David M. Winchell

Operations Leadership

1994 Morning Walk NW
Acworth, GA 30102
Cell: (678) 472-7866
dave@davewinchell.com

Let me take your organization to higher levels of success! My strengths:

Leadership Skills:
Belief in servant leadership. Our job is to help people improve. Allow autonomy but demand accountability. Clear, direct, and frequent communications are essential. Invest in the long term and avoid short-term thinking.
Subject Matter Expertise:
Depth in operations, warehousing and distribution, supply chain, international sourcing, information technology, and business accounting, with successes in business process improvement.
Industry Depth:
Wholesale distribution, multi-unit specialty retail, franchise systems, management consulting, and technology integration.
Technology Depth:
ERP, warehouse management (WMS) and process control systems, and IT infrastructure & governance.

Success Examples:

Brought divisional return on sales from below break-even to 6% positive.

Started and grew North American distributorship from 18 dealers to 155 dealers and an e-commerce presence.

Used new systems and procedures to clear over $750k in aged receivables.

Increased customers and transactions by over 200% with only 50% staff increase.

Used production management system and integrated billing to increase order volume by 300% without additional staff.

Used metrics and process improvement to deliver same day order turnaround of 99%-plus.

Successful management consulting engagements.

Available for operations leadership roles on a consulting or full-time basis. Contact me to discuss what impedes your progress the most, and how I can help!

David M. Winchell
(678) 472-7866
E-mail: dave@davewinchell.com