John Jakob

Experienced executive leader in the building materials industry with a proven track record of success through diversified leadership and implementation roles where I;

• Lead successful sales teams through all retail channels
• Lead production teams with Lean practices to increased through put with lower direct and indirect costs
• Directed and mentored buying teams that continually increased GM Bps through proper assortment planning, quality control, product lifecycle management and sourcing practices
• Developed and managed low cost global sourcing and manufacturing with product development and quality control efforts as well as testifing to the ITC regarding duty issues
• Developed and maintained vendor relationships
• Managed inventories for seasonality, product lifecycle, regional assortments and various sourcing and supply chain models
• Continually evaluated and developed talent
• Always focused on continual improvement

An agent of change, I have been fortunate to have directed and managed departments either during their early growth years or at a pivotial point in their evolution.

Always looking at staying industry leading and best in class, means continually monitor the marketplace for innovation in all that I do.