Gray Hair Management

Helping the professional win the job race through coaching, marketing and personal - touch networking
  • Having difficulty articulating your value and currency to a prospective employer?
  • Need help in capitalizing on networking opportunities?
  • Having little success in getting interviews, or if interviewing, just not winning the job?
Primary Navigation

Member Profiles

Page ««  previous  6  7    (Records Found: 39)

Name Thomas
Phone 847-808-9878
Email Click here to email me!
Salary Negotiable
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Sales Management Consult
Current Project: Glacial Energy
Chicago, Illinois
(Retail Supply-Electricity)

President
Glunz & Jensen (K & F International)
Granger, Indiana
(Manufacturing)

CEO
K & F International
Granger, Indiana
(Manufacturing)

Key Accomplishments Integrated product offerings from manufacturers based in the U.S., Denmark, and Slovakia, and streamlined distribution networks resulting in an immediate 30% annual sales increase for fiscal year ’07.

Developed a business plan and strategy to export products from the U.S. to new customers in Asia and S.E. Asia. This resulted in a 40% sales increase and record profits. Personally set-up distribution networks in Asia and S.E. Asia by hands-on interaction, industry networking and extensive travel to those regions.

Established team-building practices and cell-based assembly which helped in attaining a 60% improvement in on-time delivery.

Created a more recognizable and known organization through specific media and marketing efforts. These included direct mail, video programs, industry newsletters, press releases, re-designed literature and hands-on networking via trade shows and conferences.
Education / Skills Indiana University, B.S. Business Management
University of Notre Dame, Certification in Executive Business Management
Rochester Institute of Technology, Certificate in Graphic Arts
Barnes and Thornburg, Indianapolis, Employment & Business Law - 3 to 4 Sessions per year

Name Bill
Phone 513-575-2024
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $101K - $125K
State Ohio
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Vice President of Finance
4D / Schuster's, an Oldcastle Company
Saginaw, Michigan
(Building Products)

VP & Controller
Nutone, Inc
Cincinnati Ohio
(Building Products)

Plant Controller
Frigidaire Company
Anderson SC
(Appliances)

Key Accomplishments Spearheaded the implementation of the parent company strategic restructuring plan and transitioned the administrative operations.

Part of management team that improved earnings from a negative position to one of the most profitable through increased volume and implementation of new manufacturing strategies.

Improved processes and reduced operating expenses in the Finance and IT groups resulting in favorable savings to plan of over $1 million.

Successful background in strategic planning, budgeting, cost controls, financial analysis, cash & inventory management and process improvement.
Education / Skills B.S. Accountancy from University of Dayton Six Sigma Green Belt certified Leadership and Executive training
Skilled at developing business solutions, improving processes and problem solving.
Strong Strategic, Technical and Communicative skills.


Name Patricia
Phone 630.584.8825
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $76K - $100K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? No
Recent Positions Manager Financial Report
Trans Union
Chicago, IL
(Consumer credit reporting)

Manager, Corp Operations
Trans Union
Chicago, IL
(Consumer credit reporting)

Division Finance Leader
Trans Union
Chicago, IL
(Consumer credit reporting)

Key Accomplishments * Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting combining financial and operational management to maintain profits, improve efficiencies, and reduce costs. Created annual $42 million operating budget.

* Saved $456,000 annually in equipment costs by establishing procedures to monitor hardware usage. Created cost/benefit justifications for $5 million in capital acquisitions and lease commitments annually.

* Developed process to migrate billing functions to more efficient Access database resulting in a savings of $24,000 annually in labor costs.

* Worked with Internal Audit ensuring compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley for 6,000 annual billing transactions minimizing revenue loss gaps.
Education / Skills Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, MBA, Finance and Healthcare Management
Certified Public Accountant, State of Illinois
Penn State University, University Park, PA, B.S., Business Administration, major in Accounting


Name Gary
Phone 630-624-4748
Email Click here to email me!
Salary $76K - $100K
State Illinois
Willing to Relocation? Yes
Recent Positions Mngr, Bus Unit Controller
Sears
Hoffman Estates, IL
(Major Retailer)

Snr Financial Analyst 3
Experian
Schaumburg, IL
(Direct marketing services)

Senior Accountant
Rigby / Reed Elsevier PLC
Crystal Lake, IL
(Educational publishing )

Key Accomplishments Sears - Uncovered $1.5mm in mis-expensed bad debt, and recovered amount to benefit Online P&L, helping to achieve bonus targets for 2009. Corrected over accrual of inventory reserve $3mm, helping achieve bonus targets for 2010.

Sears - assisted Full-Line Marketing management in achieving / beating budgets for 2006 - 2008, while cutting $46mm of expenses over that period, a 5% runrate savings. Managed cost allocation system of Adverting expenses for 800+ full line stores.

Experian - assisted SVP & VP's of I.T. in setting $40mm annual expense budgets and $15mm in capital budgets, and achieving / beating those budgets for 8 consecutive years. Saved $2mm in runrate expense by strategically choosing purchase over lease.

Rigby - submitted monthly full P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow set to U.K. corporate using Hyperion. Created a report to enable affirmed A/R collection calls, which prior had not been possible. Supervised 4 professionals over Sales/Commissions/AR.
Education / Skills Northern Illinois University, B.S. Accounting 1981 Certified Public Accountant, State of Illinois 1983
Hardware - IBM desktop / laptop 30 years, 10-key 30 years, IBM mainframes 5 years, high-speed Oce laser printers 5 years
Software- MS Excel 2007 highly skilled, MS Word 2007 skilled, MS Powerpoint skilled, Oracle Financials highly skilled,
Peoplesoft GL 5 years, essbase 5 years, Hyperion 2 years, Lawson GL 2 years, Proseries 20 years, Quickbooks 20 years.

Page ««  previous  6  7   

Gray Hair Management Member? Click here to join GHM.
Already a GHM member? Click here to create your own Member Profile.

Back To Top

Secondary Navigation Search Profiles
Reset Search
Check Us Out On Our Book

Winning The Job Race Book by Scott Kane and Jack HeydenJack Heyden and Scott Kane are executives with over 60 years of combined experience who, in early 2000, were out of work, did not know each other and who were forced to reinvent themselves to survive in the 21st Century workforce.

Buy our book

 
Meta Navigation