionCOACH: Assisted many small business owners to increase sales, increase profits and reduce expenses...all leading to more profitable, more efficient businesses. Please ask me about specifics.

Hub Group: Led start-up of Hub Group Logistics Services. Grew revenues from $0 to $200 million in four years. Managed a team of 75 associates via five direct reports. Responsible for all day-to-day operations and long term strategic planning.
Education / Skills MBA - Keller Graduate School of Mgmt - DeVry University 3.90/4.00 GPA
BS - Business / Economics: Iowa State University
Green Belt certification: Deming Association of Chicago
Deep experience in Transportation/Logistics management activities. Supervised staff of up to 75 associates.

Name Jim
Phone 330-338-4938
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions EVP Supply Chain & Sales


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SVP Sales and Marketing


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VP Special Services (GM)


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Key Accomplishments 7 years board of director experience for a 500 million dollar public company





Education / Skills BA




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 Edward
Phone 708-308-3977
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $126K - $150K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Credit Manager, National
US Foodservice
Rosemont, IL
(Food distributor)

Regional Credit Manager
Ryerson
Chicago, IL
(Metal Distributor)

Credit Manager
Allscripts Healthcare
Chicago, IL
(Medical technology)

Key Accomplishments Leadership: Spearheaded turnaround strategies for troubled credit departments: Strategies included creatiom of policy throughout the Credit, Collections, and Sales functions, aggressive "clean up" of receivables, risk management and customer service

Risk Management: Lead financial modeling team to construct scorecards and cash flow metrics. Models enabled analysts to assign credit lines while simultaneously reducing risk 50% faster than previous methods.

Sales: Continuously worked with sales and upper management to develop leads, maintain profitability, and strengthen existing customer relations. Negotiations with fledging business resulted in $10 million in annual sales.

Process Improvement: Worked with Sales, IT and Finance to improve the auto release rate of sales orders; improved release rate from 15% to 78% within a 6 month period.
Education / Skills MBA, Finance - Lewis University
BA, Clinical Psychology - Governors State University
Additional certification in financial analysis, customer service and credit law from Dun and Bradstreet
Computer background includes: Microsoft Office, Mac O/S, PeopleSoft, SAP, CARMS, JD Edwards and IBM AS400 software

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