Management Process Improvement

WAYNE HENDERSON

***** ********** **., *****, ** *3626

Telephone: 813-***-****

Email: ************@*****.***

SUMMARY

A Business Planning & Development expert, with proven skills rooted in

Finance, Category and Brand management. Accomplished professional with

diverse senior management success.

Strategically inspired, analytically focused and customer driven.

Leadership success driving process improvement and fostering customer

commitment, through operational and project management.

Proven record of multinational accomplishment in Consumer Packaged Goods

(CPG), Private Label, Food Service, Marketing, B2B and Manufacturing

industries.

Persuasive and influential communication and presentation skills.

Innovative collaborator with cross functional teams and objectives.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Advision Consulting, Tampa, FL, 2013 - Present

Senior Management Consultant

Provide strategic, analytic and process improvement guidance to senior

management.

. Effectively managed due diligence for a leading international CPG

company planning acquisition of a $300M business.

Simmons Foods Inc., Tampa, FL, 2004 -2013

Business Development Manager

North America's largest manufacturer of private label wet pet food.

Acquired & developed a portfolio of top national retailers, building

private label program penetration and profitable volume.

. Implemented innovative category strategies & brand programs,

leveraging comprehensive market data analysis and insight, building

incremental customer volume, profit and commitment. Worked extensively

with Nielsen and IRI syndicated data tools as well as customer scan

data and analysis.

. Obtained the new business of 5 grocery chains, including a top 10

national retailer.

. Developed and launched some of the most successful new product

initiatives by leveraging strategic, analytic & market insight.

. Built business to exceed 3.5 million cases, including 5 of the top 25

national grocery / discount / mass channel retailers.

. Successfully managed process from category concept and brand

commitment, through program contract negotiation and product /

packaging development to pricing / promotional strategy and launch.

Action International Florida Inc., Tampa, FL, 2000-2004

President / Entrepreneur

International business coaching and marketing company (Now ActionCOACH).

Acquired, built and led marketing and consulting franchise network

throughout Florida. Guided and mentored business owners to more effectively

develop and operate their business.

. Top US Master Franchise in unit sales and profitability.

. Developed and launched innovative marketing strategies, successfully

attracting qualified professionals to purchase franchises.

. Refined and expanded marketing management programs to other

franchises, including technology based marketing / business planning &

development / process improvement and brand management.

Cott Corporation, Tampa, FL / San Antonio, TX / San Bernardino, CA, 1996-

2000

Director of Finance

World's largest manufacturer of private label beverages.

Planned, built and managed newly created division and corporate finance &

planning operations. Leadership success at division level led to national

responsibility when US management was merged.

. Consolidated 9 distinct finance, accounting & analysis operations into

a single national structure.

. Reduced headcount and month-end close cycle by 20%.

. Helped lead division to the highest performance in the US.

. Managed full finance and accounting spectrum from general ledger / P&L

through budget, planning & analysis to internal control and process

improvement.

. Assigned to South African division as finance consultant. Successfully

negotiated an ownership change with banks and investors, while

reducing cash demand, preserving customer goodwill and eliminating

corporate exposure.

Magnafoods Inc., Ottawa, ON, 1987-1996

Senior Director of Finance

Full line food service distributor and processor.

Holt Rinehart and Winston Inc., Toronto, ON, 1983-1987

Director of Finance

Educational and medical book publisher. Subsidiary of CBS and Harcourt

Brace Jovanovich.

General Electric Company (GE), Toronto, ON / New York, NY, 1980-1983

Corporate Auditor

Manufacturer and distributor of technology, consumer, resource and power

generation products.

EDUCATION

Schulich School of Business - York University, Toronto, ON, 1980

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Honors, Finance & Marketing

. Ranked among the world's top 10 business schools by "The Economist"

and top 15 by "Bloomberg/Business Week"

General Electric Company, New York, NY, 1982

Financial Management Program (FMP)

. Two year program of course study and international business

assignments

. Recognized as Executive MBA equivalent.

Lean Learning Center, Siloam Springs, AR, 2012

The Lean Experience

ACTION International Inc., Las Vegas, NV, 2000

Certified Master Business Coach

Six Sigma Enterprises, Phoenix, AZ, 1999

Six Sigma - Management Certified

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