Management Vice President
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Mark Kuchuris
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** *. *******
City: Lincolnwood
State: IL
Zip: 60712
Country: USA
Phone: 773-***-****
Skill Level: Senior
Salary Range: $175,000
Willing to Relocate
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Mark J. Kuchuris
6743 N. LaPorte Ave.
Lincolnwood, Illinois 60712
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Expertise
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT: Ambitious, strategic thinking, problem solving and inspiring Senior Executive. Successful within all levels of the organization, travel domestically and globally; negotiate contracts with suppliers and customers. Articulate communicator able to motivate teams to excellence. Excellent planner and developer in new markets; creating savings plus profit growth. Providing:
aaii Staff Recruitment/Supervision aaii Trend Analysis/Forecasting
aaii Sales/Management Development aaii Vendor/Supplier Relations
aaii Customer Satisfaction aaii Inventory Management
aaii Global Operations aaii Communications
Key in the design and construction on the first US Bakeries for McDonalds in Japan and Korea. The Korean facility currently services all McDonalds in Korea, and the Japan facility currently services 45% of the Japanese Market for McDonalds.
Professional Experience
Executive Vice PresidentaaiaiiEast Balt, Inc., Chicago, IL 2010aaiaii2012
Highlights: Developed and implemented corporate Global Communication Policy. Responsible for Global Strategy development, training and implementation
aiaii Developed a executive dashboard that allowed executive staff to have a global view of measurable day to day success of each facility
aiaii Developed a global communication strategy that allowed open communication on company and customer activates that empowered faster and more reliable day to day business decisions. This also showed a considerable savings in global business travel by a decrease of approximately 35%.
Vice President US aaiaii East Balt, Inc., Chicago, Illinois 2007aaiaii2010
Highlights: Directly Responsible for the day to day management of the Chicago, Denver and St. Paul facilities.
aiaii Coordinated the design and building of the first Green Bakery in North America
aiaii Lead efforts to build considerable profit growth of 3% through additional customer growth, by acquiring 15% of non-McDonald business, as well as improved yield of 2.5% with a reduction in waste and efficiencies improvements from 92% to 96% at each facility. With small capital investments in packaging, additional training of employees and excellent customer supports these savings became easily attainable.
aiaii Acquired and implemented the first 100% on line inspection/rejection system for a statistical measurement control that allowed for fewer on line changes to the process and a reduction in employee head count.
Vice President Europe aaiaii East Balt, Inc., Paris; Istanbul; Milan; the Ukraine 2004aaiaii2007
Highlights: Directly Responsible for the day to day management of the France, Ukraine, Italy, and Turkey facilities.
aiaii Yielded over 15% savings in distribution cost in Italy, by converting the market from fresh to frozen, this allowed for a easier ordering process for the Restaurants. This created an average of a 12% decrease in over ordering and/or out of code product to the customer.
aiaii Increased production by over 25% by acquiring local grocery store business
aiaii Worked with McDonald's European staff to acquire all promotional products, which yielded a considerably higher profit margin for the organization. Profit margins on all promotional products yielded a 15% profit margin compared to a 6% margin for all core products. This added approximately $75,000 dollars to the bottom line on a quarterly basis.
aiaii This allowed East Balt to access service countries within Europe where East Balt was not currently servicing restaurants. By having a presence within these countries we were able to build relationships with new potential customers for future facility opportunities.
aiaii Acquire the approval to design and build a new facility within Russia, expanding the business by $4 million dollars in the first year.
Vice President China / South Africa aaiaii East Balt, Inc., Johannesburg, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang 2000aaiaii2004
Highlights: Directly Responsible for the day to day management of the China and South Africa facilities. China and South Africa are the two largest profit centers within the East Balt business.
aiaii Acquired the KFC business within South Africa which led to a windfall in Johannesburg and a new facility in Cape Town. This increased the KFC business within the country by 18% while saving McDonalds over 20% on distribution costs into Cape Town.
aiaii Grew the China market by over 45%. Went from two facilities to five, while gaining KFC in addition to McDonalds.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
General Manager Florida aaiaii East Balt, Inc., Orlando, Florida 1996aaiaii2000
Highlights: Directly Responsible for the day to day management of the Florida region.
aiaii Was able to improve yield and efficiencies by 8%, while improving profit margin by 5% consecutively over 4 years
Assistant Vice President Operations aaiaii East Balt, Inc., Chicago, Illinois 1992aaiaii1996
Highlights: Responsible for budget and expense control. Planned and designed facilities including plant layout in China, Korea, and Japan. Supervised site and local contractor selection Hired local management and staff plus oversaw training of policy implementation, Customer Relations and Management
aiaii All facilities are growing and profitable on a yearly basis. Facilities were all built on time and were brought in under budget by an average of 3%
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts: De Paul University, Chicago, Illinois 1991
MBA: Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 2006
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