Frank Joseph Case III
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EVP / VP of Sales & Marketing
Collaborative leadership style with a passion for people, ensuring company and individual success
Demonstrated excellence in performance, turning around underperforming business units
Successfully marketed a variety of fresh, frozen and commercial package food to retail, restaurants and grocery
Quality results - driving sales and market share in well established long standing national brands
Extraordinary capabilities in teambuilding including: selection, recruitment, training and development of talent
Impact oriented - exceeding profitability goals in Fortune 50’s as well as privately held companies
Proven innovator, applying practical analysis and resolutions for continuous improvement
Innate ability to keep an organization focused against sales and customer service during projects /restructures
Skilled communicator, facilitator, presenter, trainer and mentor; in union and nonunion environments
CORE COMPETENCIES:
Operational Execution / Multi-Unit Management / Brand Building (Regional & Global Brands) / P&L / Cross-functional Facilitation / Field Marketing & Merchandising / Strategic Planning / Organizational Development / New Product & New Market Development / Regional & National Accounts / Warehouse & Distribution / Product Supply Chain / Manufacturing & Production / Change Management / Infrastructure Redesign / Franchise Mediation / Gov TTB, USDA, OSHA
CASE CONSULTING CO., LLC 08/12-Present
Owner
Executive consulting service providing customers with on-the-job support and/or executive coaching & strategy in a wide variety of areas: organizational efficiency, development of corporate policy & procedures, people development plans and documentation, multi-unit management, infrastructure redesign, departmental productivity, forecasting, costs analysis, expense controls, brand development and supply chain management. Select clients & industries include:
Advanced “Rupture Disk” - Petrochemical Rio Blanco Spirits, LLC - Exclusive Importer of CERÉN Vodka
JFM International - Custom Wood Manufacture Armor Plate / Wil-Cor, Inc - Global Oil & Gas Pipeline Repair
HMS Host - Global Hospitality Retail Information Systems - Custom Software / Hardware Consulting
Peregrine Group, LLC - Investment Group Willowcroft Pharm, LLC - Animal Pharmaceutical Group
Maven Logistics, LLC - 3PL Start Up Allstate Insurance - Multi-Agent Project Management /Infrastructure Dev
CARTRIDGE WORLD, LLC 03/10-08/12
President of the Americas - Canada, US, Central and South America
A global franchise business 500+ stores, with sales in excess of $160MM, CW is the world leader in ink and toner remanufacturing, offering customers a tremendous cost-saving alternative to OEM cartridges. Rapid need for financial stability, I was promoted to initiate a headquarter restructure & relocation while continuing system focus on compliance and growth initiatives.
Accomplishments / Highlights:
Restructured & relocated the Americas’ Regional & Global Home Office from Emeryville, CA to Spring Grove, IL
Staff redesign - new Chicago team resulted in 20.5% savings - overall Op expense savings of 24%
Leveraged legal to defend marks, bringing in improved leadership and refining franchise agreements
Expanded corporate presence in the US and Canada, placing 2 Franchise Managers over 30 territories
Store Monthly Average Unit Volume Increased 17%
Revitalized marketing and brand management by outsourcing basic collateral and increasing co-op programming
Decentralized franchise training & on-boarding - B2B, customer service, quality, and business performance
Improved sales reporting structure and timeliness, leveraging new distributor advancements
Activated Franchise Councils (MAC & FAC) to improve communication and representation across network
Successfully brought closure to pre-existing legal battles within the American franchise system
Senior Vice President of North American Operations
Responsible for all business results including marketing execution throughout Canada and the US. Managing 8 direct reports the initial charge was to align systems, improve franchise relations, ensure compliance and drive growth.
Marketing - moved from national TV to localized PR campaigns, to improve ROI and increase localized store level activity
Compliance - initiated Store Audits to help royalty compliance, uncovered half million in monies due
Merchandising - built a merchandising guide to improve retail consistency in-store
PEPSI~COLA NORTH AMERICAN BEVERAGES (Division of PepsiCo, Inc.) 11/01-07/09
Franchise Development Manager for Texas and Oklahoma
Beverage company, established in the 1890’s, focused on the distribution of Pepsi~Cola along with other carbonated and non-carbonated brands. I was promoted to grow 8oz CSD and Non Carb Sales for the Pepsi~Cola Company while insuring profitable business plans and alignment for 6 Independent and 2 Anchor Pepsi Bottlers across Texas, Oklahoma and SE Kansas. Managed $184MM in Volume, $8MM in Budgets - funding, incentives, marketing plans, quarterly business meetings, monthly conf calls and field related updates. Top Performer 3 Straight Years due to aggressive, creative, localized marketing campaigns.
2008 Leading the #1 Market Area in the Country, +3.1% / +4.9% sales and share respectively
Corpus Christi, TX Bottler was a Finalist ~ Donald M Kendall, Bottler of the Year Award
2007 Managing #1 Market Area in the Country, +5.4% / +8.3% sales and share respectively
West Division’s “Business Impact” Award Winner
PBG Texas Bottler was a Finalist ~ Donald M Kendall, Bottler of the Year Award
2006 #1 FDM in the Country,12.8% increase to PY
PBG Texas Bottler was a Finalist ~ Donald M Kendall, Bottler of the Year Award
National Account Sales Manager, Pepsi Wal*Mart Team
I was promoted and moved over to the Pepsi Division to grow stagnate market share via my ability to improve localized marketing, strategic planning and communication across 12 Pepsi Bottlers servicing multiple Wal*Mart Divisions of Operation. Customer calls included 2 Divisional and 5 Regional VPGM’s with a store count of 550+ stores in 5 states.
Developed solid business relationships and networks within Wal*Mart (Field and Home Office Leadership Teams)
Delivered back to back +20% growth; met expense plan (in a geography that is a competitive strong hold)
Developed & sold marketing events securing as much as 26 weeks of incremental display activity
Sold Multiple Regional VPI’s in the Highly Visible Market, including Wal*Mart and Frito-Lay Corporate Offices
FRITO-LAY INC. (Division of PepsiCo, Inc.)
Senior Regional Sales Manager, Frito-Lay Wal*Mart Team
Snack food company, established in 1961, focused on growing potato and corn chips along with other snack and convenience foods. Responsible for developing and implementing aggressive growth plans while building relationships with Wal*Mart Regional VPGM’s. Additionally, I aligned market execution and communication across 12 Frito-Lay Zone Business geographies.
2.5 years exceeding plan, hitting 22% and 19% growth respectively; while holding expenses below plan by 5%
Region Sales Manager of the Year 2003
Successfully orchestrated and sold a collaborative marketing partnership of Frito-Lay, Pepsi, Gatorade and Polaroid
MARTIN PREFERRED FOODS (Meat/Game Specialty House) 11/00-10/01
Executive Vice President of Operations ~ Turnaround Restructure
Serving Texas' finest restaurants, hotels and country clubs since 1944 with premium meats, poultry, seafood and wild game. Responsible for 165 employees - warehousing, production and distribution across Texas.
Managed $14MM operating budget to facilitate $105 MM in sales
Generated $150k in operational income & $300k in operational savings versus prior year
Worked closely with USDA to ensure compliance and quality standards
REPUBLIC BEVERAGE COMPANY (Alcohol Beverage Wholesaler) 11/96-11/00
Acquisition and merger of The Julius Schepps Co & Tarrant Distributing, one of two remaining alcohol wholesalers in Texas.
Executive Director of Human Resources, Training & Recruiting
Promoted to assume responsibility and direction for HR in Texas - staffing, recruiting, retention, training and compliance.
Director of Distribution
Responsible for all distribution in Texas.
FRITO-LAY INC. (Division of PepsiCo, Inc.) 05/90-11/96
Area Training Manager, St. Louis - Recognized as the Area Team’s “Most Valuable Player 1995”
Central Division Project Leader - SFO, a National Change Initiative - Pilot Project Design Team Phoenix, Arizona
District / Account Sales Manager - Managed $3.5 MM Large Format & $9.6 MM Small Format
EDUCATION / ASSOCIATIONS
BS Degree - Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Texas A&M Lettermen Association – Football
BSA Eagle Scout and Order of the Arrow Associations
Volunteer Coach – Rosehill Christian School
References of Frank J. Case III
Professional
W. Leo Kiely, CEO of MillerCoors retired 303-***-****
Thomas S. Fricke, former Global CEO of HMS Host 510-***-****
John Coletta, CFO of Peet’s Coffee & Tea 303-***-****
Ryan Palmer, Attorney at Law – Franchising 952-***-****
Personal
Brad Coonfield, former Wal-Mart Regional VP Ops 832-***-****
Don Barnhart, Managing Director, 2 Develop 281-***-****
Kenny Kelso, Field Sales Leader, Allstate Insurance 281-***-****