FRANK C. DIMARIA
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Oakland, NJ 07436 E-Mail:
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Career Summary
A results oriented General Manager with diverse senior level leadership
experience in the logistics and courier arena, including functional
experience in sales, operations, customer service and business outsourcing
sector in domestic, international, E-commerce, Air Charter and 3PL-SPL
marketplace. A proven sales leader with a track record of organizing,
directing and motivating to a profitable result while acting as a change
agent and a team player that excels in strategic/ tactical planning and in
the execution of difficult tasks while meeting challenging financial goals.
Career Objective
Seeking a challenging management opportunity that will use my leadership
skills, functional experience and organizational talents to propel change
and deliver successful sales and operational improvements to enable the
business to dominate the marketplace. I wish to use my significant
experience and talents to help fine-tune and reinvent your business as well
as help launch your new venture.
AirNet Systems Inc Columbus, OH
SVP, Sales and Marketing 2009 - March
2013
AirNet is America's third largest cargo airline specializing in Medical
Charters, Next Flight Out and Expedited Courier Services that supports the
Banking, Life Science, Entertainment, Government and B2B market using over
185 Lear jets and Cessna aircraft, commercial airline partners and
coordinated contract delivery agents.
Senior executive responsible for all Sales and Marketing activities for
this $100 million business including customer advocates, pricing, yield
management and customized operational design solutions.
Lead the reintroduction of a field sales team and professional marketing
organization to generate high growth and rebranding in the marketplace.
Reengineered the entire sales and marketing team to launch new regional and
vertical sales representation in the USA marketplace (28 Sales and
Marketing Professionals).
Achieved the best EBITDA results in the company's last 15 years - reversing
a negative $12MM before my arrival to a positive $6MM for the last fiscal
year.
Grew the business from Q4 2009 to Q1 2010 by 7% and Q1 2010 to Q2 2010
again by another 4%, in the midst of the worst economic recession in 50
years.
Expanded the active customer base by 35% through a renewed focus on
customer retention and reactivations program
Hired and trained 75% of the sales team in 18 months while designing and
implementing a new sales reporting processes, a new sales compensation
plan, new CRM tool (sales force dot com) and new marketing communication.
Orchestrated the design, construction and implementation of new Website
using in house resources while launching the introduction of two new
courier products in 14 months.
Defined new business guidelines/contracts/sales policy and procedure manual
for effective sales practices.
Designed and launched a new direct marketing campaign to build our
penetration of vertical markets.
Orchestrated all major contracts with top accounts while ensuring yield and
services metrics are reported and maintained.
Built a strong reporting and pricing culture within the sales and Solutions
Design team to ensure team selling while driving effective operational and
GPM improvements (+12%) in 2010.
DHL/ DHL SameDay Services Sterling, VA
Executive - Business Development Director 2005 - 2008
DHL SameDay is a Next Flight Out courier service that provides on demand
worldwide custom delivery services including specialized couriers and
warehouse parts logistics by using the commercial airlines.
Senior leader responsible for all sales activities within this highly
profitable business unit that directed all account
activations/management/pricing and solutions design for this $65 million
company
Achieved the best EBIT business unit results in company history with income
as high as 6% of revenues with on-time performance of 99.8% through
operational reengineering and process improvement mapping.
Designed and implemented an improved compensation plan that drove the sales
team to open 1000 plus new customers and grew the top line revenues by 16%
in a down turning market.
Directed the development of logistics and call center services that drove
the creation of innovative solutions to meet customer outsourcing
requirements to capture high margin contracts.
Launched new cost modeling and operational tools to help bench mark cost
and productivity effectiveness that drove an improvement in account
profitability by 12%.
Orchestrated the design of new KPI reporting and operational standards/
processes to track and monitor service reliability while isolating root
cause analysis.
Architect of invoicing and pricing audit procedures resulting in invoice
accuracy that drove a 30% reduction in invoice adjustments and improved
billing and automation.
Created a new account and customer service profiling system that drove an
improved customer service experience while improving operational
efficiencies that reduce transactional cost.
Gatx/ APL Direct Logistics Jacksonville, FL
General Manager/President
2000 - 2004
APL Direct Logistics is a multi-channel, direct-to-consumer fulfillment and
warehouse service provider that combines leading-edge technology with more
than 25 years of global retail logistics experience.
Executive responsible for the direction/development of all sales,
operational, IT and financial company activities, with full financial
accountability for this $70 million business.
Orchestrated the turnaround of a business losing $9 million a year to break
even Pro-Forma, enabling the successful sale of the business unit.
Designed state of the art warehouse floor, processes and procedures to
handle special promotions and peak throughput of 50,000 orders per day to
serve multiple retails clients with complex order requirements.
Orchestrated a sales improvement of 320% and a productivity improvement of
450%.
Reduced fixed operating cost by $1.8 million and repositioned idle
resources that resulted in a 60% improvement in equipment utilization.
Increased the gross margin of the company by 55% through redesigned
products and services.
Renegotiated customer and vendor agreements resulting in the immediate
success of $2.6 million in revenue recovery and new accretive business
contracts.
Implemented new technology and warehouse management systems (HK Systems) to
deliver 99.99% service compliance for order management and client's
inventory within a 400,000+ Sq ft. multi-client facility.
Designed innovative bin management, receiving and fulfillment practices to
improve warehouse layout and client security/ segregation while tracking
cost and activity management.
Built and implemented a warehouse security and labor management system that
improved floor utilization by 25% and reduced theft by 100%.
Keystone Internet Services, Inc. Weehawken, NJ
General Manager/President 1998 - 2000
Keystone Internet Services is a leading direct to consumer service provider
offering product fulfillment, distribution and customer service.
Responsible for steering the direction & development of all client
operations/customer acquisition activities; with full P&L control for this
unit of a $550MM direct marketer and logistics provider.
1. Directed a Sr. Management team responsible for Sales, Customer Service,
Financial Management, Client Engineering and Services relating to the day-
to-day operations of the business unit.
2. Successfully deployed resources that grew revenues by 110% and bottom-
line Ebit improvement by 200%.
3. Implemented improved WMS, OMS and overall warehouse technology so as to
link 2 call centers (500+ agents) with 3 warehouses (1.8M Sq Ft) focused
on 3rd party client fulfillment.
4. Worked with a core team of management to capture $40 Million in new
funding to solidify the operational platform and build upon the company
undeveloped capabilities.
1. Defined and built the policies and practices that constructed orderly
contracts, pricing, billing and financial management of all customer
interaction.
2. Grew the customer base by 600% establishing a market leadership position
and respected brand in direct consumer logistics signing $30 million in
new clients like: KBkids.com, Sony, Dress Barn, etc.
3. An active speaker on e-commerce fulfillment and logistics practices in
the fulfillment industry.
4. Orchestrated the design of warehouse procedures to improve the handling
of back order management, returns and cross dock bulk order throughput.
P&O Nedlloyd Ltd. East Rutherford,
NJ
Senior Vice President/General Manager, Sales & Marketing 1995 - 1998
P & O Nedlloyd is an international container shipping company employing
over 9,000 employees with annual revenues in excess of $3 billion.
Member of the Executive Team responsible for the business units P&L while
individually responsible for the strategic and tactical business activities
of the Sales and Marketing function.
5. Generated $900M+ in revenue from global 1000 companies through the
successful management of 165 sales professionals/agents growing the
customer base by 125% and an increase of 5 market-share points.
6. A member of a Global Sales and Marketing Council that designed and
implemented all sales/ management reporting to ensure the effective
tracking and return of sales resources.
7. Orchestrated all external communications and company promotions using a
$1M+ marketing advertising budget to support a 35% growth in customers 2
years running.
8. Created the global internet and electronic commerce strategy that
aggressively expanded and introduced streamlined automated booking
practices into daily business processes.
9. Expanded and integrated 4 new global services that encompassed Asia,
Australia and South/Latin America markets with North America improving
gross revenues by 153% and earnings by $55M.
10. Steered the merger and acquisition of 3 companies by consolidating the
Marketing, Public Relations, Corporate Development and Sales Teams,
achieving a 48% improvement in sales expense.
11. Executive member of the I.T. development committee, which set
priorities and design of technology investment and infrastructure for
North America.
Federal Express Corporation NYC and Mid-
Atlantic States
Various Senior Sales Management Positions 1984 - 1995
FedEx is a global transportation company with a legacy of innovation that
highlights its ascent from an overnight package delivery company to the
premier global provider of transportation solutions.
Global Manager/Regional Sales Manager/District Sales Manager New York, NY
Member of the foundational sales management team and grew to direct a
worldwide account management team that built strategic partnerships with
the largest global accounts in the FedEx system.
1. Consulted to clients on Cycle Time/Process Redesign/System Thinking and
Total Quality Management to support creative logistic solutions.
2. Orchestrated a sales team of over 160 Account Executives and client base
of 7000 accounts.
3. Awarded the FedEx Directors Award for outstanding International sales
growth and a 3-time winner of the Executive President's Club growing
revenues by $24,000 per day.
4. Achieved the highest management score in the corporate leadership survey
of 98%, 3 successive halves.
Additional Professional Training Past Professional
Affiliations
Numerous Sales, Logistics & Tactical Sales Mgt classes Member of UPS
Association.
Stop at Nothing - HILS Member of Sales
Lab Organization
TQM and Process Redesign Programs Nyack Hospital
Foundation Board
Education
Northeastern University, Boston, Mass. - Bachelor of Science, Business
Administration 1980
Executive Management Classes while at the various employers
Traveled extensively throughout USA, Asia and Europe
RECAP OF KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES
Personable, Dedicated, Organized, Focused, Professional, Team-Player,
Intelligent, Tenacious
Business Process Improvement Catalyst
Sales Turn Around Expert
Complex Customer and Vendor Negotiator
Business Development Leader
Sales Training and Management
Customer Service Expert
Transportation and Warehousing Authority
Team Builder
Problem Solver and Root Cause Resolution Practitioner