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Executive Showcase: VP of Operations/COO

Oct 23, 2024

OPERATIONS/COO EXECUTIVE

  • Talents: With a decorated and extensive career in the military, he led a large base, effectively acting as the CEO with a $350M budget. In civilian roles, he’s led multiple sites, teams of more than 500, and drove everything from cost savings, improved safety, productivity, and more. He’s truly a get-it-done kind of leader!
  • Results: Most recently, he led all operations of a $700M, privately-held wholesaler and increased throughput, customer fulfillment, safety, and more – all leading to increased revenue of nearly 6% (better than $40M)… not a small impact!
  • Experiences: Tremendous ability to deliver transformational results, all in his military career, his most recent role, and his previous role with a global e-commerce distribution company. In that role, he was promoted multiple times over the span of 4 years because he clearly demonstrated his ability to handle a large scope and deliver broad results across many metrics.
  • Culture & Leadership Style: His approach is inclusive and unwavering – safety first, improving quality, and improving productivity through highly active and highly engaged efforts with the team. He is able to clearly articulate the expectations and is relentless in holding the team accountable to those expectations. One of the things that he is known for and has demonstrated is that he knows how to see through all the noise and attack the biggest opportunities that lead to sustainable results.
  • Accountabilities: Full operations accountability for multiple sites and up to $700M in revenue and a 500-person team. General management of a complex base, spanning business, infrastructure, distribution operations, and more.
  • Next Role: He is seeking an EVP of Operations opportunity for a large corporation with opportunity to continue to grow and develop – larger scale & larger scope, or as a COO of a smaller company in need of operational transformation. Though his skills and expertise lie in warehousing and distribution, it readily applies to any business and any organization because his approach is so holistic and so comprehensive in every aspect of the business!
  • Please reach out, and let’s discuss next steps if this kind of transformational Operations Leader is needed for you and your organization! I’d love to put you together!