Chuck Kitchen
Consultant, Small Business Owner, and Father in New York
Chuck Kitchen
Consultant, Small Business Owner, and Father in New York
Consummate professional with a deep industrial B2B manufacturing and distribution background throughout much of the USA from field sales to the executive level with full P&L and Board experience. This includes:
• Diverse Business Types: Large, public and small, private business; both manufacturing and distribution.
• Financial: Transformation of a struggling organization from a negative to positive cash-flow position during my first year and on to record performances in subsequent years ($10M in pre-tax profit with 35 employees).
• Market & Product Diversification: Expansion of customers, markets and products resulting in a 54% sales increase and 33% gross margin improvement in a commodity market.
• Sustainable Revenue Enhancement: Correcting a consecutive 12 month bookings decline to record bookings (2X monthly average) and historical backlog for the upcoming year.
• Business Acumen: Field sales, sales leadership, sales forecasting and measurement, sales process, training, employee development, customer service, inventory management, vendor management, pricing, product introduction and management, purchasing, full P&L and working with engineering.
Brings high energy and problem solving to organizations in a collaborative way by engaging all.
Enjoys motivating others while improving individual and organizational performance and customer satisfaction.