JOHN W. BRADSHAW
6546 Tapadero Crt., Castle Rock, Colorado 80108 (720-375-3130)
[email protected]
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Successful \"Take Charge\" Leader in Strategic Planning, Execution and
Revenue
Generation
Accomplished Sales Executive with over 27 year\'s extensive experience in
Professional Distribution Business to End-user Selling. Proven track record
managing large geographies, overseeing sales force production and leading
business execution. Experience in developing sales strategy, marketing
plans and building high-functioning, synergistic, results-orientated teams.
Proven ability to take on challenging assignments, including turn-arounds.
Extensive experience with high-level relationship management with the
industry. Areas of expertise include:
* Manufacture Sales Representative * Sales & Product
Training
* Product Design * Managing Distribution
* Key Account Management * Consultative Selling
* Analysis and Problem Solving * Distribution Sales
Representative
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Missions Ministry, Denver, Co December 2010-
Present
Administrator of New Development
Our ultimate goal is transformed lives and transformed communities, meeting
the spiritual needs of the hopeless ones, by partnering with local Pastors
in Juarez, Mexico and their congregations to serve their communities. We
build homes for the homeless, provide medical care for the sick and offer
expanding educational support for the children in the poorest, most remote
colonias of Juarez. We build in Juarez and also have been doing local
Denver weekend builds with sponsoring groups and send the homes,
unassembled to Juarez. Goal this summer is to build 20 homes that we can
send to Juarez... The home can be built in 4-6 hours, depending on how
many show up.
Tharco Container, Inc., Denver, CO March 2000-December
2010
Sales Consultant
Trained, developed, marketed, tested, sampled, and teamed up with 12 local
Distributors to sell stock and custom corrugated boxes and solutions-
$35,000 average of new and current account sales each month.
* Developed a \"New Product Item Meeting\" that reduced internal
production
costs by $225,000 year, and continue to be successful for the last 7
years.
* Attained the largest sales growth for a Denver Distributor in 2009.
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Tharco Container Container
Continued.
* Averaged between 15 to 25 new design solutions each month in Foam
Cushioning, and Corrugated Packaging
* Instrumental with Distributors to present cost savings to Customers
through Fulfillment/Kitting Assemblies.
NetWork Packaging, Denver, CO 1999-2000
Co-Owner
Spearheaded the opening of a new Packaging Distribution Company in Denver.
* Creating and implementing cost and sales strategies for selling
corrugated.
* Reviewed buildings, insurance, trucks, and sold packing solutions on a
direct basis to new accounts and grew the business to $750,000 in the
first 9 months.
Unisource, Denver, CO 1996-1999
Corrugated Sales Segment Manager
Instrumental in the start up of the Corrugated Box program in the Colorado
market through distribution.
* Managed 15 sales reps to achieve 100% increase in sales with
corrugated boxes and other packaging supplies
* Built strong relationships with-4 key corrugated vendors to grow our
business from zero dollars to 6 million in 3 years.
* Created and implemented a pricing matrix that was used for custom
corrugated to compete on the direct market that produced over 4
million dollars on the 3rd year, and raised the overall packaging
margins in Denver by 7%.
* Increased sales in other packaging products by 18%, because of custom
boxes.
* Negotiated better margins of 11% on stock boxes and up to 35% on
volume buys of stock boxes, due to the custom program.
Packaging Corporation of America 1993-1996 Sales
rep/Sales Manager
Fostered relationships with leading corrugated end users in the Denver
Market to obtain market share and profit margins.
* Achieved a territory that was 15% of the office volume, but 35% of the
office profit in 3 years.
* Developed and sold the biggest single new order of 10 full
truckload of boxes.
* Earned the largest new growth on dollars and new accounts in
1995.
Inlander-Steindler Paper, Chicago (Currently Unisource-Chicago) 1983-
1993
Sales Representative
Assisted, targeted, and generated new sales growth in packaging and
janitorial supplies.
* Achieved majority of my new income over the last few years focusing on
packaging supplies and doubled my income.
John W. Bradshaw
6546 Tapadero Crt., Castle Rock, Colorado 80108 (720-375-3130)
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Rockford College, Rockford, Illinois, Bachelor of Science-Business
Management, 1983
Father of Three
A very proud Father/Uncle to have helped 3 kids through college. Jessica,
a 2006 Graduate from Ft. Lewis College, Colorado. Jenna is a senior at the
University of Colorado, Boulder. Grant is a freshman at Ft. Lewis College.
Missions Ministries, Juarez, Mexico
Excited to be associated with a great group of men at Missions Ministries,
who is transforming lives and transformed communities. MM is meeting the
spiritual needs for the hopeless, building homes for the homeless,
providing medical care for the sick and expanding educational support for
the children of the transformative team experiences. We plan on building 30
homes to this year to help keep families warm, safe, and give them hope.
Manna Ministries, Cherry Hills Community Church, Highlands Ranch, CO
This Ministry is a weekly food bank, clothing bank, medial clinic, and
haircuts to individuals and families, to help individual and families that
just need a little help. We average 125 families, or up to 350 people a
week and we demonstrate the love of Jesus by offering them basic needs that
can help them get through the week and to let them know they are not alone
and that people acre. Many of them when they get back on their feet, come
back to help others. In December, we provided for over 350 families, a
complete, and ready to cook, Christmas dinner in the Highlands Ranch area.
Personal Activities
I enjoy running in charity events, hiking, and bike riding. When I have
some spare time I enjoy golfing, skiing, and being in the company of
friends.