Jonathan Owen Russell

Professional Summary:

Chief Operating Officer/ Executive Vice President offering more than 21 years of progressive experience managing day- to-day operations, production, sales, inventory purchasing, logistics, and accounting. Background includes development, implementation and governance of Innovative Insulation’s sales and production strategies, digital and print marketing, vendor management, contract negotiations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budgeting, and payroll. Recognized for the ability to implement new policies and procedures as directed, thus reducing reporting turnaround time and significantly increasing collections and productivity. Collaborative, excellent interpersonal skills, deadline-driven, motivated, and able to handle multiple tasks successfully. Accomplishments:

Implementation of new sales systems to convert larger customers to long time returning business, including DOD contracting.

Negotiated purchasing contracts with Platinum Polymers and Fabrene for over $2,500,000 in imported raw material, and with Reflectix for over $1,700,000 in domestic products. Negotiated multi year sales contracts with HDT, Reflectix, and National Building Supply to provide consistent material for military productions and state projects that will bring in over $4,500,000 a year. Collected $650,000 in aged receivables in a 6-month period without attorneys or court proceedings. Cost Savings of over $125,000 in fees from Fedex, by charging our packing style, switching to an alternate vendor, and moving larger orders to LTL with other freight companies. Hired an SEO driven web development firm, to renew the company’s website, and successfully launched a web store. Effectively streamlined workflow by developing and maintaining manual internal controls to reduce process and approval time of purchasing invoices by 70%, virtually eliminating late fees. Improved and implemented production processes.

Designed and implemented sales and accounting processes and internal control procedures. Reduced invoice over-payments by 100%

Researched and resolved billing problems that had been previously missed. Brought the company to a positive year end for the first time in a decade, then again the following year. Awarded Employee of the Year and promoted to Chief Operating Officer/ Executive Vice President. Experience

Innovative Insulation March 2021- Present

Chief Operating Officer / Executive Vice President Operations, Sales, Logistics, and Accounting

● Developed templates for the reports that are currently being built in the Sage.

● Gathered and merged data from P&L, Sales, and PPF to create the foundation for the pricing structure used for wholesale and direct consumers.

● Leveraged relationships with dedicated vendor representatives to aid in the transfer of raw materials during covid lockdown, to ensure there were no production slowdowns.

● Created current and future presentations to train other departments on procedures for processing, and collecting during and after a sale, and how to follow up and maintain that connection positively.

● Attend the onsite meeting sessions with ownership in Fort Worth in order to ensure timely approvals and process flow

● Develop processes for purchasing management to effectively streamline workflow by maintaining manual tracking systems to reduce process and approval times.

● Manage all web based traffic and sales information.

● Maintain database for accounts

● Process invoices through Manual Payment Requisition

● Process invoices through Clover electronic payment system

● Contract Review

● Develop and Maintain successful working relationships with vendor account representatives

● Provide training and support to sales management

● Developed processes for international drayage and material transfer, responsible for all international and domestic shipments.

● Hired an outside IT company, and helped develop a program for network security, installed routers, firewalls, VoIP Phones, computers, server rack, ethernet cabling, and conference room sound and display for presentations.

● Wrote, Directed, Recorded, and edited several How To, aerial drone, and product announcement videos.

● Built a filming and podcasting studio to help fast track content. MC2 Events September 2017- March 2021

Senior Operations Manager / Account Manager

Operations, Account Manager, Logistics, AV, and Transport

● Oversaw daily operations in a 75,000 sq foot warehouse with salaried 35 employees, and up to 75 contract laborers for production setup leading into CES each year.

● Worked directly with clients like Toyota, Samsung, Nascar, Raytheon, AT&T, State Fair of Texas, and others to bring event ideas to life.

● Traveled to perform takeoff and teardown of displays for every event that the company put on in Texas, and Las Vegas.

● Acted as site and booth manager for building stages, running cabling and lighting, establishing plumbing, and pathways for events like ToyotaFest, State Fair of Texas, Samsung pop up displays, and Toyota at Nascar.

● Arranged, Managed, and Oversaw vehicle pickup, transport, delivery, and display of unannounced vehicles presented by Toyota (Supra, 86, FRS, Dragquoia), and Lexus (LFA and RC F GT3). As well as vehicles for Akio Toyoda, Denny Hamilin, and Martin Truex Jr.

● Developed and implemented a program to manage physical inventory of assets and merchandise for all of our clients, keeping detailed records that could be sent both internally and externally to clients, and other MC2 affiliates for their individual productions across the country.

● Developed and maintained relationships large vendors such as Freeman, Crown, Alford, Bearcom, and more to produce events, presentations, celebrations, vehicle announcements, and employee appreciations

● Worked with the fire department to develop a safety process for the new facility.

● Increased production of the previous manager, while handling more work internally.

● Budget forecasting, for each years worth of events and productions

● Supervised purchasing of materials for all of the productions that I was affiliated with.

● Read schematics, blueprints, and CAD drawings to understand and instruct layouts of design.

● Contract review

● Credit card reconciliations, financial reporting, and inventory auditing RSI / CES August 2013-September 2017

Warehouse Manager / Inventory Specialist

Purchasing, Sales, Logistics, and Inventory

● Managed and Maintained 40 warehouse locations, inventory, and purchasing for all.

● Worked with 4 internal companies to develop a purchasing plan for custom designed installations for every stadium, school, and most new restaurants and bars in Texas, including AT&T and Globe Life Park.

● Oversaw material audits, procurement, cycle counts, and inventory for all 40 warehouses and individual businesses

● Purchased over $13 million dollars worth of grills, stoves, pizza ovens, refrigerators, coolers, walk ins, bar systems, material and gasses

● Ordered and shipped materials and appliances shipped to every state and 15 countries internationally.

● Processed more 400 service invoices weekly for 4 companies

● Processed more than 200 material acquisitions requests a week.

● Worked directly with installers and customers to find the parts they needed to repair the machines they were fixing.

ODW / International Trucking August 2010-August 2013 Inventory Manager

Purchasing, Logistics, and Inventory

● Management for all planning, purchasing, receiving, shipping, and transport teams.

● Managed and trained new hires on the tablet based scanning system, pullings, stocking, and packaging

● Improved sku/barcoding system

● Led daily cycle counts, and monthly inventories, and lowered loss to the best rate in 20 years.

● Worked with line management and operations to produce purchasing plans for ongoing projects and fulfillment.

● Worked with Northern facilities to maintain production inventory, and filled in during their medical leave.

● Create purchase orders, change orders, shipping manifests, BOL’s, and correspondence BMW of Dallas May 2006-August 2010

Warranty - Inventory Manager

Warranty, Inventory, Purchasing, and Logistics

● Worked with German Design Headquarters to determine eligibility of customers warranty claims for Mini, Fiat, and BMW.

● Instructed technicians on meticulous materials that needed to be returned for safety recalls, and shop damages

● Tracked nationwide warrantied parts submissions and replacement.

● Recorded detailed information from technicians and service staff on the year make and model of the returned material. Then, stowed the items away for potential returns to the German testing facility, keeping precise dates and times.

● Supervised the demolition of non-returnable parts, to deter from theft and resell.

● Trained a 5 person staff on BMW’s digital record keeping system, and how to track warranties and returnables.

● Reported inventory to the Shop Manager.

● Shipped recalled materials to Germany, when requisitioned, via international freight. LaserAid Laser Printer June 2001-May 2006

Warehouse Foreman

Operations, Sales, Logistics, Repair, and Purchasing

● Expanded our operation from sales only, to rebuilds and repairs. Training new technicians and repair operators.

● Kept up to date certifications following OSHA guidelines.

● Learned to repair 20 different brands of printer toner cartridges

● Created new methods of lowering repair time turnaround.

● Purchased raw materials that allowed us to build cartridges faster and cheaper than we could repair them, which offered a better product to sell.

● For units that could not be replaced, was able to resurface and repair at a 3 to 1 rate over local competitors.

● Worked directly with ownership to prepare for staffing changes, large orders, and purchasing of materials.

● Directed two shifts with two leads.

● Consulted with a national box maker, to design and print our packaging.

● Designed our foam packaging style to ensure we had no damage during shipping.

● Planned and monitored our in house delivery driver, to ensure timely deliveries and happy customers.

● Held weekly update and check up meetings with warehouse staff, and monthly production meetings with the owner.

● Helped turn a garage built operation into a 20 employee run facility.

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