Wade Cargile

***** ***** **, ** – Wichita, KS ***09

adzoi0@r.postjobfree.com 316-***-****

Objective

Former NCAA and NAIA coach, NAIA all-american QB, Southwestern HoF, experienced sports feature writer...Leadership position where I can utilize my experience and expertise to help the organization transform culture, processes and help teammates exceed goals and objectives, while driving sales and high margins. I am a force multiplier who is passionate about sales and business improvement and bring a unique set of skills and experience that enables me to provide the kind of leadership and team building necessary for immediate change regardless of industry, function or situation.

Skills & Abilities

A strategic business improvement/turnaround senior manager skilled in achieving both tangible and intangible improvements across all facets of the enterprise:

Improvement Skill Sets – an accomplished Six Sigma Black Belt; certified Lean Mfg. professional; certified Kaizen Facilitator; certified PMO/ Project/ Program Mgmt. expert; experienced in TOC (Theory of Constraints); VSM (Value Stream Mgmt.); accelerated NPI (New Product Introduction); Cash-Conversion process optimization; Gap Analysis; ERP optimization; Business Modeling/Pattern Development; competitive analysis; change mgmt./sponsor/change agent development; inventory reduction & optimization; statistical process control application; material and information flow streamlining; design of experiment application; strategic risk analysis;

Functional Experience & Expertise – extensive P&L responsibility, Sales & Marketing/Lead-Gen/CRM; OpEx and CI leadership; Senior Management/Director-level in Shop-Floor Operations, Supply Chain/Purchasing, Estimating, Program Management, Value Stream, Quality/QA, Sales.

Teaching & Training – extensive team building and change management training; experienced in lean and kaizen training as well as developing course materials; additionally, taught Strategic Management and Marketing at the University level. Also provided tutoring and assistance in research & writing support of thesis/dissertations, projects, problem solving and mentoring.

Experience

VICE PRESIDENT SALES & OPS – SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIVISION (SUNWORKS)

Oct 2016 – Oct 2021

Providing executive-level leadership and P&L responsibility; brought in for an emphasis on business/process improvement to help accelerate business turnaround and rapid growth; Responsible for Sales & Marketing, Lead Generation, CRM optimization, on-line marketing, strategic mgmt., teaming/leadership, culture building, coaching and gap analysis skill sets. Tripled headcount and doubled sales first year of responsibility by focusing on quick business turnaround tools and morale building during; including technology roadmap implementation to streamline CRM & Ops, as well as constructability execution of cycle-and-response times and relentless team building and feedback processes in all sales/marketing, pre-construction (permitting, interconnection, mod-drop, etc), construction/PTO tasks and relentless follow-up & control.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT/SUPPLY CHAIN/PROGRAM/PROJECT MGMT (TECT AEROSPACE) – OCT 2005 – OCT 2016

A member of the TECT Aerospace Executive Leadership Team responsible for driving business improvements for a mid-sized aerospace company. Helped grow the business from $95M to $160M in last five years. Led SCM, Sales, Project/Program Mgmt & Operations at one time or another. Developed & reported Supplier Competitive Analysis, business financial assessments & turnaround targets; Responsible for helping drive business improvements as well as internal cost management and on-going improvements that resulted in $10M+ in cost savings over the past decade.

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR/FOOTBALL COACH (FRIENDS UNIVERSITY) – JAN 2003 – JUNE 2005

Taught Strategic Mgmt. and Marketing at the university level; coached and mentored quarterbacks, assisted in recruiting and developed game plans for the football team.

SENIOR MANAGER – SUPPLY CHAIN MGMT – (BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRPLANES) – MARCH 1986 – DEC 2002

1986-1988: Industrial Engineering – Business Improvement Analyst - developed flow charts and conducted program cost-benefit analysis for all commercial airplane programs

1989 – 2002: Supply Chain – Purchasing/SCM Senior Management - managed 33 buyers/6 first-level managers in Seattle and Wichita with a buy statement of work exceeding $250M; Reduced new (re-quoted) contract awards of over $16.7M over the last two years; numerous awards for process improvements and team building between locations.

Education

SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE, WINFIELD, KS:

B.A. – HISTORY/POLITICAL SCIENCE – 1982

FRIENDS UNIVERSITY, WICHITA, KS:

M.B.A., EMPHASIS IN STRATEGIC MGMT - 1992

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