Sales Manager

Paul R. Bolt

**** ******* ***** ******, ********, CA 95219 ( 209-***-**** (

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President / COO / Division Vice President

Consumer Products / Product Development / Marketing / International

Strategic Planning / Start-ups / P&L / Import-Export / Sales / Home Decor

Financing / Growth Strategies / Turn-Around / Lawn & Garden

Talented global consumer products executive. More than 30 years of success

leading high-growth home d cor, fashion product companies. A take-charge

leader with the knowledge and skill to manage sales/marketing/distribution,

supply chain and multi location manufacturing, seeking C Level Management

position with $30-100 million vendor supply to retail sector.

Accomplished international entrepreneur with proven ability to develop

efficient manufacturing, product design/development, POS, sales, and

distribution through major retailers and Independents globally.

Successfully executed manufacturing company turn around for Central Garden

& Pet. Created and built internationally recognized product lines Tilepak

and Bertram & MacLeod from concept to annual revenues in excess of $36

million. Exceptional sense of market demands and timing, known for ability

to compete for business in the volatile home building product, lawn &

garden and home decor sectors. Career history creating solid relationships

and selling into major retailers, including; Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowe's,

Costco, Menards, Target, Mid States, Agway, Tractor Supply, and Sears.

. Successful start-up of L&G Decor business for Universal Forest

Products.

. Achieved successful turn around of Matthews Four Seasons / Central

Garden & Pet.

. Founded and built the largest consumer packaged tile company in North

America.

. Launched Bertram & MacLeod (RTA furniture), achieving $6 million in

first year.

. Built and maintained high-quality international manufacturing network.

Career History

Director, New Program Development L&G, Universal Forest Products Inc.

2008 -2010. Successfully directed a start-up in the lawn and garden

industry, for this Michigan-based, $2.7 billion wood products manufacturer.

Responsible for off-shore sourcing of components, Q&A, establishment of

domestic assembly sites to overlay with current company facilities,

program/product design, sales, marketing and product launch to mass

merchants, big box chains, and Independent Garden Centers nationally (USA),

in Canada, and Europe.

President, COO, Matthews Four Seasons, a subsidiary of Central Garden &

Pet.

2003 - 2007. Successfully executed turn around of 50 yr/old manufacturing

division of this $1.7 billion conglomerate in Lawn & Garden business. Full

responsibility for multi-location manufacturing, sales and distribution,

and profit and loss of this primary manufacturing operation. Sales of $9

million grew to approx. $21 million in less than 3 years. Entire

management and production teams were replaced. Led product development and

offshore out-sourcing, and improved EBITDA from (950K) to over 2.5M.

Managed sales efforts to Home Depot, Lowes, OSH, WalMart, Menards, Mid

States Fleet & Farm, Fred Meyer, Tractor Supply, Agway, and international

business.

Bolt

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President, COO, Director, Bertrams Inc / Pentland Plc, London, UK, 1986 -

2002. Co-founded and built this $36 million building product, home decor

and furniture company from the ground up. Built the largest consumer

packaged ceramic tile company in North America, as vendor to Home Depot,

Lowes, Builders Square, HomeBase, Menards, and Fred Meyer. Full P&L

responsibility for two consumer brand divisions, Tilepak and Bertram &

MacLeod. Led product design/development and world-wide sourcing to

establish an international manufacturing and sales/distribution

infrastructure, for both tile and RTA furniture. Managed sales and

marketing, internationally, and established successful Independent Rep

network in USA/Canada, Europe, South America and Pacific Rim to grow each

division to $18 million in annual revenues. Led Management buy-out from

Pentland Plc in 1997.

American Forest Products Corporation, 1976 - 1986. Promoted repeatedly,

over 10 years, with this $550 million wood products manufacturing

subsidiary of Bendix Corp., to National Sales Manager.

National Sales Manager, Consumer Products Division, 1982 - 1986.

Selected to revitalize this $21 million division. Increased sales by

more than $13 million in less than four years. Completely rebuilt the

national network of manufacturer's representatives and sales management

and implemented new performance incentives to encourage productivity.

Recognized as the most profitable division in the company for two

consecutive years.

Early Career as Export Sales Manager, 1979 - 1982. Responsible for

managing all export sales for furniture, components, window stock and

moldings in Europe and the Pacific Rim. Grew export sales by more than

$5.5 million in three years.

Sales Representative, Consumer Products Division, 1976 - 1979. Doubled

revenues over three years building relationships and establishing new

accounts with Lowe's and Menards.

Education / Personal

BS, Forestry/Resource Conservation, Minor in Business Administration,

University of Montana (Missoula), 1976.

Married, with 2 college-age sons, one a recent graduate of the United

States Air Force Academy, and the other at the United States Naval Academy.

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