ANTHONY SALVATORE MOLLICA

Sanger, California ****7 559-***-****

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SUMMARY

An innovative results-driven senior business executive with a successful record of accomplishment in P&L management, capital planning, budgeting, and sales management. Demonstrated ability to design and manage an M&A strategy to grow the business. Established expertise in union negotiations, employee engagement, key relationship management, financial reporting and strategic planning. Utilizes transformational leadership to turnaround underperforming business units and modernize operations.

EXPERIENCE

WESTERN FIRST AID / ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES, Burbank, California

President - Western First Aid, 2022-2023

Managed P&L and national staff of 210 employees for a $30 million first aid and safety delivery business. Route Service Representatives serviced OSHA \ ANSI first aid cabinets, eye wash stations and provided CPR and active shooter classes. Responsibilities included back office, distribution, organizational culture, talent management, supply chain management, vendor negotiations and pricing.

Worked in dual role (Western First Aid and M&A) after negotiating purchase of first aid business and chosen by President to modernize business while Aramark Uniform Services spun off from Aramark Corporation.

The Western First Aid business was the only vertical on QuickBooks, prepared it to move to new CRM to make the system GAAP compliant.

Saved $1 million of cost by working with supply partners to ship directly to routes, eliminating distribution center and creating a national standard product line.

Identified and qualified domestic supply chain partners and negotiated preferred pricing while providing better service to routes and significantly improving moral by reducing route shortages.

Added routes where company had density and exited unprofitable markets that were difficult to staff.

Increased both annual revenue and NOP by 18%, while decreasing employee turnover from 11% to 3% and increasing employee engagement 5% to 70%.

ARAMARK UNIFORM AND REFRESHMENT SERVICES, Burbank, California

Vice President - M&A and North American Corporate Fleet, 2020-2023

Held dual roles, tasked with identifying M&A opportunities while holding P&L responsibility for all of Aramark’s fleet operations. Served as key contact for prospective mergers and acquisitions targets. Partnered with CEO of uniforms and refreshments and CFO of $16 billion parent company to review opportunities. Performance was evaluated on pro forma assumptions and continued tracking for three years.

M&A Accomplishments

Developed and implemented M&A strategy for three lines of business; processes included lead generation, target profile, geographic profiling, category profiling, and financial pro forma development, all based on business growth, capabilities and capacity enhancement needs and inclusive of frontline employees to top executives.

Collaborated with staff in formulation of financial reports based on public and private information and general due diligence. Coordinated with all departments on solicitation, NDA, LOI, due diligence, employee notification, funding and integration.

Built relationships with industry leaders, brokers, independently owned businesses and trade organizations, with 70% of deals closed as first right of refusals. Closed more than 80 deals in a six-year period, ranging from $52K to $600 million annually.

Led in the integration of Ameripride / Canadian Linen merger, $600 million in annual revenue with over 500K employees purchased for $1 billion in Jan. 2018.

Fleet Operations Accomplishments

Modernized fleet across 14 lines of business to one platform, cutting $4 million of annual spend on back office headcount reductions. Researched, developed, implemented mobile app driver safety program on driver handheld. Digitized all paper, including safety scorecard, driver fitness, DOT compliance, DVIRs and medical card.

Managed fleet for 14 lines of business nationally with more than 17,000 assets and 7,000 DOT drivers. Position had an annual budget of $80 million and 300 associates led by team of seven directors which included 38 brick-and-mortar service garages and 150 vendor-supported service garages.

Managed across all lines of business with six CEOs, including Puerto Rico. Vehicles included transit vans, step vans, tractor trailers, snowmobiles, house boats, yachts, ski boats, jet skis, school buses and state park transit buses.

Researched, developed and implemented telematics program, including ECM reflash on approximately 4,000 delivery vehicles. Telematics paid for itself by reducing fuel and idling with an automatic shut-off feature and audible driver alert.

Saved $2.5 million annually in addition to covering installation costs of telematics in trucks.

Decreased route count by 400 through newly installed Geotab telematics system. Shuffled all customers and made more right turns, increasing density.

Telematics system provided predictive analytics, identifying maintenance concerns based on patterns prior to check engine lights turning on that lowered costs while reducing downtime.

ECM reflash captured high risk factors such as reducing back-up speed, governing shift points, reducing acceleration points and sending recordable audible alerts to driver, all of which were displayed on driver dashboard.

Reduced casualty risk premiums significantly by implementing progressive discipline measures utilizing telematics dashboard and ECM reflash.

International Business Accomplishment

Served as liaison to 70 million Aramark Uniform Japan/AIM/Mitsui Group companies and led Japan/AIM/Mitsui collaboration team. Built 5 month on the job, state side executive onboarding training for Japanese expats.

ARAMARK CORPORATION, Burbank, California

Vice President - Cleanroom, 2019-2020

Held P&L responsibility for $145 million annual cleanroom business, with duties including operations, sales, marketing and customer service for North America and with responsibility for over 500 employees in 11 locations. Provided leading pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, microchip and aerospace companies with gowning and contamination control supplies to protect cleanrooms and products.

Engineered a cultural change that reduced turnover by 23% and subsequently increased profitability.

Supported field-level associates to ensure stability during a period of frequent change of operational leadership;

Identified and mentored new leader.

Implemented a policy of managing by walking around, increasing employee engagement and morale.

Assisted in industrial uniform acquisition in Puerto Rico, which required renegotiating a union labor contract.

Renewed a five-year term with the company’s largest client by building relationships with customer executives.

ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES, Burbank, California

Vice President - Plant and Production, 2017-2019

Managed a $120 million budget, 7,000 plant employees in 150 locations covering the US and Puerto Rico that laundered 2.6 billion pounds of garments annually. Guided labor negotiations of union contracts with employees and business agents, as well as strike preparedness, safety, training, capital expansion and new plant builds. Led seven director-level reports.

Led $30 million relocation and expansion project of Opa-Locka, Florida processing facility to a new Pompano, Florida location. Plant was one of the top five in volume, at 15 million pounds per year. Relocation included installation of automated garment sorting system that processed 33,000 pieces per day.

Researched, developed and implemented a monitoring dashboard system that measured and displayed work effort by job classification, reducing headcount 9%. This modernization allowed for progressive discipline to be applied equally and was accepted by unions.

Researched and implemented automatic towel machine units that reduced liabilities by removing metal shavings from towels, streamlining the workflow, decreasing headcount by 150 and producing a $5.7 million annual savings.

ARAMARK REFRESHMENT SERVICES, Burbank, California

Regional Vice President - West Region, 2015-2017

Responsible for over $135 million in annual revenue and 290 employees across six states and Canada. Managed P&L, sales, distribution, marketing and finance.

Selected by CEO to turnaround the West Region of Refreshment Services, with expectation of morphing into M&A role covering both uniforms and refreshment services.

Created a team of high performing employees who travelled regionally to address areas of concern and identify best practices. Many of the team members were later promoted into critical leadership positions.

Implemented a performance review and succession plan that replaced six of nine general managers in two years and improved the bottom line 8%, the top line 11% and client retention 5%.

Coached and mentored replacement, allowing transition into the M&A role for refreshments, uniforms and first aid.

ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES, Burbank, California

Group Vice President - Rocky Mountain Region, 2004-2015

Overall responsibility for 16 individual service, depot and plant locations across Western U.S., with $180 million per year in revenue. Owned full P&L driving year-over-year margin improvement. Had oversight of service team, 200 route drivers, 80 outside sales reps and 35 district managers. Managed GMs in this route-based business with approximately 35 routes per location, each consisting of full staffs and processing centers.

Was awarded to the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) in 2007, becoming one of 200 executives out of 270,000 employees. Remained in the ELC entire career.

Participated in Aramark going private the second time to thwart a hostile takeover in 2006. Participated in IPO 2013.

Earned number one region in U.S. President’s ranking list three straight years and placed first in national sales contest four straight years.

Held highest customers under contract percentage.

Completed a 95,000 sq. ft. expansion, including a $10 million auto-sort in the Fresno facility as well as new depot in Bakersfield.

Managed $29 million new plant construction in Sacramento.

Played key role in integrating $40 million Overall Uniforms acquisition into the Midwest geography.

Developed Key account positions adding to the National account team profile.

Served as President of Northern California Star team, an organization that reached across all 14 lines of business to create cohesion and host charity events.

ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES, Burbank, California

General Manager - Fresno / Bakersfield, 2000-2004

Assumed responsibility of $19 million location after relocating back to California from Texas, duties included P&L ownership, service, sales, office, finance, engineering, fleet and Bakersfield depot, with 75 routes and 125 employees. Performed instrumental role in developing expansion plans that came to fruition after promotion to group VP the following year of the Fresno facility.

Grew facility from $19 million to $24 million annually and achieved profit of 28% one year into the job.

Increased profit, sales and retention continually each of the four years, also placing in the top three each year for sales contest and customer retention awards.

Developed three Assistant General Managers who were promoted to GM roles.

EDUCATION

COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, Fort Collins, Colorado, M.B.A.

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, San Jose, California, B.S. Criminal Justice

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